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Dodonpachi Resurrection iPhone/iPod touch |OT| Release on 26 Aug
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Technosteve
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will i like this if i adore infinite gene?
sixteen-bit
Member
isn't there a demo?Technosteve said:
Ryu bogard
Member
This is so much easier than espgaluda I can actually 1credit this game :lol
Demo doesn't come out until the sale is over. There's a demo of Espgaluda II which might be enough to get a sense of Cave games but not exactly._dementia said:
As for liking this if you like Infinity Gene, maybe, it depends what you like about it. Infinity Gene feels kind of like a console game with a bunch of levels and crap to unlock while DDP has the classic arcade formula of blowing things up and attacking your eyes and ears for ~30 minutes straight and (re)playing for score.
I 1cc'd my first time (and a few others) but haven't once I started playing for score...even if I am a bit clueless while doing so.Ryu bogard said:
If it's the number I'm thinking of it's just the level you died on. If you clear the game it says "ALL" there.JEKKI said:
It's the last few digits of your score :lolJEKKI said:
The score string is too long for OpenFeint to put on one line.
I guess this problem is most apparent in Arcade mode, where scores seem to be a magnitude higher than iPhone.
Edit: I'm talking about a different part to japtor, I guess.
I assume japtor means the scores within the app, not the OpenFeint leaderboards.
Grabbed ESPGaluda after GAF went mad for it, and loved every damn second of that crazy arse game, even though I don't know how any part of the scoring really works.
Bought Ikaruga on the 360 due to buying Monday Night Combat and having 800 points left over. I approximately get what is happening in it.
Bought DDP:R day one, even though I'm most certainly a n00b when it comes to SCHMUPS. And I have no idea what is going on most of the time, but bugger me if the bullet hell patterns aren't a blast (pardon the pun) trying to work your way through them. And it's a stunner to look at on the (relatively) lowly 3GS.
Bought Ikaruga on the 360 due to buying Monday Night Combat and having 800 points left over. I approximately get what is happening in it.
Bought DDP:R day one, even though I'm most certainly a n00b when it comes to SCHMUPS. And I have no idea what is going on most of the time, but bugger me if the bullet hell patterns aren't a blast (pardon the pun) trying to work your way through them. And it's a stunner to look at on the (relatively) lowly 3GS.
ahh that makes sense!!Jonnyram said:
not playin much arcade mode tho... too many permutations to check high score >_< stickin with iphone mode.
thatd be crazy tho if the top scorer actually did make it to stage 96 or something... I bet he hella drained his battery to get that far.
I cant even get to stage 4 without my hand getting cramp X_X
Aaron said:
Wrong. Scoring system for iPhone mode makes the game, IMO.
Played arcade mode and it was unsurprisingly liberating and felt a bit easy not having to worry about balancing between S and M modes.
That said, still didn't 1cc on my first arcade run. Close, though.
tubgirlsplumber
Banned
This is pretty nice, has hyped me up for the 360 version too.
Wonder what the next title will be on the iPhone - Mushi I 'spose.
I appreciate their little extra bonus that they dished out - like a lot of people I was using the title screen as wallpaper.
- from the blog:- http://caveworlden.wordpress.com/
Finally, I liked the icon for the game itself, so thought I would post up the full sized version;
Wonder what the next title will be on the iPhone - Mushi I 'spose.
I appreciate their little extra bonus that they dished out - like a lot of people I was using the title screen as wallpaper.
- from the blog:- http://caveworlden.wordpress.com/
Finally, I liked the icon for the game itself, so thought I would post up the full sized version;
sixteen-bit
Member
Yep. Mushihimesama Futari is next.tubgirlsplumber said:
red shoe paul
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I was excited to see it, but not for that price.
Damn, this game is INCREDIBLE! But eh... Yeah I also prefer Arcade atm. I'd love to 'get' iPhone mode but I don't... Graze enemy bullets? I don't get it, it doesn't seem to work :/
I read the tutorial + the instructions posted in this thread many times and tried em out and even though I have fun and survive pretty well and all that, I don't have much of a grasp of what's going on score-wise and how *exactly* I should graze bullets, balance between S/M and what all the implications of going hyper are... It really feels needlessly complicated. But please do try to educate me more if you have the patience for it, I'd love to get the hang of it
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I read the tutorial + the instructions posted in this thread many times and tried em out and even though I have fun and survive pretty well and all that, I don't have much of a grasp of what's going on score-wise and how *exactly* I should graze bullets, balance between S/M and what all the implications of going hyper are... It really feels needlessly complicated. But please do try to educate me more if you have the patience for it, I'd love to get the hang of it
.sixteen-bit
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There are already mobile phone versions of Progear out there so I don't think it's a priority for CaveULTROS! said:
amishpriest99
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Best $5 I've spent in ages . Finding it to be a bit harder than Espgaluda II, but I chalk that up to my relative unfamiliarity with DDP.
Btw, I'm Amishpriest on OpenFeint.
. Finding it to be a bit harder than Espgaluda II, but I chalk that up to my relative unfamiliarity with DDP. Btw, I'm Amishpriest on OpenFeint.
sixteen-bit
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downloading the update now
adversesolutions
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lol sorry
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Good news regarding Dodonpachi Resurrection: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/31/dodonpachi_strong_start/
1cced arcade mode on my second full run through the game. Was a close one though, last life with no bombs through most of the final boss, but it was because I was super distracted during the first part of that stage.
My scoring is terrible though. Need to work on that.
If Cave release some of their older games like this, I'll buy them in a heartbeat.
My scoring is terrible though. Need to work on that.
If Cave release some of their older games like this, I'll buy them in a heartbeat.
PuppetMaster
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Jonnyram said:
I had a similar issue, but not with that specific one. Achievements and also leader boards scores don't seem to sync if you earned them while the device was not connected online.
I found that to force them to sync, you have to force the game to quit by double clicking on the home button and forcing the app out of memory. And then the next time you launch it clean while online, it syncs up.
Yeah, I've had that one...PuppetMaster said:I had a similar issue, but not with that specific one. Achievements and also leader boards scores don't seem to sync if you earned them while the device was not connected online.
I found that to force them to sync, you have to force the game to quit by double clicking on the home button and forcing the app out of memory. And then the next time you launch it clean while online, it syncs up.
I think my achievement woes may be caused by playing on both iPad and iPhone. I think I might not have finished one of the modes on the iPhone... will try to check later.
mjemirzian
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The iPhone mode is fun even though it's completely silly with all the spinning and screen filling hyper laser. Arcade mode is good.
Not sure what the loop 2 requirements are for the iphone version yet.
Not sure what the loop 2 requirements are for the iphone version yet.
For reference, here's how they've handled Espgaluda's pricing:gkryhewy said:
Do you have to keep a chain going for the 2nd ura boss? I've only gotten it once so far and I suck at chaining but I remember seeing the 2nd ura boss on that run.Jonnyram said:
Guy over on the Touch Arcade forums uploaded his iPhone run of 1 and 2, pretty sure it shows the ura bosses for both:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa6YdZ8IjK8
mjemirzian
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japtor said:
hmm how did he record his play? Jailbroken iphone app?
Good run anyway.
I thought you got them once you unlocked the first one but I'm probably mistaken there...still haven't been able to do it again.
However I was able to destroy my old high (arcade mode)! 6.45 billion vs my old 3 bil, good for 16th at the time on the B-power board. Still haven't figured out the damn laser section on 5 with power though
However I was able to destroy my old high (arcade mode)! 6.45 billion vs my old 3 bil, good for 16th at the time on the B-power board. Still haven't figured out the damn laser section on 5 with power though
OK, some of the theories I've read.japtor said:
1. You need max hyper before the mid-boss
This could be true, but I've not verified.
2. You need to destroy the silos before the tanks
(this worked for me)
Then you need to collect all the bees on every stage to keep this ura-bosses coming.
(this doesn't seem to be true as I unlocked ura boss on 3 without getting all the bees on 2)
3. No deaths
Max hyper before you get to mid-boss
3 bees before you get to mid-boss
(this might be true, but the 3 bees and the max hyper tend to go hand-in-hand anyway. In other words, it's quite hard to get hyper without the bees).
4. Destroy the silos
Get max hyper before each mid-boss
The last seems to be the most correct so far, but without stage select it's gonna take a bit of testing.
Before that, I need to start memorizing the bee positions so I can finally work on getting the 2nd lap and true boss!
Got the ura bosses this time and just tested it out for the later levels, definitely the silos, not sure on the hyper...cause it's really easy to fill the hyper meter with Power. Only thing I'm sure of on it is that you don't need to have the meter filled. I deliberately used it and went in with a partial meter before the mid boss sections to test that out, so it might just be just to fill it once in the first place.
Also goddamn the game is a lot harder with them and what seems like a rank up for the rest of the game. Died somewhere on 4 after losing a few on the 3 boss I think.
Also goddamn the game is a lot harder with them and what seems like a rank up for the rest of the game. Died somewhere on 4 after losing a few on the 3 boss I think.
Damn! This game is amazing! I also like Espagaluda II but this is just fucking great and imo a better game then the aforementioned one. I do have two questions for you though, first of all, what is it that triggers the more powerful version of your weapons? I can't see any power ups floating around so I assume there's something else triggering it, it's all kinds of awesome when the concentrated laser goes haywire and I would like to know how to do it more consciously.
Secondly, what's your best scores? Would love to be able to compare to see where I'm at currently
Secondly, what's your best scores? Would love to be able to compare to see where I'm at currently
Feels nice to sink my teeth into a new Dodonpachi for the first time in a couple of years. I'm happy it's a cellphone version, since it makes it less serious, because I would commit suicide if I where ever going to take on the task of a perfect chain on the last stage, it feels like it's 10 minutes long. This perfectionist shit that the series has going on is probably why I gave up shooters but this version is a nice change. I just wish they didn't have to include characters as bosses but I guess you do what you have to to survive.
Are you talking about the huge yellow and black shot? That's what the hyper does, by default it automatically triggers when the hyper meter (upper left horizontal meter) fills up. You can go into the control options and set it to manual if you want some more control over triggering it.Bento said:
For a lot more detail, strategy for the arcade version (most of which carries over):
http://www.cave-stg.com/forum/index.php?topic=704.0
And tailored for the iPhone version, including the iPhone mode:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=65302