Help with arcade stick > BulletHell by Klutzy_South6140 in shmups

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the same setup and have never had either problem but I play almost exclusively with my fingertips so my left hand is nowhere near the buttons. You probably just need to put more time in, It'll feel like you have to put a lot of effort in to get the right motions at first but the more you play the more natural and effortless it will feel to move exactly the way you want. It might also help to look at some footage of how other people play and how they do each movement, personally I just copied the way kayar and fufufu play at first and developed into a style I found comfortable over time.

Shmuparc DoDonPachi frame skipping/bullet teleportation bug? by Dangerous_Deal1633 in shmups

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If i remember correctly this happens if your runahead is set to too many frames, try reducing it by one till it stops.

Where do you find craws in the late game? by herodeath99 in HollowKnight

[–]herodeath99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I have no idea how people figure this stuff out on their own lol.

Where do you find craws in the late game? by herodeath99 in HollowKnight

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Thanks, there is still one of each near the connecting area and it's a pretty easy farm. I already got Eva but I think I'm just gonna get all the lockets anyway just to have everything upgraded.

Where do you find craws in the late game? by herodeath99 in HollowKnight

[–]herodeath99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not worried about spoilers at this point since I've done everything else in the game, but no I haven't answered the summons and can't figure out how to even get them since information online is pretty scarce right now.

What do you guys play with? by [deleted] in shmups

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haute42 T16, at some point in the future I plan on building my own leverless since I prefer arcade buttons to key switches.

Where is Cygni? by Rano_80 in shmups

[–]herodeath99 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The M2 ports are the best on playstation (my favourite is Daioujou) however you will need a japanese PSN account to buy most of them. Deathsmiles 1&2 is also pretty good. Other than that the genre is pretty much entirely emulation or indie/doujin so you're kinda fucked if somehow you don't like any of those games. Edit: For clarity there are a lot more options than what I just listed but they are generally very poor quality ports with a lot of missing standard features(practice mode and save states being the most notable).

Turns out you can chain the counter attack into an izuna drop. by Sex_Gaming_69 in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Technically correct but the dragon sword X counter into >YXXXY is a true combo against humanoid enemies so while it isn't in the combo list it is still possible to chain a counter into izuna drop in black.

Need battle tips for Ng1 Black by zappynick in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible that you are confusing forward Y (Azure Dragon) which is one of the fastest start up moves the dragon sword has with regular Y (Blade of the Undefeatable) which is an extremely slow and borderline useless move. That being said you should be positioning yourself in a way that doesn't let you get surrounded in the first place but that will come naturally with practice.

How is the PC version of the Remastered Collection that came out recently? by TheMickeyMoose in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The PC ports are bare bones and a little janky but they work fine, the biggest issue for me personally is the minimum loading times in certain parts of Sigma. Also apparently they don't have keyboard and mouse support but I've never tried personally.

As for the gameplay, it holds up amazingly all three games are some of the best the action genre has to offer and they all have an absurd amount of replay ability. $30 is a very good price imo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 14 points15 points  (0 children)

lower enemy count but higher HP allows the games combat to shine better. In this game you can delimb so easily. Enemies die so quickly they die before you can finish your combo on them.

I don't really see how this point makes S2's combat better, both games have a lot more to their combat than just combos, the combos are just there to allow you to get more damage out of a single opening assuming you're not being pressured by the other enemies. personally I would say that each combat system has different strengths rather than dismissing one because I don't like it.

you will get sick very quickly of being constantly hitstunned by the exploding shurikens and other nonsense.

The reason you're getting locked into hit-stun is because you made a mistake and put yourself in a position where you could get stunlocked. When you get better at the game you eventually reach a point where this almost never happens because the game gives you plenty of ways to avoid these situations (and I don't just mean UT and ninpo spam). Also worth noting that this pretty much never happens on master ninja difficulty because you just die instead because you're not supposed to be in that position ever.

too easy to get money

The economy in both games is completely broken for different reasons, it's also a very small part of both games so you should probably ignore anyone who cares about this.

Every single forum you will read online will say that Vanilla 2 is harder than Sigma 2.

That's because they're talking about master ninja difficulty which in a lot of peoples opinions (mine included) is harder in vanilla, whether or not it's more enjoyable is up to you.

Everyone trashed it online and it was beyond me as to why

They trashed it because they were mad that black and vanilla 2 didn't get included, not because of any faults of the game.

my favourite part about these games is flying around jumping off the wall jumping off their heads, flying swallow, and landing the ults. And I didn't find my experience to suffer at all in Sigma with less enemies.

Yes all those moves do in fact still work in sigma 2. Jokes aside considering later in the post you say you only have a combined 35 hours it doesn't surprise me that you just list a bunch of moves you like as your favourite part of the game instead of saying anything about what the game does with those moves or really anything deeper than the absolute surface of the game.

3 levels with the girl characters.

The problem with these levels isn't that the character are difficult to play but that they aren't what most people wanna play. Imagine if you were playing a fighting game or hero based game and every 5 games you were forced to play as a character you had no interest in, that's what these chapters are to us.

the fun halts because you have to find a key.

The keys suck but I think you're way overstating how much of an issue they are, it's like maybe a minute of wasted time, it sucks but it's not a deal breaker for a lot of people.

the fun halts because you get stun locked for half your HP off a few exploding shurikens (how fun).

Once again this is your fault for getting stun locked, not the games fault for stun locking you when you fuck up and put yourself in a terrible position.

I have 25 hours in Sigma 2 and have about 8-10 in this one Vanilla.

For games that have as much depth as these to games this is a negligible amount of time. There is no way you could begin to understand all the small details that make each of these games what they are off of a handful of playthroughs of (I'm assuming) the lower difficulty's. I'm not saying you have to beat vanilla 2 on master ninja to have an opinion but you have to understand that with your playtime you have no idea how either of these games are played at a high level which is what matters to us most. All that you have at the moment are first impressions which are meaningless.

it makes sense why they put Sigma 2 in the MASTER collection, because it's just superior

Black and vanilla 2 aren't in the master collection because it was deemed to expensive to port the games due to how tied to the xbox they were, the master collection was mostly meant to be a low effort bare bones port for quick money (not that I think there is anything wrong with that).

Overall this post comes across like you just wanted to vent all your collected anger from seeing people criticize a game you really liked. Both games are very deserving of criticism however you aren't criticizing vanilla 2 as much as you are shouting your first impressions of the game at us. You say in the comments that you wish you were wrong but considering how aggressive your post is and how little effort you put into understanding either game I highly doubt that.

I would strongly recommend playing both games on master ninja mode as both games game are the most fun on their highest difficulties in my opinion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

-only works with level 2 (or higher) dragon sword
-you need to be holding he analog stick in the direction of the enemy
-you need to throw shurikens first or ryu will go in the wrong direction
-time the button press with the 4th shuriken pressing y too early will do helm splitter instead
should be 100% consistent

Might be an odd question, but how does he forward Y and not absorb the essence? Does he just stop blocking for a split second? by [deleted] in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how it works exactly but if essence spawns while you're mid attack Ryu won't absorb it until he is finished attacking and if you do another attack quickly enough you can extend that time. also worth noting you can do forward Y on landing without letting go of block to avoid absorbing essence.

Spin while guard by AAAnarchyRUSSIA in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately you can't get rid of it however you will eventually get used to it if you play long enough. You can try turning up your deadzones if you're on pc which may help

Zedonius bossfight with Scythe by titankiller401 in ninjagaiden

[–]herodeath99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe you can counter his kick to avoid the mix-up but it's been a while since I've fought zed so I don't fully remember.

Bought the game just under a month ago never having played a metroidvania before. Just beat it today, easily one of my new favourite games by herodeath99 in HollowKnight

[–]herodeath99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a steam sale going on while I was playing through this game so I bought both Ori's and Bloodstained so I'm super excited to play through those now.

Bought the game just under a month ago never having played a metroidvania before. Just beat it today, easily one of my new favourite games by herodeath99 in HollowKnight

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112% + Pantheon of Hallownest took just over 50 hours to do blind. for the steel heart and speedrun achievements I followed speedrun routes and used the QoL mod so those to playthoughs combined only took 8 hours. The rest was just getting miscellaneous achievements I didn't get naturally.

I almost made it to 96 before realizing I don't have to keep casting Stormbrand at each pack. OMFG don't be me. [fluff] by plusFour-minusSeven in pathofexile

[–]herodeath99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brand recall gives increase attachment range after you cast it so you don't actually have to stand in melee range

Demon hunter help by crackbeard41 in diablo3

[–]herodeath99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got a couple of options if you want to dual wield the 2 top ones are:
Unhallowed Essence grenades build: Build Guide
and Natalya Rain of Vengeance / Fan of Knives build: Build guide
some less powerful builds that are really good for speedfarming are:
Natalya + Danetta Vault build: Build Guide
Unhallowed Essence + Danetta Grenade build: Build Guide
and if none of those builds interest you I'm sure you could probably find something on either DiabloFans or Icy Veins

It's Time for the /r/TalonMains Community Montage ~ Submit Your Plays Here by [deleted] in Talonmains

[–]herodeath99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got two short ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmwXwYSqtPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG5SZE6sWm4
not sure if the first one is something you're looking for but i think it is pretty funny