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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd |OT| I'll Miku-Miku GAF (For Reals)
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bobawesome
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Trigonometrize.
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Rushing was the bane of my existence when I played the guitar and now it is was also the bane of my existence when I played rhythm games. Once I got over that hump though it was a whole new world.
Whoooo after much cursing I finally got an Excellent at Extreme Akatsuki Arrival, it was driving me nuts. I can finally take a much needed break from the game and think about something else for a while.
Clockwork Clown is a really nasty song (the rhythm is very unclear), I recommend you avoid this one for now if you don't want to be tricked into thinking that you are less skilled than you currently are.
Clockwork Clown is a really nasty song (the rhythm is very unclear), I recommend you avoid this one for now if you don't want to be tricked into thinking that you are less skilled than you currently are.
- Start on Easy mode. For real. F 2nd is the harder of the two games that are on Vita; I was getting Standard on Normal songs, and I'm a veteran to this series.
- Learn to alternate. The face buttons and the d-pad can be used to hit the same notes (triangle and the up button, circle and the right button, etc.). This technique will be essential to hitting some notes on the harder difficulties.
- Don't get discouraged if you fail. There is no shame in it. Pick yourself up, take a deep breath, and try again. The more you play a song, the easier it will become, but don't burn yourself out. Taking a break is always an option, as is using help items.
- Most importantly, have fun. It's my favorite rhythm franchise for a reason.
Also, buy Project Mirai DX when it comes out in May.
I recommend you start with the previous game. As pariah164 already said, F 2nd is a big step up in terms of difficulty. You'll want to get into Hard difficulty as soon as possible since the "real" game starts here (ie. all buttons are used), but in F 2nd even Normal songs are not newbie-friendly so it's going to be a uphill battle.
Also note that F and F 2nd share no songs whatsoever so it's not redundant at all to own both.
I'm alternating random normal songs and extreme songs between my attempts to beat two breaths walking, as a means to not being too tired, but god that song it's difficult anyway. In the meantime I've got my first perfect ever in a extreme song! It's really easy compared to two breaths.
This felt at best like a 5 stars, not 7. It feels good anyway!
Edit:
That surely just me, so take this advice with a pinch of salt, I play PD much better while standing rather then being seated. Like, I can't even start to warm up otherwise. I don't know why, since that for the other games I don't even think about it, I play them regularly.
This felt at best like a 5 stars, not 7. It feels good anyway!
Edit:
That surely just me, so take this advice with a pinch of salt, I play PD much better while standing rather then being seated. Like, I can't even start to warm up otherwise. I don't know why, since that for the other games I don't even think about it, I play them regularly.
After too many attempts, finally got a perfect on 2D Dream Fever!
And I just want to say that I really dislike link scratches even more now that I'm trying to play for a good score. It's dumb how getting a good near the beginning of a chain of link scratches just kills the amount of points you get.
And I just want to say that I really dislike link scratches even more now that I'm trying to play for a good score. It's dumb how getting a good near the beginning of a chain of link scratches just kills the amount of points you get.
I got a Perfect on Two Breaths Walking Hard after three tries today. Tried to do the same with Clockwork Clown Normal since I didn't have a Perfect on it yet. Gave up. That chart is awful.
What I'm saying is the same thing antibolo said. If you want to say "sorry, I stink because I can only get X on song Y," my reply is "either you don't stink, or you need to pick a different song Y!"
Andrefpvs
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Holy crap, congrats! This is top level stuff right here!
Once I get used to more of the Challenge items than just Cool Master I hope to use more also.
The fact is, you won't have to do any grinding for DP later if you're able to use enough Challenge Items to jack the amount you earn while normally playing. That was certainly true in the first game, anyway.
Also, thank you StarCreator for giving me a reason to break free of my recent Picross and beatmania IIDX addictions and go back to this game =)
The fact is, you won't have to do any grinding for DP later if you're able to use enough Challenge Items to jack the amount you earn while normally playing. That was certainly true in the first game, anyway.
Also, thank you StarCreator for giving me a reason to break free of my recent Picross and beatmania IIDX addictions and go back to this game =)
Congrats! And done with an awesome Cool ratio at that, too.
The thing with the challenge items is that they generally only affect the visual cues of the notes and don't mess with the timing at all. If you know a song well enough to know the rhythm by audio cues and receptacle spacing, then items that affect the appearance of the notes flying in wouldn't strongly affect your play at all.
StarCreator
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I would argue the challenge items serve as an aide to experienced rhythm game players. It is relatively common for high level players to intentionally speed up visual cues as a means to declutter it; once reaction times are sufficiently built for a given game, it is considered favorable for the visual cues to be faster in order for there to be fewer cues shown at once. You see this a lot in players of Konami's Bemani series of games where it is not unusual for players to triple or quadruple the normal scrolling speed of notes. What we're seeing here is likely the same principle - combining High Speed and Micro Notes (or whatever they're called in the localization) is an effective quadruple speed increase.
Ah, I can see that being the case regarding those two items, having seen people playing DDR / IIDX / O2Jam with ridiculous scroll speeds. Not being able to see / anticipate upcoming notes freaks me out though, so I tend not to make my scroll speeds too ridiculous (2.5x at most).
KharmaPolice
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That's awesome! I didn't expect another round of DLC this soon. And it's even Rolling Girl! I just hope the clubs will work as intended this time around in Europe...
calc84maniac
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I feel like I should buy Mikudayo.
Edit: And bought.
Edit: And bought.
Remembrance
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Of course everyone must get Mikudayo now.
Replace everyone with Mikudayo. It's the only way.
KDash31987
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Time for Mikudayo to break into everyone's PS3's and Vita's.
No Mikudayo?
Mikudayo is creepy as fuck to me, so nope. :T
Kinda reviving a conversation thread that's ran its course, but I grabbed DJ Max Trilogy after hearing about it for the first time on this thread. It should be arriving just in time for me to go deep into it this weekend. \o/
Guessing today = America? I can't find anything on the EU store on my Vita.
StarCreator
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EU updates lag behind NA by one day, so you should be seeing this stuff tomorrow.
Easily.
OMG THAT IS AMAZING
Isn't that Sadistic Music Factory, though? The costumes are only usable on F 2nd, right?
StarCreator
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That's just the Mikudayo mask. That screenshot happened right when the DLC pack for f came out in Japan.
This, however, is all F 2nd: http://www.hitbox.tv/video/397970?t=49m
HypnoDarkrai
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Rolling Girl!
Gonna buy Mikudayo if I have enough cash in wallet.
Gonna buy Mikudayo if I have enough cash in wallet.
KharmaPolice
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The new stuff is up on the EU store already and the song club is working. Downloading Rolling Girl right now.
Andrefpvs
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Whoa, EU content releasing on a Tuesday!
Maybe it's an apology for last time's shenanigans.
EDIT: New song sounds very good! If I had to describe my first impression, I'd say it sounds like Miku's Tokyo Teddy Bear.
Andrefpvs
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Rolling Girl on Extreme is looking like a great song to learn new skills. It's throwing stuff at me that I can't quite deal with yet. I'm really liking it!
Edit 1: The scratch note section at the beginning is really satisfying to play.
Edit 2: I enjoy those bits that go like Square followed by a quick Down. It makes you be quick with your primary hand.
Edit 1: The scratch note section at the beginning is really satisfying to play.
Edit 2: I enjoy those bits that go like Square followed by a quick Down. It makes you be quick with your primary hand.
KDash31987
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Remembrance
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This thing is destroying my performance, and I don't even care.
One part hilarious, one part frightening. I love it. Especially when their heads partially merge towards the end of the song, lol.
I need to buy this now.
Not like I can look anywhere else >.>How utterly terrifying.
Got the new song. It was a lot of fun, but I barely passed. Those patterns are brutal, especially the off-color arrows mixed in which I still demand to be jettisoned into orbit.
I'm actually willing to pay money for a training mode at this point.
Just kidding, please make it free.
Looking forward to the next song DLC release on 2/17!
I'm actually willing to pay money for a training mode at this point.
Just kidding, please make it free.
Looking forward to the next song DLC release on 2/17!