SOTM March 2015: Chaos Field (and zero gunner 2)

[skate323k137]

Since we played ZG2 last year, I'm calling Chaos Field the SOTM. Feel free to submit scores for Zero Gunner 2 as well, since that won the vote.

1 credit / Arcade defaults, "normal difficulty"; if there are issues with any Chaos Field ports then we'll try to keep this NAOMI/DC. I don't think there's any issue allowing the other console ports, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Please try to format your scores appropriately.

HIGH SCORES:

CHAOS FIELD:
NAME - SCORE - CHARACTER - PHASE - MAX COMBO - PLATFORM
1. Kidpanda - 15,454,410 - Ifumi - 2 - 1434 - Naomi
2. skate323k137 - 8,875,240 - HAL - 3 - 389 - NAOMI
3. Beelzebub - 5.196,220 - Hal - 1 - 750 - Dreamcast
4. Jeneki - 3,004,270 - Hal - 2 - 314 - 360
5. pipes - 2,704,720 - Ifumi - 2 - 59 - Naomi

ZERO GUNNER 2
Name - Score - Stage - Ship
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[mjmjr25]

I like Chaos Field, if for no other reason it's a well made game that isn't in the traditional mode we're used. I am quite terrible at it - but I hope to give it a couple runs.

Zero Gunner 2 I adore and did not get much time with it last year, so will probably focus on that personally.

 

[pipes]

Nice! Never played Chaos Field before so this should be interesting. I've had it for my Naomi CF setup for a while but never bothered to try it out. Looking forward to it.

 

[skate323k137]

I had really over-looked Chaos Field. When I first played it I was sill discovering a lot of shmups and kind of passed it over. After a few credits I can say it actually seems pretty fun. If you're playing on NAOMI be sure to try your A+B buttons and B+C button combos to figure out all the mechanics. There's a good basics guide here, I recommend playing a credit or two before reading it: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=2976

 

[pipes]

Thanks for the link. I just read through that thread and wow, there's certainly a lot to get accustomed to with this one. Definitely not your typical shmup. I'll give it a go tonight just to post a baseline score up there. It promises to be quite shitty but you have to start somewhere.

 

[Jeneki]

Ok getting started.


Jeneki - 3,004,270 - Hal - 2 - 314 - 360

So yeah, that stage 2. Screen rotating all around, boss bits spinning all over the place, and I'm blocking bullets with a laser sword thing. It's Radiant Silvergun.

Apparently you get get 25+ million on stage on if you chain well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jEHlPRtZ8
Ffffffuuuuuu for the first stage this game has some crazy shit you can do.

 

[_rm_]

Nice! Never played Chaos Field before so this should be interesting.

X2

Hope i can find some time this month to try this out!

 

[skate323k137]

Here's where I'm at after a few days of pumping credits into this.

skate323k137 - 5,675,660 - HAL - 2 - 415 - NAOMI

There's a saying in my house about Japanese games; level 3 is where shit gets real. This game fits that saying... I saw phase 3 once for about 15 seconds before I was toast.

I'm still really enjoying this game and I can't wait to get in some more runs. I'm not sure how much I'll improve without some serious breakthroughs, but it's still really fun.

 

[Beelzebub]

Beelzebub - 5.196,220 - Hal - 1 - 750 - Dreamcast



Okay, I'm finally getting a little bit used to this game and it's scoring system. I still have so much more room for improvement though on just the first level.

 

[skate323k137]

Not bad at all.

The hardest part on the 1st level for me is finishing destruction of each boss while a combo is going. It really sucks to lose that 500+ combo right before you blow up the boss and then lose the multiplier for it.

 

[pipes]

pipes - 2,704,720 - Ifumi - 2 - 59 - Naomi






I managed to get a few minutes last night to put a couple of runs in. I understand almost nothing about what's going on but it's definitely fun. I imagine when you know what you are doing it makes the experience that much better. Looking forward to that.

How are you guys getting those combos?

 

[skate323k137]

The combo meter is similar to mars matrix where it builds up and then diminishes unless you get more chains.

2 things keep your combo going: absorbing bullets with the A+B weapon ("Wing layer") and locking on to targets/bullets with the B+C weapon ("Lock-On")

It helps to park a wing layer in front of the enimies main weapon, it'll keep absorbing bullets to keep your combo going a bit. I tend to go back and forth between doing that and using the lock-on to take out extra boss parts (and tons of bullets, since you can Lock-On to bullets if you're in the Chaos Field instead of Order Field).

 

[pipes]

Thanks for the tips skate.....I'll try that.

 

[Kid Panda]

Kidpanda - 15,454,410 - Ifumi - 1434 - Naomi
I never went into Chaos Field, stayed in Order the whole time. Cool game glad I got to play this one as I never got a copy for anything.

 

[pipes]

Damn Panda!....nice score. We all have some work to do it seems

 

[skate323k137]

Haven't quite caught up to Kid Panda, but I've been making a few improvements. Got to phase 3 again at least.

 

[skate323k137]

Best I got this month:

skate323k137 - 8,875,240 - HAL - 3 - 389 - NAOMI

This ended up being a fun game and I'm glad to have picked it up. I hope you guys enjoyed it too. I know the next breakthrough for scoring for me would be to keep my chain going between enemies, but I just couldn't get that going. I'm sure I'll come back and play this again.

CONGRATS on the win Kidpanda

 

[Jeneki]

Gratz Kinpanda! My best was only around 6.5 million. It's pretty impressive how much more you can get by keeping the combo going.