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Galak-Z: The Dimensional |OT| Macross the Universe
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Freezasaurus
Member
Bought it. Played the first few levels and really enjoyed it so far. I can stop between missions and not lose my stuff, right?
SerTapTap
Member
Oh also, it crashed after I died on 3-5. Not like I lost and progress, so. But I still did a report and included the video.
Stop only on the "home base" menu to start a new mission and you're good. Unlocked seasons are unlocked forever.
Stop only on the "home base" menu to start a new mission and you're good. Unlocked seasons are unlocked forever.
Finished season 4 and beat the game but no trophy for beating the final boss.... Mechanics are absolutely phenomenal and the combat/enemy design makes decent use of them but sadly the fun is short lived due to a lack of content and a wealth of technical issues.
Definitely want more of that core gameplay but with added depth, substance and polish.
Fantastic mechanics though, so much fun to just drift around and juke everything, the controls are absolutely spot on!
Definitely want more of that core gameplay but with added depth, substance and polish.
Fantastic mechanics though, so much fun to just drift around and juke everything, the controls are absolutely spot on!
You can turn off your game FROM THE DECK of the Axelios, your mothership. You will resume where you left off. If you quit the game mid-mission you lose everything, so be careful!
drotahorror
Member
Seems like I just play hard ass games all the time anymore.
Thanks, macross plus seemed a lot easier to find so i just nabbed a dvd.
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, I've been waiting until I get there before quitting back to the main menu. Everything seems fine so far.
I think I'm the only one who has beaten season 4 at this point judging from the trophy data on PSN and I didn't get the Ayatollah of Rock-N-Rolla trophy for beating the last boss.
Might be bugged or might need some extra requirement to unlock, probably bugged though.
HORRORSHØW
Member
you can also try macross: do you remember love. it's a nice condensed retelling of the macross saga and i prefer it to plus mainly because i prefer the original cast/storyline.
DirtyLarry
Member
So I got a chance to check it out.
I actually do think it is very much a modern take on the old Defender games. Instead of only being able to go left and right with the thrust, you can go all directions.
I am digging it a whole lot so far but I wish I knew it was a one and done deal for the progression of the seasons. I do not get a lot of time to play these days. Usually when I do hop on to play something it is for 15 minutes here, 45 minutes there, so the whole you cannot do in 5 episodes to pass a season really is a big, big deterrent for myself.
Yes, I can suspend my PS4, which is exactly what I am doing right now, but especially a game like this one, getting into a groove is really essential to progression. Picking it up here and there, especially when that here and there can be days apart, is not really ideal.
I will still play the game, I own it now, but if I had done a little more research prior to picking it up and discovered this was the progression system, I think I probably would have passed.
It is a damn good game. Just not a game that fits my limited gaming schedule all that well. It requires some dedication to get good, at least that is the conclusion I have come to initially. Perhaps it will change.
I actually do think it is very much a modern take on the old Defender games. Instead of only being able to go left and right with the thrust, you can go all directions.
I am digging it a whole lot so far but I wish I knew it was a one and done deal for the progression of the seasons. I do not get a lot of time to play these days. Usually when I do hop on to play something it is for 15 minutes here, 45 minutes there, so the whole you cannot do in 5 episodes to pass a season really is a big, big deterrent for myself.
Yes, I can suspend my PS4, which is exactly what I am doing right now, but especially a game like this one, getting into a groove is really essential to progression. Picking it up here and there, especially when that here and there can be days apart, is not really ideal.
I will still play the game, I own it now, but if I had done a little more research prior to picking it up and discovered this was the progression system, I think I probably would have passed.
It is a damn good game. Just not a game that fits my limited gaming schedule all that well. It requires some dedication to get good, at least that is the conclusion I have come to initially. Perhaps it will change.
Thanks for the tips, I finally ended up taking him down. Everything up until the Season 2 boss I was annihilating almost without taking any damage, but I kept getting to the boss and dying in like ten seconds.
The final time I spent everything on missile upgrades (which I never use in normal play), got into the arena and just unloaded everything I had on him while boosting all over the place. I didn't think it was working so I switched over to mech for some last ditch attempts at a few melee strikes...and then he exploded. The missiles did it.
Shame this happened at 3-3 on my next run
https://youtu.be/kr-_qdiTfJs
PRETTY SURE that's not supposed to happen, right?
So, one of the wall things came out and glitched me into a wall 
It was my first run ever and I had so much shit. Happened on Episode 4 (!!!) with 5 health, 4 shields, spreadshot bouncing bullets and tons of other upgrade shit. I restarted that and then finished Season 1 again and in the mech tutorial the grab wouldn't work...😅
It was my first run ever and I had so much shit. Happened on Episode 4 (!!!) with 5 health, 4 shields, spreadshot bouncing bullets and tons of other upgrade shit. I restarted that and then finished Season 1 again and in the mech tutorial the grab wouldn't work...😅Net_Wrecker
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Loving this game!!!!!
It's really fun, and my luftrauser skills are paying off.
However the commentary from a-tak could be toned down a bit. My girlfriend won't stop making fun of it.
Ace game though. Ace.
It's really fun, and my luftrauser skills are paying off.
However the commentary from a-tak could be toned down a bit. My girlfriend won't stop making fun of it.
Ace game though. Ace.
Hatsune Miku wishes she was half as popular as Sharon Apple
Cool...just bought the game. Glad to hear it will be optimized further.
Freezasaurus
Member
Voice audio at 0% my friend
Freezasaurus
Member
What's the deal with the deep space warning, does that just define the boundary of the level?
Yeap.
I'm pretty terrible at this game lol. Haven't even passed season 1 lol (admittedly two of the deaths were not exactly my fault), but I'm actually somewhat glad, at least for now. Don't think I've played a really difficult game in a long time, and yes that includes Bloodborne. I think it's mostly because I haven't played a game of this genre and style in a while, but it's fun just messing around and experimenting with different approaches.
Generally I won't take any damage for several missions, then I'll lose most of my health in one go, and struggle with low health and shields for the remaining last mission. You can go from all to nothing pretty quick, and I find it difficult to get your original health and shields back.
Any tips for a n00b?
Generally I won't take any damage for several missions, then I'll lose most of my health in one go, and struggle with low health and shields for the remaining last mission. You can go from all to nothing pretty quick, and I find it difficult to get your original health and shields back.
Any tips for a n00b?
HORRORSHØW
Member
yeah, and they take away all your upgrades until you find them again somewhere in the level. it's almost not worth it to continue because it can be pretty difficult with just your standard laser. if you restart from the beginning at least you can exchange the coins for scrap and start with some upgrades+mech. i guess it depends if you want to tolerate the previous 3 levels or not.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
-Don't buy missiles, get them from killed enemies. Save your salvage for ship repair.
-Explore. A lot of upgrades are free, you just need to find them.
-Use boost. It can be used in conjunction with your backward thrusters and strafe.
-Strafe is key to decimating foes. Boost it to evade enemy fire and lay down the pain.
-Don't forget juke. Its great for evading when real close to opponents.
-If you are overwhelmed... juke, boost, and run.
-Be patient, move slowly, don't rush into fight. (With the right joystick you can tap in a direction and expand your view a bit beyond the normal boundary... Which is useful for scouting ahead)
-Use the map, it can help you find hidden areas.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Stealth is your friend early on and environment traps/kills will help you a lot.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
The controls finally clicked for me tonight. Love this game. Really spectacular combat.
My thumbs hurt.
My thumbs hurt.
No worries mate. Hope they help.
HORRORSHØW
Member
this just happened to me too. i got the max missle upgrade during a mission and when i went to go pick up some stray missles the enemy left behind, i couldn't.
YianGaruga
Banned
That happened to me as well
BioBooster
Neo Member
Live in Japan, I'm depressed that I can't find any release info for Japanese PSN and have been following this game since the original E3 announcement.
Counterintuitive since they have a studio in Kyoto.
I may break down and create a US account >_<
YianGaruga
Banned
20% Plus discount for EU is a nice surprise. Thanks 17-BIT for not being as stingy as metanet
bender
What time is it?
Played a little bit last night and died on 1-4. Played through Season 2 tonight without dying though the ending of Season 2 was a little hairy. Enjoying the game so far but stripping your upgrades between seasons seems like an odd choice. Also had a lot of performance issues tonight, lot's of stuttering. Hopefully rebooting the console will clear that up.
IbukiLordSA
Member
Bought this morning before I left for work, was surprised it popped up in the store, SA store usually only updates sometime in the afternoon on a Wednesday so was a nice surprise, will be able to play once I get home.
Just thinking out loud here........
Things tend to get real busy on screen, real quick, and it can be very hard to keep track of your ship in the mire of enemy projectiles and explosions, would some sort of glowing ring or other means of highlighting your ship during combat be a worthwhile addition?
Things tend to get real busy on screen, real quick, and it can be very hard to keep track of your ship in the mire of enemy projectiles and explosions, would some sort of glowing ring or other means of highlighting your ship during combat be a worthwhile addition?
donkey show
Member
Man... my muscle memory goes nuts whenever I switch to the mecha considering most of the mecha games I play have X as boost, hah.
Can you play through the game mostly as a ship? I love cave flyers like thrust, gravity force etc,MSI I was looking forward to this as a rogue-like cave flyer. The Mech thing kind of threw me tbh,and the various move sets it seems to have look complex.
I'm sure I'll try them out, but I don't want progression to rely on that, so knowing it can be played through more like a cave flyer would be good to know.
I'm sure I'll try them out, but I don't want progression to rely on that, so knowing it can be played through more like a cave flyer would be good to know.
There are some missions that require at least some use of the mech for moving objects around via grapple, but I guess you could probably limit it's use to those?
drotahorror
Member
The difficulty from season 1 to 2 is pretty harsh. And then it's pretty harsh again from s2 to s3. I don't think I can beat s3.