Beatmania IIDX 16 Empress CS discussion

[sutsena]

couple pics from my cell phone. see how it stretches out the game instead of fitting it in like the arcade does?

4:3 setting


16:9 setting


4:3 Lanes


16:9 Lanes


notes are tiny when its at 16:9 and its hard to play ):

[NMD]

16:9 mode does indeed make the lanes long and thin. I swear I've seen arcade videos and the lanes looked like those found on CS original setting. The important thing to remember if playing on original is to set your tv to 4:3 as well as the game, otherwise yes, you will get phat lanes and phat notes.

[sutsena]

Originally Posted by NMD

16:9 mode does indeed make the lanes long and thin. I swear I've seen arcade videos and the lanes looked like those found on CS original setting. The important thing to remember if playing on original is to set your tv to 4:3 as well as the game, otherwise yes, you will get phat lanes and phat notes.

hmm even the movies to 4:3? because since my tv is 16:9 4:3 videos get cut out on the original frame.

[MdX MaxX]

I play with the game set to Original, and my TV set to 4:3 like in sutsena's first and third pic. But I keep the movies in 16:9 so none of it gets cut off. It works fine for me. I would put everything in 16:9 mode if the PS2 didn't put a black outline around the screen.

[Oni140]

Am I the only one here who plays with arcade 16:9 lanes on a non 16:9 TV?

I feel more comfortable with the arcade settings, and it feels weird to play on the Original style :/

[snapps]

Originally Posted by Oni140

Am I the only one here who plays with arcade 16:9 lanes on a non 16:9 TV?

I feel more comfortable with the arcade settings, and it feels weird to play on the Original style :/

it may feel comfortable but most arcades will play looking moreso like the original than 16x9 on a non. you advise a switch soon. your play just might increase dramatically!

[sutsena]

Originally Posted by snapps

it may feel comfortable but most arcades will play looking moreso like the original than 16x9 on a non. you advise a switch soon. your play just might increase dramatically!

yep just by looking at the keys you can notice it. when you play on 4:3 and make your tv aspect to 16:9 it makes the keys and lanes look all fat. 16:9 on 16:9 (depending on your tv) makes the keys and lanes look really thin/squished (same thing when doing 16:9 on 4:3 just worse) guess i gotta find a crt tv that will display the arcade setting just like the arcade does.

[NMD]

Originally Posted by sutsena

hmm even the movies to 4:3? because since my tv is 16:9 4:3 videos get cut out on the original frame.

Don't bother changing the vids - not becuase I'm fussed about cut offs, more because I never get a chance to watch them. There're still loads I've never actually seen (who gets time to whilst comboing?)

[_____Cait]

Did an unlock code ever come out?

i'm kind of sick of doing Archives mode...

[zonic505]

Well, got the pics for 9th Style & Happy Sky. That just leaves RED (UGH), DistorteD, Gold, & DJ Troopers.

Hmm, it's been over 2 weeks since the last update. When will they reveal Bad Maniacs?? I'm getting tired of unlocking pics, especially the ones that have multiple versions!

[DJjeff]

Originally Posted by zonic505

Well, got the pics for 9th Style & Happy Sky. That just leaves RED (UGH), DistorteD, Gold, & DJ Troopers.

Hmm, it's been over 2 weeks since the last update. When will they reveal Bad Maniacs?? I'm getting tired of unlocking pics, especially the ones that have multiple versions!

Yeah same here. I can't believe konami is making us go through all of this just for one song. I mean sure, Bad Maniacs is an awesome song, but it's not worth doing all this work for it. Please release an unlock code Konami.

[Oni140]

Originally Posted by DJjeff

Yeah same here. I can't believe konami is making us go through all of this just for one song. I mean sure, Bad Maniacs is an awesome song, but it's not worth doing all this work for it. Please release an unlock code Konami.

On the other hand, I'll be incredibly annoyed if I spend time to unlock the whole gallery and Konami decides to release a code the day after.

[Deca]

Just finished Archives Mode, it wasn't really that bad honestly. I hope they don't release a code :P

[TBsmasher]

Y'know, it's really not that bad if you play doubles. You get twice the number of charts to work with. Hazard mode was meant to be used with this, and not just on normal charts. Try the hypers in hazard mode, and really try full comboing them. I got through red and 9th style's pictures from attempting hazard clears of most of the hypers on singles and doubles, and when I hit a brick wall with as much as I could do, I switched to hard clears and started over with the anothers. The purpose of this unlock system was to make us better players, building up to a song that really requires all of that practice. If you approach it from that viewpoint, archives mode isn't really that bad.

[zonic505]

It's not that it's hard unlocking them all, it's just tedious & repetitive, what w/ having to improve the EX Score & having to unlock multiple versions of pics for RED through DJ Troopers. They should've made it so you only had to PLAY a song to unlock a pic & if you had saved data from past games, then all the pics you had unlocked in that game would've been unlocked in Archives. I could've been done by now, but I gotta re-unlock RED through DJ Troopers (though it's nice to be able to see the picks I couldn't unlock, like the Dan Doubles, 8 Dan through Kaiden, & the OMES from Red, HS, & DistorteD).

I got Gold & DJ Troopers done. Now all that's left is RED & DistorteD. Then gotta play a Kors K song (what did I have to do again? Double Battle or something?).

While I'm thinking about it, who do you get the different versions of No Crime? Doesn't it involve holding Start & spinning the turntable? I always get the English version & want to hear the 2 JPN versions.

Well, might as well get the rest of the pics....

FINALLY. Got all the pics in Archives. Now, just need to AA a Kors K song on Another....Again, isn't there an easier way to doing this?