It seems like you're being pretty stubborn. The advice in this thread is all very good and you should not only use it, but stretch to understand
why it's helpful. I'm probably at the same skill level as you or worse even, but I can see the reasoning in all this. Using several different practice techniques gives you a more dynamic skillset and makes the learning process easier. Not sure if you want advice from a scrub as well, but I'll offer it anyway.
You don't get through a brick wall by repeatedly slamming yourself against it. Find your way around it.
Once in awhile, don't play the game you're trying to 1cc for a week or more. Somehow when you come back to it you'll be better at it--though you may need some time to reorient yourself to it.
Sometimes, straight up don't pay attention to the game. Talk on the phone or listen to the radio or TEDtalks or something. Your run is not likely to be very good, but it's good for you in the long run.
Try to 9cc the game first, seriously. Then 6cc, 3cc, 1cc.
Listen to your elders.
Darius Gaiden is hard.
Don't forget to occasionally crank up the difficulty and play it that way for as long as you can. You try to get used to that, and when you go back to normal, you won't remember it having been so easy.
It's not *always* bad to play a lot of shooters. They will all increase your overall skills. Memorization is all good and well but you also need to work on reaction time and precision dodging and insertion. Also, you'll end up hating the music if you play the same game over and over, unless you're playing Touhou and in that case you'll have the shit stuck in your head all day. Your mate will die and you'll be at their funeral hearing Touhou flutes and shit.
Espgaluda is a great game to try to 1cc. That's the one I'm going for and it will be my first. Racking up scores is easy (when compared to chaining systems). And you can slow down the bullets in emergency situations (you have to budget your bullet-time, so the tradeoff is less scoring for more safety). It's also easier than the other CAVE games, and I'm glad it is, they
need an entry-level title. Get it on MAME. The music is pretty good.
If you try to use your current strategy on Xexex you're going to wind up hating the game. It's a hori, a memo, it has a complex weapon system, uses checkpoints, and it's a hard game. This can be very frustrating. My advice is to start by just playing the game and enjoying it, it's quite beautiful.
Try to keep in mind, these arcade games were not designed for you to jam a quarter into and stomp your way through the entire game. They were designed to take your money, as much of it as possible, and in the shortest time interval possible so you'll walk away quickly and someone else will start pumping silver into it. Those that 1cc an arcade game are, in a way, cheating the system.
In short, be more flexible. Don't make excuses for only doing things a certain way, if you have other options and the ones you're using aren't working 100%, you're screwing yourself.
NTSC-J wrote:
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." Such is shmups.
That was beautiful man, who said that?
