Originally posted by: mbd39
Originally posted by: laddersandcakes
Originally posted by: mbd39
Thus far I can't even comprehend getting over a million points in this game. I can barely break 200,000.
Have you been using some of the tips given in the thread? I found that some of them helped me a lot. Watching that video of the world record holder was great, even if it's not always so easy to put things into practice.
In other news, score updated. 700k and Mr. Brock taunt me!
From this thread I learned about the 5000 point bonus for jump-kicking the hugger, and that is difficult to pull off consistently. I haven't watched the video.
Just jump kick the 12th baddie you kill (if it's a hugger), if not, run the other direction if you can while avoiding the knife throwers, and either jump over the munchkins or "shake" them off. After the 12th, start counting up again from 1
I don't rack up points like that on stage 2, and on stage 4 once you pass the moths, you can do it before fighting the magician (and if you do it right, you can continue it after the magician).
Here's a few tips for the magician (coz everyone has problems with that fucker, myself included):
- When you approach him, alway jump kick and land as close as you can to perform crouching punches.
- If the magician walks backwards away from you, DO THE SAME, then repeat #1
- Be sure to jump at the appropriate spots/distances, otherwise he can throw a ball of whatever toward the ground and it'll hurt you
- DO NOT KICK HIS HEAD OFF
- DO NOT PUNCH TOO QUICKLY
- DO NOT CONTINUE BEING IDLE/KEEPING HIM ON THE SCREEN - he will clone himself and attack you from both sides
Another tip after you defeat Mr. X:
If you stand on the 2nd to last pillar of the level, only munchkins will spawn in groups of 4 for the remainder of the level. This seems to happen on levels 3 and 5, though on level 3, you'll get a knife thrower in the mix, but not on level 5. If I still have the 5000 point jump kick bonus going on, I'll let 8 munchkins come out, then move a few steps back to get a hugger in the mix.
How to beat each boss:
- Stage 1: Run up, and do crouching kicks/sweeps, and run backward after he starts to swing his sword.
- Stage 2: Jump or duck under the boomerang, then jump kick the boss followed by crouching punches as fast as you can. Continue to dodge the boomerang(s) as they return
- Stage 3: Jump kick in the face then crouch and punch as fast as possible. You may get hit once, so try to show up to him with at least 50% life.
- Stage 4: explained above
- Stage 5: Just spam crouching kicks and he'll never be able to get a hit on you
Point Pressing:
- Stage 1, 3, and 5: 5000 point jump kicks
- Stage 2: Take out the dragons and floating exloding balls until about 800 - 900 seconds. In the first loop, you can get about 50,000 - 60,000 on the stage this way, loops 2 and onward you can get 70,000+ pretty consistently.
- Stage 4: If you're ballsy, you can point rack the moths (500 points each, fast spawn times), though I don't recommend it. If you get past the moths, you can begin your 5000 point jump kicks (just start counting at 4, provided you killed the moths on the way there). Typically I'll do the 5000 point tricks here until a knife thrower pops up and ruins it. On later loops, I don't bother with the point racking until after the magician is killed. Sometimes I can do it fast enough and maintain the 5,000 point bonus, but generally I lose count or it gets screwed up by a knifer.
You *should* be able to rack up at least 50,000 points per level (more on later loops), but never risk a life when you're at low health. At the ends of the stage, I exit when the timer drops below 100, and usually end up with between 20 an 45 seconds left on the clock.
Hopefully this helps some of you guys
My first entry into the gauntlet
