Shmup of the Month Club 2013 (Giga Wing)

[foxhound1022]

I can't play w/lightning either. Waaaay too long w/o being able to shoot at certain segments - it makes the 3-2, 3-4, 4-1, 4-4, 4-6, 5-1 and 5-5 stages really tough as those are enemy heavy areas and as number of enemy bullets pickup you're stuck there too long waiting for your shot to come back.

It is the best weapon for bosses stage 3 and beyond, particularly the octopus boss, but aside from that, no thank you.

I had one run today, 4.3 mil so not my high, but the first 4 stages were great - flawless and cleared the octopus boss w/11 bombs for a real nice stage clear bonus - before dying all my deaths in about 45 seconds :/. At one point on stage 3 I got the purple P powerup and when I grabbed it, it released about 30 powerups - i'd never seen that before. Anyone else have that happen or know what triggered it?

It happened on one run I did, but like the 1ups, it seems random.

[pierrot]

I thought the purple "P" just gave you max power and a shield. I've never seen it split into different power ups before.

I use the lightning weapon without picking up any weapon power ups, and it makes a few spots a little more hairy than fully powering any of the weapons, but not so much so that I feel it would outweigh the difference in point potential. I definitely kill things 100% faster with the missiles, but there's a lot less freedom in positioning myself with it. In some ways I feel a gain survivability with the lightning weapon.

[foxhound1022]

I thought the purple "P" just gave you max power and a shield. I've never seen it split into different power ups before.

I use the lightning weapon without picking up any weapon power ups, and it makes a few spots a little more hairy than fully powering any of the weapons, but not so much so that I feel it would outweigh the difference in point potential. I definitely kill things 100% faster with the missiles, but there's a lot less freedom in positioning myself with it. In some ways I feel a gain survivability with the lightning weapon.

I kinda am the opposite; once you fully power up the vulcan, it covers pretty much the whole screen, so you can mostly focus on evasion. Plus, you can't beat it's stopping power when you point-blank the larger enemies.

[mjmjr25]

Perhaps if you are already at max speed and power, the purple P splits, but I know it was craziness - must've grabbed 100K easy.

[pierrot]

Hmmm, I might give the Vulcan another look next time I play this, but I believe picking up the weapon power ups and bombs adds significantly to increase in rank, and for non-powered up weapons, Lightning seems to be the best, to me.

Perhaps if you are already at max speed and power, the purple P splits, but I know it was craziness - must've grabbed 100K easy.

Interesting. I don't think I've seen the purple "P" anytime other than after a checkpoint re-spawn, so maybe it is the full power that does it.

[ExedExes]

I encountered the purple P on my all-vulcan run (I think), and either by shooting it (like the Fairy in Raiden) or picking it up (don't remember what I did), all sorts of P's, S's, and bombs. At the time I was fully powered, so I got a ton of points.

[Spyke]

Yes I've seen the purple P bonus fountain too. Usually hikes rank up so drastically that I end up dead within seconds of collecting the bonuses and their points!

I'm going to make one more run tonight and that'll be the last one for this game for now I think (competitively anyway)...

Ant

[dsheinem]

dsheinem - 2,151,200 - 3-4

Still on the bottom, but over 2M now. Not sure what I'm not getting in this game. It just doesn't click at all. Is there ANY scoring mechanism? Maybe I'm missing it...

[foxhound1022]

dsheinem - 2,151,200 - 3-4

Still on the bottom, but over 2M now. Not sure what I'm not getting in this game. It just doesn't click at all. Is there ANY scoring mechanism? Maybe I'm missing it...

Not really. Basically just grab all the markers dropped by the enemies, and hoard bombs for a stage end multiplier. Plus, any power-ups grabbed once fully powered are 5,000 pts.

[dsheinem]

dsheinem - 2,151,200 - 3-4

Still on the bottom, but over 2M now. Not sure what I'm not getting in this game. It just doesn't click at all. Is there ANY scoring mechanism? Maybe I'm missing it...

Not really. Basically just grab all the markers dropped by the enemies, and hoard bombs for a stage end multiplier. Plus, any power-ups grabbed once fully powered are 5,000 pts.

yup, got all that. oh well. whatever, the game is just not for me.

I see there's a thread about STGT on shmups: no reply from dex, yet.