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Galak-Z: The Dimensional |OT| Macross the Universe
- Thread starter orthodoxy1095
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Charging the sword behind the comfort of a shield whilst boosting and strafing around is pretty awesome, helps that the charge attack has some range to it. Then there's that grab as well. I do find the mech's less effective against missile launching faster ships though. The missiles make fairly quick work of the mech shield.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
Good page to step back into the thread on. Just read through a lot of solid mech combat advice. Thanks for the tips GAF.
Freezasaurus
Member
What's the best way to take down the
in 1-3, or should I just book it?
mech
Sneak up on him and you can get off at least two missile launches before he even realises. But you don't even need to do that, one missile fire, then just speed boost backwards whilst shooting from a range, till he's downed. Just stop boosting if you need him to catch up a bit. But you'll most likely kill him before he even gets near you.
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeap. Or if you get him to a slightly more open part of those corridors, a combination of strafe boosting whilst shooting, along with juking.
Sword Of Doom
Member
A while back Giantbomb did a quick look (now it's an unfinished since they did another quicklook this week) with the developer playing and it's good to watch cause the person clearly knew what they were doing. For anyone looking for tips I suggested watching it
fastballspecial
Member
This is the only game I care to play right now. It's so fucking cool. I'd love to see some kind of wave based survival mode, maybe with some objectives sprinkled in or a "capture and defend this zone/circle area" objective type thing... I don't know.
I just don't want this game to end. That is all.
I just don't want this game to end. That is all.
I finished season one with a lot of crash coins, so had plenty of cash at the start of season two.
I went into season two with a pretty decent build, but got cornered by a mech and couple of large ships and three small ones died and now have nothing left.
The game is brutal in that regard, I wonder if replaying season one and getting coins for season two and have a run at it is a legitimate strategy?
fastballspecial
Member
Off-topic. Kind of. What Macross stuff do I watch? I've never watched it before. Start me up, GAF.
Just got to learn the shield/charged slash/boost technique and you'll start to take no damage in fights. There's no reason to force your way through season 1 just for coins in season 2.
Yeah, I know, the game gives you the tools you need, but it's all just a bit overwhelming for my poor old reactions!
donkey show
Member
Only video clips of Ranka Lee.
j/k
Macross
Macross: Do You Remember Love (a movie of an in-universe movie retelling of Macross saga)
Macross Plus
Macross 7
Macross Frontier
Macross Zero
Alternatively... you could watch Robotech. It was an Americanized mishmash of three transformable mecha shows with Macross as the first arc (then Southern Cross, and finally Mospeada). I watched it as a kid before jumping into Macross proper, so it's one way to give it a go. I also prefer the Robotech soundtrack as well, t'was awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3XxgIHcK2Y
You could watch Macross 2 as well, but that's considered non-canon.
plasmawave
Banned
This is the closest thing we're gonna get to a ZOE sequel.
donkey show
Member
It came out in 82' so maybe? Were they planes that transformed? If not, they were probably Gundam kits.
As far as I can remember (and it's a while ago!) they were just static robot models, they didn't transform, and I don't think they had vehicle parts on them, although I don't think they were quite as "extreme" as Gundam.
Great days..........
edit : pretty sure they were Macross, this box looks very familiar.
julesodies
Member
The slide mechanic feels so weird to me, cant get used to it. Juking to dodge shots is kinda OP, in season 1 at least 
Man, this game is legit awesome!
Great controls with lots of options how to maneuver and the combat/action is intense and tons of fun! I like that both the mech and the ship are viable and useful in different situations which makes encounters feel so dynamic when switching between them in middle of combat.
My only complaint is the few performance hiccups i've encountered which I hope you get rid of. It's an amazing game through and though eitherway, keep at it, jkooXL / 17-Bit!
Great controls with lots of options how to maneuver and the combat/action is intense and tons of fun! I like that both the mech and the ship are viable and useful in different situations which makes encounters feel so dynamic when switching between them in middle of combat.
My only complaint is the few performance hiccups i've encountered which I hope you get rid of. It's an amazing game through and though eitherway, keep at it, jkooXL / 17-Bit!
Yeah, character art is what really bugs me, and flash newgrounds flash would be a good label for it. It's too clean, is vector based and just seems amateurish. If I could hide the character art during missions, I'd be happier.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
PS+ discount is gone right? I'm so ready, but $20... dang. I think I'll suck it up and go for it.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Yes, the performance issues (hiccups included) are acknowledged by the devs and they're working on it.
SerTapTap
Member
Nah they totally kill each other, though you can speed up the process by adding your own shots if they're already fighting. The scorpion dudes seem especially good at killing other enemies, Iv'e found a bunch of enemies already dead because of them.
The slide mechanic feels so weird to me, cant get used to it. Juking to dodge shots is kinda OP, in season 1 at least
You mean strafe? It's not nearly as useful as I thought and feels kinda weird. It doesn't seem to make circles very well at all for instance. I just back up and spam shots instead.
I don't play a lot of rogue likes or twin stick shooters (?) but so far I didn't think it was that hard. Got through season one no problem and to the end of two without much difficulty too
SerTapTap
Member
I've died like 3 times in 3+ hours. It's not an easy game and requires being careful but it's not Spelunky "die 35234 times before you finish the second level" hard. The difficulty curve is pretty smooth, very easy series 1, normal/easy season 2 until the boss, somewhat hard season 3, hard boss stage again.
You'll probably die quite rarely, though it can be frustrating when you die at the end of a season.
Goddamn, the game is so good. Every single fight is fun to play. Makes me forget about all the issues. Made it through season 1 and 2 without dying and had a blast.
Still, the reports of the crashes and bugged trophies are making me hesitate if I want to continue playing right now. I might hold off with the rest until the patch next week.
Still, the reports of the crashes and bugged trophies are making me hesitate if I want to continue playing right now. I might hold off with the rest until the patch next week.
Yeah, it's easy enough to make it through the first season without dying
All of my S2 deaths are the result of me charging in while in mech form when i should fall back and throw missiles
SerTapTap
Member
Take some time on an episode 1 to get used to the mech. It's highly risky and honestly not necessary. I mostly play it safe, and I use the mech for fun when I have like 4+ shields and I'm quick to bolt if I take even one damage. Against certain enemies (groups of small ones) it's really fun to burst in and use a charged slash to cause hell or toss people around into hazards.
I heard about 3 trophies being unobtainable, but after researching it it's not so bad.
'Ayatollah of Rock-N-Rolla' is unobtainable in the NA version, because it's tied to the season 5 boss. The EU version doesn't have that trophy, but instead has one called 'Can't touch this'. You should get it by clearing an episode without getting hit. People have tried though and it doesn't unlock. 'Off to outer space' can't be obtained in both versions, because it required all other trophies to be unlocked (seems like a poor man's platinum).
I guess I'll keep playing and back up my save just to be safe.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
TFW ur American and realize somehow u have European trophies.
I started my playthrough on one of secondary accounts and for some reason it seems to have given me the European trophies. Weird.
SerTapTap
Member
I have the NA version and I don't see that trophy
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Do you think it's because we had review codes?
SerTapTap
Member
I have no idea. Maybe the patch changed it? I'm not sure I checked my trophies again after it. But the code worked in NA so it was an NA code. I've gotten EU codes before and I'd know if it was an actual EU region game
I have the EU version so I can't check. It should exist though: http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3748-Galak-Z-The-Dimensional. It's a hidden trophy.
Ah ok, good to know that they're doing something about it.
I think the current workaround is to just open and close the map.
Another review score to be added, OP. Pushsquare have given it 9/10.
http://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/galak-z_the_dimensional
http://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/galak-z_the_dimensional
CarbonFire
Member
They needed to spell that out a little better in-game. I mean it will happen accidentally even if you aren't trying to do it, but with so much stuff going on, it can be hard to notice sometimes.
I feel like these two gifs need to be plastered on every page, so people know how awesome the mech can truly be.
