XII Stag

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Originally posted by ChaoofNee
Back attack... interesting.
Now, are these multi-directional shots a gimmick, or are they actually going to implement tests of your ability to use them within the stages?

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I've got my copy of XII Stag now.

For the back attack, you just use your ship's tailfire to toast enemies (a lot of 1-hit quitters will go down by that, but you need to be careful doing it to larger enemies).

With the barrier, you get points for each bullet that it soaks up. Soak up enough and they can be worth 1,000 each.

Impressions please :) .

Don't know if this has been mentioned but Taito is holding a scoring contest for XII Stag, and the winners get models of the game's ship. Damn that thing looks the Mosquito from MM. *-neo

It looks like a PC Win98 freeware shooter. 60 is a wee much.

All this joystick waggling is quite knackering.

Using the side and back attacks gives you big multipliers (or something), so you end up using them a lot. Luck would have it tho, that there's lots of enemies that attack from the rear and sides. The L1 & R1 are mapped to left and right as well.

Didn't know how the barrier works tho. Thanks.

Later.

Kenshin, is this worth $60? I'll probably pick this up at some point, but I think I'll wait and hope the used price drops in the next couple of months. If you've reviewed it on your site feel free to just link me, but I couldn't find it.

Also- can't the joystick wiggling be assigned to a button like Psyvariar?

Cigs, I haven't played it, but there are some in depth impressions over at shmups & I seem to remember someone saying that it could be mapped.

JM

Thanks JM, I should have thought to look over there.

I thought the game was fun, but I was dissapointed in the length of the game (and stage length). The ground stages were very good, but unfortunately there were only 2-3 of them. They were a lot more "manic" than the cloud stages, and seemed as if they were from a different game.

The bosses could have been more difficult and varied, but were very well animated (considering the hardware).

I like the game, but definately not for everyone. I think most people are better off waiting for dodonpachi.

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Originally posted by cigsthecat
Kenshin, is this worth $60? I'll probably pick this up at some point, but I think I'll wait and hope the used price drops in the next couple of months. If you've reviewed it on your site feel free to just link me, but I couldn't find it.

Also- can't the joystick wiggling be assigned to a button like Psyvariar?

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I didn't mind the $60 tag on it. The graphics are not bad and are on par with a Raiden Fighters title. I had heard this was a limited print run game, so it may be a good move to snag this ASAP after you've got DDPDOJ.

IIRC, the joystick wiggling can be done with a button. I've gotten the hang of that- move towards an enemy then tap once or twice away, but as Leynos said it can be "knackering".

That barrier does do some damage to enemies... basically it's a bomber but with a neat transparent effect in lieu of a traditional flame blast.

Oddly, stage 4 seems a tad bit easier than stage 3 (the first ground stage). The last stage reminds me stylistically of something in Formation Armed F, but with modern 2D graphics.

When the multiplier shows up in big numbers from an enemy killed with side or rear fire, that's just to tell you you've raised the multiplier to that. Frontal shot kills are scored using the multiplier shown at the bottom of the screen.

I'll start on a review soon and will let you know once that's up. :)

Thanks for the info. I really hope this doesn't turn into another Psyvariar. (price/availability wise)