STGT2k7- Week#3 Darius Gaiden

firestorm · Post by **firestorm** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:21 am

TSTG - namakoteam - 11,818,200 - ABDGLQV

Slagfart · Post by **Slagfart** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:40 am

Slagfart - Cyber City Team - 26600 - A - MAME

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:42 am

Slagfart wrote:Slagfart - Cyber City Team - 26600 - A - MAME

Cyber City Team is unstoppable!!

Skyrandia · Post by **Skyrandia** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:48 am

Nice, slagfart. You said you were going to put 100% commitment into this game but I never thought you would of produced results this damn good!!

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:55 am

moozooh - Team SDA - 7,566,700 - ABDHLQV (ALL) - MAME

Ok, this is slightly better due to one less death, but still not really what I would like to see. Should have spent more time trying different boss strategies and routes, but since I started seriously playing this game only on Saturday, there wasn't that much time for me, so I decided to polish this route instead. I really enjoyed playing it, though.

Infintium · Post by **Infintium** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:58 am

Infintium - The Underdogs - 7,616,250 - ABDGLQV (ALL) - MAME

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:59 am

Fucking bout time!!
DJ Incompetent - Drink & Fly - 8,795,670 - ABDGLQV (ALL)

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:01 am

Time's up. Scoring closed!

firestorm · Post by **firestorm** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:01 am

edit

not a new score

just a proof
for the lastscore

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:05 am

Oh crap... If we don't have 3 submissions, can I submit one of my teammate's scores that was most certainly made during the week? I mean, you can even verify, as you lurk our forum, DJI =) I know Boric posted a "just in case" score, but I don't know if joystickchris(carrotpanic) did or not...

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:05 am

I tried improving my score, albeit unsuccessfully. The one time I got past neon light illusion, I somehow died to deadly crescent (zone q boss) :-/. I probably could have scored somewhere around the high 11 million/low 12 million mark too.

Anyways, here is my replay, though I'm not sure why people would want it since my score 7th place. (I forgot sikraiken)

http://files.filefront.com/DariusGaiden ... einfo.html

Oh yeah, I used Wolfmame99plus. I know PROMETHEUS had a mediafire link for it in the Dodonpachi thread, but I don't want to link to his stuff without his permission.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:07 am

mikwuyma wrote:Anyways, here is my replay, though I'm not sure why people would want it since my score 6th place.

Because it's a team effort, and they take the top 3 from each team? Unless you've placed #4 or lower amongst SDA, then your team would probably want your score in there -_^

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:10 am

Arvandor wrote:but I don't know if joystickchris(carrotpanic) did or not...

he did

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:11 am

Well yeah, I know my team wants my score, but I don't think people want to see a replay that isn't the best score (or near it).

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:19 am

Ooohhh, I get what you mean. I dunno, I like watching the "human-plays" just as much if not moreso than the "super-plays." You'll see a lot of changes in strategy to accommodate the lack of godlike skills, and is almost more helpful than watching SWY or someone rape the living shit out of a game =)

DJ Incompetent wrote:
Arvandor wrote:but I don't know if joystickchris(carrotpanic) did or not...
he did

Oh, well good then =)

firestorm · Post by **firestorm** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:25 am

does the 14 mio score count or not?

just wanna know for my calculation

MA7 · Post by **MA7** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:48 am

aaargh I just saw the deadline is 11 am GMT not 12 like the previous week(s?)

for what it's worth, I was poor, didn't like it much

MA7 - Team Lurker - 1,613,630 - ABDH - PS2
Taito Legends -PAL - 60 htz

_Bnu · Post by **_Bnu** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:59 am

Oh holy crap come on, post the image!

_Bnu - Team Apes - 6,959,530 - ABDGLQV - MAME

_Bnu · Post by **_Bnu** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:08 pm

Well, crap. I guess I was 59 minutes late. I could've sworn it said 11:59 yesterday. ASS!

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:12 pm

_Bnu · Post by **_Bnu** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:30 pm

That is, it was probably 11:00 to begin with, and I just assumed... as punishment, everyone has to watch the Team Apes theme video.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:33 pm

just wanna take part in the discussion that was happening while I was partying on the weekend

The Darius series is a love-hate series to me. I never played much of Darius 1, but I find Darius 2 to be an enjoyable old-school shmupe... up until when I lose my first life. It's worse than Gradius on this aspect (It's worse than anything, I don't know any other game that suffers worse than Darius of the "Die and you are screwed" syndrome). The game has a very dated level design, the enemy patterns are very dated (Yes, even by 1989...) I mean, look at Omega Fighter and R-Type 2, both games released at the same year, and they have more complex and advanced level design than Darius 2.... on the level design of Darius 2 feels like a speeded-up shmup from 1983. So yeah, the game is incredibly flawed, but there's some fun there (at least up until you lose your 1st life

)

Darius Gaiden isn't much different. While playing it this week, at many moments I was thinking something like "Jesus, the enemies just fly at my direction in a straight line! I could design this game myself in 30 seconds". Like Herr Schatten said, the shield feels like something to compensate for bad level design, and even though I 1LC no-bombed the game, There were many moments that I just saw the screen and thought "Ok, I am glad I have this shield, because there's NO FUCKING WAY TO GET PAST THIS WITHOUT BEING HIT". The game has its good moments (That first bullet spam from Neon Light Illusion is very cool, and I think it's possible to get past it without a shield, you just have to learn how to manipulate the bullet spam), and while the game is enjoyable, it's obvious it's an incredibly flawed game.... maybe it's the japanase taking on doing an euro-shmup

G-Darius is much better.

EDIT: Oh ,and I think we should accept _Bnu score... I wouldn't mind

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:16 pm

Shatterhand wrote:maybe it's the japanase taking on doing an euro-shmup

Minus Akkanvader, check Taito's shooting game catalog from 1990(89?)-1995 for more examples.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:35 pm

I don't think Taito make "euroshmups alike", I think Darius is their taking on doing euroshmups

None of the "Ray" games has anything with euroshmups

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:37 pm

Rayforce is probably the best shooting game they did during that period, sans Akkanvader.

And I think it's the worst in the series.

Besides, Taito wasn't known for their shooters during that time. Puzzle Bobble!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:40 pm

are you talking about shmups or their whole catalog?

And they released RYUJIN on this period! Come on, Ryu Jin rules! I think we should play Ryu Jin on the hidden gem week

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:42 pm

Just their shooters. Most of the misc games they did were pretty top notch.

also eww ryu jin

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:47 pm

heh

Elevator Action Returns. Top-notch stuff

And damn for editing your post while I am typing a reply

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:54 pm

Twiddle wrote:Besides, Taito wasn't known for their shooters during that time

BS! You need a break.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:01 pm

Shatterhand wrote:EDIT: Oh ,and I think we should accept _Bnu score... I wouldn't mind

RULZ R RULZ!

One of our players did some last minute runs, but ran out of time. He should get an extra hour then too!