Subterranean Animism (Touhou 11; ZUN, 2008)

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:56 pm

The replay works fine for me, seems strange it wouldn't work on a specific machine. Desyncs are either because the movement wasn't recorded correctly or random numbers are being generated wrong from the seed.

Also, that last pattern is goddamn awesome.
Easy:
Taylor - 271,884,800 - All - Marisa-C - 0.1%

bsidwell · Post by **bsidwell** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:17 pm

Is your computer fast enough to run the game at full speed under normal conditions? If not, I could see that screwing up the timing.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:30 pm

Of course my computer can handle it.

I'm not the only one with this problem. A couple of my friends have the same problem (and we don't have the same computers, or the same operating systems for that matter), and there are a few posts on 4chan of the same issue. I read that if you have the problem, you have to start at stage 1 and watch it all the way to the end.

I'm sure there will be a patch for this eventually.

Also, I just finished watching a replay of Extra stage. It looks easy at first, then it looks harder than any other extra stage so far (even more than Yukari's Phantasm stage).

bsidwell · Post by **bsidwell** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:41 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:I'm sure there will be a patch for this eventually.

Don't hold your breath. Mountain of Faith never got patched, after all.

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:01 pm

Easy:
spongdangly — 274,514,890 — ALL — Marisa-B — 0.1% (replay)

Pretty good run up until the last stage. I don't even understand how I managed to die so many times during a few of the last spell cards. Marisa-B being able to change is pretty sweet.[/url]

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:50 pm

Sat down and did a Normal 1cc

Normal mode:

Shion - 230,631,820 - ALL - Reimu B - 1.7%
Replay

Reimu B is terrible for scoring, and grazing seems harder than with Marisa. I needed the smaller hitbox to 1cc this though

First 3-4 stages went excellent, stage 5 cost me most of my lives.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:12 am

bsidwell wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:I'm sure there will be a patch for this eventually.
Don't hold your breath. Mountain of Faith never got patched, after all.

All the same. I rarely record replays anyway, and I'm not good enough to be #1 to need one.

Zhiver · Post by **Zhiver** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:08 pm

Damn... Normal is nerve-wrecking.. i'm stuck at stage 6, but at least i beat easy quite... easily :p

Easy:

Zhiver - 292,175,480 - ALL - Reimu-A - 0.2%

EDIT: Just got a new score on my first serious "scoring" run

, i lost 2 lives on the 5th stage trying to do it the "scoring" way -_-.

EDIT2: Getting better

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:11 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:Of course my computer can handle it.

Don't be so sure.

Performance of doujin games differs wildly from system to system.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:43 pm

bsidwell wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:I'm sure there will be a patch for this eventually.
Don't hold your breath. Mountain of Faith never got patched, after all.

I wonder if that was a joke.

Oh wow, the score system is a little like Excess Fraction.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:17 pm

MX7 - 175.558.260 - ALL - Reimu-B - 0.2%

(EASY)

My girlfriend came in and made me kill myself several times on the last boss. Would have been around 200 million if she hadn't

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:27 pm

MX7 wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:Of course my computer can handle it.

Don't be so sure.

Performance of doujin games differs wildly from system to system.

Trust me, I have over 50 doujin shmups on this computer, and they all work fine. Subterranean Animism runs perfectly for me, it's just that replays end early for some reason.

This computer isn't 5 months old yet, and I put the best video card, RAM, and processor available on it. It's not my computer, a file must be screwed up or something.

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:21 pm

I'm really starting to like this game

Easy mode:

Shion - 448,115,380 - ALL - Reimu A - 1.1%
Replay

(no-miss, some boss graze milking)

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:47 am

Alright, finally got the hang of this one. I cleared it during an experimental run (meaning, I played MUCH more recklessly than I usually do, I used a lot of bombs (using ReimuA) to find good places to boost my grazes (Stage 5 midboss' opening move, for example)). So since I played more recklessly than usual, I died a lot more than I should have, and it fucked me over in the long run, because I kept killing my point multiplier.

Anyway:
Easy:
Momijitsuki - 187,602,600 - ALL- Reimu-A - 0.1%

Expect a score in the 200mil range next time.

crono_logical · Post by **crono_logical** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:02 am

ooh, touhou 11 thread

I'll post some replays when I've uploaded them :p

Normal mode is quite a step up in difficulty over previous games for me too especially at stage 5/6 :p

Yeah, I'm hit by that replay bug too - seems to only affect from stage 6 boss, including my own replays :p

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:21 am

crono_logical wrote:ooh, touhou 11 thread I'll post some replays when I've uploaded them :p

Normal mode is quite a step up in difficulty over previous games for me too especially at stage 5/6 :p

Yeah, I'm hit by that replay bug too - seems to only affect from stage 6 boss, including my own replays :p

You don't need to post a replay unless you're shooting for the #1 spot, Munty.

crono_logical · Post by **crono_logical** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:32 am

Fine, I won't bother then :p

Easy:
crono_logical - 341,314,060 - ALL- Reimu-B - 0.3%

Which makes me sad, because I prefer playing as Marisa but don't have a higher score with her because I went and lost a few lives towards the end, which kind of dents the completion bonus considerably in Easy :p

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:53 am

Easy:
spongdangly — 335,857,150 — ALL — Marisa-A — 0.1% (replay)

I seem to score roughly the same regardless of which character I pick. Marisa-A's raw power and inflated power gauge make boss fights a whole lot quicker though (well, at least on easy).

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:47 am

Yeah, real men use Marisa A. This is the first Touhou game where I couldn't 1cc Easy mode on the first try, so it's definitely harder.

Easy:
Ravid — 239,467,620 — ALL — Marisa-A — 0.0%

I'll post a proper score (i.e. one where I don't die 6 times on the last boss) later.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:29 am

Updated. I really like the pace the boards are filled up, although I can't say I like the fact that I can't find enough time for a decent contribution myself. :)

BLU · Post by **BLU** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:29 pm

Wow, a TH11 scoreboard.

I played as Marisa/Nitori and Reimu/Yukari for a couple of days.

All I can say is Nitori should run an insurance company :p

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:04 pm

OK that's all for now...

Easy:
Ravid — 383,592,340 — ALL — Marisa-A — 0.0%

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:07 pm

Normal:
spongdangly — 163,090,180 — Stage 6 — Marisa-A — 0.0% (replay)

I think I like Marisa-A for survival. Way to be the first here to 1CC normal Shion.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:16 pm

Updated.

Apparently, the official jp scoreboard has opened, and the first replay to be submitted there — Lunatic 1.5 bil Marisa-A by tunDERE. — has been deemed foul by the judges (or whoever it is that approves the replays submitted there). I haven't even had the chance to see it, and never will now. :) So, since the 1.67 bil Reimu-A by NTB is even worse in that respect, 1.18 bil is still the record.

I'm dying to see what the veterans are going to do with this game. ASAPIN will likely try his hand on it, and it might be that ISO will, too (since he's had a lot of records on EoSD and PCB, both based around grazing as well).

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:20 pm

Easy:
Ravid — 494,667,110 — ALL — Marisa-A — 0.0% (replay)

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:29 pm

Wow, that's a good one, Ravid. Certainly didn't expect that much, good job!

To be honest, that's the highest scoring Easy run I've seen for this game. :o

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:32 pm

Me too actually. Shame I can never watch it again as my replay always desyncs at stage 6 boss

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:58 pm

Ravid wrote:Me too actually. Shame I can never watch it again as my replay always desyncs at stage 6 boss

That sucks, I just watched your replay with no problems. Awesome run by the way. Hopefully I can take what I just saw and apply to my own playing.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:05 pm

Wow, looks like I have a lot of catching up to do if I want to make my place on these boards. It's easy to stay on the PCB/IN boards, but damn.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:12 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:It's easy to stay on the PCB/IN boards, but damn.

The only reason it's easy is because pretty much no-one except the top 4-5 scorers are actually trying. :\ Almost all the scores there are pretty weak, honestly.

If it was something as popular and competitive as DoDonPachi or Batrider, I'd get wiped off the board instantly, even though I usually try to stay near/at the top of the Touhou boards on these forums.

That being said, I need to reclaim the top here. Thanks to the God of luck, Thursday to Monday (inclusive) are my days off this week, so I'll definitely get on that asap. :P