Operation Quickening - Second Wave

[Yazphier]

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Yazphier - 1944: The Loop Master - Stage 3 - 1052860 - 19C

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[Magma Dragoon]

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Magma Dragoon - 1943 - Stage 2 - 163570 - 8C

[LordHypnos]

Now that I've finally cleared MM, I can play the quickening again

Lord Hypnos - Crimson Phoenix - Stage 2 boss -1,035,150 - 17C

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yeah, pretty embarrassing Pretty sure this is like the easiest doujin ever.

[Yazphier]

Yazphier - Homura - Stage 1 - 5xxxxxx - 20C

[Magma Dragoon]

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Magma Dragoon - Aero Fighters - Hien - Stage 4 boss - 219000 - 9C

[LordHypnos]

Lord Hypnos - Direct X - Stage 1 - 460,960 - 18C

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Totally forgot my route 'n shit

[Yazphier]

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Yazphier - Kamui - Stage 2 - 2343200 - 21C

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[Magma Dragoon]

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Magma Dragoon - Hyper Duel - Lisa - Stage 6 - 1035783 - 10C

[Yazphier]

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Yazphier - Metal Black - Stage 2 - 68040 - 22C

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[Magma Dragoon]

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Magma Dragoon - Blue Wish Resurrection Plus - Blue Eden - Stage 4 - 8448750 - 11C

[ACSeraph]

Been a bit out of it for a while here.

ACSeraph - Akai katana (arcade) - Type-C - Stage 3 - 7,701,569 - 53C

I honestly just can't enjoy this game. It's possible that it becomes good when you understand how everything works, but the mechanics are laughably opaque. It makes no attempt at explaining how anything works, from the scoring to the basic mechanics of the game, and they aren't intuitive enough to figure out naturally. It's Cave over-complexity at it's absolute worst. I won't go so far as to say it's a bad game because I don't understand it well enough to make that call, but it is certainly badly designed.

[Jonst]

^ You're playing the wrong mode dude! Arcade is the least fun.

EDIT: using type c probably won't help either,it's great ship to use for scoring AND if you know what you're doing.Having said that,I know what I'm doing but can't play with type c for shit on any mode...I find it too sluggish...

[ACSeraph]

ACSeraph - Mushihimesama Arrange (PS2) - Stage 5 - 74,233,388 - 54C

Don't really have any sort of route or plan for these patterns, so I'm not really surprised I didn't clear. Only made it to stage 5 because of the auto-bomb.

^ You're playing the wrong mode dude! Arcade is the least fun.

EDIT: using type c probably won't help either,it's great ship to use for scoring AND if you know what you're doing.Having said that,I know what I'm doing but can't play with type c for shit on any mode...I find it too sluggish...

Not really comfortable with any of the ships to be honest. Yeah I've often heard that Arcade mode is the worst, but the other modes suffer from the same problem of the game not making it clear how it's supposed to be played. I kind of dislike this kind of meaningless complexity, not only in AK but also some other Cave games like Galuda 2. I'm still willing to learn this game, but we need a guide for it.

[Captain]

Everything updated.

[ACSeraph]

Been a long time, but I guess I'll give this another go:

ACSeraph - Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (Saturn) - Phase 4 Boss - 55C

This probably could have been a good game, but it ruined by being overly cinematic at the expense of gameplay. It's way too hard to tell which plane the enemies are in and what you should be shooting/dodging. Nice looking, but bad to play.

[ashygal]

ashygal - Espgaluda II Arrange - Stage 3 - 1C

First time playing a cave shmup and the bullets are insane

[Van_Artic]

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VanArtic - Gunhed - Area-9 - 2,954,580

this is the first PCE shmup i ever played, not bad

[ACSeraph]

ACSeraph - Homura (PS2) - Stage 2 - 54,145,000 - 56C

I bought this a long time ago but barely played it because I was into other stuff at the time. It's actually pretty cool, but seems pretty hard. I may end up learning it now that it's on Nesica.

[ashygal]

Ashygal - ikaruga - stage 2 - 653850 - 2c

I like this better than the first randomizer game that i played yesterday

[Van_Artic]

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VanArtic - Batsugun Special Ver. - 8 - 5,496,430 - Type B Beltiana

didnt bother to learn bomb tricks or other stuff, i only played this once like 2 years ago
also holyshit the suicide bullets are nuts

[cave hermit]

Well, might as well get in on this action!

I rolled Gemini Wing

Stage 2, 748,00 points.

I remembered to set the dip switch to normal difficulty.

I am not very good at Gemini wing.

[ACSeraph]

ACSeraph - Judgement Silversword (360) - Type 1 - Stage 20 - 6,788,080 - 57C

Not a bad run for me actually, but this game is brutally hard. It's difficult to believe there are another 11 stages after this...

[ashygal]

Ashygal - ibara - stage 2 - 531650 - 3c

Hard game

[Van_Artic]

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VanArtic - Final Soldier - Stage 5 - 1,445,600

those homing shots in stage 4...

[Magma Dragoon]

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Magma Dragoon - Dragon Blaze - Sonia & Water Dragon - Stage 3 - 155600 - 12C

MY EYES! SO MUCH PINK!

[ashygal]

Ashygal - galaga - stage 6 - 27060 - 4c

My right wrist is sore

[ACSeraph]

ACSeraph - Bullet Soul Infinite Burst Normal Mode (360) - Plugsuit Desu - Stage 4 - 586,745,570 - 58C

I love Infinite Burst but damn Normal mode is terribad. I don't know why they even included it honestly, you just sit around bored not moving until something cheaply flies out of nowhere and rams you to death. I've cleared it before but forgotten all the cheap death points so there's basically no way I'll clear it again without re-memorizing. This almost feels like it wasn't even made by the same team that made Burst mode; it's night and day.

[Van_Artic]

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VanArtic - Varth (world) - Stage 10 - Smart - 1,516,200

all those bonus items are random as fuck

[ACSeraph]

ACSeraph - Skykid (PS1) - Stage 2 - 8,260 - 59C

First time ever trying this one. It seems pretty fun, but I suck at it (obviously).

[ashygal]

Ashygal - layer section - stage 2 - 201500 - 5c

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