0:58 "We used this strange Stone-Like core as its base..." God damn, the references just keep piling on! (Radiant Silvergun, in case anybody's wondering.)
@@heavyc4450 Wait, really? I swear I completed Ikaruga and I didn't even realise it was linked to Radiant Silvergun's plot. I just remember suicide exploding.
Also, one note I wanna say about the ending for the second run? Technically speculation off of implication, but... Just as the game becomes a bit more generic with its theming, it also means that you also get a generic enemy. Instead of "Green Orange", it's "Great Oppressor". Instead of someone who's hatred for humanity runs deep, to the point where they wipe out the rest of humanity while you're out cold in space, you're instead against someone who merely wishes to conquer Earth. And once you defeat that enemy, you just... go home. You don't have to risk your entire existence, you just fly home, enemy scattered without their leader. Is it generic? Yes. But after all you've been through? Yeah. That final sunset really does make the effort worth it. You've earned it.
It IS a rebooted timeline where the tragedy, betrayal, and loss in the original timeline are all averted, so the simplification of matters is an improvement to the parties involved, at least.
@@triplehate6759 Well, except Grapefruit... she just dies a tragic death in both timelines. Sent to kill Great Oppressor solo since the higher ups have so much confidence in the Type-A fighter but ultimately getting mind controlled and forced to betray her sisters. There's no happy ending for her and she's forced to die as an unwilling traitor.
@@marcosperezomg Considering the change of enemy names/themes in the second playthrough, as well as the removal of the more harsh and bitter plot points, I've always seen it that in the second timeline, it isn't the PC's sister/comrade, it is just a generic enemy leader that needs taking out.
@@triplehate6759 You can think of it like that, but that doesn't explain why she gives us the ZeroRanger powerup and sacrifices herself to protect us against the Big Zan laser in loop 1. Despite whichever timeline you're in, it's clear that Grapefruit is struggling to break free and protect us.
@@marcosperezomg I can see that, the enemy leader is called "Great Oppressor", so it wouldn't be too far-fetched for them to be a slave, mind-controlled, etc. Could also be a case of wanting to keep it to a one-on-one duel, i.e. "no one touches my prey but me!" schtick.
This video found its way into my recommendations at the best possible time. I've been obsessed with Void Stranger (another game from the same developer) trying to piece together the story, and I found out that both games actually share important pieces. I'm not usually interested in vertical-scrolling-bullet-hell like this game (also, I'm bad at them) so playing it myself was out of the question. I can't thank you enough for making such a good and crazy run to showcase the most content possible in a single video.
Going back and revisiting this game after playing Void Stranger, you can tell there's a lot of motifs here that carried over. Translating some of the unknown language from the Pandemonion fight and the various murals you see in cutscenes bears second looks.
On one hand, this is a great run of an incredible game. On the other hand, this is a great run of an incredible game _that I should have played before watching this._
Hey man, wanna thank you deeply for this video. Your commentary is a god send for tips against bosses (Despair specifically) and I really appreciate you added cutscenes and went out of your way to show the monk dialogue and TLB. Great work!
the best part about this video is the informative nature and the little bit of the player that seeps into it its always great to see how people react to this game
I love that you called the crab Hysteric Empress. Darius Gaiden and ZeroRanger are my two favorite shoot 'em ups. I really appreciated the CC hints. I just got the true ending today and this was just the kind of thing I wanted to see afterwards to see how my playthrough differed from someone else's. Thanks for the upload!
I’ve noticed at the end that when you make you final contact with the lotus orb at the end, a ring of symbols lights up around it, and that the number of symbols that light up is based on how much life you have left. Do you think there might be an easier egg there if you beat the lotus jewel with full health? Edit: Also, great job! This was a truly amazing run, and super informative. Ngl, I thought the C fighter kind of sucked and did the whole play through myself with B (back shot, charge move, drill form). But now I might try it out!
fantastic, thanks for making this video! I am dogshit at shmups but enjoy watching people who are really good at them play them, and this was no exception! I'll pick the game up as a thank you to you for providing this wonderful entertainment, and to the devs for putting so much effort into making it!
I know I'm incredibly late but hey I'm loving the game now so first thank you for showing the demo ending, I didn't even know there was a demo and it adds some backstory that sheds a different light on some events. Also for the third bonus in 1-1 I tend to start from the bottom of the screen and move up just before the first guardian appears (at the end of the fifth siren with male voice), temporarely slightly increasing the dps making killing the first two much more consistent. EDIT I wanted to add that at 10:10 if you put yourself just right int he middle you can hit both lanes with the side fire of backshot
came here after losing all 5 of my lifes on the final phase of the last boss because I didn't think he would get weaker and I had to figure it out now or never...
You mean the desperation attack? that's the easiest part, you might think you have to escape it entirely but you just have to keep your hitbox (the orange part of your fighter) in the negative space of the lotus and dont touch the lines
@@youngkappakhan I think they're referribg to the true last boss's final attack, where once you reach it you have to wait for the bullet waves to lessen before charging in. Speaking of that desperation attack, it may technically be the easiest part, but at the end of a long run my nerves were so shot that it became absolutely terrifying for me.
1:06:32 I've tried stalling in this phase to see what happens. Nothing new happens at one bullet stream, and it'll stay at one stream until you die or finish the fight. I think the music eventually stops too.
Finally beat the game myself two days ago, and I can't thank your video enough, it didn't help me with the final boss (Beat it on my 5th try) but it helped me regain my progress faster!
At first glance ,it may be the typical shmup about blowing stuff up ,defeat the aliens and save the world. I couldnt believe they went really far to make the story so interesting. Even if i watch the entire gameplay before buying it ,i definitely will now. What an experience this was
Man, I played this and the final boss is extremely difficult. I had to use all of my continues and make sure to avoid every hit. If that wasn’t enough getting the true ending is a pain if you die in the final part. You have to start the game all over again!
A few tips: If using Drill, Orb Spewer (1-4's boss) is kind of a pushover for both B&C. Just stay in it's face breaking the orbs before he get's a chance to do much with them. I was kinda shocked to see you do a more 'Sword' Strategy with them (Given Sword's more about projectile reflection, something that tends to edge it over Drill.) as a result. You can bounce up to 3 times in the span of about 2 seconds without taking, the 4rd bounce will cause you to lose a life though. You can bounce off of everything 'Green'. VS Despair's Orb phase, 9/10 for the 6, it's just better to absorb them all at once when they spawn (as they are like a powerup at this stage, nifty callback huh?), and then let them shatter as you lose a life. Better that then losing 2+ towards that stage and then being in a worse jam then before. Otherwise doing the 'Gem' part, Drilling lets you get up into her face and just CHEW her up, including when you lack backshot or sword to counter her sword attack (So you REALLY do not want to stall and let RNG pull that more then once or twice.) Also this game's ending segment is a total love letter to Raident Silvergun and E.S.P. RaDe. Good run regardless though, and nice on the full clear from start to finish! Including without a continue horde for the final bit!
i actually like using the charge shot for the first phase since you can charge it between every attack, timing it whenever the boss indicates its about to spawn orbs and basically clear the screen before it gets a chance to shoot anything, but after it switches to the second phase, putting the drill up so that it is over the spawn point of the orbs trivializes that part of the fight also another tip which isnt really useful so much as interesting is that in 1-4 you can charge a chargeshot from all the way before the monk boss, popping the bubble with the charging shot and get a laser off in the next boss also also, despair's glyph phase is much much easier if you dodge the whole thing instead of going in between the gaps of the glyphs, just rotate from top to bottom of the screen as she teleports on you, but dont go into the corners or edges cause she might not teleport there and you'd get cornered
Oh yeah, you said the bhudda skull bombs are p troubling and i have to agree. I found that autofiring the missiles can take them out a few moments before they get close. Of course this means giving up the charge shot, which is kinda busted on both fighters. I still prefer the missiles though.
After reaching Enlightment, and then doing all over again There is that sense.. of Longing "Maybe one day.. we'll really meet once more. *This time.. we wont be killing each other. We promise."* Thank you for playing it the way it was intended So Long, Erasure.
See now this begs the philosophical question of "is it truly a 1CC if you lost credits to lotus jewel?"... Jokes aside I love how in sync this run is with the soundtrack especially sacred defender it's just peak
Now I get why the text in the end of the True Ending run was shown. Also, do the symbols before the drawings in the beginning also translate to, "This is a story about a god who wanted to become..."?
@@TheMMMification i still don't understand what's going on, who is great oppressor, why was the computer on his side? And what's going on in attract mode
@@God-ch8lq SERIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD For the Post-Reset, Great Oppressor is the Post-Reset version of Green Orange. I assume the computer was built by Post-Reset Despair. If you're talking about the Pre-Reset Computer, I think Erasure (the computer) was forced by Despair to do her bidding, but some of her actions make me question that. As for the attract mode, what about it confuses you?
@@God-ch8lq That writing is a basic cipher, with each symbol corresponding to an english letter. I'm 99% sure it says, "This is the story of a god who wanted to become..." As for the reset, I'm referring to what happens when you beat the true last boss.
i've been curious about why the color palette changes to gray orange once you get out of the loophole and play the real thing, is it referring that you no longer are in a loophole?
Is this game one giant tribute to other games? Not that that's a terrible thing. But I noticed some really familiar designs, themes and boss firing patterns.
Man, That's insane gameplay. it was a wonderful game of *ZeroRanger* and it's cool. I just played *Blue Wish Desire* with Blue Viper. so, I used my PS4 Controller. Unluckily, there's no sound on my PC.
I Too, Was In The Final Rush, Today, For The Second Time, And I Made ONE Fatal Mistake -- Even With 5 Credits Left, As I Was Headbutting Through, I Realized I Was TOO EARLY To See It Weaken. I Should Of Had Taken It Slowly. Defeated, All 5 Of My Last Credits Gone, I Uninstalled The Game. I'll Never Touch It Again, For It Was My Foolishness I Lost To The Final Section Of True Last Boss.
Everybody is so uncultured when trying to guess what this game is referencing with its plot and motifs, it's like 70% Diebuster and maybe 10% Evangelion
Most if not all of type C's attack have more damage, which you says "slightly" but it adds up really noticeably. Also, B 's largest drill can absorb attacks that none other weapon can absorb, and the sword do rapid attack that constantly protect you from front and side. I do prefer type B more though.
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53:21 unbelievably cool timing with the music there
0:58 "We used this strange Stone-Like core as its base..."
God damn, the references just keep piling on! (Radiant Silvergun, in case anybody's wondering.)
Ikaruga as well (except in ikaruga, you beat the stone-like and end the timeloops.)
@@heavyc4450 Wait, really? I swear I completed Ikaruga and I didn't even realise it was linked to Radiant Silvergun's plot.
I just remember suicide exploding.
Also, that DoDonpachi art background with highlights and screens. It's basically Longhena in the center lol
I just noticed at 47:47, the title says "FINALBOSS", which is a reference to what the game was originally titled before it was turned into ZeroRanger
imagine if they actually go with the original name, it would be confusing for people to find
Also, one note I wanna say about the ending for the second run? Technically speculation off of implication, but...
Just as the game becomes a bit more generic with its theming, it also means that you also get a generic enemy. Instead of "Green Orange", it's "Great Oppressor". Instead of someone who's hatred for humanity runs deep, to the point where they wipe out the rest of humanity while you're out cold in space, you're instead against someone who merely wishes to conquer Earth.
And once you defeat that enemy, you just... go home. You don't have to risk your entire existence, you just fly home, enemy scattered without their leader. Is it generic? Yes. But after all you've been through?
Yeah. That final sunset really does make the effort worth it. You've earned it.
It IS a rebooted timeline where the tragedy, betrayal, and loss in the original timeline are all averted, so the simplification of matters is an improvement to the parties involved, at least.
@@triplehate6759 Well, except Grapefruit... she just dies a tragic death in both timelines. Sent to kill Great Oppressor solo since the higher ups have so much confidence in the Type-A fighter but ultimately getting mind controlled and forced to betray her sisters. There's no happy ending for her and she's forced to die as an unwilling traitor.
@@marcosperezomg Considering the change of enemy names/themes in the second playthrough, as well as the removal of the more harsh and bitter plot points, I've always seen it that in the second timeline, it isn't the PC's sister/comrade, it is just a generic enemy leader that needs taking out.
@@triplehate6759 You can think of it like that, but that doesn't explain why she gives us the ZeroRanger powerup and sacrifices herself to protect us against the Big Zan laser in loop 1. Despite whichever timeline you're in, it's clear that Grapefruit is struggling to break free and protect us.
@@marcosperezomg I can see that, the enemy leader is called "Great Oppressor", so it wouldn't be too far-fetched for them to be a slave, mind-controlled, etc. Could also be a case of wanting to keep it to a one-on-one duel, i.e. "no one touches my prey but me!" schtick.
This video found its way into my recommendations at the best possible time. I've been obsessed with Void Stranger (another game from the same developer) trying to piece together the story, and I found out that both games actually share important pieces. I'm not usually interested in vertical-scrolling-bullet-hell like this game (also, I'm bad at them) so playing it myself was out of the question. I can't thank you enough for making such a good and crazy run to showcase the most content possible in a single video.
Going back and revisiting this game after playing Void Stranger, you can tell there's a lot of motifs here that carried over. Translating some of the unknown language from the Pandemonion fight and the various murals you see in cutscenes bears second looks.
Holy shit you are right
On one hand, this is a great run of an incredible game.
On the other hand, this is a great run of an incredible game _that I should have played before watching this._
But hey! If you never have watched, this video, you wouldn't have knowed of the best game ever made!
Hey man, wanna thank you deeply for this video. Your commentary is a god send for tips against bosses (Despair specifically) and I really appreciate you added cutscenes and went out of your way to show the monk dialogue and TLB.
Great work!
I wished you clashed drills but besides that thanks for making a complete run through.
Fr, amazing run, but you *have* to clash the drills, it's so hype
Isn't touching tips with drills kinda gay?
@@mesotolioma5089
Yes and no
I will not elaborate
if anything it makes it even better
Brev, every time you made a masterful dodge, I screamed out, "Let's GO YOU BALLER"
Dude, this game makes a regular good ending feel amazing. Having to work for it, to reset everything, makes it that much more worth it.
the best part about this video is the informative nature and the little bit of the player that seeps into it its always great to see how people react to this game
I love that you called the crab Hysteric Empress. Darius Gaiden and ZeroRanger are my two favorite shoot 'em ups. I really appreciated the CC hints. I just got the true ending today and this was just the kind of thing I wanted to see afterwards to see how my playthrough differed from someone else's. Thanks for the upload!
Thank you for your amazing video, i finally comprehend the story thank to it.
I’ve noticed at the end that when you make you final contact with the lotus orb at the end, a ring of symbols lights up around it, and that the number of symbols that light up is based on how much life you have left. Do you think there might be an easier egg there if you beat the lotus jewel with full health?
Edit: Also, great job! This was a truly amazing run, and super informative. Ngl, I thought the C fighter kind of sucked and did the whole play through myself with B (back shot, charge move, drill form). But now I might try it out!
The pause of at 56:47, I felt that
fantastic, thanks for making this video! I am dogshit at shmups but enjoy watching people who are really good at them play them, and this was no exception! I'll pick the game up as a thank you to you for providing this wonderful entertainment, and to the devs for putting so much effort into making it!
25:27 I actually found a semi reliable way of dealing with the orbs at that part. You need the giant drill, it gets a lot easier
I know I'm incredibly late but hey I'm loving the game now so first thank you for showing the demo ending, I didn't even know there was a demo and it adds some backstory that sheds a different light on some events.
Also for the third bonus in 1-1 I tend to start from the bottom of the screen and move up just before the first guardian appears (at the end of the fifth siren with male voice), temporarely slightly increasing the dps making killing the first two much more consistent.
EDIT I wanted to add that at 10:10 if you put yourself just right int he middle you can hit both lanes with the side fire of backshot
Superb run and commentary. Thank you for your efforts!
What a game, my god!
Seeing the lore again before play Void Stranger, just in case!
Ty again for such a good video, nice run!
came here after losing all 5 of my lifes on the final phase of the last boss because I didn't think he would get weaker and I had to figure it out now or never...
I feel you man 😢
@@TheMMMification Hey but GG man, I was on the edge of my seat watching you pull thrught everything 💪💪
You mean the desperation attack? that's the easiest part, you might think you have to escape it entirely but you just have to keep your hitbox (the orange part of your fighter) in the negative space of the lotus and dont touch the lines
@@youngkappakhan I think they're referribg to the true last boss's final attack, where once you reach it you have to wait for the bullet waves to lessen before charging in.
Speaking of that desperation attack, it may technically be the easiest part, but at the end of a long run my nerves were so shot that it became absolutely terrifying for me.
@@TheMMMification TLB's also not bad if you just pause buffer constantly
1:06:32 I've tried stalling in this phase to see what happens. Nothing new happens at one bullet stream, and it'll stay at one stream until you die or finish the fight. I think the music eventually stops too.
Oh, that's pretty rad.
Finally beat the game myself two days ago, and I can't thank your video enough, it didn't help me with the final boss (Beat it on my 5th try) but it helped me regain my progress faster!
"This boss, who I shall call The Orb Spewer..."
I just beat the TLB today.
What an absolute fucking gem of a game.
A jewel, even?
At first glance ,it may be the typical shmup about blowing stuff up ,defeat the aliens and save the world. I couldnt believe they went really far to make the story so interesting. Even if i watch the entire gameplay before buying it ,i definitely will now. What an experience this was
Man, I played this and the final boss is extremely difficult. I had to use all of my continues and make sure to avoid every hit. If that wasn’t enough getting the true ending is a pain if you die in the final part. You have to start the game all over again!
Amazing, thank you for this.
1:01:18
What was Erasure gonna say?
literally nothing, she got interrupted
Probably explaining something about her relationship with her sister.
probably some cryptic messages
A few tips:
If using Drill, Orb Spewer (1-4's boss) is kind of a pushover for both B&C. Just stay in it's face breaking the orbs before he get's a chance to do much with them. I was kinda shocked to see you do a more 'Sword' Strategy with them (Given Sword's more about projectile reflection, something that tends to edge it over Drill.) as a result.
You can bounce up to 3 times in the span of about 2 seconds without taking, the 4rd bounce will cause you to lose a life though. You can bounce off of everything 'Green'.
VS Despair's Orb phase, 9/10 for the 6, it's just better to absorb them all at once when they spawn (as they are like a powerup at this stage, nifty callback huh?), and then let them shatter as you lose a life. Better that then losing 2+ towards that stage and then being in a worse jam then before. Otherwise doing the 'Gem' part, Drilling lets you get up into her face and just CHEW her up, including when you lack backshot or sword to counter her sword attack (So you REALLY do not want to stall and let RNG pull that more then once or twice.)
Also this game's ending segment is a total love letter to Raident Silvergun and E.S.P. RaDe.
Good run regardless though, and nice on the full clear from start to finish! Including without a continue horde for the final bit!
i actually like using the charge shot for the first phase since you can charge it between every attack, timing it whenever the boss indicates its about to spawn orbs and basically clear the screen before it gets a chance to shoot anything, but after it switches to the second phase, putting the drill up so that it is over the spawn point of the orbs trivializes that part of the fight
also another tip which isnt really useful so much as interesting is that in 1-4 you can charge a chargeshot from all the way before the monk boss, popping the bubble with the charging shot and get a laser off in the next boss
also also, despair's glyph phase is much much easier if you dodge the whole thing instead of going in between the gaps of the glyphs, just rotate from top to bottom of the screen as she teleports on you, but dont go into the corners or edges cause she might not teleport there and you'd get cornered
Oh yeah, you said the bhudda skull bombs are p troubling and i have to agree. I found that autofiring the missiles can take them out a few moments before they get close.
Of course this means giving up the charge shot, which is kinda busted on both fighters. I still prefer the missiles though.
After reaching Enlightment, and then doing all over again
There is that sense.. of Longing
"Maybe one day.. we'll really meet once more.
*This time.. we wont be killing each other. We promise."*
Thank you for playing it the way it was intended
So Long, Erasure.
I swear this game has one of the most satisfying soundtrack if not the best, right next to symphony of the night at least.
See now this begs the philosophical question of "is it truly a 1CC if you lost credits to lotus jewel?"...
Jokes aside I love how in sync this run is with the soundtrack especially sacred defender it's just peak
@@HargMentor Thx! Good lord having to no-hit the TLB after all that would be insane XD
Now I get why the text in the end of the True Ending run was shown.
Also, do the symbols before the drawings in the beginning also translate to, "This is a story about a god who wanted to become..."?
If I recall correctly, I believe you're pretty spot on!
@44:56 Is that a safe spot every time for every ship/shot? Or did you just get lucky and not have to dodge anything each time?
It is indeed a safespot, but only if you guide Grapefruit all the way to the right or left sides of the screen first.
@@TheMMMification i still don't understand what's going on, who is great oppressor, why was the computer on his side? And what's going on in attract mode
@@God-ch8lq SERIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD
For the Post-Reset, Great Oppressor is the Post-Reset version of Green Orange. I assume the computer was built by Post-Reset Despair.
If you're talking about the Pre-Reset Computer, I think Erasure (the computer) was forced by Despair to do her bidding, but some of her actions make me question that.
As for the attract mode, what about it confuses you?
@@TheMMMification the strange writing in attract mode
Also, what reset?
@@God-ch8lq That writing is a basic cipher, with each symbol corresponding to an english letter. I'm 99% sure it says, "This is the story of a god who wanted to become..." As for the reset, I'm referring to what happens when you beat the true last boss.
this game was so fucking powerful oh my god
This game is just beautiful
i've been curious about why the color palette changes to gray orange once you get out of the loophole and play the real thing, is it referring that you no longer are in a loophole?
Great video
Is this game one giant tribute to other games? Not that that's a terrible thing. But I noticed some really familiar designs, themes and boss firing patterns.
Ye. It's a love letter to shoot em ups and robot anime.
40:00 Hysteric Empress? As in the Boss from Darius Gaiden?
Ye
@@TheMMMification Fair but where are the Mega Man Zero References?
nice one. must have took a lot of time
I'm surprised this game got away with using copyrighted fighters. Vic Viper (Gradius) and R-9A Arrowhead (R-Type)
They're legally distinct. And it's a reference, not a ripoff.
What a pixel art!!!!!!
What happens after you beat normal mode?
Man, That's insane gameplay. it was a wonderful game of *ZeroRanger* and it's cool. I just played *Blue Wish Desire* with Blue Viper. so, I used my PS4 Controller. Unluckily, there's no sound on my PC.
Undertale Yellow but its HARDCORE
You didn't do the drill counter. I'm greatly disappointed.
@@apostateCourier Alas, I have forever immortalized myself as a wuss.
@@TheMMMification I appreciate your reply, though!
@@apostateCourier Thx, I appreciate the comment!
we need anime about buddhism religion
i think there are couple of them already
I Too, Was In The Final Rush, Today, For The Second Time, And I Made ONE Fatal Mistake -- Even With 5 Credits Left, As I Was Headbutting Through, I Realized I Was TOO EARLY To See It Weaken. I Should Of Had Taken It Slowly. Defeated, All 5 Of My Last Credits Gone, I Uninstalled The Game.
I'll Never Touch It Again, For It Was My Foolishness I Lost To The Final Section Of True Last Boss.
Why surrender now when you were that close last time?
Finally conquer the challenge. Beat the final boss
@@tankthetaFuck This. I'm Getting The TLB's Ass, Tomorrow.
Seems like a game that got some inspiration from Evangelion...
Everybody is so uncultured when trying to guess what this game is referencing with its plot and motifs, it's like 70% Diebuster and maybe 10% Evangelion
type c to me just feels flat out worse in every way to me i dont know whats the appeal of using it over type b outside of just slightly more damage
It looks cooler
Charge shot more powerful (tho less of a shield), sword has rapid attack, extra shot damage can add up. At least, that's why I like it more.
Most if not all of type C's attack have more damage, which you says "slightly" but it adds up really noticeably. Also, B 's largest drill can absorb attacks that none other weapon can absorb, and the sword do rapid attack that constantly protect you from front and side. I do prefer type B more though.
@@FriFreeman while i generally prefer type b, I actually found C better for the final boss.
Our preference for Decker's weapons is the Charge Shot, and the Charge Shot alone. Back Shot and Sword for life.
The back shot melts through Pandemonium like he ain't no thang.
Also, you can cheese grapefruit super hard if you kill his lances with a charge shot JUST as they spawn in each time.