The Super Stardust HD Thread (my eyes burn from the amazing!)

[hyp]

here's another tip... you can change the camera view from NEAR to FAR if you need more viewing space, check the options. it helps a ton, especially when you're surrounded by the centipede critters or the annoying cannons that fire purple bullets at you.

[Crayon Shinchan]

L2 to charge your way through.

Thanks. Are there any limitations on boosting?

[hyp]

there's a boost meter on the far bottom left of the screen. in order to boost again, it has to be fully charged. it's unlimited use as long as you have a charged boost meter.

[djkimothy]

I like how the controls try to achieve a simple layout, not as simple as flow, but as simple as you can get. Which is what makes this game effective, on top of the insane action and graphics of course...

[WasabiKing]

I want to check this out, but I'm slightly concerned about the controller dropouts. Has this presented a significant problem for anyone? I don't really have bluetooth dropouts from time to time and it seems like it would be a real problem in a game like this.

I had one drop out during a miracle run. Sucked. But I'm not about to be all upset, just more hyper vigilant. But I do think they should address this, if at all possible. I don't usually have drops either, 3 since I picked this one up in December.

Well, I'm not the best player here, but here are a few minor tips:

1. Boost!
Two major uses, escape, and bonus gathering. I'm less inclined to use the bomb because almost every attack is escapable. It's the recharging of boost is when I feel the bomb is needed. Also, you don't have to shoot rocks to gain their bonuses, you can boost into a few of those rocks if aligned correctly.

2. Let the Bonuses come to you
If you move near the bonuses, they will follow you. This will make it easy for you to align the point bonuses for a boost.

3. Fight Fast
Most of your score comes from bonus points accumulated by completing the stage quickly. Couple that with a multiplier bonus, and you can get millions at the end of each stage in bonus points alone.

4. Boost Nuke
You can do boost and nuke at the same time. Not super useful in my opinion, but it clears out a lot of the enemies so you won't have to deal with it later

5. Balancing Weapon Upgrades
You really don't need to upgrade the rock smasher (green weapon) to the max on the first planet. I'd rather concentrate on the gold melter (red) since you're going to use it a lot for the boss of planet 1, and almost exclusively for planet 2. I'd also give the ice breaker (blue) some upgrades because you will need them against a very annoying breed of enemies on planet 2.

6. Planet Rock (Don't Stop)
Certain Weaknesses for the rocks of each planet:

Planet 1: Green weapon
Planet 2: Red weapon, little bit of Blue
Planet 3: Blue weapon, red weapon in the later phases
Planet 4: More green, but uses all three weapons
Planet 5: Uses all three weapons

[Lord Error]

OMG, I knew it, I knew it! I was right all along!

[Y2Kev]

Amazing run I'm on (for me) right now. Almost to 5 mil without dying yet.

Made it to 7.6 mil. Second boss ownzored me.

[alske]

Man, when you start stalling out in this game your score just stops increasing. Made it to 60,000,000 and then started choking and could only manage another 5 over the next 4 phases.

My PSN is alske. I'll add everyone that's put up their nick in this thread when I get home tonight.

[Tieno]

For 7euros this game really has amazing value. Lots of features, depth, graphics, well developed, love the stat tracking. The price is beneath what you'd expect these days, making it even better, love that!


On planet two you have these round circling spaceships, I think that with the orange beam weapon you can kind of lock on to them and elongate your beam and try to get other spaceships in the crossfire. I haven't managed to do this quite well, but is it an effective tactic?

[Y2Kev]

For 7euros this game really has amazing value. Lots of features, depth, graphics, well developed, love the stat tracking. The price is beneath what you'd expect, making it even better. On planet two you have these round circling spaceships, I think that with the orange beam weapon you can kind of lock on to them and elongate your beam and try to get other spaceships in the crossfire. I haven't managed to do this quite well, but is it an effective tactic?

I am addicted to twirling the gold melter...this seems to get em all at once.

[kaching]

5. Balancing Weapon Upgrades You really don't need to upgrade the rock smasher (green weapon) to the max on the first planet. I'd rather concentrate on the gold melter (red) since you're going to use it a lot for the boss of planet 1, and almost exclusively for planet 2. I'd also give the ice breaker (blue) some upgrades because you will need them against a very annoying breed of enemies on planet 2.

I guess I haven't upgraded the ice breaker enough, because I've been finding the rock smasher more effective on planet two, fully upgraded.

[kassatsu]

17.6 million points.

I was SOOOOOOOOO close 17.4 mill T____T

[beermonkey@tehbias]

PS3 developers take note: check out the left thumbstick control for SSHD. Note that they greatly shrunk the huge deadzone that is typically present. Do this on your own titles.

+1 Housemarque

Awesome game, perfectly implemented.

[tanod]

To alleviate BlueTooth drops, you can always plug the controller in. I have a 6 ft. USB I have to play with sometimes so my controller can charge so that works well.

[LJ11]

Beatbox is a haxor. Loving this game so far.

[Y2Kev]

Yeah, Efertlis haxxors.

Speaking of Efertlis, this makes me want to get back into Resistance.

[chubigans]

I love it. And chubs you're pretty freaking good. I was checking the scoreboard last night and you were in the Top 100. Last I checked I was ranked 266 with 4 000 000 something points.

Muhahaha! I am getting better at these kinds of games.

[diddlyD]

so you can see approximately how many copies this game has sold by looking at the high score screen for arcade mode.

it was at like 4000 last night.

[Tieno]

so you can see approximately how many copies this game has sold by looking at the high score screen for arcade mode. it was at like 4000 last night.

8k last time I checked. (hour ago)

[shagg_187]

OMG, I knew it, I knew it! I was right all along!

cute :)

I had one drop out during a miracle run. Sucked. But I'm not about to be all upset, just more hyper vigilant. But I do think they should address this, if at all possible. I don't usually have drops either, 3 since I picked this one up in December. Well, I'm not the best player here, but here are a few minor tips: 1. Boost! Two major uses, escape, and bonus gathering. I'm less inclined to use the bomb because almost every attack is escapable. It's the recharging of boost is when I feel the bomb is needed. Also, you don't have to shoot rocks to gain their bonuses, you can boost into a few of those rocks if aligned correctly. 2. Let the Bonuses come to you If you move near the bonuses, they will follow you. This will make it easy for you to align the point bonuses for a boost. 3. Fight Fast Most of your score comes from bonus points accumulated by completing the stage quickly. Couple that with a multiplier bonus, and you can get millions at the end of each stage in bonus points alone. 4. Boost Nuke You can do boost and nuke at the same time. Not super useful in my opinion, but it clears out a lot of the enemies so you won't have to deal with it later 5. Balancing Weapon Upgrades You really don't need to upgrade the rock smasher (green weapon) to the max on the first planet. I'd rather concentrate on the gold melter (red) since you're going to use it a lot for the boss of planet 1, and almost exclusively for planet 2. I'd also give the ice breaker (blue) some upgrades because you will need them against a very annoying breed of enemies on planet 2. 6. Planet Rock (Don't Stop) Certain Weaknesses for the rocks of each planet: Planet 1: Green weapon Planet 2: Red weapon, little bit of Blue Planet 3: Blue weapon, red weapon in the later phases Planet 4: More green, but uses all three weapons Planet 5: Uses all three weapons

HOLY SHYT! I didnt know the game was this deep... Time to buy this baby

[alske]

5. Balancing Weapon Upgrades You really don't need to upgrade the rock smasher (green weapon) to the max on the first planet. I'd rather concentrate on the gold melter (red) since you're going to use it a lot for the boss of planet 1, and almost exclusively for planet 2. I'd also give the ice breaker (blue) some upgrades because you will need them against a very annoying breed of enemies on planet 2.

Actually, the first boss is weak to the ice-breaker. The second boss is weak to the gold melter. In world 1 I recommend upgrading the rock smasher to where it is shooting quickly in a small 'v' (about 4-5 upgrades) and then concentrating on the ice-breaker. In world 2 get nothing but gold melter if you can.

Another couple tips, you can boost through the bosses without being hurt. This makes maneuvering into a good position much easier and allows you to take them down faster. Also, on the 2nd boss try to be inside of his arms when he wraps them into a circle. You only have to dodge a couple of streams and you can continue to blast the boss; boost out if you get in trouble.

[Tieno]

How do you choose which upgrades to get?

[kassatsu]

How do you choose which upgrades to get?

The power ups change over like 5 secs.

It goes from Green -> Red -> Blue -> Green -> Red -> Blue -> Points i think.

[Lord Error]

cute :)

The most awesome part about that image is that I didn't photoshop anything except for text on it. When I saw it, I was honestly thinking, oh you've got to be kidding me. It's almost the carbon copy of what the first level of the game looks like, minus the Jesus of course.

Actually, the first boss is weak to the ice-breaker. The second boss is weak to the gold melter.

Yeah, TTP posted this earlier - just use the same colored weapon against enemies in that color, or enemies that have highlights in that color.

[drohne]

i'm not that crazy about the robotron-alikes that have become the official genre of console download services, but sshd is a lot of fun. really hectic, unusually nuanced for a game of this type, and awfully nice to look at -- i love the way the big asteroids break apart.

[Lé Blade Runner]

Ah - in the top 100! 96th place with 20,019,995 points. I feel happy... :)

[Matrix]

Woot im improving,just got 15,368,050,ranked 170 now.GAME IS AWESOME!

Passed Hyp on the leaderboard :P

[Lé Blade Runner]

'Gaf is getting pretty competitive already! Heck, let's see who's the king of the hill in about a month ( of meticulous practice )... >:)

[FightyF]

I want to check this out, but I'm slightly concerned about the controller dropouts. Has this presented a significant problem for anyone? I still have bluetooth dropouts from time to time and it seems like it would be a real problem in a game like this.

Plug it in. That's what I do when it came to this game and setting records in GT:HD before I popped on the wheel. Nothing worse than having it cut out while making a new record time!

[kassatsu]

I haven't had a controller drop out, played for like 2hrs last night and 1 hr today.

[womfalcs3]

Thanks. Are there any limitations on boosting?

Yeah. You have to wait to recharge. You can't just keep doing it. The recharge time isn't long though.


I finally broke a million!

[SaitoH]

I broke down and bought it ... just waiting on the download. ^_~

[ChryZ]

Awesome game, played like 5 times and already surpassed Aeon's highscore ;P

[Aeon712]

Awesome game, played like 5 times and already surpassed Aeon's highscore ;P

My old high score, I'm up to over 4mil now, And no it wasn't my sister playing .

This better be on the next 1up show, more press to Stardust awesomeness.

[StranGER]

when i saw the pics i thought it was new levels for Geometry wars.

is it the same kind of game?

[Aeon712]

when i saw the pics i thought it was new levels for Geometry wars. is it the same kind of game?

no game here just talking about vaporware

[DrXym]

I must be hopeless at this game since I've only gotten 1,800,000 or so as my high score. Even so, this game really is quite addictive and I expect I will improve. I thought I would be more into calling all cars, but this game has terrific replay value without having to play against other humans.

I also bought Geometry Wars via Steam and thus far Super Stardust is kicking its ass all over the place. Partly that's because the PC controls are pretty crap via keyboard & mouse but also because SSDHD is just so purty and so intense too.

[chriskzoo]

$8 is a deal
$40 for Geometry Wars on Wii, not so much

[Pharmacy]

Can't believe Europe got the Ninja Gaiden demo and the most fun PSN game in one day! Best £4.99 I've spent in a while.

As for tips, I've found Boosting through the large rocks nets quite a few points since you're basically hitting all the points in one go.

[RubxQub]

GAH! 54 something million...12th place atm. 300k more and I would have been visible at the top of the menu.

It's cool to go down to the bottom and see how many people have played the game. Last night it was at 3000 scores, now it's at just about 10,000 scores.

Truly awesome game.

Who's ahead of me right now? Just Efert? I need to get you guys on my f-list so I can keep tabs on you guys...

[Ceb]

This game is fantastic. I'm still learning it, but I can tell right away that it's the kind of game you have to forcefully pull yourself away from in order to quit.

[HocusPocus]

I love this game! My favorite PS3 game by far. :)

[ChryZ]

My old high score, I'm up to over 4mil now, And no it wasn't my sister playing .

*bitsfist*

[fnkstrng]

SSHD is ****ing awesome! Props to the development team for everything.

Edit:

Removed some drunken rambling.

[hyp]

Woot im improving,just got 15,368,050,ranked 170 now.GAME IS AWESOME! Passed Hyp on the leaderboard :P

booooooo =] you're lucky i'm still at work buddy!

[Bulla564]

Gaf has truly exposed me to the finer things in life. Arrested Development, Okami, and now this game.

[Suikoguy]

From what I heard a couple of weeks ago, SSHD could not be done on X360 - because of the direct X eating shitloads of memory and shit- without re-designing the whole game tech and the actual game design.

Everybody please ignore this troll.

Thanks

I keep wanting to play this game, but it gets too intense and after dieing I want to take a break :)

[jet1911]

My "friends" leaderboard needs more population. Add me to your friend list (jet1911) please.

My best score is 3 millions something.

[kassatsu]

We need a gaf leaderboard T_T

[Killthee]

We need a gaf leaderboard T_T

Not really; there's a friend list leaderboard in the game.