So, apparently, cheats.

[Netatsake]

So far I've only 'found' one, but apparently this game has ingrained cheat codes. I say 'codes' because I assume there's one to unlock all guns somewhere, but I haven't found it. Has anyone else stumbled on this game's codes? So far the only thing I've found is Konami Code=Invincibility.

[radotyre/j2]

That's a fun find. Looks like it only works in the steam edition of SUGURI, it doesn't seem to work in either the original or the sequel sora.

[Revenge]

Originally posted by netatsake:

So far I've only 'found' one, but apparently this game has ingrained cheat codes. I say 'codes' because I assume there's one to unlock all guns somewhere, but I haven't found it. Has anyone else stumbled on this game's codes? So far the only thing I've found is Konami Code=Invincibility.

THANK YOU! I Finally beat this game!

It's almost impossible to beat without invincibility. Now I can go back to playing Acceleration of Suguri. ^.^

[Netatsake]

Originally posted by DarkNinjaSandslash:

Originally posted by netatsake:

So far I've only 'found' one, but apparently this game has ingrained cheat codes. I say 'codes' because I assume there's one to unlock all guns somewhere, but I haven't found it. Has anyone else stumbled on this game's codes? So far the only thing I've found is Konami Code=Invincibility.

THANK YOU! I Finally beat this game!

It's almost impossible to beat without invincibility. Now I can go back to playing Acceleration of Suguri. ^.^

Eh. It's not too horribly difficult to beat on easy, but I agree that on the other difficulties it's a pain in the ass. I personally only did it so I could kill off SP Hime.

[Bunny]

I'm actually kind of disturbed they added this :/ it really ruins the ingrity of the gameplay and cheapens the difficulty. I get the game is hard but this is silly. They should of added a baby mode if they were worried about people being that far taken back by how hard it is.

[Netatsake]

Originally posted by AetherealBunny:

I'm actually kind of disturbed they added this :/ it really ruins the ingrity of the gameplay and cheapens the difficulty. I get the game is hard but this is silly. They should of added a baby mode if they were worried about people being that far taken back by how hard it is.

Like most games with cheats, it's also completely optional, and in this case, it's easy not to notice that they're there - I only found this entirely by screwing around on the main menu out of boredom. I heard a sound effect and, sure as ♥♥♥♥, I was unkillable. But keep in mind that, again, they're OPTIONAL. A lot of people are gonna play using the cheat, now that it's public knowledge, sure, but that doesn't mean you have to do the same.

[Bunny]

Originally posted by netatsake:

Originally posted by AetherealBunny:

I'm actually kind of disturbed they added this :/ it really ruins the ingrity of the gameplay and cheapens the difficulty. I get the game is hard but this is silly. They should of added a baby mode if they were worried about people being that far taken back by how hard it is.

Like most games with cheats, it's also completely optional, and in this case, it's easy not to notice that they're there - I only found this entirely by screwing around on the main menu out of boredom. I heard a sound effect and, sure as ♥♥♥♥, I was unkillable. But keep in mind that, again, they're OPTIONAL. A lot of people are gonna play using the cheat, now that it's public knowledge, sure, but that doesn't mean you have to do the same.

Eh, optional or not, that really still cheapens the experience. You don't get the same feeling ever as actually beating the stages/bosses normally. It should of never been added, no matter if it's a cheat code, toggle, etc.

It's not that I don't have to do the same, it's that the game losses it's value as a whole like this. It's honestly disgusting. Contra at least had the right idea with only giving extra lives. It didn't give you unlimited so you still needed to attempt it. It was still hard for little five year olds rushing home from school to try out the neat trick they learned about from their friend at lunch.

Originally posted by Zetto:

I guess it was a fun easter egg they put in the game for whatever reason. Well, if anyone wants to finish the game using the cheat, I guess that's how they enjoy the game.

It's not enjoying the game. It's really not. All it's doing is basically removing hours of gameplay and honestly fair difficulty. When the experience banks on giving you a hell of a fun time due to giving you hell, this ruins it.

It's now a cheap half hour game that you don't feel great about beating. You no longer feel great when you finally get to fight Shifu or Hime at the end. :/

[sora's 青かった星]

I'm disappointed too. Whoever added it sort of missed the point of the game: you're supposed to struggle with it for days, weeks and months, creating more elegant plays on increasingly higher levels as you totally get your money's worth.

The game is beatable on any setting (I've beaten the hardest modes all on S back when I was better!), you just have to memorize where stuff is and learn the patterns, and gradually hone your reflexes. It's a bullet hell game so learning how stuff moves and strategizing a direction to move in is key.

And staying alive is usually more important than spamming attacks. If you can't attack safely, just try to dodge through the light. As long as you can clear or dodge the missiles, you'll eventually soak up enough of a charge to do a hyper. (Try to save your hypers for when you're about to die though.)

The best all around weapon in the game for killing targets is seriously the basic beam riffle. The best secondary for clearing out flak is probably the armory launcher you get later or the 4 canon.

One thing that makes the game easier is the homing missiles have a very predictable delay before they focus you. If a barrage comes, you can just move from one corner to another corner and most of them will miss you.

Now that I've taken a break for a few years, I totally suck again. I also wish this game was updated with Sora's controls, at least the improved targeting and tigter turns, if not the extra hyper and melee slot. I kind of prefer this game's bosses, but it's hard to go back to this game after I've been spoiled by Sora's controls.

[radotyre/j2]

The publishers most likely put it in to facilitate the testing of the Steam version. Clearing the game with it is certainly no accomplishment.

[DangerousDan]

Yeah, it does give you invincibility, and you can actually unlock all weapons this way (Yes, even the Accelerator) but I'm pretty sure it doesn't allow most achievements to be unlocked. I have all weapons and only have the achieve for unlocking the sword.

[Monsieur Crow]

Originally posted by L0rd 0f the V0rtigaunts:

Yeah, it does give you invincibility, and you can actually unlock all weapons this way (Yes, even the Accelerator) but I'm pretty sure it doesn't allow most achievements to be unlocked. I have all weapons and only have the achieve for unlocking the sword.

The "Weapons Fully Loaded" achievement is actually broken to begin with, so I don't think the cheats have any effect on achievements.

EDIT: Seeing how you got both sword achievements, it looks like cheats don't have an effect on Achievements. Classy (!)

[Bunny]

Achievements are meaningless anyway. They only exist to give you something extra to do. It's not the game it's self.

And maybe it was added in for testing but leaving it in was a bad idea ._.

[Netatsake]

Originally posted by AetherealBunny:

Achievements are meaningless anyway. They only exist to give you something extra to do. It's not the game it's self.

And maybe it was added in for testing but leaving it in was a bad idea ._.

Perhaps so, perhaps no. Many games and game companies leave cheats in their games intentionally so that people can mess around with them. Admittedly, some games, that's half the fun - Elder Scrolls and Fallout for example. Though in truth most of it is in mods, a good amount of it i sin the console commands.

[Bunny]

Originally posted by VolbeatinYerAss:

Originally posted by AetherealBunny:

Achievements are meaningless anyway. They only exist to give you something extra to do. It's not the game it's self.

And maybe it was added in for testing but leaving it in was a bad idea ._.

Perhaps so, perhaps no. Many games and game companies leave cheats in their games intentionally so that people can mess around with them. Admittedly, some games, that's half the fun - Elder Scrolls and Fallout for example. Though in truth most of it is in mods, a good amount of it i sin the console commands.

It does depend on the game but there's no denying there's a certain point where you're cheapening the difficulty. Sure, in games like Doom it was kind of cool because it wasn't common knowledge, thanks to the limitations of the internet. But I seriously doubt those cheats are as cool now as they were back then. Usually you struggled through a lot before you had them and for some it was a way to experience the game differently.

This however, is just boring god mode. This isn't walk through walls of spawn demons, just... "carry me through the game so I do nothing but press buttons." ._.; And with it now being common knowledge, there's...really nothing to it.

[Monsieur Crow]

Originally posted by AetherealBunny:

Originally posted by VolbeatinYerAss:

Perhaps so, perhaps no. Many games and game companies leave cheats in their games intentionally so that people can mess around with them. Admittedly, some games, that's half the fun - Elder Scrolls and Fallout for example. Though in truth most of it is in mods, a good amount of it i sin the console commands.

It does depend on the game but there's no denying there's a certain point where you're cheapening the difficulty. Sure, in games like Doom it was kind of cool because it wasn't common knowledge, thanks to the limitations of the internet. But I seriously doubt those cheats are as cool now as they were back then. Usually you struggled through a lot before you had them and for some it was a way to experience the game differently.

This however, is just boring god mode. This isn't walk through walls of spawn demons, just... "carry me through the game so I do nothing but press buttons." ._.; And with it now being common knowledge, there's...really nothing to it.

>implying idkfa wasn't and isn't the best thing ever

[DangerousDan]

So, apparently, DOOM.