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| High Score Competition #126 Bosconian |
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| mimic:
--- Quote from: Kier on October 20, 2013, 08:21:45 pm ---I am horrible at this game, and I just wanted you all to know this. --- End quote --- Take a picture of your score and give us an idea of what "horrible" is. Most likely you need some practice and some research on how to score some extra points (take a look at the attract mode, *wink*, *wink*) . My score is after maybe 15 games tops and that's spread out over several days (although I had an idea how to play that game.) Btw a lot of new posters chimed-in, on this competition. |
| Cynicaster:
251,790 |
| jdbailey1206:
--- Quote from: Kier on October 20, 2013, 08:21:45 pm ---I am horrible at this game, and I just wanted you all to know this. --- End quote --- :D Don't feel bad Kier. I was playing this last night while watching television with my wife and only got 20,895. I found I got more points over the course of my practice runs by being more tactical then just ramming through the levels. Gonna try again tonight. Good luck and keep trying. |
| kixfan:
Nice score Cynicaster. :applaud: I WAS going to post MY 1st place score but you beat me to it. I guess I will have to settle for 2nd, for now! :badmood: 232,510 Level 14 is pretty insane. The bases are placed next to each other in pods of 2 or 3. I went from start to finish using kill shots. I can probably gain 15-20k if I do the first few rounds for points. |
| Cynicaster:
--- Quote from: kixfan on October 22, 2013, 10:26:32 pm ---Level 14 is pretty insane. The bases are placed next to each other in pods of 2 or 3. I went from start to finish using kill shots. I can probably gain 15-20k if I do the first few rounds for points. --- End quote --- Yeah, there’s definitely a risk/reward mechanic at play in Bosconian. It’s tempting to squeeze out all the points possible by going after the individual pods of the stations, but I find that once you get a few levels into the game, the “condition red” thing starts happening so quickly that the best bet is to just shoot the pods that are within “line of sight” then go for the kill shot and move on to the next base. With all of the attacking formations, mines, rocks, bullets, and missiles, you can waste a lot of time simply trying to get to the opposite side of a base alive, then once you get there, you still need to land hits on the pods, which might take a few tries. Before you know it, you’ve got a condition red alarm going off, with surviving bases sitting untouched on the other end of the map. This game gets pretty darn hectic after level 10 or so; sometimes it gets so twitchy that I feel like I’m going to inadvertently rip my joystick right out of the panel. Really fun though. I think Bosconian might be one of the most underrated games of the era, as I’d never even heard of it until fairly recently. |
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