Originally posted by: arnpoly

As far as pathing goes, I always take the upper path.  I don't think this is true but I feel if I'm not careful taking the lower path that I'll miss the bonus room.

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel


Bonus room is the 2nd room on the lower path and it is impossible to miss.

On the upper path, since the bonus room appears later, it actually is possible to miss.
 

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm getting warmed up! Was going really well until I got to the "secret room nearby" room. I guess fatigue is setting in. I'll see if I can beat this tomorrow with limited time,but if not tomorrow then saturday this game is going down!

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel



That room is either REALLY easy (if you have a missile launcher) or pretty tough (if you have a non-explosive weapon).

Originally posted by: gutsman004




I can't remember what weapon I had. I just started getting tired and lost focus. Most likely I had the spread gun as it's by far my favorite. As far as the score,what I've been doing is I'll try to run circles around the enemies and shoot them when I can if I have a weapon that doesn't have a wide range like the rocket launcher so I don't get killed from them swarming me from multiple directions but if I have a weapon like the grenades or the spread shot then I stand in middle of the room and fight,taking out most/all the enemies that come from one direction. Wash,rinse,repeat. Playing this way is more effective than just "guns a blazin'." It saves weapon ammo for when you really need it plus it allows you to maneuver without fear of being killed near the doorways. It takes longer but it is a lot less risky. And as far as picking up prizes,I left a lot on the table. My priorities were: Conserve lives,conserve weapons,collect money/prizes. Also I denoted the room in which I died to be as transparent as possible for this contest. Maybe this should have been a low scoring contest. Matter of fact next time I play I think I will play as if it is indeed a low scoring contest.

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

Just as a benchmark -  a "guns blazing" game that picks up 90%+ of the drops is only sitting around 6 - 6.5MM by the time you get to that particular room, and barely has over 8MM by the time you reach the final boss.

But as a strategy, I can't disagree with your methods, since that is a lot more reliable that how I play.  (i.e. only fighting when you have a weapon of mass destruction versus the pea shooter).

Originally posted by: gutsman004

The more I think about it,the more I think this should have been a low scoring contest.

Originally posted by: guillavoie


I remember proposing this to Bimmy, but I think the difficulty to figure out where the player is exactly in the game (given the screeenshot) was a big problem.

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Has anyone else cleared a room and never get the exits to come up and had to reset? This just happened on my latest run and it's the second time it has happened to me.

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel



I have had it take awhile because I was ahead of the item spawning sequence.

Originally posted by: gutsman004

The rooms in this game are way too freaking long. Makes the game tedious. Starting to lose interest in this one. Plus it's pretty unfun to spend a lot of time on a run and get really far into the game only to die on some garbage.