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Ikaruga (PC) |OT| Even though the resolution is high, I never give in.
- Thread starter Dolphin_Butter
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ArclightBorealis
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Must...hold out...till Wednesday...
Also realized that this would've been the perfect opportunity for me to use my rotating monitor, except that I left it back home during Christmas and won't be getting it back until March.
Also realized that this would've been the perfect opportunity for me to use my rotating monitor, except that I left it back home during Christmas and won't be getting it back until March.
AlphaProspector
Member
Bought it the second it came up, my Steam Wallet was more than ready.
Hopefully I'll try the game in 5 hours and see how this version plays. For a 2001 game I'm amazed at how well it holds up graphics-wise.
Gotta love the little robo-voice.
Hopefully I'll try the game in 5 hours and see how this version plays. For a 2001 game I'm amazed at how well it holds up graphics-wise.
Gotta love the little robo-voice.
@Zeth : whatever works for you, even keyboard work for this kind of games (Prometheus, one of the European top scorers at the first Dodonpachi, plays with a keyboard).
An arcade stick is the most "authentic" in regards to the game, 'though, since it is an arcade game released for NAOMI.
An arcade stick is the most "authentic" in regards to the game, 'though, since it is an arcade game released for NAOMI.
Windom Earle
Member
I am trying to play this with a Mad Catz TE fight stick. The stick is working for other games, but the "gamepad" setting is greyed out in the options menu. Help? :/
Windom Earle
Member
Nevermind, I think I'll just use Xpadder. I hope it doesn't add lag.
I am getting a fair amount of input lag here (USB keyboard), anyone else noticed it ?
EDIT : it feels better in windowed mode. What sucks is that I think I can feel that lag even with V-sync forced off in AMD drivers.
PS. My PS3 stick is not detected by the game either, resorted to Xpadder, works fine.
EDIT : it feels better in windowed mode. What sucks is that I think I can feel that lag even with V-sync forced off in AMD drivers.
PS. My PS3 stick is not detected by the game either, resorted to Xpadder, works fine.
Dolphin_Butter
Member
What edition is your stick? I have a Marvel vs. Capcom TE for 360 that got detected just fine. The only problem is that the down direction gets stuck on occasion, though that might just be problems on my end.
So whatever the framerate is, its fantastic, so smooth that I am now terrible at the game (although abscent from it for 3 years may mean something). It really feels incredible.
The title screen wallpaper is no the same as from the store, looks really nice
The boss explosions still cause the speed to drop - excellent!
No online coop, I wonder why?
The title screen wallpaper is no the same as from the store, looks really nice
The boss explosions still cause the speed to drop - excellent!
No online coop, I wonder why?
Restart the game and don't click anything with the mouse or keyboard, and just press start on the stick. I guess it goes in keyboard/mouse mode if you click anything with any of them.
Had that problem myself first time I started cause I wanted to test the menus with the mouse for some reason.
Polarity is really difficult to master along with chaining. The polarity stuff leads to some clever level design that really challenges both switching and chaining as well as absorbing fire from same colours whist avoiding others. Great fun
rockmanjoe
Member
It's elegant and unique in design. It feels like an intense puzzle game too since you have to keep track of what you can absorb and what enemies to kill if you're chaining enemies.
couple guesses off the top of my head:
- It's a great game.
- It has a super-obvious and pretty unique mechanic in the polarity system. It came out in 2001, so the whole amateur sector hadn't made a million gimmicky STGs yet.
- Treasure had built up a reputation among Western enthusiasts due to their earlier games and especially Radiant Silvergun (even if many had only known of the game as "that super-expensive Saturn shooter").
- The game is awfully good-looking.
- The game got a Western release on GameCube that the press fawned over (IGN and their "frothing demand")
The game's (and Treasure's) reputation kept snowballing through the early and mid 2000s. The way people were acting like this game was "clearly the best in the genre" was unbearable for a few years, lol.
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Free play is unlocked by default. No need to time-attack it. Just go into Settings->Game->Continues.
HOWEVER unlike the XBLA version replays can not be saved to the leaderboard if you have continues. You have to go in raw/no-credit-continue to replay save. Hardcore!
Free play is unlocked by default. No need to time-attack it. Just go into Settings->Game->Continues.
HOWEVER unlike the XBLA version replays can not be saved to the leaderboard if you have continues. You have to go in raw/no-credit-continue to replay save. Hardcore!
People are also excited to see Treasure publishing on Steam. They have a great catalog of games, and are just great developers in general.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Oh man I can't wait to get this when I get home. Does this version still have the miniboss in act 3 reversed or is that only the XBLA version?
justjustin
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lol. I rotated my monitor in anticipation for this, and I cannot believe how fuckin' terrible the viewing angle is on it. When used normally, the top of the monitor needs to be at eye level, so rotated 90 degrees, the left side of the screen is covered in darkness unless I sit about 6 inches to the left. Gonna play one credit like this just for kicks, and then never rotate this sad piece of hardware ever again.
Also had no idea the top half of the screen actually refreshes slightly faster than the lower half-- so when rotated the left side is more up to date than the right. This just gets better.
Also had no idea the top half of the screen actually refreshes slightly faster than the lower half-- so when rotated the left side is more up to date than the right. This just gets better.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
it's beautiful :')
but the game has the same problem as almost every PC game that can be played vertically.
No option to select on which screen the game should start and no vertical resolution options.
that means i have to change my screens profile every time i want to play the game...
but besides that it seems to be a great port!
but the game has the same problem as almost every PC game that can be played vertically.
No option to select on which screen the game should start and no vertical resolution options.
that means i have to change my screens profile every time i want to play the game...
but besides that it seems to be a great port!
MrCunningham
Member
Woah... $9.99 price tag? So bought.
Yup, I just hit the purchase button.
And installing now.
Yup, I just hit the purchase button.
And installing now.
Dont forget the soundtrack.
Dolphin_Butter
Member
Looks like the Steam Trading Cards aren't active at the moment. At least, I haven't gotten one after one playthrough, and they aren't showing up under my badges.
Windom Earle
Member
Yep, as usual it's more difficult with the PS3 stick.
PS3 first edition.
That does not work unfortunately.
Yep, I was curious about that as well. According to fraps it stays at 60 but the speed goes down. :lol
That is a thing of beauty
I love it but I wonder what they are doing, is that just a emulated slowdown?!
Did a bit of reading on this. Interesting.
Windom Earle
Member
Currently the game does not seem to recognize the PS3 stick, so you have to map the keyboard buttons with Xpadder or a similar program.
Me too! I guess emulated slowdown is a good way of describing it. The game is just coded like that.
Meaningful Name: Ikaruga is the name of the Japanese Grosbeak (and a village where said birds are found). All the mooks, the bosses, and the Ginkei (Player 2 ship) are also named after a bird in Japanese. The Sword of Acala and the Stone-Like are references to Vajrayana Buddism. -Tvtropes.com
I never knew this.
AlphaProspector
Member
I think it is called "dramatic slowdown" and, yeah, it's definitely on purpose. If anyone played Psyvariar 2 on PS2/DC and Thunder Force VI on PS2, they do exactly the same upon boss explosions. Guess that when stuff goes boom, slowing it down makes it even more over the top.
That also kind of links to the story that the game has. Apparently some old people helped the pilot recover from a crash in thier village and helped repair the ship/bird
MrCunningham
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Playing it, liking it. I always wanted this title for my Dreamcast, but I do really import games, so I never owned it. This port is really impressive so far. Works great with my logitech pad, and looks great too. The first level is kicking my ass, but I do like the polarization gimmick.
The resolution options are a bit odd. It does have a "desktop" resolution option, so I am guessing that this setting with set itself to whatever your desktop resolution is. I do like that I can flip the screen. I do have a second 16:10 monitor I should try using this with. even though its not a multi-directional monitor.
The resolution options are a bit odd. It does have a "desktop" resolution option, so I am guessing that this setting with set itself to whatever your desktop resolution is. I do like that I can flip the screen. I do have a second 16:10 monitor I should try using this with. even though its not a multi-directional monitor.
They kept all the engrish the same as previous games. The story parts for each level become increasingly philosophical, whether that was by choice or just the engrish, it's really quite awesome.
I think this game follows from radiant silvergun, but that game didn't seem to philosophical at all haha
There you go. No 1080p limit.
Sold. Thanks for that.
Unconditional
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I'm supporting this. I need another copy anyways. I let my cousin borrow my GC version and he has a lot of friends that drop by. One of them swiped it. I still have the case. It now holds Zelda master quest.
sixteen-bit
Member
HRAP EX-SE would be plug-and-play on this game, right?
Dolphin_Butter
Member
Man, I could watch these leaderboard replays all day.
EDIT:
I would have said it has a fair shot if other games accept with your stick, but my Qanba Q4 stick doesn't work despite SSFIV accepting it.
EDIT:
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Ah crap, not all sticks are supported? I have a Hori Wireless FS-3 (got for free, it ain't the best) that works flawlessly with SSFIV:AE, Skullgirls, and KOF XIII. It suddenly won't work with this? 
Small consolation is that I at least own those Madcatz SFIV Saturn fightpads, so I do have something I can use as a backup.
Small consolation is that I at least own those Madcatz SFIV Saturn fightpads, so I do have something I can use as a backup.