Game:

Castle of Shikigami (2001)

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Guide

Duration: 25:59

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Something different for once : a run that tries to play it as safely as possible with Sayo in order to get the 1CC with minimal effort. While the character seems very difficult to use at first, I wanted to do this video to show that for pure survival it may not be so bad.

I used the shot from afar most of the time, avoided doing very risky boss-point blanking tension shot strats, bombed most things that could be insta-killed this way, and in general minimized risk as much as possible to show that you can get a clear without being a birdmaster.

Some stages that can be very tricky to score in become a lot easier when you understand that the shot is wide and the tension strong & slowdown-inducing.

Of course, it can be tricky to pretend to play as a beginner when you are as experienced with the game as I am, so perhaps some things in the video are still a bit out of reach for beginners. I tried my best not to use anything that would require lots and lots of practice. Actually that kinda messed me up against the samurai because I have long forgotten how to handle it without the speedkill strats and took an accidental hit for it lmao. As for the dragon, maybe there is a much safer way to handle it too, I honestly just winged it. My usual one bomb+speed kill strat definitely would be too dangerous here I feel. Perhaps point-blanking phase 2 of the Tank in 2-1 is also the better strat even for a beginner, but I wanted to avoid point blanking, especially given how the boss hitboxes are never obivous in this game. Bat phase 1 with the bomb + shiki seemed rather safe thanks to some iframes and is probably easier than trying to dodge the mad rings so here the shiki point blank was probably worth it I think.

...Oh wait now that I think about it, I could have just bombed after the fight starts to easily insta kill the phase at the cost of the shikigami kill. Oops. Superplayer self getting in the way again lmao.

I tried to do the milk as sloppily as I could to emulate a beginner (or my past self -- on that note, watching my milks in my earliest Sayo videos is now absolutely hilarious to me lmao), while still getting all the resources back. I guess you can practice it a little bit to get to full life+bomb faster, that's up to you. The SD right before 750mil was also intentional as to get the full refill before killing the boss. One other strat might be to deal less damage to the boss, recharge everything, and be a lil' bit closer to a future extend points-wise as to give you a safety cushion. But really, 5-2 doesn't involve a lot of dodging, and if you get walled in 5-3 you either bomb, or take a hit which can give you another bomb for the next wall. Maybe RNG was too nice to me there with just one wall in pattern one.

Anyways, hope that helps!

Played on PC (Steam), recorded with OBS Studio
#式神の城 #shmup #STG

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