Author Topic: Touhou RAGE Thread (Read 176861 times)

LHCling · « **Reply #450 on:** June 10, 2009, 02:15:27 AM »

Quote from: nintendonut888 on June 10, 2009, 02:07:23 AM

And lol at you thinking Mai's BS. I consider myself a failure if I die more than once against her, and even dying at all is a pity. Her only difficult phase is her last one, where the exploding eggs/snowballs/whatever usually cause some annoying shenanigans.

Last one is (somewhat) easy. Don't shoot the rotating eggs of doom. It is entirely possible to squeeze between them. Even at Lunatic. You'll take about twice as long though.

And I'll try timing it out once I get time.

Schpwuette · « **Reply #451 on:** June 10, 2009, 02:19:39 AM »

My rage-of-the-day is aimed at Vista (presumably) for not letting me use v-synch on EoSD.
Having gotten used to the sexy response time in PCB, I now find myself constantly dying due to slight mistiming of movement, and never managing to deathbomb. 'Tis annoying.

Ghaleon · « **Reply #452 on:** June 10, 2009, 02:59:15 AM »

Quote from: Schpwuette on June 10, 2009, 02:19:39 AM

My rage-of-the-day is aimed at Vista (presumably) for not letting me use v-synch on EoSD.
Having gotten used to the sexy response time in PCB, I now find myself constantly dying due to slight mistiming of movement, and never managing to deathbomb. 'Tis annoying.

Game over man. I finally found my windoze xp cd so I decided to try out the vsync with esod finally...mm. I did the extra stage cuz flandre is so cute and fun >=P. I did pretty damn good considering I haven't touched it for a couple weeks now imo.

theshirn · « **Reply #453 on:** June 10, 2009, 03:54:27 AM »

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I had a perfect Mokou run going until I screwed up on the fourth noncard. Not so bad. Then I somehow managed to clipdeath on Honest Man's Death, Woo COMPLETELY WTF'ed me, Phoenix Tail walled me, and Possessed by Phoenix was crap. Also managed to screw up Hourai Doll, about three seconds from the capture, and died on Imperishable Shooting's second wave. Ugly as hell.

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #454 on:** June 10, 2009, 07:08:02 AM »

So I was trying to capture Tree-Ocean of Hourai, and I was halfway done (Never got this far) when suddenly...

LOL LAG

Cue quantum rage.

Azinth · « **Reply #455 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:43:12 AM »

So the recent pc-98 talk made me want to give MS a try again after several months. I'd heard that Yuka is the hardest for lunatic difficulty so I tried her for the lulz, and after a few runs, this is the best I've got:

...Yep. I'd forgotten just how painful stage 5 was. Yuka is so freaking slow, I pretty much had to move unfocused at all times during the Yumeko fight in order to dodge anything, and even that wasn't always enough to get by. At least the first three stages and the stage 4 boss are nice and easy in this game. Even with two deaths in stage 3 I got this far.

I would also appreciate tips on that horizontal knife attack that I died to in the pic above. Like, it's got some kind of safespot to it right? Because having to die/bomb on every single wave is kinda embarassing.

LHCling · « **Reply #456 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:56:17 AM »

Quote from: Azinth on June 11, 2009, 12:43:12 AM

I would also appreciate tips on that horizontal knife attack that I died to in the pic above. Like, it's got some kind of safespot to it right? Because having to die/bomb on every single wave is kinda embarassing.

Dodge from the side. That way, the knives come at you at different times. You should only need to make a single movement up the screen to go through the knives, and then stream the "twin-bullets" in any single direction.

The only "safespot" I can think of is in between the knives. Once you position yourself correctly, it's a matter of streaming. I don't even know if it's possible to position yourself dead on the spot though, considering the knife hitbox...

EDIT: and I constantly tap the focus button to dodge anything Yumeko sends...

Also, I would also like to use this time to say that I had to bomb twice on Alice's opener, simply because of BS waves.

Nuclear Fusion · « **Reply #457 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:23:37 AM »

I can not play today. It's been terrible run after terrible run.

Game Over by Chen.

Dead before Flandre.

Dying twice on Woo... twice.

Screw Touhou, I'm playing something easier for the next few days.

fallensoul · « **Reply #458 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:31:14 AM »

I've failed 1cc MS Lunatic with Reimu at one to last phase of Shinki...
I started the battle with FOUR DAMNED LIVES, and DIED 3 DAMNED TIMES with bombs in stock...

nintendonut888 · « **Reply #459 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:36:37 AM »

Holy jesus I must suck at PC-98. I've never reached Shinki with more than 2 lives in stock.

Azinth · « **Reply #460 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:57:45 AM »

Whoamg, I tried again and I made it to Cheeto Lasers. However, this run once again had me die twice with bombs in stock during the first three stages, which means if I hadn't I just might have pulled it off.

Edit:

Quote from: BaitySM on June 11, 2009, 12:56:17 AM

The only "safespot" I can think of is in between the knives. Once you position yourself correctly, it's a matter of streaming. I don't even know if it's possible to position yourself dead on the spot though, considering the knife hitbox...

I didn't really word that well. By 'safespot' I meant that I wondered if it had some kind of static pattern and could be dodged consistently the same. They look like they might, though I haven't faced the attack enough to see if it's random or not.

bjw · « **Reply #461 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:03:58 AM »

Whenever I luck capture the first wave of Catwalk, I always somehow manage to fuck up the beginning of the second wave, right before capturing the card. I don't get it.

nintendonut888 · « **Reply #462 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:21:23 AM »

PoFV extra sucks. It sucks. IT SUCKS!

Ghaleon · « **Reply #463 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:24:00 AM »

Quote from: nintendonut888 on June 11, 2009, 06:21:23 AM

PoFV extra sucks. It sucks. IT SUCKS!

It's hard to enjoy it like the other Touhou's yeah. But one thing good about it that is untrue for all the other Touhou's is that it requires pretty much zero memorization to do good at it.

Time Traveler · « **Reply #464 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:14:59 AM »

FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUU

I finally managed to beat Koishi, and then I don't save a replay since "return to title" is the default option after beating the extra stage. What makes it worse is that I actually managed to capture every spell card in the stage except Koishi's last 3. $:-\$ Oh well, time to spend another hour retrying the extra stage until I get again...

LHCling · « **Reply #465 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:36:51 AM »

Why can't I 1cc MS Lunatic?

I got everything down, up to and including Yumeko.

Probably because these are areas which I can never do consistently (theory doesn't always let me apply to practice):

-Stage 1 stage portion
-Stage 2 stage portion
-Stage 2 Midboss
-Stage 2 Boss (Luize)
-Stage 3 stage portion
-Stage 3 Boss (Alice)
-Stage 4 Boss (Yuki and / or Mai)
-Stage 5 stage portion.

Maybe I shouldn't be scorewhoring... But getting that 400 Extend! is easy enough.

Note: I die with full bombs in stock 2-3 times in a usual run.

fallensoul · « **Reply #466 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:40:16 PM »

Quote from: nintendonut888 on June 11, 2009, 06:21:23 AM

PoFV extra sucks. It sucks. IT SUCKS!

I can beat it only dying for Sikieiki. :3

Zengeku · « **Reply #467 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:58:10 PM »

Quote from: nintendonut888 on June 11, 2009, 06:21:23 AM

PoFV extra sucks. It sucks. IT SUCKS!

PoFV sucks in general!

Nuclear Fusion · « **Reply #468 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:10:26 PM »

Okay, seriously, what just happened?

I decided that I would unlock the Phantasm stage using Normal card captures, cause I keep screwing up on Chen Lunatic, and can't make it past Alice! (which is bizarre, since PCB is the only game I've 1cced on Lunatic... maybe it's the fact that I'm not bombing this time).

Anyway, doing the Phantasm with Marisa A is completely different from what I'm used to. After several really sad and quick deaths (I think I don't even get to Ran on the first four attempts, maybe five), I finally make it to Yukari with no lives in stock. That's three deaths on the stage.

I last, without bombing or breaking a border, until her second last card.

What happened to the two extra lives during the Yukari fight?

One gets wasted on the first set of red bubbles on Xanadu. The other goes to a red laser activating before I thought it would on Butterfly in the Zen Temple. Everything else, captured.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Ghaleon · « **Reply #469 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:57:08 PM »

Quote from: Nuclear Fusion on June 11, 2009, 08:10:26 PM

Okay, seriously, what just happened?

I decided that I would unlock the Phantasm stage using Normal card captures, cause I keep screwing up on Chen Lunatic, and can't make it past Alice! (which is bizarre, since PCB is the only game I've 1cced on Lunatic... maybe it's the fact that I'm not bombing this time).

Anyway, doing the Phantasm with Marisa A is completely different from what I'm used to. After several really sad and quick deaths (I think I don't even get to Ran on the first four attempts, maybe five), I finally make it to Yukari with no lives in stock. That's three deaths on the stage.

I last, without bombing or breaking a border, until her second last card.

What happened to the two extra lives during the Yukari fight?

One gets wasted on the first set of red bubbles on Xanadu. The other goes to a red laser activating before I thought it would on Butterfly in the Zen Temple. Everything else, captured.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Yukari is probably one of the most fun bosses in gaming history for me. If I were you I'd relish the excuse to try again. (the stage is the pits though).

LHCling · « **Reply #470 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:05:53 AM »

Shaking while playing is bad. I was actually nervous against Shinki.

Followed by...

Dying with bombs in stock (earlier) blows. I was in the clear as well. After that phase, it's all simple. Oh, and in terms of score, this is only decent compared to what I normally do.

Also, Mima is completely overpowered, being blessed with the strongest long-distance shot type. I cleared MS Lunatic too easily with her, so it really doesn't count as an accomplishment.

nintendonut888 · « **Reply #471 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:08:14 AM »

Almost everyone uses Mima, she's not broken. Her small range makes it hard to do stuff like killing the enemies on stage 4.

LHCling · « **Reply #472 on:** June 12, 2009, 01:08:47 AM »

Quote from: nintendonut888 on June 12, 2009, 01:08:14 AM

Almost everyone uses Mima, she's not broken. Her small range makes it hard to do stuff like killing the enemies on stage 4.

Absurd movement speed makes up for it. I could tear through Stage 4 with her >_>

EDIT: forgot to mention, I used 3 bombs on the snake bullets. Lost the rhythm...

EDIT 2: I now blame my shaking on the coffee.

---

Right, I give up.

Entering Yumeko with 6 lives, leave with 3.

Start Shinki with 4, lose it all. I didn't even make it that far.

Something is seriously going wrong.

New and ridiculous high score at least... ;_;

stargroup · « **Reply #473 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:22:23 AM »

Quote from: Zengeku on June 11, 2009, 01:58:10 PM

PoFV sucks in general!

As much of an opinion as it is, you're completely wrong.

fallensoul · « **Reply #474 on:** June 12, 2009, 04:34:15 AM »

PoFV is cool.
I really like it (just hate to play with Sakuya and Tewi and against Komachi).

LHCling · « **Reply #475 on:** June 12, 2009, 07:06:32 AM »

4 lives before Shinki (with 380 Point Items).

It was great.

...until I die by the infamous bug. Twice (two separate runs).

I gave up immediately.

EDIT: both at the start. one in the corner.

EDIT 2: making a video of it, to show my aggrevation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IK8ESRpyLI

Ionasal kkll Solciel · « **Reply #476 on:** June 12, 2009, 08:01:54 AM »

Trying to clear PoFV's story mode with Cirno is an exercise in frustration, especially on higher difficulties. Small scope means you have to get really close in order to activate spirits, and the Spells can sometimes make bullets that you were safe from into dangerous targets, especially against Shikieiki.

The fact you don't fight Komachi as well is a mixed blessing.

Zengeku · « **Reply #477 on:** June 12, 2009, 03:45:42 PM »

Quote from: stargroup on June 12, 2009, 03:22:23 AM

As much of an opinion as it is, you're completely wrong.

I was kidding. It doesn't suck, but the random nature of the game destroys it for me. I don't like to have Lily pop up out of nowhere when i'm in the middle of dodging a shitstorm from Komachi.

fallensoul · « **Reply #478 on:** June 12, 2009, 04:56:03 PM »

Quote from: Taiyou on June 12, 2009, 08:01:54 AM

Trying to clear PoFV's story mode with Cirno is an exercise in frustration, especially on higher difficulties. Small scope means you have to get really close in order to activate spirits, and the Spells can sometimes make bullets that you were safe from into dangerous targets, especially against Shikieiki.

The fact you don't fight Komachi as well is a mixed blessing.

Knowing how to play with Cirno, you easily will have level 2 gauge refilled forever on high ranks.

Nuclear Fusion · « **Reply #479 on:** June 12, 2009, 06:55:33 PM »

Well, now that I've got the Phantasm Stage to a point where I don't die horribly, I can't seem to do Yukari anymore.

That being said, I did clear it, but two borders went off, so I'm not counting it. Kind of pissed off about one of those borders too, since it was during Mesh of Light and Darkness.

Author Topic: Touhou RAGE Thread (Read 176861 times)

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