mjmjr25 wrote:Stage 2, I am just struggling, not sure what it is - I can either survive and not score, or score but die out before the boss.
Staget 2 has three key areas that are very dangerous.
The first one is with the mini boss at the start of the level. Time it so that you can lead his bullet barf away from you. Give him a face full of plasma in when swinging around out of the way. Just make sure you don't colide with the smaller ships coming out from the sides of the screen. Ignore the power ups if you have to, they will get you killed quick.
The second area is just after, when you are forced to deal with the turrets on the frameworks. Forget scoring unless you really have the timing down. Just lock on to the turrets and kill them ASAP. Your ship's hitbox is just too large to dodge all the enemies and gunfire here.
The third is just before you get to the battle cruiser in the cave (?). There are groups of robots who come in from the background. One of the two always fires erratically. If all are allowed to fire, you're going to have a lot of bullets to wade through. Try to take out at least one of them via lock on before they come up to your altitude.
Get those sections down and the rest of the level isn't so bad.