Touhou RAGE Thread: Part 2

[Sapz]

Goddamnit, Mima.

Probably would have done it if not for the massive amounts of screwups on the Stage 2 boss that I forget the name of and Stage 4 in general. No deathbomb is irritating. Having said that... not bad for only my second attempt. I'll probably 1cc this tomorrow.

Another thing... is the Hard/Lunatic version of Mima's star attack (which I died to twice) even possible on Hard/Lunatic? I can't see any way around it other than bombing.

EDIT: On a totally different note, I only just realised how awesome Mima's theme is.

[nintendonut888]

Mima is a big supporter of fake difficulty, to the point where her fight is the worst designed in the series. Indeed, if that attack is possible, I have yet to see how it is. Also, watch out for her last phase, where the bigger bullets have hitboxes BIGGER than the bullets. Thankfully, Mima is usually so easy that it makes up for this, but still...don't even give her a chance to be threatening.

[LHCling]

Another thing... is the Hard/Lunatic version of Mima's star attack (what I died to twice) even possible on Hard/Lunatic? I can't see any way around it other than bombing.

Yes, it is. However, it requires you to be on the center-side of the screen when the attack starts. And since it occurs by random chance...

[Seian Verian]

UFO... Why...? I don't even understand why I play it anymore... Last night, it felt like it drained the life out of me, today it gave me a horrible combination of rage and depression, and I think I feel myself getting that drained feeling again... Why... What is... What is with this game... How can it just seem to break my spirit like this... Gaaah...

[Matsuri]

Goddamnit, Mima.

Probably would have done it if not for the massive amounts of screwups on the Stage 2 boss that I forget the name of and Stage 4 in general. No deathbomb is irritating. Having said that... not bad for only my second attempt. I'll probably 1cc this tomorrow.

Another thing... is the Hard/Lunatic version of Mima's star attack (which I died to twice) even possible on Hard/Lunatic? I can't see any way around it other than bombing.

EDIT: On a totally different note, I only just realised how awesome Mima's theme is.

How are you retaining your sanity playing in a window? SoEW is mean enough in Fullscreen, but...

[nintendonut888]

I beat Evil Eye Sigma windowed...without the knowledge of double tapping...back when I was still a normal mode player.

IT WAS HELL.

[Matsuri]

What is double tapping? 

[LHCling]

I beat Evil Eye Sigma windowed...without the knowledge of double tapping...back when I was still a normal mode player.

IT WAS HELL.

Hey donut:

What is double tapping? 

Hammering the fire button repeatedly for extra bullets.

[Sapz]

How are you retaining your sanity playing in a window? SoEW is mean enough in Fullscreen, but...

Nah, I play fullscreen. I just windowed it for the screenshot; last time I tried taking a full-screen screenshot in a PC-98 it just ended up as a load of black, for some reason.

[nintendonut888]

I beat Evil Eye Sigma windowed...without the knowledge of double tapping...back when I was still a normal mode player.

IT WAS HELL.

Hey donut:

What is double tapping? 

Hammering the fire button repeatedly for extra bullets.

YOU CANNOT WOUND ME, FOR I AM ALREADY INSANE. And, er...I did it first. So YEAH.

[Matsuri]

Huh. I didn't know about that. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

[Arcengal]

I swear UFO has an in-built confidence sensor that's designed to make you die the second your confidence dips below some unknown threshold.

And I also swear a lot playing as Marisa B. She does *nothing* but cover the screen in terribly weak shots, and her bomb is atrocious.

[Seian Verian]

I swear UFO has an in-built confidence sensor that's designed to make you die the second your confidence dips below some unknown threshold.

Alternatively, you are somehow able to sense when the game decides it's time for you to die, so your confidence goes down.

[theshirn]

Ye gods, tHRtP is the poorest-designed game I may have ever played.  (Except possibly UFO).

I am completely unable to get past Kikuri on Normal.  I just spent around 30 continues trying to.  It was my first time past Mima (that took a couple continues, too), but...WHAT THE HELL HER FIRST PHASE AND WHY DOES THE BALL KILL ME INSTEAD OF GOING UP EVERY GODDAMN TIME WHAT THE CRAP WHAT HIT ME THERE IS NOTHING THERE

[ebarrett]

Just got through another session of getting my ass kicked by Shikieiki. The less awful part is that fighting Komachi is just so much fun. Still, losing four lives at stage final = not fun. Even more annoying when you watch the replay and think, "I probably did my absolute best there and it wasn't enough". Close, but not enough.

And for the record, it's not just the AI that gets destroyed by Medicine. Ouch. Antivirus software deciding to update in the middle of an EX spam was the icing on the (poisoned) cake.

Oh, and subdued rage at Lunasa not being available in story mode.

[nintendonut888]

Ye gods, tHRtP is the poorest-designed game I may have ever played.  (Except possibly UFO).

I am completely unable to get past Kikuri on Normal.  I just spent around 30 continues trying to.  It was my first time past Mima (that took a couple continues, too), but...WHAT THE HELL HER FIRST PHASE AND WHY DOES THE BALL KILL ME INSTEAD OF GOING UP EVERY GODDAMN TIME WHAT THE CRAP WHAT HIT ME THERE IS NOTHING THERE

HRtP is badly designed, even as a fan I'll admit this. However, the trick is to learn how to defeat the design. If you time it right, you can get multi-hit combos on all the bosses (remember that Kikuri's hitbox is the upper fifth of her sprite). Also don't be afraid to use your shots to clear bullets. You're pretty much screwed if you don't use this.

[Nobu]

I swear UFO has an in-built confidence sensor that's designed to make you die the second your confidence dips below some unknown threshold.

I think that confidence sensor also makes you die if your confidence goes ABOVE a certain threshold as well. Every time I seem to be having a pretty good run and I think "Hey, maybe I can finally 1cc this!" I die horribly to stupid mistakes and crap.


Like just now. Had max bombs and 7 lives near the middle of Stage 4, and by the time I got to Murasa I was down to 2 lives and 3 bombs, something atrocious like that. I did much better on the next two stages, managed to make it all the way to Byakuren's Shinki card before game over.

If only I wouldn't of have died randomly so much to Murasa's fucking stage, I might be celebrating Extra stage unlock right now. ><

[nacho]

Collision death with EoSD stage2 swarm of white whateverthefuckthatis after Daiyousei #59175901750175.

Oh god what is this.

[Sapz]

Goddamnit. Died at Mima with three bombs in stock a few seconds before she entered her final phase. >_<

Also... are there any good tactics for the huge amounts of enemies that tend to show up just before bosses? Especially the pre-Stage 3 boss part. Normally I'd just shoot them all but on Lunatic that gets me walled, and if I don't shoot them they all just chase me about and kill me anyway, so I usually end up having to use 2-3 bombs on that part. :V

[Iryan]

Ye gods, tHRtP is the poorest-designed game I may have ever played.  (Except possibly UFO).

I am completely unable to get past Kikuri on Normal.  I just spent around 30 continues trying to.  It was my first time past Mima (that took a couple continues, too), but...WHAT THE HELL HER FIRST PHASE AND WHY DOES THE BALL KILL ME INSTEAD OF GOING UP EVERY GODDAMN TIME WHAT THE CRAP WHAT HIT ME THERE IS NOTHING THERE

tHRtP is no masterpiece, but gameplaywise the only thing that would need fixing badly is the physics of the bouncing walls and bumpers... and possibly Lunatic Sariel starting phase second attack type. I think it is possible if you swing the gohei at just the right time, but the question is whether or not it is humanly possible.

If you really want a badly designed game, try SoEW.  :V

[Kanako Yasaka]

I dislike Youmu as a character, and EVEN MORE as a boss. Ugh. Thankfully I'm trying for EoSD hard, and NOT PCB.

[Bananamatic]

Lost my last life on Kanako with a score of 149,771,290.
I probably wouldn't do it this time either, but I would have atleast a small chance.

[Seian Verian]

Gaaaah... EoSD Hard... I only just realized how utterly insane it is ._. Died to Rumia... Okay, that's still embarassing, but it's not like I rammed a bullet headfirst... I just went too far on grazing, I tend to try to rack it up when I'm fighting her >.< But anyway... Cirno's first nonspell scares me, I bombed stages 3&4 a ridiculous number of times (because they're now terrifying) and Patchouli... Oh god... So anyway, I got finished off by Patchouli's Forest Blaze this run...

[Arcengal]

Byakuren is my new Kaguya. I spend the entire game getting resources and holding onto them because I know for a fact I *will* mess up the fight in spectacular fashion, especially that stupid laser card.

[theshirn]

Got to Mima, finally.  Was doing really well, died, had no lives left, OHLOOKSTARSFROMNOWHEREHAVEFUN

...goddamnit.

[Bananamatic]

Mountain Of FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

It's NOT the easiest 1cc. I can do a perfect China fight on Hard easily, but I have to bomb most of Nitori's cards TWO times. Never captured anything except for Flash Flood.

Stage 4. Sucks.
Stage 5. Was cool until I died against Sanae with 5 power.
I've captured EVERY Sakuya's card on Hard. I don't remember capturing even one Sanae's card. And her nonspells suck just as much.

[Seian Verian]

I don't remember capturing even one Sanae's card. And her nonspells suck just as much.

If anything, her nonspells suck MORE in my opinion at least. Criss-crossing walls that can trap you with no gaps to go through... That has happened to me many, many times... ._.

[Sapz]

Lunatic brofists. That is all. @_@

[Seian Verian]

Gah, Flower Dream Vine... Of course Meiling would get a completely new card that can utterly destroy me on Hard mode, otherwise it wouldn't really be hard... But still, why...?

[theshirn]

Lunatic brofists. That is all. @_@

:rage:

Gah, Flower Dream Vine... Of course Meiling would get a completely new card that can utterly destroy me on Hard mode, otherwise it wouldn't really be hard... But still, why...?

:RAGE:

I HATE Flower Dream Vine.  It was one of the last cards I captured on Hard (and I still never did get Meister...)