Gigawing 2: Scoring and Strategy

Update: Rob reaffirms his arcade mode lead as well upping the ante on a couple score attack stages.

Arcade Mode:

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1. 49,582,204,168,756,720 - Rob / Kart / RF            ALL
2. 35,032,604,369,693,550 - Bern-D / Chery / RF        ALL
3. 27,672,448,490,812,681 - Kaneda / Chery / RF        ALL
4. 21,111,111,219,111,190 - Randorama / Chery / RF      ALL
5. 12,606,492,097,541,061 - sleeveboy / Chery / RF      Stage 7
6. 11,997,258,993,115,781 - Gondolin / Limi  / RF      ALL [verified]
7.  7,690,494,293,891,871 - J2d / Chery / RF            Stage 7
8.  5,387,916,220,037,910 - Evnglion / Chery (CP) / RF  Stage 5
9.  4,996,875,401,433,990 - danhaigh / Chery / RF      Stage 6
10. 4,266,159,068,338,241 - Wanderer / Chery / RF      Stage 4

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Score Attack Modes:

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Stage 1:  3,437,472,688,659,882,950 - Rob / Kart
Stage 2:  5,066,601,551,121,479,780 - Rob / Kart
Stage 3:  3,715,888,649,484,611,770 - Kaneda / Chery
Stage 4:  5,989,665,127,153,329,790 - Rob / Kart
Stage 5:  1,461,958,118,520,049,000 - Rob / Kart
Stage 6:  1,658,869,853,752,698,430 - Rob / Kart
Stage 7: 10,672,013,705,115,288,720 - Rob / Kart

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Total Score:

301,471,483,920,130,759,984 - Mode7

The Rules: Full default, one credit only, alternate ships permitted. Absolutely, positively no 'Restarts' beyond the first stage. Please submit scores in the format used by the above charts. Only one slot each for the Score Attack modes, as I don't want to spend the rest of my natural life updating this thread.

And before you shrug off this thread, believe me when I say you won't have experienced the true beauty of this game until you start playing for score and/or a one-credit clear. The pacing of the game is somewhat odd, yes, but disabling the Character Events and playing on a single credit goes a long way toward addressing this. So drag out that Dreamcast and let's see what you've got!

Hey Mode:

How about adding a Passive Resistance challenge (i.e. lowest score possible)? I was tempted to post one the other day.

In the meantime, I'll get cracking on some GW2 digits; I finally got this game yesterday.

Done. They'll be limited to 0 pt. submissions, though, since it would be quite difficult to rank otherwise. This isn't too much of a problem with the way scoring is structured in GW2, fortunately.

Let me just say that I love this game. I ignored it for far, FAR too long.

Is it possible to rack up a respectable score using the Reflect Laser? Experience suggests to me that the Reflect Barrier is the best way to go.

My somewhat humble score (Arcade Mode):

57,7883,7162,3279 - sleeveboy / Kart / stage 2

NB: The NA release does use the three-number system.

It's definitely possible to pull in a decent score with the RL, but you'll have to work for it a bit more. I find it's generally more difficult to trigger volcanos, and since the amount of bullets you can absord with the RL has a set limit, its offensive potential is much less than that off the RF as well. You also can't trigger 'double volcanos' with the RL... Not that I've managed to do it yet with the RF in arcade mode, but never mind that. Glad to hear you're enjoying the game.

...Edit! That reminds me, I suppose we probably ought to include RF/RL settings in the charts as well. I knew I was forgetting something...

Umm no clue. So the rules are you can't fire, only use the reflect barrier?

Here's my score (using my guns and barrier, no bombs) for arcade mode: Kart Level 3 score 67,872,082,942,940

If I'm doing something wrong or there's a question just yell. *-neo

You can fire if you like for the Passive Resistance ranking, but your score has to stay 0, which means you should be careful about it. For the Arcade Mode ranking, no holds barred beyond what's already been mentioned, so your score is fine.

Is "RF" the Reflect Barrier? If so, then that's what I used.

203,305,163,707,981 - sleeveboy / Kart / RF / Stage 4

Yep - It's called a Reflect Force in the JP release. Didn't realize they'd changed it.

A few notes on Passive Resistance:

Apparently you don't score any points until you actually boost your multiplier by picking up medals, meaning that your multiplier starts at 0. So I think you can shoot, as long as you don't pick up any medals. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. (Another interesting point: when you restart from the first level, your score starts at 1. So if you're going to practice Passive Resistance, you'll need to begin a new game each time.)

Also: what do you think is a "par" score for the first few levels (1-3)? I'm scoring about 100-150 trillion on the Cloud Sea level, but I'd like to know what ballpark I should be shooting for.

Some advice on triggering double Volcanons would also be appreciated.

I love the little atmospheric touches in this game, like how you can listen to the gears of the gun turrets creaking in the trench stage.