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I'd like to thank my laptop for this impossible badge win and delivering a consistent 11fps. I felt like Neo from the metrix dodging all those shots.
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I just got the impossible badge easier using 9 rockets, 3 power boosters, 3 advanced targeting systems, and 1 absorption panel.
To afford this, I grinded for money on stage 5-3 by staying at the top of the screen with 3 magnets, and quitting before the boss. My rockets took care of everything.
I'm using Chrome zoomed in to 125% to make bullets bigger and easier to dodge.
Firing SO many rockets during secondary fire also lags and SLOWS DOWN THE GAME making it easier to dodge.
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I really don't like that we have to start a new game to edit the modifiers or change ships. It's a deep enough score/achievement system that it could get endlessly grindy and frustrating if we're constantly changing modifiers to try to maximize score. PLEASE let us change them in game. Also, it would be nice to be able to purchase different ships in the same file. Sticking with the same ship seems a bit punishing for someone who picks poorly in the beginning but still wants to get a lot of achievements or something. On that note, I noticed that achievements don't transfer over save files. It would be nice if they did.
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Could use a weapon storage type thing... it's a pain to try different weapons and being forced to sell it and buy it back later.
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Very challenging, but the save feature means that you can always pick up where you left off, and earning money even when you die means you can slowly build up to your ultimate ship. Good game.
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This awesome moment when u are in the corner dodging for ur life doing the impossible badge when suddenly... ur mouse is a pixel to much to the side and ur ship stops moving cuz Simon says so... and u die...
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Ivod's suggestions are good, but I highly recommend you buy one Emergency Device among your accessories. When you enter secondary fire with one equipped, all bullets near your ship will turn into harmless coins, allowing you to escape sticky situations. However, after you use it, you have to wait something like 5-10 seconds to use it again.
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the impossible one doesn't have to be in succession right? I an just come back and do a level unharmed later if I messed up?
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Always epic game Frantic series! An alternative TIPS for IMPOSSIBLE BADGE "lazy version":select Tactician ship(fast regen energy and 12 accessory),select Kamikaze and Casual.Buy early 4 rockets(after some levels you can afford the first rocket)and buy 1 laser(clicking on the DarkGreen slot as ivod wrote(thx ivod),no problem if laser dont hit boss.With these weapons you do not have to worry about hitting enemies and bosses standing to the side dodging,but you have to worry only to avoid the bullets,and money will rain toward you.Buy 3 Overdrive Drive,3 Advanced Targeting,3 Power Booster,3 Coin Magnet for get fast money,after change it with 3 Absorption Panels;)In Area5 bonus3 change laser with cannon.With this ship that has fast charging of energy,you can use Secondary Weapon when there are so many enemies(just a few clicks and the rockets will clean everything easily meanwhile you can asleep):D Do the same obvious tactic..survival dodge!You have earned all achievements!Have a good game
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Bosses are a bit too easy. I'm not very good at these games and they're pretty easy to evade. Also be nice if the coin magnet accessory was upgradeable. Good game though.
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A really nice improvement would be changing the secondary shot button to a keyboard button like spacebar, rather than the left mouse button. In those tight, really challenging boss fights, such as the beginning of area 5 bonus 2, releasing the mouse button and clicking it again often causes an unintentional and relatively slight bump of the mouse, which is more than enough to kill you easily because your ship strayed to the side by a few pixels. Also, make the death animation shorter, or skippable. It's quite frustrating going for a challenge like the impossible badge and dying, and then sitting through the 6-second long explosion sequence when all you want to do is jump back into the action and try again.
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Quick hint for the people struggling with almost impossible small spaces you have to survive: Get the upgrades that gives Shield for scraping.
When a fight starts try to get a full shield, then when you get a point where you struggle just press spacebar before that point on the 2nd run and burst the boss down (at the cost of the shield) And make sure to recharge it with the modules right away so you can burst in another pinch.
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My first impossible badge! Yayzorzomfgzorzrz! Thanks for the tips and video, though i improved them a little, the base is still very helpful.
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Commander: Soldiers! Quit firing directly at the damn ship! Fire intricate bullet designs, especially spirals! That'll get 'em!
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@ivod many thx for your tips :)
i've used 2 absorption panels, 2 power booster, 2 SETA device and 1 advanced targeting if can help other peoples.
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What the Bullet Hell? Did somebody just shoot you with a bunch of Zero Bombs? The rating has plummeted like my ship! Oh ship...
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Well...I don't know how to "avoid lag" when the boss in the game is causing it. I would probably stop using the overcharge capability on the weapons, or you need to just get a better computer.
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PLEASE PLEASE figure out a way to lock the cursor to the game screen.. or maybe pause when mouse leaves the screen, or something. I die so much because my ship just stops and sits there if i step so much as 1 pixel over the border.
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Always epic game Frantic series! An alternative tips for Impossible Badge "lazy version":select Tactician ship(fast regen energy and 12 accessory),select Kamikaze and Casual.Buy early 4 rockets(after some levels you can afford the first rocket)and buy 1 laser(clicking on the DarkGreen slot as ivod wrote(thx ivod),no problem if laser dont hit boss.With these weapons you do not have to worry about hitting enemies and bosses standing to the side dodging,but you have to worry only to avoid the bullets,and money will rain toward you.Buy 3 Overdrive Drive,3 Advanced Targeting,3 Power Booster,3 Coin Magnet for get fast money,after change it with 3 Absorption Panels;)In Area5 bonus3 change laser with cannon.With this ship that has fast charging of energy,you can use Secondary Weapon when there are so many enemies(just a few clicks and the rockets will clean everything easily meanwhile you can asleep):D Do the same obvious tactic..survival dodge!You have earned all achievements!Have a good game
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Frantic 2 was a great game, fun, challenging, and, most importantly, polished. This seems unfinished or rushed. The core gameplay is good, most likely copied from Frantic 2 with some graphics changes. But the shop seems buggy (extra weapon and accessory slots) and unfinished (no stats about anything). Coins become useless long before you've finished playing if you're trying to get unharmed achievements, but there's no option to disable coins, which was highly requested on Frantic 2 comments. I want to like this game, because I liked Frantic 2 so much, but it really adds nothing to the series. Rating: 2/5
I will gladly upgrade to 5/5 if the developer makes a few changes.
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I finished the game with Setas on instead of power boosters to get the impossible badge, but everything else close enough to the same. Seta + Absorber means you can slow your way through the hardest parts of anything, and you can rapid toggle the slowdown to get a lot of scrapes and pick up absorption boosts along the way. It has good sustain and I found the combination to be a godsend against the 5-6 boss. It's significantly harder than the rest of the game.
One general advice on the 5-6 boss: In his final third, he starts summoning bombs. You have to get to the bottom middle as quickly as possible, as you'll get trapped almost anywhere else. Immediately after the bombs, get away from the bottom middle, because shortly after this, he'll summon red orbs from offscreen, which will instantly kill you upon spawning if you stay there. Both these phases killed me the first time I encountered them due to the sheer cheapness of them.
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Bug: Enemies killed outside the screen (especially at the top) do not drop money. (Actually they drop, but money just disappear because they outside the screen...).
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For the first time in my life I had to turn down my mouse sensitivity to finish a game. Also, my in-built SETA Drive (lag) was not enough to slow down the bullets. A great addition to the bullet hell genre. A real shooter.