No kidding this game is pretty tough I only made it to stage 3. I tried both control schemes and liked the 3 button mode since it reminded me of Shock Troopers and games like Last Alert. I need to go back and try out the 6 button layout again. I am curious what control options they are going to do on the Neo version. Great game I am glad I bought the genesis rom.Originally Posted by Yart
I really like this game, but it's tough. The first boss's shots, for example, are difficult to avoid.
The more I play this, the more I think using start and select for roll and grenades on Neo Geo will be just fine. They'll have to include a second controller option for those using sticks and/or a cab, or course.
https://basementbrothers.net/
The first boss is pretty easy once you get the pattern down—it's basically just sweeping left and right with the right timing and generally aiming diagonally NW or NE to get some coverage on his adds at the same time—but you will definitely want to roll frequently during the last 40% of his healthbar or so, and rolling becomes even more vital later in the game (grenades are important, but a little less so). I can see getting used to using start/select for these on a CD pad, but I can't see it being nearly as intuitive as using shoulders on something like the Switch, the M30 or the Asciipad Sg-6. A custom pad or stick with the main 4 buttons in a cross configuration and start/select mapped to shoulders would work pretty well, though.
I need to get better at rolling and aiming without running into stuff. The first boss spawns a steady stream of enemies.
https://basementbrothers.net/
I've been playing this with a neo aes stick on my genesis and it's fine with the default 3 button control scheme. I appreciate that they did the 6 button scheme but it feels off regardless.
I also can't play with the 6 button control scheme but the 3 button scheme runs fine.
I'm almost OK with the 6-button option until I have to move my thumb to roll or throw a grenade. Everything falls apart when I try to find those direction buttons again.
The 3-button layout feels less taxing on my brain but somehow I get about as far with both layouts. I think I need to pick one and stick with it.
Right now the game feels hard because of the controls.
Congrats on getting the Genesis version released. Any news on the Neo version? There haven’t been updates in a while.Hey guys, thought I'd better stop lurking and say 'hello' - I used to hang around here back when I was an AES collector but now I'm here as a developer of Xeno Crisis, which we are of course very excited about bringing to the Neo Geo.
I see there's been some talk about the controls - I can tell you that the the game plays great with every input device, from keyboards through to twin stick setups such as the XBox One controller. The controls actually mimic those of Shock Troopers, which I hope you'll agree are excellent. On top of this though you can also rotate your shot direction whilst shooting by tapping 'A' or 'C', as seen in Skeleton Krew on the Mega Drive. Personally, I play using keyboard with a 3 button configuration to mimic the Mega Drive's, but we've got the luxury of an extra button on the Neo Geo - we might assign this to either the melee attack or the 'discard weapon' action.
Anyway, it's been interesting to read the comments so far, and if you have any questions at all then I'll do my best to answer them.
Cheers,
Mike.
Yeah let's hear it!
An update for January!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/2734986
Looks like they're doing well. I have to admit that even though we all knew the target dates were overly optimistic, the game seems tondo well and the team is a professional crew of great guys. Excellent, looking forward to the neo version!
No updates yet on the Neo version? Its been some time
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Last update was in January:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...s-mega-d/posts
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Not much of an update, but it seems they are nearing QA phase for Neo Geo release:
https://twitter.com/BitmapBureau/sta...09092337594368
Awesome. I’m glad they are making progress. I would think they will do an official update by end of month.
Just asked them, & there will be an official update posted by Tuesday at the latest. It’s been quite a while since the last update, so it should be interesting.
I can verify that, I emailed them and they said they were nearing completion of the dreamcast version and neo geo version is "not far behind."
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Finally got around to pre-ordering my AES copy. Here's hoping we have our copies by the end of the year
I ordered this ages ago and I can't remember now when it was originally supposed to be out on Neo Geo?
It's good they are spending time making it work right. I guess they can't do what NGDevteam do with the updatable MVS carts. So they need to get it right first time.
There were very confident it would ship Q2 2019...
This looks pretty gangsta I must admit, twin stickin and all.
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Can't see the video for some reason. Is it the Dreamcast version? If anyone is playing this on Mega Drive btw I recommend using the 8Bitdo M30. You can use the shoulder buttons. Makes it a bit easier to control.
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