Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate

[Firsty]

I'll take some 60Hz vids in 2 weeks 8)
Can't right now...

[Papercut]

Are you using a stick or the dc dpad?

using the stick, pads too hard to keep spinning with.

Also, how are you spinning while staying stationary at the start of the vid (on the first two sets of enemies)?

once you've got the spin going, you just need to hold a direction to sustain it.

so a nice trick for a tight area is to spin then hold into one of the borders. At the start I spin and hold left when I get to the edge of the screen.

[Saurian]

Watching it again man -

You actually miss out on 2 of those red heat shots! (one b4 each of the 1st and 2nd explosions) If you get the explosions really quickly with a run like that it'll be pretty damn sick!

If you get right up into the boss' face and buzz those shots from point blank you can get a shield regardless of the Neutrino position (incase you dont have a shield)

[Papercut]

ah, cool thanks.

that must account for another 100 Buzz

Are you sure about the first explosion though? I thought that was when he spits out those small orange spread shots.

If you get right up into the boss' face and buzz those shots from point blank you can get a shield regardless of the Neutrino position (incase you dont have a shield)

I've tried that, and 2/3 the time I die. I probably need to get closer, but those small pink clusters are a git (although weaving left-right seems to do it).

I can't beleive how much strategy there is in such a simple boss

[Firsty]

Heh just watched. It's kinda weird watching another person's style. I play it quite differently. The most obvious difference being I'm more of an up down roll maintenance kind of guy. I also tend to chase the bullets a bit more, probably 'cos I haven't figured out the best positions yet ^_^.

Really gotta get back into this soon. Damned university!!

[Geoff D]

Thanks for the vid Papercut - great stuff.

Like Firsty says, it's interesting to see other people's approach to a game (I go up high on the right to begin with) - I really need to squeeze more buzz out of the level before I get to the boss

[VR46]

I have a Happauge TV capture card with settings for 60mhz, it will capture at 60mhz but only in mono, given up trying, just capture at 50mhz now - but it is a pain. Will look at your vid later Papercut, well done on being first person to post a good buzz one, you've set the standard.

[Papercut]

The 60Hz mono problem is probably the PAL60 trouble I was having. To be honest, for a demo vid it doesn't matter that much. If I wanted to record a rocking hi score I'd probably unmod the DC. But then, I'd need to be able to get a rocking hi score

I do have a vid for Area 1 too following straight on from the Area 0 one (getting 1156 buzz without the boss), but nowhere to host it. I could send it you for www.psyvariar.co.uk if you wanted?

[PH]

Nice vid Papercut.

On the Red Mecha's final attack (2 parallel double orange lasers) don't move down the screen straight away. Better to sit on top of the RM, the source, and then move down the screen once it stops firing and Buzz the last of the orange laser. Thats what i always do on my 1400+ runs.

I hope i explained that ok??

Still trying to work out where to find another 200 though.

[Papercut]

I'll give it a go. I normally follow the double lasers down to catch a few more blue bullets, figured that might be better. Gives you a bit more time to buzz over to the left after hes stopped firing too.

[PH]

If you move down with the last of the orange laser you should still have plenty of time to Buzz the blue bullets.

[PH]

Ignore what i said about sitting on the Red Mecha.

I've just played through Area 0 a few times and instead of sitting on top of the RM i moved down straight away with the orange laser. Playing purely for Buzz my new total is:

1474

Glad you put that vid up PC.

[Papercut]

tssss 8)

so where are you getting 100 buzz more than me - on the large red heat shots from the boss?

[PH]

Well for starters i'm about 20-30 Buzz up on you by the time the Red Mecha appears.

Also, on the second round of large red heat shots (when the Red Mecha is on the left of the screen) you were out of position.

Thats probably the difference.

[randorama]

Uhm, any good tips for the stage 1 boss?I mean, on tian's site they state you can get about 5,5k buzzes, and 1400 from the stage...now, how to milk the final baddie for 4k?!

Luckily, i improved my second stage boss... (best around 6k but with a killer stage buzz and two bombs,not to mention sheer luck).Also, Stage 3...the boss is worth much more buzzes than the usual 6,5k i can get, they state 10k as the limit for this stage...how?

Last but not least, last attack of stage 4 boss?Bombing is the only solution,if i'm not close to level up?

Many doubts...even if i can complete it on a good run (all 6 stages of course), screwing score of course