DoDonPachi dai-ou-jou [PS2]

[cigsthecat]

Finally it is in my hands. And it is good. Too bad I have to go to class now...

[J2d]

Despite everyone warning me of Toys'n joys I'm still gonna call them next week to see if they've got it then (called them last night). As far as I'm concerned I know that there is a big chance that they will rip me off but what are you supposed to do? I never see any copies of it on ebay and no other store has them, might check up on gametz to see if anyone is selling though.

[Ryan]

My copy isn't goona get here until Friday..at least my new Monitor comes the same day.

[gameoverDude]

Well folks, here is my $0.50 on DDPDOJ.
Click Here to check it out.

[Matt]

Originally posted by J2d
Despite everyone warning me of Toys'n joys I'm still gonna call them next week to see if they've got it then (called them last night). As far as I'm concerned I know that there is a big chance that they will rip me off but what are you supposed to do?

Oh, they've got it in, alright!

I just went to the post office today between classes to mail a couple of my Ebay packages. Great timing, it turned out, because one of the Toys n Joys employees was there with a cartload of suspiciously DVD-sized boxes. (The Kaimuki PO is less than a block from the Toys n Joys shop).

Of course, I knew what that meant. I wasted no time in biking over to the store, where they had 4 nice shiny copies of DDPDOJ sitting in the showcase. Now, they only have 3

This means that, if any of you pre-ordered the game from TnJ, you should be getting it in a couple of days, and if you order it now it is in stock and you shouldn't have any trouble. Toys n Joys isn't out to rip you off - they're just really disorganized sometimes.

- Matt

[Click_Stick]

If my hand didn't feel like it was just run over by a 4x4, I would post some detailed impressions....


But it's really lovely.

[AaronChance]

The only complaint I have about the game is the 'easy' setting is a bald face lie. If that's easy, very hard must be coating screen with bullets until you can't see anything else. While death label is pure distilled madness... but that's not a complaint.

Well worth the cost of admission.

[Eight One]

Now there's an idea for E3...

[J2d]

It's christmas eve over here, I got DDP nine in the morning(!) and two hours later GGX2 dropped in, right now I'm savouring the moment.

If only this feeling could come more often..

[Click_Stick]

I can still feel the straight four hour run-through from last night in my thumbs.

Here are a few points:

The game is not ugly. I'm glad you changed your mind, cigs. dai-ou-jou has a vastly different style from that of DDP with it's darker settings and almost dreary colors. But this lends itself well to the game's wacky background: cyborgs and all that crazy jazz. [Look at the artwork to see what I mean.]

The music beats DDP's into the ground, thank God. [Knew this from watching the videos, but it's great to listen and finally play.] And the announcer dominates, too. Listen to him say "presented by Cave." Love that clip. He's a riot.

More, more, more. More bullets, more firepower, more devastating patterns, more enemies. The third level in dai-ou-jou feels like the 5th or 6th in DDP. Cave doesn't waste any time in laucnhing the big shit quick in DOJ. [I'm almost glad DOJ is only 5 stages long.]

Cave still keeps a careful balance with the inclusion of the Hyper item, however. Using it in specific areas of stages is key to obtaining big numbers. Blahblah, you knew that.

The bosses put out quite a show. Once again, the patterns they dump are something to admire. They're of the 'looks impossible' variety, but I can feel a kind of increased comfort with each successive attempt.


There's tons to say about this game and I haven't even hit Stage 4 yet. But Goddamnit, this has been so worth the painful 6 months+ wait.