Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate

[venom743]

Thanks a lot you manz!

The video links are t3h SICK and as always your help on the bosses is appreciated Venom bruv!

The more I play it the more I'm hooked X_X

Edit: HOOOOOO!!!!! Did you see how he takes the Radial shots of stage 4 boss???? BLATANT!?!!!11 - TEEFING THAT!!!

Yeah , theres a little safe spot just below the boss's arms.

[Saurian]

OMFG!

Check out the way the brer does Stage 5 mid-boss!!!! I never even considered doing that!

These manz are finishing stage 5 like about level 550! OMGU****INGGENIUS111OMFG!!11

[charlesr]

Played anything else recently Saur?

[Saurian]

Else???

[charlesr]

Yes. There are "other" games apparantly.

Those vids are class. Good spot. If I don't get some better scores after watching that, I might as well retire from gaming now.

[PH]

randorama - Big thumbs up for the video links. Great stuff.

[gingerj]

Hey saurian dont suppose you could give me some playing tips like you guys have got some sick scores for like area0 and i'm really new to the game. I also have never played the first title and flicking through the manual doesn't help cos even the button layout is in jap so i'm not even sure what i'm doing. So hopefully you could give me some basic guides like when spinning i seem to die but you guys can spin forever inside the bullets whereas i spin aroun and die :@

[Saurian]

I've got some next stuff after last night's session.

Stage 2 Hard - DMAL4

This stage is completely different to all others as the enemy paths, shot direction, behaviours etc are down to you and not pre-set. Even the boss patterns up to the final attack are freeform making it the most manic shot dodging section of the game.

I'm getting over 1800buzz now by the "Warning" at the stage end b4 the boss, the extra Buzz is coming off just 1 enemy type:


Those 4 orb like enemies that appear regularly and each fire a thin twin beam at you which you can fit inside of. These things have a crazy behaviour applied to them, I'll list it in sections:

1. On arrival, they will stop at a certain distance from you to take aim, make sure you are low down the screen - this brings them lower too.
2. After firing they will back off in the opposite way in relation to your angle to them and constantly fire. So get above them slightly as they start to leave and they will move slowly outwards but stay on screen while you deal with whatever section you are doing.
3. This is where is gets very clever, if you go up REALLY close to one without killing it the unit will slow down to a crawl - the trick is to make then slow down by using a path that brushes past them as you take care of the section so you always have them onscreen firing constantly.

They can be made to stay on even when the next set are doing what they do and you get loads of extra buzz. You know you have got it right cos the screen will be full of blue shots near enough the whole way through after their initial appearance.

PS Venom I know I'm SLOW but - I just got the orbit you said about down on the stage 2 boss finally! XD That boss still hates me!

[venom743]

So get above them slightly as they start to leave and they will move slowly outwards but stay on screen while you deal with whatever section you are doing.



PS Venom I know I'm SLOW but - I just got the orbit you said about down on the stage 2 boss finally! XD That boss still hates me!

I just want to make sure I understand what you are saying. So, you should position the mech above the pods? And in doing so, they will move towards the bottom of the screen as opposed to the top, right?

The stage 2 boss has no point of invincibiliity unlike the 1st stage boss. This means that even if you buzz away from the origin, you'll damage it. Its whole body is vulnerable. The trick is to rotate around it in big circles so that your shield does minimum damage to it.

[Saurian]

Yeah you got it -

After they fire you'll have to go to the top of the screen to take out the orange orbs that reduce your Neutrino rate. You can round them up closer together by moving side to side or orbit them to keep them spinning in one area.

I take the initial blue shots low down the screen, zip up through the middle of them quickly to take out the orange orbs then it's all down to movement how the 4 orbs leave the screen. After taking out the orange ones you can screw around with the 4 orbs again - the best way I find is to slow them down completely and get them to drift downwards by being above them or to wide orbit all 4 to make them spray shots everywhere. You can stay really close and drift down with them as they will still be keeping your shield chain going even when the next 4 are in.

[RLench]

I got this today and I absolutely love it

It's amazing and even better than the original (which I also loved )

I've only played for an hour or so but I'm already getting buzz scores of 1400+ I thought I'd done really well on Earth (buzz score of 1465 but I died once so my highest combo was 950)...I checked the high score board and Saurian has 7780

I'd say I'm going to catch up to Saurian but it would be a blatant lie...

[venom743]

Nice to hear that you're liking the game!

On stage 3, aim for around 3000 buzz before the boss. You should be able to get around 7000 buzz if you handle the boss correctly.

[Saurian]

I'd say I'm going to catch up to Saurian but it would be a blatant lie...

I'm sure you will man! If a pothead like me can do it anyone can! XD

[venom743]

Hey Saur, on the stage 3 boss, are you buzzing the boss's attacks down to the very last one? Or do you just buzz up to the point where it fires all those red, pink orange bullets?

[Saurian]

I have the Neutrino set so I dive in and back out as that attack is kicking off, then I use Buzzing + shot to get the Neutrino back up so I can pass that pink/red wall of shots as it exits.

Then through the next attack I fire so that I level up just before the main laser kicks in. Use that shield to re-position and buzz the main laser while firing and hope you either level up in time or the bitch dies before you run out of space.

Whether or not I can put a score down is purely down to that section, it's the final attack that's a bitch.