The only good one is the HRAP EX and it's space consuming. I would wait for the SFIV Standard, Tournament Edition and their pads.Kiken wrote:That's why there are these archaic devices available for the 360 called "joysticks". You should seriously look into that.
Thanks. Yes. All my scores that are any bit respectable are done with analog. I totally botched my current score to just forgetting old tactics. I'd love to go for 1million. But, with the stupid mistakes I make, I will probably turn the xbox off before that every happens. (:antares wrote:I saw your scores in the leaderboard. You did that with the analog pad?TodayIsForgotten wrote:I use the analog. Much easier than the d-pad. I prefer analog to any dpad really. The only issues i have are the occasional woops into a wall with the analog.
Impressing.
I forgot to mention that I am in the market for a good 360 stick (rather grudgingly, too; I already have a few too many sticks around). Patronising sod.That's why there are these archaic devices available for the 360 called "joysticks". You should seriously look into that.
WTF?? Debris is just falling right through the ship in that video. I assume those small chunks don't actually kill you then? I never knew this. I always did this bit the cowardly way by sitting right in front of the boss.Kyper wrote:Anyone bothering with stage 7 milking? Here's a lame vid of how I'm doing it.
I do the same thing just a bit differnet in the beginning. If i ever make it to the second loop I might as well do that. Although alterations will probably have to be made with the increased projectiles in the 2nd loop.Kyper wrote:Heh I sorta use the analog and pad together, the analog for the majority of movements and the pad for small corrections. I find both are pretty horrible for me to use, though. Can't wait for the SF pad to hit Canada, wish I could've gotten a stick...
Anyone bothering with stage 7 milking? Here's a lame vid of how I'm doing it.
After one week, still struggling to get even 15,000 sales. I think we can rest assured that there will be no more shmup remakes like this on XBLA. This is looking like a serious commercial disaster, given it took a small team over 2 years to make. To put it into context, Braid sold something like 50K in its first week. IMO the infinite mode was a mistake. It would have been far more meaningful to have had progressive difficulty settings. The fact that this was developed by a Euro developer always meant (in my mind) that they would fuck it up in some way or other. I've had a lot of fun from it, but it was obvious from the very start that its commercial prospects were next to null. I mean, seriously, what fucknut thought it would be a good idea to make it harder than the original? The *only* reason it has sold as much as it has so far is because it's been plastered on the dash all week. I really don't get it at all. Microsoft are trying to appeal to the Wii soft-core now, and developers try to offload this kind of unfriendly hardcore game onto the service?bloodflowers wrote:I really hope they get good enough sales to remake Delta. Not so bothered about Leo.
I'm happy they did release a real game for once. This week was minesweeper. Yay. Anyway, I'd like to know where these numbers are coming from, because I've encountered a bunch of people I associate with, playing R-Type recently. These are people I met through Phantasy Star, not shooter fans really, first time in ages I've actually seen 5+ friends in the leaderboards.bcass wrote:After one week, still struggling to get even 15,000 sales. I think we can rest assured that there will be no more shmup remakes like this on XBLA. This is looking like a serious commercial disaster, given it took a small team over 2 years to make. To put it into context, Braid sold something like 50K in its first week. IMO the infinite mode was a mistake. It would have been far more meaningful to have had progressive difficulty settings. The fact that this was developed by a Euro developer always meant (in my mind) that they would fuck it up in some way or other. I've had a lot of fun from it, but it was obvious from the very start that its commercial prospects were next to null. I mean, seriously, what fucknut thought it would be a good idea to make it harder than the original? The *only* reason it has sold as much as it has so far is because it's been plastered on the dash all week. I really don't get it at all. Microsoft are trying to appeal to the Wii soft-core now, and developers try to offload this kind of unfriendly hardcore game onto the service?bloodflowers wrote:I really hope they get good enough sales to remake Delta. Not so bothered about Leo.
I don't think any of the game modes hindered the game. I'm sure it will probably hit around 20-30k in unique hits. What i've been seeing are many people are reluctant to buy the game, because a) they don't know about it and b) the vaunted 1200 price tag.bcass wrote:After one week, still struggling to get even 15,000 sales. I think we can rest assured that there will be no more shmup remakes like this on XBLA. This is looking like a serious commercial disaster, given it took a small team over 2 years to make. To put it into context, Braid sold something like 50K in its first week. IMO the infinite mode was a mistake. It would have been far more meaningful to have had progressive difficulty settings. The fact that this was developed by a Euro developer always meant (in my mind) that they would fuck it up in some way or other. I've had a lot of fun from it, but it was obvious from the very start that its commercial prospects were next to null. I mean, seriously, what fucknut thought it would be a good idea to make it harder than the original? The *only* reason it has sold as much as it has so far is because it's been plastered on the dash all week. I really don't get it at all. Microsoft are trying to appeal to the Wii soft-core now, and developers try to offload this kind of unfriendly hardcore game onto the service?bloodflowers wrote:I really hope they get good enough sales to remake Delta. Not so bothered about Leo.
Damn Tim, you know there are quite a few Americans out there who still lives in tents due to this shitty economy, and you're dropping loads on a single game which only last 20 min. Do you think it's fair? How much did you spend this time?
apparently all the XBLA fanboys are so accustomed to the 800 price point that anything above that is absurd, or they don't care if it's 2 games, because the game was from 20 years ago or, it may be 2 games but 2 short games.Strider77 wrote:the price isn't that big a deal to me, considering it's 2 games in one. what's the big fuss over that?
the second level boss in R-Type II looks like a giant space cock, does that not count??BulletMagnet wrote:But there are dirty words in it, which makes it better!TodayIsForgotten wrote:Most likely these same people will shell out 1600/1200 (part 1 and 2) for penny arcade. I hardly see many complaints about that price. Yet, the game is way short, way easy and way linear. Go figure.
You can't rely on leaderboards, you have to take account for people that only play one game mode. I have the game but have not even touched infinite mode and have no plans to do so, I spend all my time on classic.bcass wrote:As mentioned previously, you can find out how many people bought any XBLA game by looking at the total number of people on the leaderboards. Currently, the total stands at 15,257 although you would need to reduce that total to account for multiple gamertags on the same console. This could easily bring the total closer 10,000 sales, which is, quite frankly, abysmal.
The leaderboards can give you a pretty good approximate. Those leaderboard figures I quoted come from the Classic mode for R-Type 1. Do you think many people bought the game and didn't play R-Type 1? I think it's fairly safe to say that 99% of people who bought this have played R-Type 1, which would mean that the R-Type 1 leaderboard total is a good approximation of sales. The small number of buyers who didn't play R-Type 1 would likely be evened-out by the number of multiple gamertags playing on the same console (although I reckon the number of multiple gamertags on the same console would be far higher).originalz wrote: You can't rely on leaderboards, you have to take account for people that only play one game mode. I have the game but have not even touched infinite mode and have no plans to do so, I spend all my time on classic.
