Screenshot thread

[DraQ]

Still programmer art?
Looks much less horrible this time around.

 

[JarlFrank]

Still programmer art?
Looks much less horrible this time around.

It actually looks pretty good now!

 

[Konjad]

Fun with CreamyBlood poocolator and Ormagöden

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Allright, let's do this.

Sorry for images being blurry bros, couldn't figure out how to do a batch resize with Lanczos using Irfanview.

Some time later:

So, 8 lives and 2 bombs going into the Stage 5 bossfight, which isn't that hard, things are looking up for 1CC.

Spoiler

Ok, time for the final stage.

Wait a minute, this isn't right...

Shit, wrong route. Barely know this one. Then again, might have enough resources to bruteforce it.

Still have to deal with this nonsense.

Hello, final boss B, whom I've only seen twice ever.

Well, at least this isn't too bad.

This is. Fucking lasers.

Pretty typical dense pattern.

Quite easy. Of course, I still manage to fuck it up nonetheless.

What's with these final bosses and their love for huge bullets overlapping each other? Nobody likes that, cut it out.

This seems like it would be really easy if I could only figure out how to restream the fucking lasers.

Pretty fun, the blue bullets spread out in your typical spiral pattern, bounce when they hit the bottom, and slowly float back up.

Why does this game love making me cut across these dense streams of small bullets?

Oh, I think I know this one. Just need to stream the bullets aimed at me, and all should be well, right?

2 lives and a few bombs later, streaming this isn't that easy.

Nevertheless we triumph by sheer brute force of a million bombs.

We've basically won, but we get to try our hand at a few bonus patterns. Can't bomb these, and they instantly end when we die.

This isn't too bad, despite looking scary as fuck.

U fucking wot, m8?

Not visible on the screenshot, but these move really fast, and they expect me to cut across them. Fuck that.

Really fast as well. Too fast.

Victory screen. 1CC complete, although it was a pretty stupid run. Nearly perfected everything up to stage 5, entered stage 6 with a ton of resources, and then spent them all to bruteforce unfamiliar boss patterns. Doesn't seem like the boss is too difficult though, some asshole moves notwithstanding.

Ending slides not included to protect Codexian sanity.

 

[Pablo1989]

Sometimes names of killed germans makes me laugh

BTW How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?

 

[Astral Rag]

 

[balmorar]

Risen 3 - Titan Lords

 

[DwarvenFood]

Ending slides not included to protect Codexian sanity.

Also, is this at all playable with keyboard ?

 

[CryptRat]

Allright, let's do this.

Is there an episode you would recommend for a first try?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Balmorar deserves some praise for making the risen series look so...contemplative.

 

[Melan]

One Step Too Far (The Dark Mod), by dragofer. Small, beautiful and subtly creepy ship-based mission. It has some frustrating moments due to the tight construction and hard to frob objects, but the atmosphere is top notch. Cliffhanger ending hints at a followup mission.

Spoiler

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Ending slides not included to protect Codexian sanity.

Also, is this at all playable with keyboard ?

Bro, it's a PC exclusive game, it's designed to be played with a keyboard. Some people play these on Saturn pads or arcade sticks, but most use keyboards as God intended.

Allright, let's do this.

Is there an episode you would recommend for a first try?

Not such an easy question. Are you looking for the easiest game, the most accessible, or the one that will teach you how to play the best?

 

[CryptRat]

Not such an easy question. Are you looking for the easiest game, the most accessible, or the one that will teach you how to play the best?

Actually any episode that is considered not too hard and relatively classic in its mechanics would fill the plot ; let's say the easiest one, if it's not so different than the other ones.

 

[Niektory]

Sorry for images being blurry bros, couldn't figure out how to do a batch resize with Lanczos using Irfanview.

It remembers the last used filter, so just resize one image with Lanczos manually before doing the batch.

What's with these final bosses and their love for huge bullets overlapping each other? Nobody likes that, cut it out.

Also, is this at all playable with keyboard ?

Yes, that's how I'm playing.

Is there an episode you would recommend for a first try?

I'd recommend Perfect Cherry Blossom. It's pretty forgiving (especially with Reimu) and one of my favourites overall.

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So, how about we do the...

Imperishable Night's extra stage is one of the easier ones.

Spoiler

The first part is pretty boring so let's skip to the midboss.

This is a fun one, most bullets are coming from the bottom.

Midboss defeated, no bombs used so far.

This is too much, we're bombing this shit.


Boss time!

The first non-spellcard attack.

I'm no good with this one, too much squeezing between bullets.

This one's not too bad if you direct the birds, but I failed this time.

Not many bullets, but they come from top and bottom so it's still tricky.

Non-spellcard attacks are getting more intense...

Looks scary but it's easy, only a few bullets can actually reach you.

The waves look great in motion.

This one is difficult, bullets coming from multiple directions.

It's like dodging rain. Made of fire.

Non-spellcards are now fast and deadly.

Can't capture this one. I always end up cornered.

Survival time! The phoenix follows you around for 70 seconds shooting bullets in several patterns.

Doing well...

Success!

Now for the final challenge...

That was close, but 2 lives and 4 bombs later we prevail!

Quickly failed the bonus one.

Final score.

 

[Gragt]

Edit: Kinda sad that they dropped this feature with the sequel, i.e., some enemies when charmed would give you special dialogs and information when talked to. Sure, it isn’t required to complete the game and it’s more on the level of easter eggs, but it’s always the little details that flesh things out. It would have been a nice way to offer alternatives options to complete quests though.

 

[DraQ]

Spoiler

The first part is pretty boring so let's skip to the midboss.

This is a fun one, most bullets are coming from the bottom.

Midboss defeated, no bombs used so far.

This is too much, we're bombing this shit.


Boss time!

The first non-spellcard attack.

I'm no good with this one, too much squeezing between bullets.

This one's not too bad if you direct the birds, but I failed this time.

Not many bullets, but they come from top and bottom so it's still tricky.

Non-spellcard attacks are getting more intense...

Looks scary but it's easy, only a few bullets can actually reach you.

The waves look great in motion.

This one is difficult, bullets coming from multiple directions.

It's like dodging rain. Made of fire.

Non-spellcards are now fast and deadly.

Can't capture this one. I always end up cornered.

Survival time! The phoenix follows you around for 70 seconds shooting bullets in several patterns.

Doing well...

Success!

Now for the final challenge...

That was close, but 2 lives and 4 bombs later we prevail!

Quickly failed the bonus one.

Final score.

Why.

 

[CryptRat]

Is there an episode you would recommend for a first try?

I'd recommend Perfect Cherry Blossom. It's pretty forgiving (especially with Reimu) and one of my favourites overall.

Thanks.

 

[e-mailio estevez]

I could swear that the journal entry normally calls him 'Jon Icarus'. Am I imagining this, or did was it updated with mods?

 

[Cowboy Moment]

What's with these final bosses and their love for huge bullets overlapping each other? Nobody likes that, cut it out.

Nah, that's fine. What I didn't like about the one I commented on (and Eirin has a similar one as well) is that it's difficult to see what the boundaries of everything are, which is kinda important given that you basically have to go into the bullet sprites in order to get through these patterns. Dying because you didn't see the small green bullet inside the big green bullet sucks, and you don't see them in motion long enough to extrapolate based on that.

None of Utsuho's attacks have this problem, I think. It's just big bright bullets which are all hitbox, no bullshit.

Is there an episode you would recommend for a first try?

I'd recommend Perfect Cherry Blossom. It's pretty forgiving (especially with Reimu) and one of my favourites overall.

Good pick. It's the first one I 1CCd at the very least.

I think Imperishable Night is considered the easiest, but it has some weird mechanics that make it inappropriate for a newcomer (also, the "easiest" part mostly has to do with bomb mechanics rather than easy patterns imo). It does have Spell Practice mode though.

Mountain of Faith is pretty straightforward and not too difficult, but it has a newcomer-unfriendly continue system. I think the one from earlier games gives a better sense of progression and makes it much easier to unlock stages in Practice Mode.

PCB is all around a good game. Its main problem, imo, is the long and arduous Stage 4, which also makes it a bitch to practice the boss therein unless you install a boss rush patch. I always thought the easymode character was SakuyA though.

So, how about we do the...

Imperishable Night's extra stage is one of the easier ones.

Spoiler

The first part is pretty boring so let's skip to the midboss.

This is a fun one, most bullets are coming from the bottom.

Midboss defeated, no bombs used so far.

This is too much, we're bombing this shit.


Boss time!

The first non-spellcard attack.

I'm no good with this one, too much squeezing between bullets.

This one's not too bad if you direct the birds, but I failed this time.

Not many bullets, but they come from top and bottom so it's still tricky.

Non-spellcard attacks are getting more intense...

Looks scary but it's easy, only a few bullets can actually reach you.

The waves look great in motion.

This one is difficult, bullets coming from multiple directions.

It's like dodging rain. Made of fire.

Non-spellcards are now fast and deadly.

Can't capture this one. I always end up cornered.

Survival time! The phoenix follows you around for 70 seconds shooting bullets in several patterns.

Doing well...

Success!

Now for the final challenge...

That was close, but 2 lives and 4 bombs later we prevail!

Quickly failed the bonus one.

Final score.

I'm trying to do the Extra Stage in PCB (my first )at the moment, and Ran seems pretty doable. The stage istelf, though, is a huge pile of frustrating shit. Maybe I'll just say fuck it to item collection and survival mode it, but I feel like I need the extra lives. Also, fuck Chen.

 

[Gragt]

I could swear that the journal entry normally calls him 'Jon Icarus'. Am I imagining this, or did was it updated with mods?

You’re right. He was originally called Icarus but when BG2 came out David Gaider stated that Jon Icarus and Jon Irenicus were the same person and they decided to change the name in the sequel—possibly to avoid confusion with the Greco-Roman mythology? There is also a vampire allied with Bhodi named Tanova in BG2, and she is unique in that she is the only vampire spellcaster, which would confirm the story.

If I remember correctly, the Centeol charmed dialog and journal entry was updated by the Baldurdash text update mod, but it is possible that another modder did it. Apparently the Enhanced Edition also changed the name to Irenicus by default.

 

[Niektory]

Nah, that's fine. What I didn't like about the one I commented on (and Eirin has a similar one as well) is that it's difficult to see what the boundaries of everything are, which is kinda important given that you basically have to go into the bullet sprites in order to get through these patterns. Dying because you didn't see the small green bullet inside the big green bullet sucks, and you don't see them in motion long enough to extrapolate based on that.

I understand, but somehow they never bothered me that much. My nemesis are the long needle bullets (Shou, Nitori). I just can't handle them.

I always thought the easymode character was SakuyA though.

She's good too, but I found Reimu's long deathbomb window very helpful when I was starting out.

I'm trying to do the Extra Stage in PCB (my first )at the moment, and Ran seems pretty doable. The stage istelf, though, is a huge pile of frustrating shit. Maybe I'll just say fuck it to item collection and survival mode it, but I feel like I need the extra lives. Also, fuck Chen.

Don't worry too much about point items, you only need 250-ish before Ran to reach the 500 threshold, I don't think 800 is reachable. Aim to reach the boss without losing a life, I didn't beat her until I could do that. I found Chen to be pretty fun, I guess you haven't figured out her last attack yet.

 

[balmorar]

Risen 2 - Dark Waters

 

[racofer]

He's not sitting. I'm disappoint.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Nah, that's fine. What I didn't like about the one I commented on (and Eirin has a similar one as well) is that it's difficult to see what the boundaries of everything are, which is kinda important given that you basically have to go into the bullet sprites in order to get through these patterns. Dying because you didn't see the small green bullet inside the big green bullet sucks, and you don't see them in motion long enough to extrapolate based on that.

I understand, but somehow they never bothered me that much. My nemesis are the long needle bullets (Shou, Nitori). I just can't handle them.

My bane are multilayered criss-crossing patterns. My capture rate on Apollo 13 is below 5%, and I practiced that a lot.

I always thought the easymode character was SakuyA though.

She's good too, but I found Reimu's long deathbomb window very helpful when I was starting out.

I feel like that deathbomb window creates bad habits in new players. On the other hand, Sakuya gets 4 bombs, which encourages their liberal use - a very good habit, and not so easy to get into for some people (like myself). Also, a lot of the more difficult stuff in PCB becomes even more so when you add the requirement of actually staying under the boss in order to damage it. New players will have their hands full just dodging.

I'm trying to do the Extra Stage in PCB (my first )at the moment, and Ran seems pretty doable. The stage istelf, though, is a huge pile of frustrating shit. Maybe I'll just say fuck it to item collection and survival mode it, but I feel like I need the extra lives. Also, fuck Chen.

Don't worry too much about point items, you only need 250-ish before Ran to reach the 500 threshold, I don't think 800 is reachable. Aim to reach the boss without losing a life, I didn't beat her until I could do that. I found Chen to be pretty fun, I guess you haven't figured out her last attack yet.

You can actually reach over 800 if you gather everything, but fuck me if I'm going to do that in the second part of that stage. All those asshole aimed-bullet fairies can go to hell. For Chen, it's her nonspell that's actually difficult for me, I have trouble moving through fast, small bullets for whatever reason. Her first spell is kind of misleading as well, spent some time dying stupidly before I got over just trying to stream it mindlessly.

We should actually move this discussion to its own thread in the weaboo forum, I think.

 

[Zetor]

Great moments in Wiz8: the group taking fall damage after they abruptly drop to the floor of the Cosmic Circle during the endsequence (twice actually -- I forgot to screenshot the second one). "Ascension"... pfft.

is a screenshot from Wiz8's endsequence really a spoiler?

backstory: I found SAVES.ARJ while doing some housekeeping on my old HDs... and it happened to include my very first party that managed to beat W7. I decided to keep the ~awesome~ character names intact (monk, especially), because otherwise I would be dishonoring my middle school self... and that just won't do!