Crystal Quest General Discussion (Still want to know how many levels)

[Javery]

I'm on 91 and kind of bored because it's so easy. Does it end or go on forever?

[Javery]

No one knows? C'mon, haven't any of you played an entire game on the easiest setting? I got to level 109 before I accidentally turned off the system (sucks you can't save and continue like in bejeweled or hexic).

[Javery]

OK so no one knows... what I'd like to know is how the hell the #1 player has over a billion points! That's more than 10 times my highest score and I thought I played a pretty sick game...

[Darkside Hazuki]

AFAIK, it continues indefinitly.

The number one guy is likely using the Xtreme pack and staying on each level as long as possible to collect bonus crystals. They can bring you upwards of 3,000,000 per crystal!

[shipwreck]

Yeah, playing the game for a high score is pretty boring. (Grab a crystal, shoot all the enemies, grab any bonus crystals, grab another crystal, shoot all the enemies, grab any bonus crystals, etc...). I really don't think it's fun to play that way.

I'd much rather just play the game at a normal pace, so you'll never see me on those leaderboards. You could play this game for probably 20+ hours straight if you just collected the crystals one at a time.

[Javery]

Yeah, playing the game for a high score is pretty boring. (Grab a crystal, shoot all the enemies, grab any bonus crystals, grab another crystal, shoot all the enemies, grab any bonus crystals, etc...). I really don't think it's fun to play that way.

I'd much rather just play the game at a normal pace, so you'll never see me on those leaderboards. You could play this game for probably 20+ hours straight if you just collected the crystals one at a time.

It's actually pretty tough playing on level 10 but I imagine there is a happy medium around level 5 where the enemies won't kill you but the crystals keep coming out. It would take forever to get anywhere score-wise though because nothing is worth that much.

I got around 75M points playing on level 10 but I can only get to level 16 until the enemies become too much to handle. Levels 1 and 2 don't yield any crystals and any levels with those bomb laying mofos can't be played at a leisurely pace because you can't clear the mines they drop - same thing goes for the ones that move in a grid but don't die when you shoot them (they get smaller and spin in place). There are only probably 5 levels where you can handle the enemies and wait it out for crystals. This amounts to about an hour of play time.... unless I'm missing something...

[shipwreck]

It's actually pretty tough playing on level 10 but I imagine there is a happy medium around level 5 where the enemies won't kill you but the crystals keep coming out. It would take forever to get anywhere score-wise though because nothing is worth that much.

I got around 75M points playing on level 10 but I can only get to level 16 until the enemies become too much to handle. Levels 1 and 2 don't yield any crystals and any levels with those bomb laying mofos can't be played at a leisurely pace because you can't clear the mines they drop - same thing goes for the ones that move in a grid but don't die when you shoot them (they get smaller and spin in place). There are only probably 5 levels where you can handle the enemies and wait it out for crystals. This amounts to about an hour of play time.... unless I'm missing something...

I got up to level 20 or so and wasn't having any problems with any of the enemies going at the one crystal at a time method. The only enemies that give me any sort of problem are the ones that send the ring of shrapnel out when you shoot them. Heck, there's one level where you can pretty much just sit in the middle the whole time and just shoot right or left to kill the enemies as they spawn. Just grab a crystal, return to the middle, shoot all the enemies until they run out, then repeat.

As for the ones that drop the little mines, you can get good enough to where you immediately see the difference. Plus, a bomb clears all those out if there are too many and you get a ton of bombs in this game.

[Darkside Hazuki]

It appears that we're the only three that play this game...

[shipwreck]

It appears that we're the only three that play this game...

There's one other guy too. I'd have to look at the other Crystal Quest thread to remember who it was. Brak maybe?

Edit: Yep, I was right. And apparently AshesofWake plays it too.

[Javery]

I got up to level 20 or so and wasn't having any problems with any of the enemies going at the one crystal at a time method. The only enemies that give me any sort of problem are the ones that send the ring of shrapnel out when you shoot them. Heck, there's one level where you can pretty much just sit in the middle the whole time and just shoot right or left to kill the enemies as they spawn. Just grab a crystal, return to the middle, shoot all the enemies until they run out, then repeat.

Aren't you afraid of shooting the crystal? That's the toughest part for me - shooting the enemies but not hitting a crystal if and when it spawns.

Level 20 at what setting? I could never get that high on level 10. I forgot about those shrapnel biatches - I hate those mofos. I'm going to try playing on a lower setting tonight and see if I can play twice as long and get more points

As for the ones that drop the little mines, you can get good enough to where you immediately see the difference. Plus, a bomb clears all those out if there are too many and you get a ton of bombs in this game.

yeah they do give you a lot of bombe but I find I need them to clear the mines or kill thos crazy green enemies that shoot like crazy

[shipwreck]

Aren't you afraid of shooting the crystal? That's the toughest part for me - shooting the enemies but not hitting a crystal if and when it spawns.

Nah, you can see the Crystal's forming so just wait until the enemies are barely out of the nest.

Level 20 at what setting? I could never get that high on level 10. I forgot about those shrapnel biatches - I hate those mofos. I'm going to try playing on a lower setting tonight and see if I can play twice as long and get more points

Okay, I think I just had a javeryh like moment: There are difficulty settings? Maybe that's why playing the one crystal at a time method seemed so boring to me.

[Javery]

Okay, I think I just had a javeryh like moment: There are difficulty settings? Maybe that's why playing the one crystal at a time method seemed so boring to me.

Ha! I actually know something! yeah - in the options menu or whatever it's called you can toggle the difficulty higher or lower. The default is level 5. Level 10 is nuts but you get 50,000 for every crystal you collect and I've gotten over 1,000,000 points from one giant crystal before. It's the only way to get high scores on the leaderboard... unless you set it to level 1 and played for about a month straight (which is totally possible because it's so easy).

[GizmoGC]

I have this too...Not that exciting.