Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate

[Geoff D]

Any chance of anyone capturing any vids for those of us who are STILL waiting for their copy to be delivered :/

[Saurian]

Damn - where did you order from?

I tried to capture a vid last night but my PC has serious issues I'll definetly be able to get one done tonight.

[Geoff D]

Mine's from Playasia - usually stuff turns up in 3-4 days, but this just had to be the one that's delayed...

Look forward to the vid Saur.

[baad bwoy]

Still waiting for mine as well from play-asia ft: ft: ft: ft:
I hope that its here by tomorrow

[Bleeders]

Still waiting on mine from Play-Asia too (along with Onimusha 3, Virtua Racing and Winning Eleven 7 International).

[optimusomega]

Started playing this last night, class game , managed to get 1000+ buzz on all 1st level sections,
I think a stick's better than a pad though as you have tighter control,
having said that initiating the roll on the pad isn't to bad (especially when using a saturn pad ), also wanted to try it on vibration so I used an ascii pad vibration type, the vibrations give you more feel for the buzz

[Saurian]

U up for some tonight bruv? Adrien's coming round aswell - VF?

VF?

VF? Psyvariar? VF?

[optimusomega]

U up for some tonight bruv? Adrien's coming round aswell - VF?

VF?

VF? Psyvariar? VF?

Ah would love to , but I forgot to mention last night I got double glazing people coming over on wednesday, so I gotta shift some furniture today! less time for Psyvarier ft:

Game related note, it's a shame there's no way to see your buzz total on the high score table, only on the name input screen, I was gonna put my buz scores up on the high score table but forgot them, must get the pen and paper out!

[dataDave]

I'm ****e with the 5-Aesthetics. After 30mins I was back on the guitar.

I really can't wait to see how the hell a 1000buzz is possible on Area0, my highest is around 600 with a total of 77 for the first 6 enemies. Not really leveling up too well on the Red mecha dude either, even if I buzz all his shots and get close.

You know when you're the only thing on screen and there are still some bullets floating slowly towards the bottom? Is it worthwhile retreating back to them for the extra 6/7 buzz? I have a bad habit of that.

Gonna play with the shooting type for now, I'm having more fun that way and I can get farther too. My new high score is something like 4million at the 2nd boss. I can't wait until I can reach Earth with 5-A, some real buzz potential there, even for a n00b like me.

ALSO, on the 1st boss, with 5-A are you supposed to even fire at him? I spent all my time buzzing from his sprays until he got bored and self-destructed.

Are you supposed to fire AT ALL with 5-A? (obviously you must for 100%D) - I mean, is it essential for L337 scores? I actually perform better if I buzz and then suicide bomb the enemies from leveling up, I can chain 5/6 enemies at times without firing a single shot.

After slating Ikaruga for being too linear I end up with this and the possibilites are so ENDLESS that it makes me feel <> this big.

[Saurian]

Yeah this is what's beautiful about Psy 2 -

5-A mech is tuned purely for buzz type play - that's why it gets a longer shield and a speed boost upon level up, you use the mech as a weapon. The first wave on area 0 before the enemy mech is all about ramming through all the enemies. At it's most basic my tactic here is to wait at the side so as the enemies fire I level through the fire and plough through the 4 enemies onscreen - then get into position for the next 4. You dont need to fire, full destruction is possible without firing a single shot. There is no hanging back for buzz at any time - Psyvariar 2 with 5-A plays like Psyvariar Medium Unit - there is an urgency to get the most out of the shield by flying through enemies, cos you dont level up quite as much when you would like to - you'll notice you are rewarded in hard mode as the enemies explode into shots when you fly through them keeping the shield going. You can take the piss with the 5-A shield, it lasts ages!

To get the max out of the enemy mech in area 0: (5-A style)
Start with the bar just about ready to max (bar control is vital to learn)
As soon as it's fighting, fire to level up and put your mech over it still firing - you want to take enough damage to make it explode 3 times. Now you are free to buzz it as you like - play about with different techniques until you find one that works. As long as you are above level 35 by the time the mech is gone you're cool.

Bosses = surfing - just ride the shots until it dies (dont kill it), but the knack is to time the bar so you can level into massive shot patterns getting more buzz.

*If you dont know about the short bomb: Short bomb = hold bomb button, it's an instant level up shield - the standard bomb is not helpful*

[dataDave]

I'll try that down to the T tonight Saur, Cheers. I'll also work out a solid pattern for obtaining an 'almost' full bar before the red guy whilst obtaining a decent buzz.

My problem is I keep pushing my luck with the invincibility period on later areas that I'm not familiar with. I need to find out exactly how long the invincible phase lasts for and if it varies at all, then I can mentally count-down before I get my ass out of the ****.

At least now both scoreboards are filled with DJF. 8)

[Saurian]

That's heavy - remember the short bomb for those situations tho

If you know full well you dont have enough shield to work a section use a short bomb - you can work it out properly next time, losing a bomb wont throw you off worse than losing a life! The fact the shield goes on for longer screwed me over completely at first, I'm sort of programmed with the timing of Revision and it took a while to un-learn that, the longer shield makes timing the bar totally different aswell.

[dataDave]

LOL - you just reminded me, the reason I kept dying on the 2nd boss was due to those streaming/vertically descending bright-green lines. If you're not ready to lvl-up on contact you're gonna get smoked - although after around an hour of attempts I remembered the bomb button and just let one drop to clear the streams. That was the 1st time I'd ever used the bomb, even after talking about bombing Ant+Dec yesteday.

Didn't know about teh short bomb up until now though.

[Kirby]

Edit by charlesr: more naughty stuff. Keep it to yourselves please.

[Himura Kaji]

From the 1st run of enemies i've managed about 150 buzz (first 8) I dont like playing on the pad tho ... gettin a stick in a day or two then I start playin more. This game is ace though.

My scores so far aint all that so not gonna bother adding to the other thread managing bout 750 ish on 0 and thats all i can remember lol. I'm just tryna get good on that before bothering with the later levels.

Luke.