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Don't forget the little chain meter in the upper corner, very handy.
You think the extra enemies are rewarded based on speed? It seems to me to be chaining an entire area or something to that effect.
The very first area is easy to chain, after that you get three lil white guys coming down, if you chain them in as well, you then get three black guys. But if you miss the white ones, the black ones never show. Which is why I believe the bonus enemies are based on chaining.
I would have to disagree. I too think it is based on speed because on Stage 1, at the very start, the final three red enemies don't always show up. Whenever they don't show is when I screw up and take too long eliminating the big bunch of reds and whites.Quote:
Originally posted by lithium
Don't forget the little chain meter in the upper corner, very handy.
You think the extra enemies are rewarded based on speed? It seems to me to be chaining an entire area or something to that effect.
The very first area is easy to chain, after that you get three lil white guys coming down, if you chain them in as well, you then get three black guys. But if you miss the white ones, the black ones never show. Which is why I believe the bonus enemies are based on chaining.
Also, towards the middle of Stage 1 there is that sequence with the two whites that fly in towards the bottom right and the additonal white that comes in from the upper right intermixed with a bunch of reds. If you hit the three whites and 'bomb' the remaining reds, you'll get another swarm of three whites and three reds.
Yea... follow that?
C_S: heh, I'm still below you. I wasted too much time making no progress, so I'm just getting into it finally. I'll post when I'm good and ready, thank you. ;)
lithium: I'm not exactly sure, you're probably right though. I'll have to watch carefully the next time it happens.
it doesn't matter if you're in the middle of a chain or not. you encounter the bonus enemies based on how quickly you took out the enemies immediately preceding them. to see this firsthand, just try going through a stage destroying everything as quickly as possible.
as for the fighter swarm in chapter 2's intro, i've gotten to the point where i can go through the entire section without firing. it's not *that difficult to avoid everything.. i just get confused when i actually try to chain the enemies.
That's an interesting idea, just weaving through all of that. I agree, that isn't too bad- but chaining that part so far makes my head hurt.
Oh yes, anyone else playing this with a Saturn pad? Pure joy. Love that Total Control 3 adaptor.
Now that I think about it that does make more sense. Since transistions always happen at a fixed time, the bonus enemies come to fill in any downtime if you're quick on the draw. Otherwise you're just sitting there waiting for the next transistion to occur.Quote:
Originally posted by epmode
it doesn't matter if you're in the middle of a chain or not. you encounter the bonus enemies based on how quickly you took out the enemies immediately preceding them.
This is most obvious right before the second boss, I've not bothered to chain those circling enemies yet so I just quickly kill them, and I sit there for about 10 seconds before the game finally triggers the boss to come in. I guess Treasure wanted to give you time to chain those guys. But interestingly no bonus guys ever come then. I dunno. Whatever :)
johnk, have you actually pulled that off? They approach each other too quickly for that to seem viable. Once they start to mingle, game over.
Yep yep. Screw anything else. The SS pad works like magic.Quote:
Originally posted by cigsthecat
That's an interesting idea, just weaving through all of that. I agree, that isn't too bad- but chaining that part so far makes my head hurt.
Oh yes, anyone else playing this with a Saturn pad? Pure joy. Love that Total Control 3 adaptor.
[Question: On the Ranking screen... When you press L or R... the dates are replaced with... well, something. What is that stuff?]
Lithium / 2,022,100 / chapter 2 / Max chain : 32
I just realized sucking up bullets is pretty decent points. D'oh.
Hey:
That seems to be the way to do it, using the Layer Section attack (as I'm calling it because of the resembleance but I mean the A+B Super) over and over again and then going for direct hits when there is a bit of a break, but his fire crisscrosses so much that I start panic switching and eventually get shot down. I'm determined to take him down on one credit tonight, a strategy I thought of today is to basically just avoid his entire first attack and then rush him as soon as he slows down. I might not get a big Boss Destroy bonus, but oh well...Quote:
Originally posted by lithium
What are your techniques on him? I still can't beat him on one credit. It seems like you're supposed to open up his shell thingies, both of them, and then drop many bombs. He constantly spits out swarms of bullets of one color at a time, so it's easy to refill your meter. Then when it's a little more quieter I get inside the shells and fire away as the opposite color.
That's what I'm attempting to do, but he still beats me.
-Technosphile