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I might get the Critical Urgency Pack for the heck of it depending on how quickly I get the plat. This game...it's...

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Bumslie said:
Everybody should buy Under Defeat HD for that price. It's an excellent and basic shmup. Make sure to change the controls in options to dual sticks. The platinum is easy also if that peaks your interest.
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Never even noticed this was released. Instantly thought of Zero Gunner when I saw it.

Been playing a lot of Jamestown over the weekend with a friend so this might be a good reason to hook the PS3 back up to have a different shooter option.

 
Just finished up Zone 12. All perfects so far. Haven't had a ton of time to play though. Liking it a lot, though not sure how I feel about the platforming sections. In some ways I feel like they kind of the kill the flow of the level, but it may be that I just don't really get the controls yet

 
you learn to hold R2 and rake breaks to run with your gun at 45degree angles or hold R2 and press O same time for straight shoot rifle, you get better and better. I just bout beat the game. anyone still up?

 
Velo214 said:
you learn to hold R2 and rake breaks to run with your gun at 45degree angles or hold R2 and press O same time for straight shoot rifle, you get better and better. I just bout beat the game. anyone still up?
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Yeah, I guess alternating between sprinting and shooting in the platforming parts is what it still tripping me up. I think I will end up getting into the groove of it though

 
Alright, perfect on the first 15 zones. My sleeping pill is kicking in so I suppose that is where I stop for tonight. The rifle definitely makes me enjoy the platforming sections more

 
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fuck minesweeper. 50% chance of losing. Yay.

EDIT: Thank god it was the right tile that was empty.

 
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Got to zone 43 and stopped since I was getting tired and having trouble with that perfect. My policy is to get perfect on the current level before moving on. Almost there.

After that I moved onto Joe Danger on Vita. What a fucking disappointment. That game is glitchy as hell. My friend and I were playing it and chatting and his froze and gave him some system error message. I noticed some hiccups and it froze a couple times as I worked through all the training levels. I got pissed off at this G stuck between 2 spike traps that would instakill me so I quit and decided to move onto the campaign. Right after I crossed the finish line of the first track it froze then rebooted then said my save was corrupted and wiped my save file. fuck that. Not gonna touch it if I'm just going to lose progress.
 
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but you never went for the plat? which levels couldn't you perfect?[/quote]
I was gonna try for the plat (and still may), but I may not have the skill to do those later levels fast and accurate. I have all the bonus levels found and competed and perfects on 1-26, 28, 29, & 48. Tried 27 about 108 or so times before I moved on.
 
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Backlog_Overload said:
Yeah, I mentioned a couple times you'd have to get past the wonky controls and bad visuals to enjoy it, and I hope I didn't overshadow those two key points by how much I personally enjoyed it.
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I don't think you did necessarily; I just noticed a few people saying they were getting intrigued and thought I would make the comment to taper people's expectations. As much as I enjoyed it, I wouldn't call it a "great" game as far as production standards are concerned but there's a level of charm to it and most either love it or hate it. If any of you do decide to get it, make sure you get the "bundle" and not the standalone... both are in the store for the same price and the bundle gets you all the extra crap DLC.

It's also worth mentioning that the PS3 version suffered from audio and frame rate issues that were never patched.

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Is anyone here picking up (or has anyone already picked up) Under Defeat from PSN? It looks somewhat interesting as a shmup, and the $3 price point isn't too objectionable.

 
Zimm108 said:
I was gonna try for the plat (and still may), but I may not have the skill to do those later levels fast and accurate. I have all the bonus levels found and competed and perfects on 1-26, 28, 29, & 48. Tried 27 about 108 or so times before I moved on.
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I'm kind of wondering if I can hang in this game - the overly long levels (3 minutes?) plus the boundries for being perfect actually requiring perfection (i.e. break every bit of glass, pick up every health pack, sprint/boost every possible moment) might be too much. I'm still going to try, but only 15 levels in and I'm already a little intimidated.

still, all upgrades to the game are greatly appreciated. I agree with anyone that says that the out of ship controls are a bit janky or at least ill-concieved but the new graphics/animations/concepts are aces.

also, are the bombs a little less awesome now or is it my imagination?
 
Vigilante said:
Is anyone here picking up (or has anyone already picked up) Under Defeat from PSN? It looks somewhat interesting as a shmup, and the $3 price point isn't too objectionable.
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I've never been into shmups all that much, but am considering this one. Bums says it's a no-brainer. I'll probably end up not buying since I already have too much to play though.

 
handsomepete said:
also, are the bombs a little less awesome now or is it my imagination?
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You be trippin'. When I got to Level 23 (I think? It's the one with the second boss fight), I spammed the heck out of the right analog stick since it seemed to be faster than using the laser.

Dem explosions doe

 
Thermopyle said:
That was my assumption, but to be fair they should have so that the reach factor was equivalent no matter the contestant's height. That challenge basically is a big " fuck YOU" to anybody under a certain height.
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that's kind of what I like about it though - people find ways to make that shit work whether they're 5' and 100 lbs or 6'5 and 220 lbs. some obstacles might cater to certain body types or backgrounds but everyone has the same chance and people figure out ways to make it happen. it's a pretty fun show just the same, I've enjoyed it more than the japanese original.
 
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Was anyone else surprised to discover that you can double-tap Pyramid/Cone to warp to the last-placed Telepod? I don't think that was in Ultra, unless I totally forgot it was. :oops:

 
Backlog_Overload said:
I've never been into shmups all that much, but am considering this one. Bums says it's a no-brainer. I'll probably end up not buying since I already have too much to play though.
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Yeah, I think if I had to choose to spend $3 on either Under Defeat or the Critical Urgency Pack for 2X, I'd go with the latter. :D/

 
Time to take a nap at work while my thumbs continue to recharge...

I'm pretty scared of having to get perfects (especially the not dying part) on these levels that take 5 minutes or more

 
Vigilante said:
Is anyone here picking up (or has anyone already picked up) Under Defeat from PSN? It looks somewhat interesting as a shmup, and the $3 price point isn't too objectionable.
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I think I'll probably end up grabbing it after I use the Kongregate coupon at GS on some PSN space bucks. Looked interesting.

And I saw someone mention Jamestown earlier and I want to know why the hell that game is not on my Vita right now.
 
munkywawa said:
Time to take a nap at work while my thumbs continue to recharge...

I'm pretty scared of having to get perfects (especially the not dying part) on these levels that take 5 minutes or more
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I hate you for being able to play at work. I hope that fear gives you nightmares. :twisted:

 
Vigilante said:
Was anyone else surprised to discover that you can double-tap Pyramid/Cone to warp to the last-placed Telepod? I don't think that was in Ultra, unless I totally forgot it was. :oops:
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Yeah that's a nice new addition. I also like that you can warp to the entrance of any docking station instantly via the map without having to place a telepod.

One more pro tip:

The direction you fly to enter a docking station is always the the same direction that you'll start running. So if you need to hold left to fly into it, just keep holding left to keep your sprint on.
 
Vigilante said:
Is anyone here picking up (or has anyone already picked up) Under Defeat from PSN? It looks somewhat interesting as a shmup, and the $3 price point isn't too objectionable.
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I bought it because I like schmups and as backlog said, bums gave it a two thumbs up. It looks like an easy plat too because of a "cheat" where you leave the game running while paused. Apparently the more you "play" you get more perks up to unlimited lives or continues.

 
handsomepete said:
I'm kind of wondering if I can hang in this game - the overly long levels (3 minutes?) plus the boundries for being perfect actually requiring perfection (i.e. break every bit of glass, pick up every health pack, sprint/boost every possible moment) might be too much. I'm still going to try, but only 15 levels in and I'm already a little intimidated.
still, all upgrades to the game are greatly appreciated. I agree with anyone that says that the out of ship controls are a bit janky or at least ill-concieved but the new graphics/animations/concepts are aces.
also, are the bombs a little less awesome now or is it my imagination?
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Yeah those long levels are one of the few knocks I had in my review. I tried to go for the remaining gold medals on critical urgency levels this morning and I think even that may be out of reach for me, let alone getting perfects. I skipped a bunch if crystals and pods and still was 10 seconds shy on one. Hard to see where I can shave off some seconds besides actually perfect perfectness like you said Pete.
 
Everyone will have the main trophies/game done soon enough, that's not the challenge.

It's these perfects that are gonna be the wall.

I was lucky enough to beat some of those final levels, but to perfect them...

that's a whole different level, and I might not be that skilled at it.

 
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