Shmup Club January 2020 Game & Year-Long Scoring Competition - Ketsui!

[kz_the_kusoplayer]

Oh no I meant I died literally at the beginning of the stage after making it 0/0

[MetalFRO]

Oh, gotcha. Still, good that you're still making further progress into the game.

[Biscuit Thief]

Hi, being listening to the podcast for a bit now and have really enjoyed it, so id like to say thanks.
I am a bit of a Cave fan, so when you announced a Ketsui playthrough for the year, i felt i had to take part. I think i'll play it on my ps3, but what settings should i be playing on and where do i post my scores?

[MetalFRO]

Hi, being listening to the podcast for a bit now and have really enjoyed it, so id like to say thanks.
I am a bit of a Cave fan, so when you announced a Ketsui playthrough for the year, i felt i had to take part. I think i'll play it on my ps3, but what settings should i be playing on and where do i post my scores?

Thanks for listening to the podcast, and we're glad you enjoy it! As far as playing Ketsui, you'll post your scores here, in this thread. Since you're playing the PS3 version, play on either Arcade mode, default settings, or play X Mode, on those defaults, and notate which one you're playing, when you post a screenshot. We'll be devising a leaderboard for the scores, and all available modes that run through at least 1 loop of the game will be in consideration. Good luck, and welcome aboard!

[Biscuit Thief]

Great to see everyone getting stuck into Ketsui, here's my effort so far.
33667738
Ps3
Arcade Mode
Normal
Standard settings

[MetalFRO]

Great initial effort!

Also, I wanted to share Moglar's Ura loop 2-ALL. Not that most of us will be able to adopt his strategies, but it's a great achievement, and gives everyone something to shoot for.

[MetalFRO]

Everyone,

I'm getting scores together to set up the leaderboard for each mode. If you haven't submitted anything yet, please do! Even if your score isn't above the top posted score, for the mode you're playing, I still want to try and fill out the leaderboard with as many scores as possible. Once I have it filled in, and we have it tweaked the way we want it, I'll link it here in the thread, so everyone can keep an eye on the scores. Thanks!

[Biscuit Thief]

Im struggling to better my score on arcade normal so i might have to revert to type and go on an easier setting or maybe the deathtiny mode on ps4 so i can post another score.

[Biscuit Thief]

Had a go at Deathtiny mode standard settings on PS4, didnt really know what to do to boost my score but here it is anyway.

[Biscuit Thief]

Ps4 version, Super Easy mode, Standard settings.

[MetalFRO]

You're hot on the heels of zoydo for your Super Easy score! Keep practicing that mode, and you just might overtake him.

[Biscuit Thief]

With that bit of encouragment i had a go at Super Easy Mode on PS4 and beat my best score with 77894171. Not sure if there's much of a penalty for using bombs/losing lives in this mode.

[Biscuit Thief]

Arcade Normal, standard settings on PS3, slight improvement.

[Biscuit Thief]

Had a go at X Mode on the PS3 version and had fun, recommend having a go at this version.

[Zkibu86]

Hi! new guy here! I might have missed it, but is there a leaderboard currently available for this competition? I ve been waiting to get into Ketsui since summer, but had to clear my backlog first. I guess my timing is pretty spot on.