Posted: 5/16/2009 1:23 AM
(Edited: 5/17/2009 4:39 PM)
Post subject: Bangai-O Spirits
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Comicalflop
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Speedy TAS of 2009
This game is really quite fast and explosive, and many levels can be beaten very quickly with the right strategy. I tried with no luck to beat the first of the Puzzle stages using this video as a reference without any luck. He says he got 1.68", I can't seem to go any lower than 1.73". Puzzle 01 test run | youtube I don't know if a run should go through all the Puzzle stages, all the Treasure stages, or both, or what have you. And there's lots of strategy (which weapons to select for which stages) and competition involved, so some of the times already achieved by humans might be hard to match/beat (as I've found).
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Posted: 5/16/2009 1:49 AM
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TRT
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I think this is a great game to TAS. There are many levels where you can say it is difficult to not get hit. Shredding through levels and taking no damage is going to be fun to watch. I think the Puzzle Stages should be separate from the Treasure Stages, though. Those are both almost different games that involve taking a different tempo. Almost like a run through Super Mario Bros is different from a run through Super Mario Bros: Lost levels, although both come from Super Mario All Stars.
Posted: 5/16/2009 3:10 AM
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Comicalflop
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Well, the thing is I don't know how the game works in terms of "game over, boss beaten, credits time!" It seems to be more of "here's a whole bunch of cool stuff you can do; do some tough puzzles; do some stages made by Treasure; or heck go make some yourself!" (especially since you can select whatever stages you want.) And there's even 122 stages in the 'Other Stages' category! So I think you could stuff both the puzzles , other, and Treasure stages into one movie file; but where to end input I dunno, since it'd be kinda anti-climactic to have it just return to the main menu. What would tool assisted stage building look like.....
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Posted: 5/16/2009 9:38 PM
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applepieman
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Fun fact, hold start long enough and you can make it so you can go frame by frame on the actual DS and save the replay. Of course if you screw up you can't back track though. I'd like this run.
Posted: 5/17/2009 7:25 AM
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Blublu
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There is no real beginning or end of the game. The tutorial levels serve as the "intro", if you will, and there is a short thingy that plays once you finish the Treasure Stages, which is basically the game saying "well I guess players want some kind of ending, so here it is". The characters that appear in those have absolutely nothing to do with the game except to be in the tutorial and the "ending"! Oh, and yeah, this game will make a great TAS. It will, however, be very, very hard to make the movie. This test movie looks promising, though it is supposedly possible to achieve a better time. We chatted about it on IRC so i'll just leave it at that. :)