Classic bullet hell. Press '1' to use continues/skip cutscenes. Go for Arrange 1CC before "Aki and Akka". Guide/roadmap available, see Full Review. ~20+ hours to 100%, extremely based on skill.
Classic bullet hell. Press '1' to use continues/skip cutscenes. Go for Arrange 1CC before "Aki and Akka". Guide/roadmap available, see Full Review. ~20+ hours to 100%, extremely based on skill.
There is a much easier way to do the shot counter achievements that is not mentioned in the steam guide:
Read the description of the video for the set up, and remember that it has to be done in a real run (can be done on Maniac Novice).
Arrange 1CC
The Steam guide has great advice for approaching the Arrange 1CC, so read that. But here's some of my own advice as well:
Holding down the Shot button on Arrange actually does less damage than Full Auto. You can use this reduced damage for scoring purposes, otherwise hold Full Auto and then Shot to avoid the reduction in damage.
Learn to route Stages 4 and 5, and practice Aki until you can beat him with 3 lives consistently. Looking at several videos of clears is helpful.
Learn to score on Stages 1 and 2. Make sure to keep the counter alive and be aware that the counter each boss has is the one used as the starting counter for the next stage. Use the less powerful shot and use time between boss phases to get close to rapidly increase the counter.
Do not be afraid to bomb, especially during and after late Stage 3. Always keep a bomb on you to take an extra hit.
Aki and Akka Kill
The Aki and Akka achievement is rather miserable. See steam guide for videos on the exploit and for the settings for the supershot exploit.
Has to be done in a real Ultra Normal run, but can credit feed to Aki. Aki times out and dies once ~6 minutes have passed in his 2nd form. if that happens you will not get the achievement and you will have to start another run. Doing the Arrange 1CC first will familiarize you with all attacks except the very last one. Having that extra time for the final attack is crucial.
I would recommend using Trace over Formation. Use the supershot exploit (specifically for W-Shot) for increased damage at point blank range. You hold Full Auto and then hold Rapid Shot (it's a seperate keybind from Shot).
Aki's shield takes more time to go away after dying than it does after bombing. Keep this in mind if the timing calls for it.
From my experience, the projectile spawn exploit does not perfectly work consistently, but it is still very useful. Generally speaking bombing and manipulating the bullet spawns can result in some spots where there are less bullets than there should be. Take the chance to get in damage when that happens. Good luck.
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