Touhou RAGE Thread: Part 2

[Avist Torch]

Sanae's story, Utsuho's last spellcard in Unthinkable Natural Law.  Murdered my last two lives.  Is there some kind of trick to it? 

[LHCling]

1 death, 0 bomb clear of SA S3 Lunatic.


*insert jumbled letters here*

[Seian Verian]

Why does stage 5 of UFO remind me of Stage 5 of SA? ...Oh yeah, because in both of them, the boss is FREAKING TOUGH and both of them are entirely capable of killing me before the stage title shows up <.<;

[Seian Verian]

No... No... NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE SHOU! I HATE HER HATE HER HAAAAAATTTEEEE HEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got past Murasa with six lives, SIX! I had captured every single one of Nazrin's and Ichirin's cards, all of Kogasa's except her final which I died, then decided "Screw it" and sparked her to death (Marisa A = <3 <.< >.>) and all of Murasa's except her first, which I deathbombed once. I goot to Shou with four or five lives left (Forgot which) and was down to one life, no bombs by her final one. I lost... GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LHCling]

"VoWG" timeout; 1 death, 0 bombs.

The death was horrible. I ran into an amulet wall as opposed to clipping them while trying to position myself.

[Sen]

"Hey I hate Extra as SanaeA, let's unlock it with MarisaA!"
"Man this is going pretty well, no deaths or bombs for the first three stages!"
"I am so gonna beat up Mura- oh shit I died in the stage portion of Stage 4."
"Oh well, let's just keep going, it's only one de- what the fuck, I died again."
"Just remember to bomb, you'll miss out on a few UFOs, but there's so many tha- GOD DAMMIT I DIED AGAIN."
"Okay okay okay, you're at Murasa. She's easy, just don't pa- did i seriously just die at her opening attack"
"Anchors? These are easy, all I have to do i- shit, I forgot MarisaA only hits right in front of her. Oh well, captured."
"Second card! Y'know I remember right after UFO came out and this card always clipped m- *gets clipped*"
"This is so stupid. At least her third anchor attack is eas- WHAT THE FUCK I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT BULLET MARISA'S LASER BLENDED IN WITH IT"
"Oh god I have no lives left and I hate her survival card BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB"

Then I beat Murasa, had a perfect Stage 5 run somehow, then died to Shou's opener and ragequitted. :V

This happened again, only I was using ReimuA, had a perfect Shou run as well, and lost my remaining lives to the Space Invaders fairies. Herp derp how does I dodged bullets :V

[nintendonut888]

I spent about 6 tries on Kogasa today, trying to mimic Baity in the video he/she (make up your mind damnit) uploaded. Every time I failed through clipdeath.

[LHCling]

I spent about 6 tries on Kogasa today, trying to mimic Baity in the video he/she (make up your mind damnit) uploaded. Every time I failed through clipdeath.

You'd be (un?)surprised that most of my deaths on that very Spell Card was a clipdeath. Now if I could just do this with the other 50% of not boxing myself in...

Also, feel free to call me whatever gender you wish; I don't seem to mind.
As an aside, I love this color change  <3

[Zengar Zombolt]

As an aside, I love this color change  <3

Welcome to the idiot pantheon~
Also, the yin-yang orbs on the start of stage 6 have caused tons of ragequits.

[Nine West]

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN-

I AM SO BAD AT HRtP THAT THIS IS WORTH WRITING

EVEN ON EASY STAGE 15 KIKURI IS IMPOSSIBLE

Oh, god...

[nintendonut888]

There are two kinds of people when it comes to HRtP: Those who understand the tactics needed to manipulate the ball and achieve optimal accuracy and score, and those who scream, wave their gohei around wildly and get crushed by Reimu's big fat balls. Also the former contains enough people to count on two hands. >_>

[Zengar Zombolt]

and those who scream, slide around wildly and get crushed by Reimu's big fat balls.

That would be me.

[LHCling]

For the record, I spam sliding for speed / scoring and a smaller hitbox. It also gives out rather consistent hits; by that I mean that the trajectory of the ball upon contact is well... predictable.

Of course, there are time where it's required to not slide and actually use some other technique to hit the ball for greater precision.

...

Also the former contains enough people to count on two hands. >_>

[Nine West]

There are two kinds of people when it comes to HRtP: Those who understand the tactics needed to manipulate the ball and achieve optimal accuracy and score, and those who scream, wave their gohei around wildly and get crushed by Reimu's big fat balls. Also the former contains enough people to count on two hands. >_>

Ergh, I can defend myself with the amulets and gohei pretty well; it's just that I suck at aiming the ball at the target. In a boss fight, the ball hits the boss once every blue moon, and the longer the battle goes on, the more likely I'll screw up. When I actually try to aim it, I end up doing something foolish and kill myself in the process...

HRtP is much too different than the Touhou games that I'm used to. Oh, and the fact that I'm also not good at pinball-style games doesn't help at all 

Well, I guess that's all for today.

[Generalguy]

When Zun made SoEW, did he know what "Easy" meant? I'm pretty sure stages 1 to 3 are MUCH harder on Easy than on Normal. I don't remember a lot of those stages on Normal, but I know I didn't have any trouble with them, save the stupid death I get every time because I fail notice a bullet. On Meira's last attack phase, she starts throwing bouncing balls of doom. There were 6 when I played on Easy, and I don't remember ever seeing more than 4 on Normal. Also, the lasers attack phase of Boss 3 (the ship/tank thing) seemed much faster on Easy.

At least Marisa and Mima felt easier than on Normal, so Easy mode might still be easier than Normal, but still, WTF.

[Azinth]

Uuuugh.  Perfect Ichirin battle for UFO stage 3 lunatic.  The stage overall was 0 bombs, 0 UFOs and 1 miss to the second yin-yang spam, which I can usually cap without much problem.  So damn close... T.T

On a related note, Ichirin's first boss card is a horrific abomination that needs to be cleansed with fire.

[Bananamatic]

Danmaku Chimera is actually capturable now, but the green ufo card.....meh.
If I move under her, the close ufos don't get destroyed giving me zero space to dodge the small lasers, and if I don't, I don't even get to get her HP to zero before it times out :V

[Seian Verian]

...I hate stage 5... Finish stage 4 with seven lives, SEVEN! I reach Shou with two... That's right, TWO FREAKING LIVES!!! That probably means that I lost more lives than I had to start the stage with, what with all the red UFOs... And then Shou obliterates me utterly. Why is stage 5 so FREAKING STUPID!!!! If it were just a tiny bit easier, I'd probably have already 1cc'd this game...

[Generalguy]

...I hate stage 5... Finish stage 4 with seven lives, SEVEN! I reach Shou with two... That's right, TWO FREAKING LIVES!!! That probably means that I lost more lives than I had to start the stage with, what with all the red UFOs... And then Shou obliterates me utterly. Why is stage 5 so FREAKING STUPID!!!! If it were just a tiny bit easier, I'd probably have already 1cc'd this game...

If you lost so much lives, there's something you're doing wrong. Don't go for UFOs in this stage unless they're right next to you, it's not worth the risks. Focus only on surviving and you should get a much easier time in this stage

[?q]

On Meira's last attack phase, she starts throwing bouncing balls of doom. There were 6 when I played on Easy, and I don't remember ever seeing more than 4 on Normal.

Your memory isn't quite working properly...

[LHCling]

Syou's Spinning Laser Wall (cbf with name) timeout.

:|

[?q]

Syou's Spinning Laser Wall (cbf with name) timeout.

:|

But that's normal.
It's almost an accomplishment if you don't die in the process.

[Sen]

Just remember that the laser always moves the same way every time.

It takes about three laps around Shou to kill her with any of the A-characters, not sure about the B-characters. I'd assume SanaeB's shotgunning would help quite a bit.

[Slaves]

...I hate stage 5... Finish stage 4 with seven lives, SEVEN! I reach Shou with two... That's right, TWO FREAKING LIVES!!! That probably means that I lost more lives than I had to start the stage with, what with all the red UFOs... And then Shou obliterates me utterly. Why is stage 5 so FREAKING STUPID!!!! If it were just a tiny bit easier, I'd probably have already 1cc'd this game...

i think you're doing something wrong.. i've been to that stage twice and on my second try i did it without dying at all. i can't say anything for Shou, as i always have 0-1 lives left when i get to her because Murasa murders me.

[BoLaD]

PCB Stage 4

That stage gives you more than 400 point items... it's not that hard. PCB is probably the 2nd easiest in the series because of the amount of lives and the borders... easiest being MoF. It's still fun though!

On another note, how the hell do you clear Nazrin's final spellcard on hard? I always seem to panic on it!

[LHCling]

Syou's Spinning Laser Wall (cbf with name) timeout.

:|

But that's normal.
It's almost an accomplishment if you don't die in the process.

I can capture it fairly consistently.

[Arcengal]

 
The result of 3 hours practicing UFO extra?
A double K.O.
And no, I didn't save the replay. I was very, very angry.

I've worked out to do every card apart from Blue UFO and her damned survival card. The latter should be easy but I keep twitch-deathing OVER and OVER. It's like ATWTBN mark 2.

[Helix ⑨]

Argh! I was trying so hard to unlock EoSD extra stageby doing normal 1cc, and I make it to remilia with 3 lives and 1 bomb (plenty!) and I die to a thing wasting a life and 3 bombs then the screen was clear and I move to avoid the incoming wave and I apperently hit the very last projectile on the edge of the far side of the screen causing me to lose another life and 3 bombs.
Just 2-3 bombs or a life and I would've made it 

[Sodium]

The Breakdown of my UFO Extra attempts:

85%=Die at the first random fairies, or the second random fairies[the ones that shoot straight down] (Restart)
6%=Die at Kogasa (restart) [I have no problem bombing Kogasa, just dying is bad]
5%=Die two or more times at the part between Kogasa and Nue (restart)
4%=Get to Nue, Mess up exactly one card(messing up being dying twice or more, which ALWAYS HAPPENS), and watch myself start sucking hard due to the power loss. (restart due to GAME OVER)

SO YEAH. It's mainly the FUCKING 80% OF THE TIME I DIE AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS SO MUCH.

[Tarquinius]

I hate Shou. About the only attack of hers that I don't have much of a problem with is her last noncard, because the lasers move slower than in her other patterns. Everything else she has just murders me though, with the occasional exception of her first spellcard.