東方夢時空 ～ Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream

[Zil]

Uh oh. I'm not sure I like scoring on Easy mode. Let's see...

Easy - Marisa
Zil - 20,770,370 - ALL - Screenshot

Easy - Kotohime
Zil - 22,376,660 - ALL - Screenshot (No-Miss)

I got stupid and died once to Yumemi in the Marisa run. It could've been much better. The Kotohime run had horrible luck in general and reached Yumemi with just over 10mil. And I can't believe we're already on page 3 of this thread now.

Easy - Ellen
Zil - 28,599,350 - ALL - Screenshot

Good luck. Not much more too it, though it had another stupid death to Yumemi. She hadn't even begun to lose yet. Full resources and everything. And I swear those crosses are screwy on Easy mode. I actually once thought her boss was somehow using the targeted cross attack on me without aiming the little laser, but it was just the usual EX attacks seeking me out with perfect accuracy.

Easy - Rikako
Zil - 28,424,980 - ALL - Screenshot (No-Miss)

This took a number of tries. I was averaging around 1.5 in the first five stages. Then Ellen something like 4mil in stage 6 since she used a level 2 just as the triangular enemy group appeared. Kana was whatever. Chiyuri was nearly terrible but I managed to reflect her big pellet wall attack just before the match ended, which put the clear bonus over 2mil. Yumemi was okay. I snagged an extra million by getting just over 20mil moments before I won.

Out of curiosity, who was your stage 1 opponent that you got 5mil from, Karisa? I'm guessing Mima.

[Karisa]

Out of curiosity, who was your stage 1 opponent that you got 5mil from, Karisa? I'm guessing Mima.

That's correct. Mima somehow managed to get a boss attack (rare on stage 1 Easy), which was reflected, filling up the gauge entirely. With Rikako's slow charge speed I wasn't even able to fire enough level 2s before the stage ended.

[Zil]

Lunatic - Mima
Zil - 104,852,020 - ALL - Replay - Screenshot

I'll get the video and screenshot up soon. Suddenly I'm tripping over scores I once only dreamt of.

(I also found a mistake I've been making in adding scores to the text file. I used a post preview to check it. Everything's fixed now.)

Lunatic - Chiyuri
Zil - 113,883,360 - 9 - Replay - Screenshot

Damnit. Damn. It.

[chum]

Lunatic is the only mode that really matters to me. Normal run was a nice break, but there is no tension whatsoever, and the pace feels unnaturally slow for the game. I'm also not sure what ideal score play is like. I didn't get much from stages 1-7. I think 20 millions, maybe less. So over half my score came from Chiyuri/Yumemi. Speaking of Yumemi, she's actually fairly hard on Normal mode on the first round (I didn't suicide, I actually lost.)

Guwange no more. Back to PoDD I go.

Normal - Chiyuri
chum - 46,294,420 - ALL - Screenshot

I find it very odd, and very annoying that the HS board is completely neglected. Why can't Zil just be a janitor already?

Lunatic - Kana
chum - 70,425,340 - ALL - Replay

[Zil]

Why can't Zil just be a janitor already?

I wish I could tell you, but I don't know. It's amazing how hard it is to just get a clear answer about it.

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Lunatic - Kana
Zil - 98,628,450 - ALL - Replay - Screenshot

It's been a really long time since I did anything with Kana. I was hoping for 100mil. Chiyuri wrecked me though and I was afraid to sacrifice my last extra life to Yumemi. Alas, there's always next time. (edit: added the replay)

[chum]

Lunatic - Chiyuri
chum - 81,705,450 - 9

A bad run where I got to Yumemi with no extra lives, but somehow managed to get like 8 millions from her and survived for over 4 minutes. Kewl. If only that could happen second, third, or fourth round...

[chum]

Lunatic - Ellen
chum - 66,347,190 - ALL

Cleared with Ellen, so that's 9/9. There's still more stuff I would like to do in PoDD: No bomb, No miss, and higher scores, but now onto other stuff.

[Sapz]

Update checkpoint. Again, thanks to Karisa for the formatting upgrade!

[Shimatora]

Easy - Reimu
S-TORA - 21,040,920 - ALL

It's a start! I feel like I'm understanding something about the game now. Getting almost 10m more than I was when I wasn't going for score. Something's going right! I think.

Definitely coming back to this.

[Karisa]

Hmm...

Easy - Reimu
Karisa - 22,052,740 - ALL - Screenshot

Easy - Mima
Karisa - 24,042,390 - ALL - Screenshot

[Shimatora]

Easy - Mima
S-TORA - 25,399,430 - ALL

[Zil]

Easy - Marisa
Zil - 29,144,920 - ALL - Screenshot

Lasted almost 10 minutes in the first Yumemi round. Still didn't win.

[chum]

UGH

Hard - Chiyuri
chum - 60,319,000 - 9 - Screenshot

Lunatic - Kotohime
chum - 70,136,940 - ALL

Hard - Chiyuri
chum - 65,995,940 - ALL - Screenshot

[Zil]

My scores are under attack!

Hard - Chiyuri
Zil - 82,125,270 - ALL - Replay - Screenshot

I might upload the recording later. Edit: Uploaded, link added.

[Sapz]

Update checkpoint.

[chum]

My scores are under attack!

Hard - Chiyuri
Zil - 82,125,270 - ALL - Replay - Screenshot

I might upload the recording later. Edit: Uploaded, link added.

Nice job, It's interesting to see how differently we play on Hard.

Got a new Chiyuri PB just now (Lunatic). I actually wanted to play Hard but forgot that I was on Lunatic and just went with it.
I got 10 millions from round 1, Reimu. I got Rikako in stage 6, who is pretty much THE goldmine of the first 6 stages, but i lost to her twice.
so then i figured 'what the fuck, let's just spam level 2 like there's no tomorrow' when i got to kotohime
surprisingly, i won the second round, my score was something ridiculous like 68 million at chiyuri and i battled her with the same mentality and unbelievably won the second round against her as well
then i survived first round yumemi for 4 minutes or so!
since yumemi is just not winnable first round as chiyuri, i opted for pure survival and increased my score by about 6 millions
with better luck there i couldve had 90 million, but right after i used my second hyper, i got a lot of clouds and swirls of doom, so game over was inevitably (although I managed to dodge one swirl!)

Lunatic - Chiyuri
chum - 87,497,230 - 9 - Screenshot

Also, since my Ellen score is missing, I'm reposting it

Lunatic - Ellen
chum - 66,347,190 - ALL

Right now, I want to increase my scores with Yumemi, Rikako and Reimu, I never play those characters.

Lunatic - Reimu
chum - 70,925,700 - ALL

[Zil]

"Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 14 days."

Been ages since I've seen that little message. Kind of funny since it would have been 13 days if I'd been a day earlier. Anyway...

Lunatic - Marisa
Zil - 91,259,780 - ALL - Screenshot

Brushing the dust off. 90's what I wanted, and 90's what I got. Fair enough. Maybe it could have been 100 if I didn't die twice in stage 6, but whatever. There will be no video for this run because I really don't feel like doing it. In fact, I don't think I'll bother with anything that isn't at least 100 anymore. It's too time consuming, and I'm hoping for 100 with most characters anyway.

I did get a 112 run with Chiyuri a day or two ago. If I could have just won that last round.

I also tried playing with Reimu and accidentally no-missed the game for the fucktillionth time.

[Sakurei]

I also tried playing with Reimu and accidentally no-missed the game for the fucktillionth time.

on with zil, this happens.

anyway, it's nothing super great, but it's definitely a nice start.

lunatic - Yumemi
Sakurei - 73,236,800 - ALL - Replay

I am definitely working on other characters too with chiyuri as my main focus. as of now, I'd like 80-85m with everyone and around 90m with chiyuri. that'd be a nice start. I feel like I am getting better at the game with characters that have a fast charge speed and decent charge attack (ellen's a pain because both of those are terrible, kana feels much easier on the other hand.)

[Zil]

Lunatic - Reimu
Zil - 92,533,590 - ALL - Screenshot

The chance for 100mil was there, but I chickened out. I thought I'd get more than this though.

Also, why didn't you submit your Chiyuri score Sakurei? Come to think of it, Jaimers never put his new score here either.


Lunatic - Chiyuri
Zil - 116,528,040 - ALL - Screenshot

19 boss reversals. Also an unused life. Gone are the days when I improve scores by 10 million at a time, I think. But I'm inching my way forward. I hope my top score is never a non-clear ever again. It's so much less satisfying.

[Sakurei]

I didn't submit my chiyuri clear, because I have already beaten it. twice. with chiyuri at least. I want to get something I can be satisfied with before submitting any chiyuri scores. that said

Lunatic - Ellen
Sakurei - 84,981,580 - 9 - Scoreboard

you can see my scoreboard, draw the conclusions of why I didn't submit 72m and 75m clears for yourself.

if I had cleared with ellen, I'd have gotten past 90m easy, considering what the fuck happened in that round. I got so much charge, I could use 3 hypers before I game over'd. I wasn't even trying to let things go apeshit like that. it just went all crazy on me. I had a few very profitable fights, anyway. 20m chiyuri is probably the most notable one. 11m mima in stage 4 is nice, too. in a way, I reached my goal with ellen, but I'd like the score to be a clear, so I'll keep working at it.

[Zil]

Fair enough.

Lunatic - Ellen
Zil - 98,332,660 - ALL - Screenshot

This game is a dick.

Spoiler:

That's why I like it so much.

Hmph. The game really doesn't what to let me record, but it's... working perfectly without it. No random seizures or anything. I guess I won't be recording anything anymore then, unless it reverts back to it's old style, that is. Kind of sad that I won't have recordings of things, but a perfectly working emulator is a dream come true. edit: derp, just had it configured wrong. It's still true that it works without Fraps though.

[Sapz]

Update checkpoint.

[Zil]

Lunatic - Marisa
Zil - 94,606,330 - ALL - Screenshot

End bonus. Chiyuri and Yumemi went pretty well, though the early game was sub-par. Marisa's spell isn't really the best for getting reflected, so getting big combos early on is unfortunately very luck dependent.

Lunatic - Kana
Zil - 99,543,640 - ALL - Screenshot

100mil is ever elusive. I'll probably upload this one anyway, even though it's barely an improvement over my previous score.

[Sapz]

Update checkpoint.

[Zil]

Easy - Kotohime
Zil - 30,841,880 - ALL - Screenshot

I died. :[

[Sapz]

Chupdate eckpoint.

[Zil]

Hard - Kotohime
Zil - 65,087,530 - ALL - Screenshot

PoDD, my love, how I've neglected you. My Lunatic scores are just too hard to beat, yet I long for thrill of getting high scores. I'll have to resort to playing Hard mode. For now.

Oh right, numbers.

1 -   1,609,380
2 -   3,094,320
3 -   5,330,250
4 -   9,062,410
5 - 18,194,240
6 - 21,933,770
7 - 28,461,270
8 - 45,860,690 (one suicide)
9 - 65,087,530 (three deaths down to the last life, though only one that I can honestly call a suicide)

Hard - Ellen
Zil - 62,649,930 - 9 - Screenshot

A rainy night spent listening to Dark Tranquility and playing PoDD. Sounds nice. But this run was total shit. My skills have reclined while I was away.

Hard - Kana
Zil - 50,540,750 - ALL - Screenshot

Well now. Pretty bad luck throughout. At least this will be good for ~SCIENCE~ so let's see...

1 -   1,566,640
2 -   2,725,020
3 -   5,285,060
4 -   7,023,960
5 - 10,626,220
6 - 13,379,050
7 - 20,670,120
8 - 31,158,080
9 - 50,540,750

And comparing the points earned and duration of the rounds in the late game (sans clear bonus)...

7 - 2:30 - 3,301,070
8 - 3:20 - 4,448,630
8 - 2:00 - 2,669,330
9 - 4:00 - 3,509,150
9 - 1:00 -    721,900
9 - 3:20 - 6,639,880
9 - 2:30 - 6,539,880

Ellen was killed by a pellet while her gauge was empty. Don't know what to make of that. Clear bonus was 3,990,000.
Clear bonus from the second Chiyuri round was 3,370,000. She was hit by a fireball with an empty gauge. Probably an early death, especially considering the previous hit was only a few seconds before that one.
First round against Yumemi went on for a while, but the score is low. Played it safe a bit. I should probably be able to last longer than that though. I'll have to see what results from a better performance. Second round I went full retard and dropped to the last hit point. Then an enemy spawned in front of me as I was rushing toward the wall and that was that. Third and fourth rounds went really well. The third ended in a suicidal blaze of fire. Then I went balls out in the fourth round and it paid off. Yumemi took a pellet with a bomb in stock, so it may be safe to assume 2:30 is her timer for the fourth round, which is pretty short. I think the suicide to Chiyuri is definitely a good idea, despite how Yumemi reaches max rank more quickly. Actually, the rank probably explains the low score in that 4 minute round.

Hard - Rikako
Zil - 54,365,570 - ALL - Screenshot

Both bombs unused in the first Yumemi round. Seems I can't play without random strokes of pure idiocy. Not entirely sure what to think of this score, partly because it's Hard mode and partly because Rikako's the least reliable character in the game.

Hard - Mima
Zil - 63,631,270 - ALL - Screenshot

First Yumemi round lasted over 7 minutes, and earned me almost 10mil. Other things went very poorly. 70mil should be very reachable. The idea occurred to me that it might be possible to pacify the early matches until they reach max rank. (It seems the timers freeze if you pacify for too long, as in PoFV.) I haven't tried it yet, nor am I entirely thrilled at the prospect. Hard mode is kinda dumb anyway. I should get back to Lunatic soon, though I've decided that I absolutely must determine Yumemi's timers before I do. It's necessary to suicide effectively.

Also found this little trick a while ago, and I figure I may as well post it here. One more way to avoid being fucked over.

Hard - Marisa
Zil - 60,567,020 - ALL - Screenshot

Well it works. 21mil before Reimu. And now some radical ideas are hatching in my brain...

[ark]

Update checkpoint.

[Zil]

Lunatic - Ellen
Zil - 100,742,370 - ALL - Replay - Screenshot

Sweetness. There's still a lot of room for improvement (unused life, suicidal Yumemi), but for now, this will probably conclude the little Ellen binge I've been on.


Lunatic - Marisa
Zil - 94,817,140 - 9 - Screenshot

I did indeed die with a full gauge for no other than reason than I just assumed it was empty without even trying to use it. The emulator was also ferociously retarded this time, constantly swapping the colors and occasionally freezing visually for seconds at a time while the game continues to play without me seeing it.

[Sapz]

Update Checkpoint Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold 2013.