If you want to post that, please clarify the information needed for the chart. Stage reached, max chain.
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If you want to post that, please clarify the information needed for the chart. Stage reached, max chain.
oops forgot about that, its been a few months.
japtor / 17,060,840 / chap 5 / 107
It's about time I started seeing some improvements! :D
27,450,760 / A / 183
Now hopefully I can build on that and keep improving.
Like, omg. O.O
Keep away from my score, Jugem! :p
But really, nicely done :D I tried having a few goes the other day but im afraid im.... slightly out of practice. ^_^
Finally! Good job old boy!
This is Sombrero BTW.
Hmm, I got this yesterday and while I admit it is the dogs bollocks, I cannae get past chapter 3, have a measly score of 2 million odd and my biggest chain is 29. Wahey!
Ikaruga will crush your soul for many weeks and months until you can master the game with 3 figure chains and multi-million scores... don't worry about not doing well at the moment. ^_^
That just shows that you're only human... and that Ikaruga is an evil monster that takes a morbid joy in devastating even the best gamers. :D
Well said. I have to say I wasn't sure about buying it, espicially as I don't own a Gamecube at the moment. I've stolen my brothers. It's so good though looks like I'll have to invest in one now. :)
You didn't think I'd have forgotten that already, did you? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NoboruWataya
Jx2: The first thing I did was check to see if I had beaten your score, and to my disappointment, found out I fell a bit short! I fell into a bit of a slump after that, but then got another 27.4M score which was just 2,000 short of my last high. I think I'm close to breaking out with a 28-29M score now. Just need a little bit more consistency.
Another new score:
28,073,900 / A / 184
I should have had 30 million though, as I had two easily avoidable deaths and a chain break in chapter 4 that cost me about 1.7M, and another avoidable death at the diamond with under 10 seconds left.
This one has been a long time coming! :D
ChrisM-UK - 33,193,250 - Chapter A - 219
Breakdown:
Ch 1: 4,137,320 (131)
Ch 2: 5,950,260 (193)
Ch 3: 6,087,680 (129)
Ch 4: 7,275,160 (219)
Ch 5: 5,676,030 (114)
(8 life extend, no deaths)
Will endeavour to have a stab at 34 million, should I find the time. Will require learning a bunch of new strats though...
;)
It's an honour to know you, Chris. :cry:
That's it then... first in the TNL chart and damn near the best score in the world! :D I take it from your chapter 4 max chain that you can fully chain 4-2 then? :lol:
Congratulations!
Great work Chris. Don't get too comfy in that 1st slot thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisM-UK
;)
Well, as I said I would post it ages ago... here is my best score...
Ikaruga: Normal Mode
Overall: 10,465,790
Chap 1: 3,383,980 104 chain
Chap 2: 2,994,560 89 chain
Chap 3: 2,026,000 50 chain
Chap 4: 2,061,220 49 chain
This game gets better and better the more time one spends with it... but you all knew that.
I'll try not to... I get the feeling you won't be posting a score higher than mine until it's 35+ million. Be honest: you must have topped 33 million by now. You're just holding out for the big one...Quote:
Originally Posted by Valgar
;)
EDIT: In response to your question about Ch 4, Jx2, my highest chain count is 222. I believe the maximum lies at 234. I'm dropping the missing 12 chains from outside the satellite walls in 4-2 (most in the entry, a couple in the exit).
I finally made it to Chap 5 in normal without continuing... A milestone for me at least.
Normal Mode:
Overall: 13,280,910
C1: 3,425,600 106 chain
C2: 3,357,200 103 chain
C3: 1,573,350 19 chain -_-
C4: 3,540,840 51 chain
C5: 1,383,920 33 chain (died at boss)
Chapter 3 is THE hardest to chain I swear...
Hehe, just about reached chapter 4 now. With just under 5 million, whoever said this game gets better the more you play it was spot on. THis is becoming something of a religion now. :_)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jx2
ChrisM-UK, oh you of all people should know the max for C4 is 236, not 234. Do you have the DVD? Look at WIZ's high score list on there, you'll see a few 236 chain scores.
I'm glad I don't play this game anymore. It's all shikigami II for me now.
speaking of crushing souls, i was 6 seconds away from a 1cc.
and on top of that, my new score doesnt move me up at all!
well i got one of my goals (20 mil), thought it would come with my other (1cc)...so close...
japtor / 21,404,830 / chap 5 / 129
new highs in 3, 4, and 5 at least (also where all my deaths came from, in successive geometric growth!)
3,687,160 (114)
4,592,350 (94)
4,213,570 (129 1 death)
4,428,120 (54 2 deaths)
4,439,830 (92 4 deaths)
So I got the number wrong: big deal. I was working from memory. No need to be so bloody patronising... sheesh!Quote:
Originally Posted by blueskied
:wtf:
wow, so hostile! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisM-UK
I was obviously just joking with you with the "you of all people" remark (because you have one of the top non-japanese C4 arcade scores, and one of the top overall arcade scores in the world). :\
What's so awful about me posting the CORRECT number anyway? You don't want people to know the correct info or something? :wtf:
Hmm. Yes. I think I remember why I stopped playing Ikaruga. Back to the land of shikigami II where things are much more fun and much less hostile! :lol:
Alright... I think I'm finally getting the hang of this!
Normal Mode
Overall: 15,151,080
Ch.1: 3,460,620 - 107 chain
Ch.2: 3,798,880 - 123 chain
Ch.3: 2,599,220 - 46 chain
Ch.4: 3,261,120 - 45 chain
Ch.5: 2,031,240 - 71 chain
Extend 2 and P3 of course (default). I've yet to get through the game without continuing... Mabye I should just play arcade mode, is there any difference?
Heh, was having a bad day when I posted that. You can see how it could be taken either way. Obviously, there's nothing wrong with the correct number (or even the "CORRECT" number, as you put it). I just read a little too far into it. All's forgiven, and all that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by blueskied
I don't quite see where you're coming from with this though. The Ikaruga community at GameFAQs is far from hostile. And the Prototype camp are still waiting on your amazing 2-2 bonus enemies strat, btw... I still don't see why this strat remains so secret even now after you've stopped playing. You're obviously a great player (remember our Ch 5 114 chain scoring war?), so why won't you share this? :\Quote:
Hmm. Yes. I think I remember why I stopped playing Ikaruga. Back to the land of shikigami II where things are much more fun and much less hostile! :lol:
Side note: I plan on aquiring Shikigami 2 in the not-too-distant future as well. Might see you on some scoreboards... ;)
EDIT: Mister DAN, playing in Challenge -> Arcade is identical to just pressing start, provided that you're using default settings. The only difference is that you can't use continues in Challenge mode, and you get given a NetRanking password for your score. Granted, the NetRanking is down, but I guess holding onto your passwords wouldn't hurt. Perhaps Atari will bring it back someday? Wishful thinking, perhaps...
I don't have a copy of Ikaruga anymore and I haven't played it in about 2 months. To reconstruct my strategy I'd have to analyse footage of the last rows by watching slo-mo footage on the appreciate DVD or some other vid of those rows, whilst trying to recall precisely which enemy I hit in a sequential order. Yes I could do that (probably, I'm not sure how well I remember that anymore though), but I simply haven't had the time to yet and to be frank I've lost any motivation for it. People on the gamefaqs board have apparently "dismissed it as a falsification", so I don't really see why I should care anymore. I was the first person to get a 29 chain in the last 10 rows, however I never claimed to have a set strategy to do it. So andypro gets credit for that, as he DID develop the first real strategy for the last 10 rows. However, I chained them before anyone else. Best I did after that was a 25 chain (a few times), I believe. I really only played C2 proto for a few days (not long enough to get a strat solidified), then got sick of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisM-UK
I'm so caught up in my research and work in graduate school, and in my little free time I sneak in some plays of Shiki II, so charting out my Ika C2 proto last 10 row strat has not been high on my list of priorities. Maybe sometime this summer. But really, I don't care all that much anymore. My strat was only really consistent for about 23~25 chains, and I never had it really "tight", I always felt like halfway through I was winging it.
I would be perfectly happy to send my GC and copy of Ikaruga over to you to see if you could wing your way through the bonus enemies of 3-2 (proto) for me if you like. I never could work those out.
Just so long as you record it and send me the results.
Who are you talking to, me? 3-2 proto bonus enemies?? I never figured out how to do those (i got like 10-15 chains tops there), so I really don't know why you'd want to send me a GC and the game to record it.
And anyway I'm through with ikaruga. I never want to play it again.
I believe he was implying that you would accidentally chain them...Quote:
Originally Posted by blueskied
Gotcha. I sorta figured his comment was less than sincere. Well, technically speaking, I always accidentally chained them. I never had a pattern, that's why my chains fluctuated so much there (usually 10-15, think I got 20 once when I got lucky). I always dreaded that part, I just went to the top right of the screen, held my breath, and started picking off chains randomly as fast as I could.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisM-UK
I've read rjpage's comments about how he can't fathom how I did the 29 chain in the last 10 rows in C2 (he basically makes jokes about it and laughs it off as fiction). It's quite remarkable how someone can be so sure something isn't possible, simply because they can't figure out how to do it. I consider him an idiot, so I can't really blame him for his inability to comprehend the idea there are radically different ways of doing things if you're creative. ;)
To be honest, I'm not totally sure I understand how it's possible to guess your way through fully chaining 10 rows. It took me an absolute age to get fully chaining 8/9 rows down. You must admit, the notion of accidentally chaining 10 of these rows is going to sound a little far-fetched at least. I trust that you're familiar with how homing missiles select their targets?
Anyway, after exams next week, I think I might give the Proto bonus rows a look, just out of morbid curiosity...
As I said numerous times on the gamefaqs board I had a set strategy to get the first half of the rows cleared. After that things got "improvisational". One time I did something in the order of got the whites cleared away on the left and was able to release a homing to get a bunch of blacks, cleared the last few whites on the right, released another homing to get the blacks, maybe another movement left, clear whites/black homing release (don't remember), bingo 29 chain. Obviously I figured out a method to do it but I could never replicate it because I didn't remember exactly WHAT I did that one time. That's why I said it was 'accidental'.
A recapitulation of my method, as posted on gamefaqs before:
Start far right, pick off alternate color chains moving to the far left, when at the far left shoot up only the white rows (if you do it right, you'll just shoot to the top of the screen in each white row as the screen scrolls up naturally, and you'll get an even chain by the last row on the far right), move to the far right, now you have a screen full of blacks, quick homing release/absorb, --->FROM HERE ON OUT IMPROVISATION BEGAN-->something in the order of: move back left quickly clearing the white rows on the left of the screen, black homing/absorb, move right getting remaining whites, release black homing, MAYBE move back left clear remaining whites, black homing/absorb (I really don't remember how many times you have to clear whites & black homing release at the end).
I think with that, CHRISM-UK, you could figure out how to get at least the 23~25 I was getting. And possibly unravel what I did to get that 29 chain. Which would be advantageous, as my method involves heavy bullet eating of the rows (so it would be more total points than andypro's method).
Basically, when I started on the last 9/10 rows in proto, it immediately dawned upon me that this would be a perfect place to utilise the generous amounts of homing you have in proto which you lack in arcade. It didn't dawn upon anyone else at the gamefaqs board, but I remember when I told it to snapdragon he said something like "wow, I never thought of trying that. That's a great idea." So I just set out on chaining the rows around this idea, where I would constantly try to clear away one color to enable the homing release to destroy and absorb the opposite color. I felt this would optimise bullet-eating and with practice would make chaining the rows easier and more consistent (plus rather flashy!). And it DOES work. This is called creative thinking. ;) That's one of the things I'll always love about ikaruga, and one of the funnest things about the game--there is never "one" set pattern, and often there are numerous possible means to the same end. Probably quite a few no one has developed yet (particularly in proto mode, which is HIGHLY exploitable and flexible), but they are possible due to the great design of the game.
Where is the link to that chart of the last rows? It might help if I could be a bit less vague about the first part, with which chains to pick out. Like I said my memory is fuzzy so I can't promise I'll be totally accurate.