Well I guess it's only $13.20, I've spent more on worseMk2 wrote:Benjamin, is Triggerheart Excelica worth whatever price they're asking on XBLA? I'm playing the demo and kind of enjoying it but I can't figure out if there's more to the anchor system than just holding the button when there's heaps of bullets on screen to turn them into points.
Check what setting you have the anchor set to though, as there is auto and manual. Auto mode starts spinning the enemy you've locked on to as soon as you anchor on to it, manual holds the enemy still until you start rotating it yourself (done by holding down shot button whilst an enemy is anchored and then start to spin the dpad/analogue either direciton).
Personally I find manual much better because once you anchor an enemy if you don't touch the shot button it will just be drawn directly in front of you and you can use it like a shield, or just take it up to another group of enemies and release and it should cause a chain reaction. And yeah any bullets that hit an enemy you have anchored gets turned into score. On the flipside though, auto is good because of the instant spin you can throw the anchored enemy across a bunch of other enemies, but I don't know if anchored enemies only spin one way or not which could limit where you can throw a little bit.
Also one thing I took a while to pick up on (I'm not sure if it's documented in game anywhere) is that if you hold down the shot button whilst there is medals on the screen, the longer you hold the shot button the more valuable the medals become, they will grow larger and larger until you release the shot button to draw them in, or until they fall off screen.
Yeah I know! All of the superplay options look pretty cool, how about the 5-screen one all slightly behind the last.. lol I'm not quite sure what that is for thoughMuzza wrote:Getting so pumped for this game now.
Excellent news on the scanline option. Have seen plenty of other options to play with too.
Just be careful Ben to download the Black Label content, you will probably need to set up a JAP account and purchase some points from PA
And yeah as for the Black Label, if I do down the track invest in that (though wasn't Death Smiles Black Label like 1200 points?! I find it hard to pay that much for some XBLA games haha) I've already got a Japanese account set up so it should be all gravy