How aabout the scoring in the game Cadash? ItB4s a roleplaying game and the only "score" you get is gold, and experience points..

Any sugestions?

Regards

QRS

-- QRS (qrs@telia.com), November 09, 2000

Answers

not interesting.

because both of them (score,gold) is stopped at 60,000.

I can get them with ease.

-- Hisa-Chan (weavuspert@yahoo.co.jp), November 09, 2000.

How about levels???????

It was done with Mario 3....

GG

-- Game Guru (gameguru@cableinet.co.uk), November 10, 2000.

The only problem with going 'levels' is they aren't really discretely defined, and you sometimes go back and forth through them. The only alternative I can think of is 'number of bosses killed.' (Which would mean Hisa's recording didn't get max because he actually skips a section, but I'm sure he could manage the extra quest.)

But Hisa's recording brings up another issue -- leeching. He spends a great deal of time -- something like 15 minutes of it -- sitting around whomping enemies to build up experience. (So under the current scoring system he gets the 'max score' only halfway through the game, so it definitely should be different from xp.) The only thing is, since this is rpg-like, what counts as leeching in this game? Most rpgs do feature some amount of level-building.

(BTW, I do think Hisa does clear-cut leeching in his King of Dragons recording and that one should be removed. He keeps killing enemies in one room and running out of time but he gets enough points to get extra lives at the same time.)

-- jbd (jdyer41@aol.com), November 12, 2000.

Jdb: The leeching factor in games are always a "grey zone" (quoting Brian mclean:) I mean If Hisa leech for a long time and hen finish the game itB4s ok for me, but If he doesnB4t then itB4s not ok I think.. ItB4s more like getting the most points out of a game and then finish it! In kod he leech to get maxlevel... and in cadash he does the same thing..

Ok itB4s rather boring o watch it, but compare it to Arkanoid II (Even allowed on t4) where noone finished the game.. and the scores was about 900k! and 90% of the points came from level5.. thatB4s leeching I think..

But as I just said.. C tB4s a greay zone indeed!

Anyway comments are always welcome:)

Regards

QRS

-- QRS (qrs@telia.com), November 12, 2000.

Reasonable system: ALL SCORES admit if he finish the game.
All scores disqualified if he cannot finish.
It should apply not only RPG but all shootings,actions,and puzzles which has ending.
maybe all replayers will against this opinion...

-- Hisa-Chan (weavuspert@yahoo.co.jp), November 14, 2000.

Remember that there aren't a lot of MARPers, Hisa, and we're not able to finish every game we touch. The quality would be higher if we stuck to that standard, for certain, but we'd also be turning away a lot of people for want of the ability to finish any games. That can't be much good for the site...

Since I'm rambling, Hisa, do you know where I can purchase back issues of Gamest or even the newer magazine that has taken over (the name slips my mind at the moment)? I've always had some desire to see it, and it would probably motivate me to continue my Japanese studies...

-- Brian McLean (bmclean84@hotmail.com), November 14, 2000.

"Reasonable" system?

While I'm one of the most ardent supporters of the one-credit finish, there is no way I would want to see MARP be restricted to that. The great thing about MARP is that anyone can come along and upload any score they want (provided the recording plays back to the posted score). Requiring that games always reach the end would result in a lot less uploads, and less interest and participation in MARP. Do we really want that to happen?

A suggestion, Hisa - stop obsessing over what the world records are and how your scores compare, and get back to playing games for what they were meant for - FUN.

-BBH

-- BBH (lordbbh@aol.com), November 14, 2000.

Then please admit not only non-finish but also leeching finish.
It seemed leeching,but leeching area is very fun.last stage of alkanoid's last4 of 1942,stage 6 of KOD and floor 47 of magic sword...
nwxt one(26th) recording is not usual. very nice for me.

-- Rank-51 (weavuspert@yahoo.co.jp), November 14, 2000.