GRIEFSYNDROME
"Like Metal Slug with magical girls."
I COME TO GAMES FORUM FOR MANLY SHOOTING THINGS GAMES AND GET LITTLE GIRLS
WHAT GIVES
Well, besides the fact that you can shoot things if you feel like it, too bad niga.
This game is, basically, a side scrolling beat/shoot-'em-up game. It's nice and (relatively) straight forward and basic game. Even though it's hard as hell.
ALRIGHT WHO MADE THIS THEN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TasofroTwilight Frontier's the name, and they are notable for also making the Touhou fighting game
Immaterial and Missing Power as well as its sequel
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, among other doujin games.
SCREENSHOTS
How blunt.
Here's a few of me playing as Homura because I'm lazy.
(i died ;^;)
VIDEOS?
Here's someone playing as Mami, one of the harder characters to play as.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3doplECWKgMThey're actually alright as her. :B
Another person as Homura.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww42bb0QYFUi like to think i'm a better homu. :B
Playing as Sayaka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LEkxU6emdYnot good stage choice for her. ._.
As Kyouko.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIHroIo7lPUThe hidden Oktavia fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_RCqsOGfZA;^;
Madoka against Walpurgis Nacht, the final boss of everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulRUS2Ymj1si am not looking forward to this fight.
THIS stuff LOOKS FAMILIAR
Does it?
HOW DO YOU PLAY?
The controls are
Left, Right arrow keys: Movement
Up, Down arrow keys: Aim or use alternate attacks in combination with the Z and X keys
Z: Quick/Weak attack
X: Strong attack
A: Special Ability
C: Jump. Hold down and press C while standing on platforms to drop through.
Q: Menu
CHARACTERS TO PLAY AS?
Shamelessly copy pasted from the wiki.Madoka
Madoka is a ranged attacker who relies on charging up abilities. She can use cheap tactics to rain destruction on enemies without allowing them any opportunity to fight back, and possesses a huge soul limit, but she is vulnerable to being interrupted while charging attacks, has a limited set of abilities, and her main attacks require precise aiming.
Status Base:
Vitality: 92
Power: 10
Soul limit: 28875
SL lost in revive: 9,6%
Growth Per level
Vitality: +4
Power: +1
Soul limit: +128
Abilities:
Strong Attack: Fire a piercing arrow horizontally. Holding the key down causes Madoka to charge up for more power. Charged version has unlimited piercing and will knockback into a wallbounce.
Quick Attack: Fire a barrage of arrows. Holding the key down increases the number of arrows fired. Holding up or down while starting the attack causes Madoka to aim upwards or downwards. Pushes back both large and small enemies.
Special: Arrows rain from the sky, damaging all enemies near Madoka. The shower will knock down enemies.
Charging: While charging up attacks, Madoka can float in the air. She can do this indefinitely, staying out of an enemy's reach.
Idle: Madoka looks super cute.
Review/Tips: Madoka has the most SL out of the characters, both starting and growth rate. Don't take her charging shots for granted, they are very effective in stunning/controlling mobs of enemies, especially with their knockback. All her moves essentially put the enemies in a stun state and do quick and rapid damage. To get out of a crowded situation you can fire her special as a canopy of safety, while it rains death on the enemy you are being protected at the same time. Not bad eh? When she fires her bow in midair, it creates a magical platform where she is suspended for a few seconds. Madoka can store a charge of the quick attack by jumping after charging it, or by fully charging a strong attack. If a quick attack is used next, it will start charging from level 2. Therefore, alternating between strong and quick attacks maximizes damage.
Homura
(always been taboob's favorite, and does great in this game too! :B) Homura is a ranged attacker who uses combinations of explosives and gunfire to attack. She's deadly and versatile, but has a very low soul limit and requires tactical play to set up combos.
Status Base:
Vitality: 88
Power: 10
Soul limit: 17460
SL lost in revive: 16,5%
Growth Per level
Vitality: +4
Power: +1
Soul limit: +102
Abilities:
Quick Attack: Fire a rather weak handgun. Can be fired 7 times. Bullets will disappear before reaching full screen.
Standing Strong Attack: Machine gun. If used midair, the gun will change to an M4 but do the same damage. Will slow your fall in mid-air. Bullets do not disappear.
Left/Right Strong Attack: Bazooka. May be jump-canceled anytime after the projectile is fired. May miss close grounded enemies.
Down Strong Attack: Jump and drop a grenade. Pushes Homura back a little. Holding left or right will throw the bomb farther.
Up Strong Attack: Mortar. May be jump-canceled any time after the mortar appears, even before it is fired, making this move effective for setting up high-damage combos.
Up Strong Attack(mid-air): Throws a pipe bomb upwards. Moves Homura forward slightly. Holding left or right will throw the bomb farther.
Special: Freeze time for a few seconds.
Idle: The wind be blowing back and forward a lot.
Review/Tips: Homura is a great character to have for multiplayer. Not only does her special (time freeze) stack with other character's moves, but she has quite a few defensive maneuvers as well. While weak in the soul limit and life department, she does have the fastest growth of soul limit per level. Though her Soul Limit is quite low and drains quickly and she lacks the jumping abilities of the other girls, she makes up for it with fast projectiles and a time-freezing special. It's worthy of note that Homura and her allies are completely invulnerable to enemy attacks during a time stop and can walk into projectiles and enemies without consequences.
Mortar/Nade Spam: Hold up/right or up/left then tap XC repeatedly to rain down explosions to your enemies
Homura rocket-cancel: Hold right or left direction then X followed by CX then followed by CX, if done correctly you should fire 3 rockets in one go
A decent combo for her is to freeze time, throw a grenade, then shoot the bazooka and finish off with a standing strong attack. This should generally launch them up and use the bazooka to push them while the bullets are hitting them.
Mami
Mami is a hybrid melee-ranged fighter who is widely regarded as the most difficult character to play. Her muskets have a very short range, her damage is low, and her truly powerful move, Tiro Finale, turns an enormous amount of the health bar blue.
Status Base:
Vitality: 110
Power: 10
Soul limit: 22278
SL lost in revive: 14,8%
Growth Per level
Vitality: +5
Power: +1
Soul limit: +84
Abilities:
Quick Attack: Summon and fire muskets in succession with very low range, but AoE damage. Can be pressed 8 times.
Standing Strong Attack: Multiple Muskets. The longer you hold it the more muskets will appear. This can hold you still in the air.
Left/Right Strong Attack: Step forward and strike the enemy with muskets, followed by a very strong dual musket shot with a little movement in the direction you are pressing. Hits behind Mami as well.
Down Strong Attack: A cloth whip that will hold enemies still. You can continue holding the button down to keep them still longer. Will not hold bosses down.
Up Strong Attack: Mami's hands turn into cannons and fire upwards diagonally to either side. Does not hit directly above her, though it has good vertical range.
Dive Hop: Down and jump on enemy for no damage.
Special: Tiro Finale. Summons a very large musket and fires a strong laser. Considering the subtraction from the health bar, this move is extremely risky, and is best used to punish bosses when they present an opening. The button can be hold down for a longer duration, but consume more in the process. (i.e. Impossible to perform when the move can drain nearly all of the bar)
Idle: I can almost see them! ALMOST! ALMOST!
Review/Tips: Mami has a sizable SL supply but takes a considerable hit when reviving as well (nearly double the cost of some other characters) making her large pool quite deceptive as you will see your reserves run dry if you are not careful. While extremely vulnerable if enemies get the upper hand, her evasion skills are unsurpassed. Jumping and shooting the rifle leaves her nearly invulnerable while floating airborne. Her hitbox is near her feet at this state. The same goes for the dual cannon move which does big damage to boot. Her special is a boss killer but be aware you need to back up more since the gun takes a large portion of the screen and only hits in front. I would say you need to back up nearly full screen distance for it to hit. Repeatedly jump-canceling her forward-strong attack allows her to advance across the screen while attacking. Using her up strong attack during the rising part of a jump causes her to do the attack during the jump. Using it during the falling part of a jump causes her to do an extra small jump and then the attack. This attack can be used as a third jump in tight situations. Also, a good way to do damage against high up or large enemies is to do an up strong attack on the ground, and then jump cancel it and do a rising up strong attack and repeat when you land. Using her down strong attack causes a quick jump forward, and if you cancel it right after the whip comes out with a jump, you can move forward quickly.
Sayaka
(if she ends up dying at any time, you get the special Oktavia stage! :B) Sayaka is a mobile melee fighter who uses charges and aerial attacks. She is an extremely powerful solo character whose diving attack can destroy enemies easily. Her strong attacks can chain into each other, making her extremely mobile while attacking.
Status Base:
Vitality: 138
Power: 10
Soul limit: 19935
SL lost in revive: 6,2%
Growth Per level
Vitality: +6
Power: +1
Soul limit: +82
Abilities:
Quick Attack: Swing her sword back and forward. Can be pressed 8 times with the 8th being a step froward and slash.
Standing Strong Attack: Lunge forward. Chargeable.
Left/Right Strong Attack: Forward slash attack. Will knock back small enemies.
Down Strong Attack: Jump backwards and then diagonally attack the way you were facing.
Up Strong Attack: Jump forward diagonally. Can be done twice. Beware using this move in the air, it incurs a long recovery time.
Dive Hop: Down and jump on enemy for no damage.
Special: Forward dash. Press Strong Attack during the beginning to add a powerful attack with not much extra cost to your bar. During the dash you do not take hit stun, but you can still take damage.
Idle: Bouncy. Well, except for her chest. Why so flat, Sayaka?
Review/Tips: Sayaka is the definitive powerhouse that can tank it out with little to no effort. Her attacks are very strong and fast and is probably the most powerful character in the game (at least for lower Laps). Her left/right strong attack will stun enemies and send them flying into the wall. A good way damage enemies, especially those on later laps with lots of hp, without fear of retaliation is to continuously hit them into the wall. This works on larger enemies, as well. Just hit them as they're bouncing off the wall to negate their super armor, and then the next hit will slam them into the wall, again. You have to really try hard to die on the first few laps of the game.
Kyouko
Kyouko is an offensively oriented melee fighter who has high damage attacks that cover wide areas. She is an extremely powerful solo character who can destroy waves of enemies easily in the early laps, but she can't handle taking very much damage.
Status Base:
Vitality: 95
Power: 10
Soul limit: 23742
SL lost in revive: 12,5%
Growth Per level
Vitality: +5
Power: +1
Soul limit: +87
Abilities:
Quick Attack: Swing her spear. 2 pokes 6 swings. Can be pressed 8 times.
Standing Strong Attack: Lunge forward. Chargeable.
Left/Right Strong Attack: Spinning double hit.
Down Strong Attack: Jump and slash down. While in midair her attack changes to a charge downward.
Up Strong Attack: Use her spear like a pole vault bending it and causing it to spring upward. Even in the air...
Dive Hop: Down and jump on enemy for no damage.
Special: Create a barrier to block the enemies.
Idle: No Pocky?
Review/Tips: Kyouko is no pushover and is excellent at crowd control and melee combat. Although the slower of the two tanks, Kyouko's spear launch move deals great damage and is particularly effective at evading attacks. The spear charge is her damage-dealer. Her Spear twirl grants invulnerability frames. Her special has limited use, such as projectile evading but usually hurts more than helps her because it ironically leaves this tank in a vulnerable state.
The most useful attack for Kyouko at lower levels (i.e., Lap 26) is her Up Strong Attack. This attack is her third strongest attack (behind the Charged Lunge and Downward Strong attacks), covers an enormous area (including behind her) and can be spammed quickly, juggling enemies with ease. At lower levels , this attack will OHKO small enemies rendering even the largest crowds a trivial chore.
WOW THAT WAS LENGTHY BUT OKAY WHERE DO I GET THIS?
Hey you ask for it you get it. The game was distributed at Comiket 80 and the installer can be downloaded in two parts
here and
here.
GROSS MEDIAFIRE
feels bad man
WAIT WHAT'S THIS OTHER PROGRAM WITH THE NIGHTMARE CAT/SQUIRREL/DOG/forgetER'S FACE
That'd be the configuration program. The text is in Japanese (or broken gibberish if your computer is mean) so here's what each field is.
IS THERE ANY MULTIPLAYER?
There can be local multiplayer for up to 3 people, with 2 playing with gamepads/controllers and another on the keyboard. There's no support for online play unfortunately, but it'd probably be difficult to work out because of how stages are organized and how characters level.
COOL ANY OTHER SITES I CAN SEE ABOUT IT?There's the aforementioned wiki page that I shamelessly stole from:
http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Grief_SyndromeAnd then there's the official page in Japanese:
http://www.tasofro.net/mdk/
DISCUSS
