Gigawing 2: Scoring and Strategy

[Mode7]

By that point you'll be sacrificing quite a few points by letting the boss time out. Take the first form out correctly and you should have ample time.

[BER]

Originally posted by Mode7
I was never certain how the boss destruct bonuses worked. And even if it was a bug, the bonus is somewhat negligible in the grand scheme of things. Up it goes.

I figured it out.

For each stage clearance, the TOTAL BOSS TIME bonus is
calculated by multiplying all these factors:

2,000 *
Stage number *
Sum of the times for all the bosses you destroyed so far *
Your current score multiplier

For example, let's calculate Mode's TOTAL BOSS TIME bonus
for Stage 6.

2000 *
6 *
(1+26+18+16+5+7) *
724,872,913 =
634,988,671,788,000

which is exactly what he received. Do the calculations for
the rest of the stages in his replay and they should match
what the game displays.

I can accept what I've earned now. Yeay!

EDIT: Whoops, the description is more compactly explained
on Darren Lo's FAQ on GameFAQs. But I think it was good to
give an example just to clear things up.

[BER]

Twice I died here today:

http://www.shmups.com/beepreying/gw2/23611.jpg

When I reach the corner, I either run into a laser's vapor
trail or a blue needle. I'm thinking about using the RF
here earlier

http://www.shmups.com/beepreying/gw2/22934.jpg

play the boss as Mode demonstrated in his replay, and then
the RF would recharge in time to protect me from the
situation shown in the first image. Anyone, is there an
easier way to deal with this?

EDIT: Potential solution. Step back a half a second from
the first picture. The rear of the little ship should be
aligned with the bottom of the big ship's landing area. I'm
thinking about using my RF there.

[Randorama]

20,333,661,332,449,290 Chery/All/RF

Back to Chery and a decent play, considering that i only tried twice after two weeks or Ikaruga and illness.

Bern, for your problems regarding boss 4: you can do in any way you like the bomb thingies, but you have to trigger earlier the reflect force before the green laser. Try to find your own timing, tho, consider that you also get the wide+lasers part after that.

R

[BER]

16,332,987,866,697,070 - Bern-D / Chery / RF Stage 7

I've never managed to waste the bosses from Stages 4 and 6
without using a bomb or losing a life. I'm considering
recreating their patterns using BulletML and playing them
on sdmkun. On this credit, I also performed a few succesful
RFs on the Stage 7 boss. Just need to know how to dodge
better after every RF.

And Randorama, congratulations on breaking the 20
quadrillion point barrier! Looks like I still have to keep
chasing after ya. :)

[BER]

5,186,321,582,052,060 - Bern-D / Ralugo / RF ALL

I felt ALL coming. But every time I tried, I'd always make
some foolish mistake. A stray bullet in Stage 4. A lazy
misjudgement of some pattern in Stage 6. Whatever.

I used Ralugo twice today, because I felt ALL coming. I
knew his splash mines were best for wiping out bosses the
quickest, but would I get used to his slower speed? Maybe
not the first time, but it all came together on the
second--my tenth credit for the day.

I made it to Stage 7 with no deaths and one bomb. I used
that bomb on the first form of the demented LIMI. But
somehow, I managed to dodge and reflect through the rest
effectively. Second form, and my only death came from
misjudging the flower pattern. I forgot--Ralugo's hit area
is below Chery's. And even after, I paniced and wasted two
more bombs on the boss. Even the red spiral attack nearly
killed me.

Then I destroyed her. Some casual arcade visitor named SEK
witnessed her fall. But with one life remaining and no
bombs, I was pleased. Surprised, but pleased.

This is the first arcade shooting game I cleared on a
credit.

Mode7...

Randorama...

VTF-INO...

Everyone else who has supported me...

THANK YOU!

[Mode7]

Congratulations, Bern. Do you want that score listed, or the previous high to stand?

[BER]

Originally posted by Mode7
Congratulations, Bern. Do you want that score listed, or the previous high to stand?

Keep my highest score listed. I'm just glad I can focus on
scoring well again.

[Randorama]

Good job dude, a winner is you
Now, i hope you'll insist practicing on this game, and get new awesome records


Now, since you've completed the game, do you plan to to conquer other meanies, while perfectioning this one?
Cheers,
R

[BER]

Originally posted by Randorama
Good job dude, a winner is you
Now, i hope you'll insist practicing on this game, and get new awesome records

Yeah, I'm ready to set new awesome records. These past few
days, I was struggling between beating the game and earning
a higher score. Now that I cleared it, I can relax again
and go for 20 quadrillion (*10^15).

Originally posted by Randorama
Now, since you've completed the game, do you plan to to conquer other meanies, while perfectioning this one?

I don't feel ready to conquer other games, yet. I'm hooked
to the rapid rate of progress I'm experiencing with Giga
Wing 2, and it would bother me to try anything else. I am
tempted, though, to start playing Gunbird 2 for first-loop
clearance sometime later this year instead of the next.