Thus, judicious use of hypers is up to the player, and it’s his strategizing that makes the game even more fun. As you can see, the scoring is rather intricate, as well as integral to the gameplay (Points = extra lives!). One must skirt the edge of getting a higher score or surviving until the next stage – lose all your lives, and your score is set in stone continue, and it’s eliminated. This effect (called a rank up) persists until you lose your ship, and most likely you don’t want that to happen. However, they do something bad when activated: they increase the speed of ALL bullets. Hypers chain like crazy, bringing your score incredibly high if used correctly. The hyper makes your shots glow a different color, make them more powerful, and cover a wider radius than even the highest normal upgrades. Simply put, if you can get a chain going long enough, your Hyper meter will fill, and the word “Hyper” appear where your bombs would be. They are your best friend for scoring high, but not so much for your survival chances. Still, the high skill cap means this scoring system does have an audience, and somebody will take up the mantle of the challenge – even without chaining, DonPachi games are plenty fun for survival purposes.ĭoDonPachi added yet another element to this formula: Hypers. I, for one, can’t do it well at all, and I humbly accept that I am bad at hitting enemies in sequence within a half second of each other throughout an entire stage.
It takes a lot of practice and memorization to do this at any competent level. Playing through the levels repeatedly and understanding their layout is the only way to obtain the knowledge to succeed. Now, this might seem easy, but destroying enemies too fast can destroy your chain. Your laser must be kept on a target (which will stop the degeneration of said meter). Something must be hit by your bullets before your score meter (in the upper right hand corner of the screen) expires or 2. There are a couple prerequisites for keeping this chain going: 1. Basically, killing enemies constantly garners you a chain (Denoted by the “HITS” word appearing in the upper right hand corner of the screen).
DODONPACHI RESURRECTION BOSS SERIES
Shoot, laser (by holding the shot button), bomb, dodge, or die – the entire series can really be encapsulated into that core formula, and I can say with certainty that its greatness lies more in the execution and iteration on the arcade shmups of old than any incredible innovation on CAVE’s part.īeyond the simple need for survival, the entire DonPachi series is also known for its incredibly precise and difficult “chain” scoring system. DoDonPachi and DaiOuJou alike were simply slight additions to that core gameplay loop. Players began to slip through holes in the waves of flowery death with practice, bringing a rush and a thrill to the hardcore willing to go through the trouble of learning the game. Yet, the saving grace appeared to be the ship’s deceptively small hit box – only a small section of the ship actually registered a hit, which meant destruction. This new trend in shooters involved massive quantities of pretty and colorful bullets being thrown at the player, who at first glance couldn’t possibly make it through the game. CAVE started the manic shmup genre with DonPachi, their first game. would seek to make such a radical set of changes for their “final” opus, but CAVE didn’t often rest on their laurels…at least when they were making arcade games!īut why don’t I like it? Well, let’s start at the beginning. I find it strange to think that Ikeda and co. As it would turn out, Saidaioujou would actually take that honor, but as a tribute to the series Resurrection tries to add a lot of new stuff to the core shooting/scoring mechanics that Saidaioujou would completely reverse. Known as DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu in its native home of Japan, the 2008 arcade game was supposedly CAVE’s last entry in their venerable series. I hate to say it, but I don’t really like DoDonPachi Resurrection all that much.
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