Yes, practice is inevitable for this kind genre. A pro Bullet-Hell player should be able to complete the game without using a single Continue, which is certainly a tough nut to crack. Good luck to you !
Was hesitant to buy this game but I am enjoying so far. It isn't as hard as everyone says it is, but that may because I'm on novice. One question: what's the difference between shot and laser?
Haha.. Wait till you get to the harder difficulties! About shot & laster, each type of enemies gives the most amount of skulls/crowns when killed with each type of shot/laser. Its mostly for when you're going for high scores. Check out Coldcoffee's excellent guide on which type of weapons to use for each type of enemy. http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=100054
Damn bug! I put in 300m but decided to continue to see the end .... My score was nit recorded but only the one of the continue session. What is the point of a game like this if my score gets @@@@ed up! Deletion!
Woohoo! One less person to compete for score on GC boards!!! No I'm kidding... If you write Cave on twitter or something, they'll probably address it. They're really good at responding to posted issues!
That's not a bug, what's the point of a high score if you have unlimited continues without penalty? If the score kept adding up after you lost all your lives anyone could just nerf their way through and pretend they accomplished something. This is a bullet hell shooter, you don't get a gold star just for showing up.
Dude, the score gets resetted if you continue as it should, but it should be recorded (especially if it was from the start). the continue score can be discarded!
WTF??? Have you been to arcades? Or played games that involve highscores? Almost NONE of them save your 'highest score' after continues, only the latest. That's what adds to the challenge.
I have not seen an arcade since I was a kid and even then, not all games would even reset the score honestly that you should be careful placing huge text. Now that I now I will not continue and register my score. Still it is silly. The continue score should not be recorded (as it is cheating) but the first score from the start should.
Exactly, when you run out if lives you make a choice between saving your high score or completing the game. With enough practice the game is beatable without using continues at all, that's where the whole "skill" concept comes into play.
The real challenges is like in the old times. You either go for score and who cares about this continue deletion or simply abolish continue.
Every time a developer removes or limits a continue feature in an arcade port people always bitch using the logic that in the arcade they can keep dumping quarters into the machine for as long as they like. Arcade ports make it impossible to please everyone.
Today I picked up Deathsmiles, KoF, and Pinball Dreams HD. Loving Deathsmiles, fantastic design and great fun to play. Not as much of a "bullet hell" title as DoDonPachi, but the mechanics in switching direction of your bullets adds something different to the gameplay. £2.99 too, unbelievable value.
The high score thing may or may not be a bug, the score is legitimate so it should be recorded since it already has your name in the system (vs in the arcade where you'd only be able to enter your name with a game over). I think it plays better just cause there's a manual shot option now (...now if only they'd add that to the Esp and DDP ports). There seems to be a bug right now that can get you stuck while tapping though, pretty similar to the DDP hold laser button bug from a while back. Hopefully they can figure it out and get it fixed soon. One caveat is that cause stuff comes from the left side of the screen (and top and bottom) you run the risk of a thumb blocking some action since it's played in landscape mode. I play with the small screen setting and haven't had a problem though.
According to cave news, it's the last day of sale. Better download it now before it goes back to $8.99! This game is awesome!
Too late!! I checked the game once I read your post and it's already gone up. Ah well, gotta have to wait for months for sale now.. (I know Cave very, very rarely gives sale, ah well).
I posted a messege on twitter about that bug but didn't get a response. Hope its fixed! gets me killed alot of times.
I saw them reply to someone asking about another sticking type bug so I'm guessing others have mentioned enough that they know about it.
Save Is there ever a option to save progress in this game....i only got as far as the 3rd level last nite...i would have kept goin but it was 3 am and i passed out with a dead iphone4 on my stomach......lol....
