Bloody Fingers and Broken Controllers: Let's Play Retro/Grade (Poll Added)

[Hemiak]

We Play Retro/Grade

Welcome to the 2nd edition of a thread very few people actually cared about. This time the featured game is Retro/Grade. I've been wanting to try this out for a while but didn't feel like dropping $16 on it. Thank you ps+.

R/G is a very unique rhythm space shooter played in reverse. You can play with a controller or a guitar peripheral. The main challenge comes from getting the highest score rank on every level on every difficulty. (and they don't stack ) You also have to complete a large number of challenge levels. The good thing is that there are several sub 1% rarity trophies and few under .5%. This makes my heart happy.

Retro/Grade - Trophies 21 , 17 UR, 5 < 1%
Trophy Guide

I figure we'll go for about a month. If people are still steadily working away and having fun we can extend it. If everybody hits the wall after 3 days and this thing dies, so be it. Pretty much everything about this is subject to change at any time, probably without notice.

That's about it for the introduction, let's get started. There won't be any specific checkpoints you need to reach, just play as much and get as far as you can/want, and keep us updated on your progress. I'll try to update this every day or two with people's progress.

Currently tracking hardest difficulty completed, Astro Admiral Progress, challenge progress, and overall trophy percentage. You can post any or all of these and I'll add em as we go.

Participants

Hem - 100%
10/10 AA All difficulties
130/130 challenges

WDJAT
10/10 AA on casual
5/10 AA medium
50/130

Fleks
Not started

Zajac
10/10 AA beginner => pro
7/10 AA tough
5/10 AA X-treme
130/130 challenges

Reime - 100%
10/10 AA All difficulties
130/130 challenges

MmmmmmStalker
10/10 AA beginner => pro
2/10 AA tough
30/130 challenges

Zach
Beginner: Levels 10-5 AA
Casual: Levels 10-6 AA
MediumCore- 10-8AA
25/130 challenges

Mystvayne
Beaten X-treme
10/10 AA beginner => pro
??/10 AA tough
1/10 AA X-treme
129/130 challenges

FFHanibal
Difficulty Finished: X-treme
AA 1/10 casual + medium
28% trophies

SuperUnknown (Andrea)
4/10 AA beginner
3/10 AA casual
1/10 AA medium + pro
10/130 challenges

Dennis-nine-five - 100%
10/10 AA All difficulties
130/130 challenges

Midnightwards666 - 100%
10/10 AA All difficulties
130/130 challenges
 

Kent10201

Beginner:3/10

Casual:2/10

Mediumcore:1/10

Challenges:5/130

 

That's about it (for now), let me know if you want to participate, whether you've started or not, and your #'s if you have got a jump on the rest of us.
 

THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION!!!

OK, so maybe it is a little, but only for bragging rights, no prizes or anything else will be given out, unless I completely lose my mind and decide to change something. Good luck and Have fun!

Edited September 26, 2016 by Hemiak

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

Sign me up, going to start this tonight dood

[Fleks_Mhteam]

I am down, add me up H!

[zajac9999]

Sign me up please Hemiak.

[Saionji]

You can sign me up as well so this place wont feel so lonely

[TheLastSurvivorD]

I would join this, but I already completed the game two months ago.
 
Good luck to the people signing up. 

[MStalker58]

Sign me up please. Going to try starting this once I finish my current game. 

[x9zachattack5x]

Will probably never finish it, but hell, sign me up. You guys can watch me suffer.

[Mystvayne]

I'll join. I started this last time it was given out on PS+ but never finished it. I only have 4 trophies left. 

[FFHannibal]

Downloaded it to my ps3 a few hours ago, so you can sign me up, it'll give me a bit more incentive to actually put some effort in it or at least get a few trophies.

[Dragon-Archon]

Welcome to the 2nd edition of a thread very few people actually cared about.

LMAO, nice intro.Good luck to all the participants.

[Satoshi Ookami]

>Hemiak's event

 

I'm like... 'Oh crap'

 

*checking the trophy list*

 

Okay... good luck to all participants.

[DesuDesuNya]

I would join this but no man's sky comes out in a day. Good luck to everyone though!

[Hemiak]

Sign me up please. Going to try starting this once I finish my current game. 

 

Same here, should be tomorrow or the next day.

 

>Hemiak's event

 

I'm like... 'Oh crap'

 

*checking the trophy list*

 

Okay... good luck to all participants.

Awesome! My reputation for doing stupid shit precedes me.

I'll get everybody's names added in when I get home. Feel free to start whenever you want everybody.

[Saionji]

 Awesome! My reputation for doing stupid shit precedes me.

Actually its awesome to see someone is doing those events, its another great event you created and not shit by any means I like to follow these to see the later outcome of it.

Edited August 8, 2016 by Saionji

[Andrea]

I didn't realize this was a rhythm game. Looks interesting and I'll probably give it a try.

 

You can sign me up for this, but I won't be playing it for at least another couple of weeks (til THTL is over.)

[Hemiak]

Actually its awesome to see someone is doing those events, its another great event you created and not shit by any means I like to follow these to see the later outcome of it.

Thanks for the kind words.

I find a bit of challenge a good thing and it makes me sad to see so many people just say 'too hard 4 me, not even going to try.' I might do one of these for Sine Mora at some point.

I didn't realize this was a rhythm game. Looks interesting and I'll probably give it a try.

You can sign me up for this, but I won't be playing it for at least another couple of weeks (til THTL is over.)

You could probably get the first 7 or 8 trophies in an hour or two. Just play through it on the easier difficulties first. You basically get three each time you finish a difficulty with top marks. Edited August 8, 2016 by Hemiak

[Wavergray]

Good luck to all the Participants.

[Andrea]

Thanks for the kind words.

I find a bit of challenge a good thing and it makes me sad to see so many people just say 'too hard 4 me, not even going to try.' I might do one of these for Sine Mora at some point.

You could probably get the first 7 or 8 trophies in an hour or two. Just play through it on the easier difficulties first. You basically get three each time you finish a difficulty with top marks.

 

 

How would you say it compares to Guitar Hero/Rock Band difficulty wise (at the upper difficulties, I mean)? I can count the number of songs that I can't play well on expert guitar/bass on one hand, so I'm wondering if that will count for anything here or if it's too different/hard.

[Hemiak]

How would you say it compares to Guitar Hero/Rock Band difficulty wise (at the upper difficulties, I mean)? I can count the number of songs that I can't play well on expert guitar/bass on one hand, so I'm wondering if that will count for anything here or if it's too different/hard.

I honestly can't say yet. I know for a fact there are much fewer notes for this game, but you also have to move up and down and avoid shots and do a few extra things. The guide I looked at says that If you're solid on guitar and can wrap your head around the controls it's probably easier that way. I was considering trying that out too.

Edit: I'll also post a link to the guide tonight too, though it's not super informative. The trophies aren't tricky at all, its just a matter of playing good enough and sticking with it.

Edited August 9, 2016 by Hemiak

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

Went to start the game then a thunderstorm started and knocked out the power........amazing start so far doods!!!!.....

[x9zachattack5x]

Went to start the game then a thunderstorm started and knocked out the power........amazing start so far doods!!!!.....

I mean, I haven't started yet, so you're doing better than me.

At least you attempted to.

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

Storm finally stopped and did the first 2 levels, the game is pretty dope doods. Another good Bloody Fingers and Broken Controller's game I just hope I last longer playing this than I did on Cloudberry Kingdom doods 

[Hemiak]

Finished everything I need to pay attention to on Starwhal. I try to set up the game to idle over night... Turns out I need a turbo controller to make it work right. FML, I've got about 875 more matches of versus to play. I can do it without really paying attention, at about 15 seconds a match, but I still need to be present (just over 3.5 hrs ) . Maybe I can find a good dirt cheap turbo.

[FFHannibal]

So I've finished my first playthrough and I figured why not post my impressions (and accomplishments ), after all that's why the thread's here.

 

I played on casual difficulty, both because the guide recommended it (I think) and because it's been a while since I've played any sort of rhythm game (even though I quit enjoy those). I'm going to toot my own here for a sec and say that I'm quite good at rhythm games too. I am, however, not good with very bright and flashy colors and distinguishing it all from a moving background . First things first, tutorial time! Right off the bat I get confused, I won already? Where's the tutorial? I even went as far as clicking start and almost exiting, thank god for 'This is the tutorial, don't miss this' messages because I wouldn't have even started otherwise. I did the first three levels late last night and got a nice Astro Admiral rank on level 10, but I missed just one note? blob? laser? on level 9 and 8. I continued playing about an hour ago and I played through all the remaining levels in one go. I won't divulge too much information for people who don't want to be spoiled, but level 4 is a bitch, level 3, 2 and 1 are the best and have the awesomest soundtrack. I kept missing one note and I went up or down too early a few times, so again no Astro Admiral or Continuum Captain ranks (I did get 99. % on all of them, but you have to be perfect to get those ranks). I do believe getting Astro Admiral (and Continuum Captain) ranks on casual and beginner won't be too difficult, but the fact that there are 4 difficulty levels higher than casual ?!

 

All in all, I think retro/grade is a great game. Getting it to 100% will take me a long long while though and for now I'm still down to try it. Maybe once I play on a harder difficulty that'll change and I'll break a controller or two (but I've got a third one, so no worries). I, sadly, don't have a guitar (at least not one for playstation, though I doubt I could plug my real one in ), or I would've certainly tested how that plays.

 

A few stats then: I got 2 out of 21 trophies, getting a 9% completion and only one Astro Admiral rank on Casual level 10.