Don't want to sound like some moron, but frankly, I find it funny when people complain about the price of these games. Compared to the majority of the one or two buck games on the iPhone, Cave's games are priceless. Seriously, I'd gladly pay much, much more fore these games. Cave shooters on the iOS is the sole reason for me to have an iTouch these days. They made three and a half in one year, and I couldn't be happier (Mushihimesama wasn't a shooter technically). Let's hope they'll find a way to port some of those older ones.
TOTALLY agree... Cave is one of the very few dev companies that I HAND OVER MY MONEY too... I've bought 6 soundtracks through their Cave Shop, every iOS game... and if I had an xbox, I would VERY GLADLY buy their xbox ports... I'm still completely blown away that they've chosen the iDevices as one of their porting consoles (yes... in my eyes, Cave has made my iPod an actual GAMING CONSOLE!!!)... We're SO FREAK'N LUCKY to be able to play Cave games on our iDevices... the prices for these games on ebay is INSANE!! $100 AND UP!! There's a few that go for $250 or more... and I'm just completely amazed that they're giving us the games for 10 freak'n bucks!! I would very happily pay $20-$30, maybe even more for their games... They aren't greedy by any means... and seriously... if you didn't buy the game when it first came out and was $5... chances are, you weren't going to really buy the game. Get over the price, because it's still a freak'n steal!
This. Exactly. I think when it comes to prices on the platform, we all became quite delusional. These are serious games for unbelievably low prices.
oh yeah... WE'RE GOING TO START OUR DEATHSMILES SCORING COMPETITION IN THE BULLET HELL FANATICS GROUP TOMORROW... IT WILL LAST FOR 2 WEEKS... IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN UP AND COMPETE... JUST JOIN THE GROUP, AND POST YOUR SCORES!!! =oD **edit*** guess I should also say that gamers who do the whole "wow only 30 million, you freak'n suck" kinda talk will be removed from the group... =o) We're more about improving our own scores, and learning the games more in the competitions... so if that sounds like something you'd be interested in, please, by all means... join!!! =oD
I am so ashamed.. I didn't even unlock hard difficulty in iphone mode.. OMG i hate that pink elephant/pig!!! I'm going fine through all lvls but castle is killing me. Tonight will be that day... tonight its coming down so I can be more competitive maybe arcade mode is most fair for competition coz in iphone mode equipment can be crucial. As for the price.. its all said. I have all Cave games and will buy every other that comes no matter how much it costs! It's more than fair from Cave that true fans have chance to buy games on initial prices.. you can not ask for more. I just love everything about this game! I was skeptical about horizontal gameplay (I hated Flying Hamster because of that) but fortunately Cave didn't disappoint me. As a matter of fact Deathsmiles become my favorite Cave game. I can't tell that I'll spend that much time with it like with Dodonpachi and Espgaluda but with some future updates with IAPs who knows. One thing I'm sure.. this game will never go off my iPhone!
Agreed. DeathSmiles is the best Cave shmup so far. Anyone hesitating over a few dollars should just bite the bullet, there's no better shooter on the app store. I actually bought it twice, once at the initial sale price, and again at $11.99 as a gift for a family member. No regrets. Absolutely awesome.
Actually, I'd like to compete in iphone mode, if it's possible. I don't have a fabulous gear (blue lantern, pumpkin mask, satan doll), but I intend to farm some more (and some more). The chance for random drops would heighten the excitement for me. Seriously, after playing the iphone mode for so long, it'd be disappointing to go back to arcade.
The iPhone mode scores depends on a lot by the equipment. But since the bullet hell groups competitions are just for fun, we all have a good time. I agree that the arcade mode would be more "fair"... But it's just for fun so I'mmfine either way. I know eventually we'll probably have an arcade mode competition eventually.
Yeah iPhone mode's equipment variability doesn't make for fair scoring...not that I care cause I still don't really have a feel for the scoring mechanics yet. (and Ketsui is the best but that's another story...I'd be down for a $20 Ketsui and the Ketsui-DDP:R Arrange mode in the 360 Black Label port) There was one for the launch, you missed it. Maybe DDP will go on sale for it's one year anniversary though.
Sorry this is a repost from the Deathsmiles strategies guide thread.. I have a question about the iPhone practice mode. Chapter option: Is this related to the "item apparence chart"? Meaning picking the right chapter to see if to pick up life or magic (bomb) if its in the stage? No Miss option: What is this? From a bit of googling, it sounds like "no miss" means no death? And from what I gathered, if you "no miss" to a stage, it means you just don't die up to that stage. And as long as you haven't died, the stage is supposed to be a little harder? Man, Cave games can be confusing especially when trying for high scores... lol..
Yeah no miss is no death, although I'm not sure if it also means no damage, like not touching an enemy in the case of Deathsmiles (in most games touching an enemy = death). And yeah for most games the game is harder the longer you survive, and/or score well in some. The difficulty is usually referred to as "rank" or "level", so if you're doing well games generally rank/level up, or down when you die or use a bomb. In some games there's a strategy just to manage rank (basically die or bomb on purpose) cause the difficulty can get ridiculous, but I don't think you have to be concerned about that with most Cave games.
Thanks! Yeah, I was confused what it means under the practice option, and how it affects the game play. It could just have a subtle effect, since I can't see the difference with it on or off.
A few questions about iPhone mode: - When I finished novice, the message that said I can now play normal made it sound like they were going to expand the story or give more details on the witches. Should I be re-watching all of the cutscenes, or is it just the same as before? - What's the maximum number of continues you can have? Can you just stack them by buying multiple +1 continues? - It seems like the items offer a set bonus if you wear ones with the same prefix. Does anyone know how this works exactly?
There are more cutscenes. They obvious though Most likely unlimited. You can keep stacking, but the price grows pretty exponentially if you keep getting +1. To buy the 5x +1 continue it'd cost you 4mil. No. I don't think it is documented anywhere. And that statement seems to be partially incorrect, from what i've heard, you can stack 2 items with similar names and gain an effect. I'm unsure though if this is true, i've only been able to get it w/ 4 items w/ the same prefix
I must admit I'm getting pretty tired of the terrible drop rate. It has actually put me off from playing the iPhone mode and I haven't picked up the game for a while, instead I've been playing Ascension.
Terrible drop rate? yeah. Equipped Tiara with queen's dress which suppose to increase drop rate by 50%. Did not notice any increase yet.
Yeah, drop rate suck..or totally depends on luck. As posted from the bullet hell thread, I've had a few normal iphone runs where almost boss drop was money, and the 1 or 2 item drops were just for normal items you can buy in shops. Talk about annoying.. I've just basically resorted to wearing the highest gold drop item (Satan Doll for me) and just find either shot or laser that I can raise to the highest of, and just run through the normal game not caring about scores as fast as possible (I can't survive hard past maybe 2 bosses). At least for me, I find there to be no stacking effect (in my case) for certain item combos.. I earn way more gold from just equiping a x4 gold ring (Satan Doll), then x4 gold ring + x1 gold helm (I think its helm), and I seem to get only the effect of x1 gold helm... So maybe if you 2 treasure find items, just equip the highest one. I'm not sure if this is the intended effect from Cave or not. I did see some other people's list of things they've found and its pretty cool to see, but frustrating that I can't find any yet. Not sure if those people just play a lot or is really lucky... I think most people agree the drop rates suck...
