Autofire on or off?

[hx]

So, what is better, autofire on , or off? I currently have autofire off, but I am wondering if autofire on shoots that same amount. If it does, then I suppose it's kinda pointless to wear out my thumb mashing the A button.

[nowayman]

autofire seems like cheating but I don't think there's a down side to having it on.

And yeah, mashing hurts after a short while.

[Yoyo]

If you mash fast enough the maximum firing speed is the same with or without autofire so really its up to you, personally it feels a little cheap

[Smiley Trashbag]

I feel like Autofire sort of takes a bit of the fun out of it, but I won't stop anyone from using it.

[uNoT!brucelee]

autofire is not cheating at all the world records at arcade are often with autofire on. So dont worry its better then destroy your gamepad. It depends on you.

[Shadowspaz]

I feel dirty using it because it kinda does feel like cheating: "I can't hit the button that fast so I'll have the game do it for me." But if the original arcade version had an autofire option, then I'm fine with it. As long as it isn't offering easier control alternatives for a new generation of gamers.

[PsychedelicPet]

Arcade version had autofire option? Never seen that

[Astori Heichalot]

I dont see any point in autofiring anyway, since this game is rarely required tapping.
each guns shoot differently, mostly used is heavy machine gun, laser & any type of device weaponries do not require tapping (a button press will release a period of shooting).
alternatively, basic gun could be tapped, but only really useful (make things easier) on last mission (meteors & falling walls).
on the otherside, rocket launcher, shotgun & flamethrower are too valuable to be auto-fired

but that's probably me, pretty sure there are alot of non-veteran sluggers which love to get an autofire option

[PsychedelicPet]

Using the pistol to it's full advantage requires you to have a good mashing finger. (crounching and firing)

[uNoT!brucelee]

Your veteran point makes no sense. Like i sayed on the arcade the world record was made with autofire on and you wanne say he have no skill? Whatever and they use any modified arcade version but in a arcade hall. So its not any emulator or anything other. And if i read it right there is no standart for records at all. It give a 10.8 or 10.7 record that is near perfection at level 4 and on emulator 10.9. That was all with autofire if im right. I will re read the threat. And on level 8 there must be a 20million record. Whatever again autofire is not really cheating i feel stupid smashing the buttons all the time. Its k it makes the game more fluid in my eyes. And yes on the regular aracde machine is no autofire. They use regular machine too but with modifications like autofire and the japanese version the western editions seems different. Its not tha easy. There are no standart regulations for it.

[Astori Heichalot]

Originally posted by valetudoent:

Your veteran point makes no sense. Like i sayed on the arcade the world record was made with autofire on and you wanne say he have no skill?

hes a world record holder, with or without autofire, he still outperforming you lot by alot anyway.
unless, you or any other guy can reach the world records score by playing autofire, but ofcourse you cant, which make your argument invalid

Originally posted by valetudoent:

Whatever again autofire is not really cheating i feel stupid smashing the buttons all the time.

hmm I dont see anyone saying that autofiring is cheating, not sure what make you say that.
but this game was first invented on arcade (neogeo) which originally do not have autofire on it, so people who plays this game out of arcade-nostalgia would feel significantly different when the "button mashing" is removed.

[Dawg Barkz]

Is an option, and honestly... I don't think using it makes you less of a fan, I mean... meh, after all is just a game to have fun with, is not like you're using Chear-Engine-like stuff to mess with the game . __.

[Creatures]

In my opinion save your poor buttons and put autofire on. only downside to it is you occasionally lose some ammo on certain guns from leaving your finger on the button a split sec to long (heavy grenade comes to mind)

On the point of world record holding and such. Western countries seem to be pretty hardcore about system defaults for no real reason than it (maybe) sounds more impressive on paper. Japan is a whole lot more lax with the criteria and auto-fire is usually perfectly acceptable in games. So I guess go with whatever you want, doesnt really matter as long as you're having fun with it!

[Axer]

I don't really consider it cheating since this game is bloody hard even with it on.

And yea the original Neo game machines had dip switches/bio menus you could set to enable auto fire I believe. Certainly wasn't a default or common thing, but I imagine a few arcade owners had it on.

It does have one flaw tho: Since the game has heavy slowdown with huge numbers of projectiles on the screen, holding down the button with autofire can result in a slower overall experience, especially on the flying level - it slows down a lot with tons of projectiles.