G-DARIUS HD - 50,891,440 Points 1CC (Omicron)
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G-Darius is a shoot 'em up from Taito, originally released in arcades in 1997. In 2021, Taito and M2 released this excellent HD remaster, which includes several different versions of the game. G-Darius is the fourth mainline game in the Darius series, but it's a prequel to the original Darius, which canonically makes it the starting point of the Darius Cinematic Universe.
The key mechanics in G-Darius are its capture system, and Alpha Beams. You can throw capture balls at any enemy in the game and use them for additional firepower. You can even capture the midbosses (known as captains), which not only have a lot of health, but they can also do special moves with fighting game inputs. Every enemy behaves differently when captured, so be careful about who you grab.
Beyond that, there are the Alpha Beams. After you've captured an enemy, you can convert them into a super powerful beam attack by holding the shot button. Bosses have their own version of this called the Beta Beam, and if your beams collide, you initiate a beam duel. If you mash shot fast enough, you'll absorb the boss' Beta Beam and power up your Alpha Beam, which of course does even more damage and gives you a higher score multiplier. It's pretty satisfying.
I've been playing this for the last few weeks and I finally put together a high scoring run that I'm pretty satisfied with. I probably lost half a million points from various mistakes, but most of this was pretty clean. Just some quick notes: I die intentionally on the last boss to refill my capture ball stock, which lets you continue the fight and score a lot higher. I also kept all of the default gadgets on. None of them are particularly useful to me now, but if you're trying to learn the game, being able to see how much HP you want everything to have at certain points will be helpful when you're working out your strategies.
G-Darius is a great game, probably the best one I've played this year, so of course I'd recommend it to anyone who likes shmups. You can buy it on PC, PS4, and Switch. I'm playing the PC version here. It goes on sale pretty often too, so keep an eye out for that. And hell, get the Darius Cozmic Collection while you're at it!
0:00 Prologue
2:08 Zone Alpha
6:26 Zone Gamma
12:38 Zone Zeta
19:32 Zone Kappa
26:36 Zone Omicron
29:55 Great Thing
38:16 Epilogue
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Beat 'em Ups (e.g. Final Fight): • Beat 'em Ups
2D Action (e.g. Metal Slug): • 2D Action
STG/Shmups (e.g. Dodonpachi): • STG Replays
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This and Rayforce started my love of Taito shmups. Loved the presentation and especially the music
the starting point of the DCU (Darius Cinematic Universe)...! 👏
the second "round" of G.T (after he fires off first alpha beam) looks like it would take my entire life to learn, looks really stressful
@iconoclast575
Жыл бұрын
I spent more time practicing G.T. than everything before it combined. He's one of the most fun bosses in any shmup I've played.
Had the original, and this is a solid upgrade. I had no idea about the special moveset for the captions. The side graphs are actually helpful here. Super cool!
This game has the most dread inspiring soundtrack out of any shmup I've ever played. Congratulations on the amazing clear!
Honestly, I don't think even Dariusburst is a ridiculous as this game. You really make it kook easy.
Very interesting enemy and area designs.
Here we go!
How Did You Use Player 2 Individually?
Great replay! G Darius is a great shmup because of the capture system as you can use the captured enemy ships as several offence skills such as the Alpha beam or as a bomb or as a temporary shield and tank against heavy fire! The gadget feature there is the best as it can show the captured ship's durability before being destroyed! Although the Zones are short (1 Stage with 2 branching areas to choose from), there are a lot of possible combinations in clearing the game based on either score or survival! E.g. the first stage, Area A has less on power ups but more on scoring due to the captain capture that can be used for the rest of the stage and for the boss whereas Area B focuses on powering up quickly with getting the Twin bomb upgrade easily while sacrificing the scoring potential since there is no captain capture there. And of course, you can never have a Darius game without the hardest boss in arcade history, Great Thing (except a few other bosses in Darius Burst Chronicle Saviors)! Finally, what is the Yazuka there in the Darius series?
@iconoclast575
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! The Yakuza are just little cubes that come in to harass you when you take too long on bosses. I don't know how they work in this game tbh, but you'll see them in the really high scoring runs in the original Darius, at least. Boss milking is off the charts in that game.
@ThunderForce222
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm not sure about DB CS having harder bosses, or maybe it's just me.
Captains in this seem a lot more useful here than in Gaiden. I was under the impression that captured ships had a lot less durability than they actually do, which is probably why I struggle so much in this game.
@cps1247
Жыл бұрын
you can unleash special moves to the captains, some of them are very useful to take out foes more quickly
Fantastic run. GG! Any reason to choose 2P other than for style?
@iconoclast575
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Bosses have more health when you choose 2P, I forgot to mention that in the description. It's mainly useful for scoring on Great Thing.
@inakilbss
Жыл бұрын
wait so instead of checking how many players are up they just check for p2? incredible
I used to hold the high score for all routes at our local arcade 20+ yrs ago. Miss this game a lot. I can't even remember routes/the specific beam spots I used to use for the high scores but enjoyed your scoring video. I remember though that I sometimes mess up at absolute defender and ruined the run. Brought back fond memories. Question. Was the life loss at GT intentional or accidental? I remembered you got quite a bit of points per life remaining at the end of the game. *Watching the ending of your video reminded me that my best run was somewhere over the 50m mark as well. I recall only GT could score over that. Also that eventhough I was a pretty fast tapper max counter w fire fossile was impossible for me to pull off consistently.
@iconoclast575
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the death is intentional to refill the capture balls. The score you can get out of the extra beam attacks from them greatly outweighs the life bonus. Now's a great time to play this again though! The PS4/Switch/PC version is excellent, and it goes on sale pretty often I think.
iconoclast, have you thought about playing ninja gaiden sigma 2 with the "ninja gaiden sigma 2 black" mod installed?
@iconoclast575
Жыл бұрын
I'd definitely like to try it out some time. I'm so far behind on the Ninja Gaiden stuff I want to do though, it'll probably be a *while* before I get to it. It's a pretty interesting mod though.
@masterdna117
Жыл бұрын
@@iconoclast575 of course, no pressure dude!. I was just thinking about it cause I was watching some videos of the mod and realized that as far as I can see there is no playlist of the full game in the master or ultimate ninja difficulty and remembered your videos were amazing!. Thanks for the answer!
16:55 Anyone know the name of this battleship?
@DJDTHTRP
4 ай бұрын
The name IS in the corner. Did you intend to ask what its sealife basis is?
Porque enrolou tanto para derrotar o G.T? Tirando esse detalhe... otimo jogo!!
@iconoclast575
4 ай бұрын
I try to maximize score on G.T. He's worth a ton of points.
I Actually Tried Beating Your Score With Cheats lol(I Got Like Over 30000000 Points)