[TAS] GC Ikaruga "2 players, maximum score" by keylie in
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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/2836M
TAS originally published on 2015-05-04
Ikaruga (2001) is a vertical shoot 'em up published and developed by Treasure as a spiritual successor to its earlier title, Radiant Silvergun (1998). It was first released on arcade machines, then eventually ported to Dreamcast, GameCube, XBLA, Android, and even Steam, thanks to the loyal following among the Western shoot 'em up fans. GameCube version was chosen for creation of this TAS as it provided both the most arcade-accurate port, and the most accurately emulated platform of those available at the time.
Ikaruga features a polarity mechanic wherein enemies can be black or white, shooting black or white bullets, respectively. Additionally, player ships themselves can switch between black and white: when white, ship absorbs white bullets and deals extra damage to black enemies, and vice versa. When enough bullets are absorbed, a powerful enemy-seeking attack can be unleashed. As such, typical gameplay consists of frequent polarity switching, chain-killing enemies, and absorbing bullets instead of dodging them; to capitalize on this, the author chooses to control both player ships in order to absorb as many bullets as possible, do more damage, and pick off escaping enemies without breaking a kill chain.
The goal of this TAS is to maximize the score. Ikaruga's scoring system mainly consists of color-based enemy chaining: killing three enemies of the same color in a row increases chain value, messing up the color sequence resets it. Absorbing bullets and lasers, speedkilling bosses, and having spare lives at the end are also significant score boosts-all of these are used in the TAS to the fullest extent. The final score is a massive 50,230,200, only attainable with two players.
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Ikaruga has been extensively competed in both Western and Asian gaming communities, leading to release of an official superplay DVD ( web.archive.org/web/201912290... ), as well as blessing us with many other amazing feats of unassisted gameplay. If you've enjoyed this TAS and would like to see what some of the best human players have to offer, make sure to watch VTF-INO's unassisted doubleplay ( • 斑鳩 Ikaruga double play... ), in which the player attempts to achieve maximum score by controlling both ships in realtime; also check out MAZ's KZread channel ( www.youtube.com/@mazstg8844/v... ) for optimal individual level chain and boss fight videos, and riken's full-game playthrough ( • ARCADE NORMAL 36,279,0... ) on Normal difficulty, executing some inhumanly precise chains on the PS4 version of the game.
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This might be the most beautiful TAS I've ever seen.
@BlazeXth
Жыл бұрын
What about Family Feud for the SNES
@nights4eva
Жыл бұрын
Took the words out of my mouth! That controlled chaos was a sight to behold.
This was pretty much the most major inspiration for the shmup sections in NieR:Automata, as well as the general syncing musical mood to gameplay that is super prevalent in that game too. I swore I felt like I was watching NieR:Automata on steroids pretty much the entire time lol, and yep, Ikaruga is one of Yoko Taro's bigger inspirations!
"2-player" TAS runs are always a sight to behold. Especially with _this_ game and its mechanics!
this game is ungodly hard and this TAS makes it seem easy, love it
Just finishing this game without continuing or dying is a feat in itself. This is on a whole 'nother level of awesome.
00:00 Intro 00:46 Stage 1 02:31 Stage 1 Boss 04:04 Stage 2 06:54 Stage 2 Boss 08:57 Stage 3 11:11 Stage 3 Boss 12:19 Stage 4 15:59 Stage 4 Boss 16:51 Final Stage 17:55 Final Boss 18:34 What! What! in! The! World! Impossible! 20:22 Final Time 22:02 Ending
more than 20 years ago, ikaruga is still the best one of this genre
Final boss's phase 3 was amazing
I want a Silvergun TAS someday
2:42 This theme is awesome!
Oh man I ddin't realize anyone had made a TAS of this, excited to watch.
Jesus moment at the end of the game baby
I have been searching for this game for ages, really cool game
21:36 Release the restraint device. Using the released power may result in posibility of destruction of the ship. Was I helpful for you? I'm deeply grateful to you...
@hellknife6383
Жыл бұрын
Man hasta yo me preguntaba porque las naves se destrulleron al final asi eso dice
this is what true love looks like
wow...this is a some kind of art.
Beautiful.
Increíble... 🤯
22:02 In-Game Version: Shinra: Is This What We Wished For? Kagari: Don't Worry. We'll Understand Each Other Someday. And The Life Has Succeeded Into The Distant Future. Story Version: Shinra: "Was that… the right thing to do?" Man body: "Don’t worry... for sure, the day will come when we [humans] understand each other" Woman body: "Because life will be passed on… to the distant future...”
Very cool.
Everything was going perfect until in the end the 2 ships heroically exploded.
@WilliamEly
Ай бұрын
It always bothered me that the ship is destroyed before the last shot hits the boss. The player dies without knowing the outcome of the battle.
@AnimeHyperDimention
Ай бұрын
@@WilliamEly The creators of Ikaruga and Guardian Silver Gun always have their sad endings, but if you look closely, at 21:53 there are 2 ejection capsules.
Around the 16 min mark I started hearing "Lets go!" instead of "Max Chain"
At 6:29 there are 2 enemies that survive at the bottom of the screen and aren't killed into the chain for points. Looks like missed points to me.
I like the part where the ship shot the bullets.
@danielkozak1652
2 жыл бұрын
I like the part there the bullets were shot at the ships.
@koholintisland2167
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielkozak1652 that was a good part too
@fatkart7641
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta be more specific cause it happens at least twice.
@koholintisland2167
2 жыл бұрын
@@fatkart7641 The one near the beginning.
@fatkart7641
2 жыл бұрын
@goggles789 Between 0:34 and 19:57. Pay close attention to the ship shooting bullets (the flying one).
i never realized just how closely treasure made gradius 5 look to this. makes me wonder if they reused assets.
Fun fact: This TAS has the longest description
They should've done a special ending /True ending for 2-players, like wouldn't it make sense for 2 planes to do alot of damage than 1 that goes all out dying in the process? Since you can essentially control both ships on one controller (Ps4 version as far as I know) it would've been a nice reward
You sure know how to move a man's heart
This is the version where they didn't bother to translate the story text between stages.
SPOILERS: Who's watching this after fighting The End in Sonic Frontiers?
My best is 1 coin clearing the game on normal and A ranking all the levels. I got all the achievements on the 360 port of the game but I just don't have the dedication or time to practice to get the S++ ranking achievements that are on the Steam version of this game. It's a really great shmup though and I played the hell out of this when it was on the Gamecube during my high school years. I haven't touched this game in a long time though so I"d have to practice if I wanted to "get good" again.
Wasn't this like one of the last DC games to be released?
@wormaheldharrier3122
2 жыл бұрын
I think it WAS one of the last games to come out for the Dreamcast before the console's end of production, though not necessarily the last EVER. Under Defeat, another shoot 'em up game for the Dreamcast, came out in 2006 after being released in arcades the year before, and touted itself as being "the last Dreamcast game" at the time, though apparently two more games for the console came out the year after. You could argue that, with the small groups of Dreamcast homebrew game developers spread throughout the world, as well as fanmade ports of games originally released on the Sega Atomiswave arcade system like Dolphin Blue and Metal Slug 6, it's still technically getting games!
Max Chain
Never played this but from what I understand, when you get hit by a bullet, you absorb it and become stronger? So how can you die?!
@myuphrid
2 жыл бұрын
There's a polarity-switching mechanic: when your ship is white you can absorb white bullets, and when your ship is black it absorbs black bullets.
@fatkart7641
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, it makes more sense. I noticed the black and white colors but I thought it had something to do with P1 and P2. Thanks.
@myuphrid
2 жыл бұрын
@@fatkart7641 No problem!
@syrelian
2 жыл бұрын
Additionally, the hitbox for absorbing your color is MUCH larger than the hitbox for actually being hit by the other color, thus who the two players were able to graze streams of bullets and have their partner absorb them afterwards from behind Absorbing bullets fills the meter which gives the homing lasers Killing three enemies in a row of the same color gives a Chain Bonus for points And you do significantly higher damage shooting targets with the opposite polarity
Why this game has the same effects as Gradius V?
@Bartholamue
2 жыл бұрын
the developer of both games was Treasure and as such, must have used a lot of the same sound/visual samples.
@deathblowringo4168
2 жыл бұрын
I'm saying the visual effects...
@levidrawer
9 ай бұрын
@@deathblowringo4168 because they were both made by the same developer dumbass
unhuman
This game is impossible. Have it on gcn. 2 player is even worse.