High Score Club 9.19 - Front Line

[DT Kofoed]

"Hard" improvement bonus: 13,800.

 

Military Hero Bonus: my wife's friend's brother, Peter Gould of Syracuse KS, was just awarded the Silver Star for bravery in Afghanistan.

[Frostbite76]

The sticky ojects makes level 3 and 4 very frustrating. In the beginning I'm always sticking to trees while trying to run away. I died because I got stuck to a cactus once, lol.

Edited July 25, 2011 by Frostbite76

[Amstari]

5300.

Sorry no photo because Im sending this from my phone. Broadband keeps dropping out.

[Stan]

Hey no point stacking going on over heah! Man, that fourth level is rough! How did you manage a 30K+ score without getting to the fourth level? The VC must have had you caught up pretty bad. I guess I'm moving pretty fast. Once I get in speedy (the little tank), I fly and level everything in my path! Hopefully tonight I can get past my goal of beating level four. Really excited to see what's after that.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hey no point stacking going on over heah! Man, that fourth level is rough! How did you manage a 30K+ score without getting to the fourth level? The VC must have had you caught up pretty bad. I guess I'm moving pretty fast. Once I get in speedy (the little tank), I fly and level everything in my path! Hopefully tonight I can get past my goal of beating level four. Really excited to see what's after that.

 

I got passed the cactus on level 3, then got hit.

 

Best way (if not gotten to 4th level) balance shooting tanks and procceeding,

I got like 10ks for each level, instead of 3-5ks. Really anything over 17ks by level 3 is taking down "extra" tanks. Which isn't easy in it's own right...

 

The scoring system in this game stinks, like in Up 'n Down.

 

Wish it was more like Jungle Hunt rewarding a large increase at the end of the level... not just some small 1 to 4ks bonus points.

[Stan]

Yeah man, 100 points per enemy is annoying. It makes those goals seem so damn far off. Let's see what I can do today! Looks like Night Driver might win the vote. I never really gave that game much thought so it will be cool to try it out finally.

[Stan]

HAHAHAHAHAAH!!!! Wow, JUST made my second score milestone. Unfortunately, I ran to get my camera phone and Front Line goes straight into randomly color-changing screen mode after like a minute and wasn't displaying my score anymore. Anyway, I'm sure you guys believe me. Here's the new score!

 

29,300

 

JEAH!! And I adjusted my strategy slightly based on Jacob's 'kill em all' approach. Here's what to do:

 

ULTRA COOL SUPER EXPLOSION OF THE HEAD REVISION TIPS OF EXPLOSION

 

1. Read my original tips!

 

2. Don't worry about avoiding the bottom-appearing enemies until level 3 or 4. Definitely level 4. It's best in that level to just keep pushing forward. The enemies move and shoot too damn fast and you're too slow. Level 3 is still manageable to get the bottom-appearing enemies, but by 4 forget it in most cases unless you're in Speedy (the small tank).

 

3. Jacob's approach is VERY useful for score collecting. Any time enemy swarms appear on screen, spend time carefully taking out EVERY enemy you see. After each wave is killed you have a few moments before another is going to appear, and you can progress during those times. This enables you a generally safe run through levels 1 and 2, and somewhat safe but occasionally dangerous run through 3, and an impossible run through 4.

 

4. If you get to level 4, JUST RUN. Take out upper-appearing enemies and don't even bother with those below. Run for your dear life. I just ALMOST beat level 4, so I don't know what comes after, but if it's like Gorfy says you can rack up serious points afterwards. Just RUN. Find Speedy, and fly!!!

 

5. Using these tip revisions, you should be coming into level 3 with at least a score of 21000 or so every time.

[Vocelli]

Man, I guess I missed out on some great points.

On vacation and soooooo busy. It's summer you know.

Here is my pathetic score.

Vocell:2900

[Stan]

So I'm in a weird mood today. If I were to have silkscreen shirts made that said on it "I Love Speedy" and had a bit picture of the fast tank in Front Line, who would buy one? Looking at around $12.95 each for a high quality shirt with one color used. Around 4 colors would be $14.95 per shirt.

[Frostbite76]

Hey no point stacking going on over heah! Man, that fourth level is rough! How did you manage a 30K+ score without getting to the fourth level? The VC must have had you caught up pretty bad. I guess I'm moving pretty fast. Once I get in speedy (the little tank), I fly and level everything in my path! Hopefully tonight I can get past my goal of beating level four. Really excited to see what's after that.

 

I got passed the cactus on level 3, then got hit.

 

Best way (if not gotten to 4th level) balance shooting tanks and procceeding,

I got like 10ks for each level, instead of 3-5ks. Really anything over 17ks by level 3 is taking down "extra" tanks. Which isn't easy in it's own right...

 

The scoring system in this game stinks, like in Up 'n Down.

 

Wish it was more like Jungle Hunt rewarding a large increase at the end of the level... not just some small 1 to 4ks bonus points.

 

Yeah, this is a terrible game for the high score challenge because of the terrible scoring system. I feel like I'm cheating if I take my time, lol.

Edited July 25, 2011 by Frostbite76

[toymailman]

Yeah, this is a terrible game for the high score challenge because of the terrible scoring system. I feel like I'm cheating if I take my time, lol.

Games like this need a timer added. When the timer runs out then a life is lost. This way a player must advance the gameplay inorder to score more points.

[toymailman]

DON'T BE PANIC, TOYMAILMAN!

YOU ARE ON THE 2nd PLACE ON CURRENT STANDINGS FOR SEASON 9!!

No problemo. However, there are 12 bonus/challenge points available this week. That is actually more than a first place finish for a week. If he can cash in on those then trying to catch up with 6 weeks left is darn hard.

[Frostbite76]

Yeah, this is a terrible game for the high score challenge because of the terrible scoring system. I feel like I'm cheating if I take my time, lol.

Games like this need a timer added. When the timer runs out then a life is lost. This way a player must advance the gameplay inorder to score more points.

 

Agree 100%. UP and Down and Front Line would so much better with a timer. It would make the game a lot more exciting and the scoring fair.

[Frostbite76]

score improvement 29,500

[Frostbite76]

btw, not loving the hit detection in this game. I've must of yelled, "Come on that motherf'r should be dead" about a million times.

[Stan]

Yeah, totally, and sometimes they hit you and I swear to God at least five of those times the bullet clearly passed me. I think the collision detection is a bit wider than some of the bullet sprites, so I try to keep a little more to the side when I duck in and fire.

[Stan]

score improvement 29,500

 

Beat me by 200 points you frikken bastard. I must get more!

[Frostbite76]

I guess the way to play this game is to go very slowly. Made it to the end of round 3 score 34,100 I feel like an idiot voting for a game with such a pathetic scoring system. In the future I'll have to test the games to see if the scoring system isn't messed up.

[Gorfy]

Made it through all 4 levels!! After the 4th level, the game just repeats at the same (level 4) difficulty level.

 

Score: 34,800

[Frostbite76]

wow, great job Gorfy. I've made to level 4 a couple times and it's a pain. They shoot and move so fast.

[Stan]

Phew, well it seems like a combination of Jacob's kill everything and my keep moving tactic is best. Level four over and over? Damn, that sucks. I'll probably not reach above 40K. Very tough to get that high without point stacking. I don't mind the points on this game so much, I just wish it would have increased with every level or there was a little more involved in it. Like, less points if you're in Speedy as opposed to Big Chubs. I found that on level 4 being daring and not taking the first tank in the mountains is actually a lot easier than trying to use it. Sure, he moves about the same speed as you, but you can navigate the mountains much easier and keep ahead of the tanks appearing behind you. Very minor score increase:

 

29,400

[JacobZu7zu7]

The sticky ojects makes level 3 and 4 very frustrating. In the beginning I'm always sticking to trees while trying to run away. I died because I got stuck to a cactus once, lol.

 

Oh, I hardly lose in the begining. Only at level 3, but even then I can get passed...

 

Here's what I do...

TIPS,

At the starting forest, go up the middle most of the time so you can shoot either up/left or up/right at the troopers. If they are in tree... go up to their eye level, stay even with them and shoot into the tree untill it takes.

Don't overwalk! the second you see an enemy soldier, stop moving and fire diagonal/up.

 

Sometimes a tactic for Tanks AND enemy troops is, when moving...

wiggle the joystick left/right. So, you will be harder to focus on.

(In a big tank don't) normally if you are in a scary spot, it's better

to circle a lot, or move away in a hurry, upward.

 

When driving a tank in level 3.. try to stay in the middle at the desert zone

and watch out for tanks already shooting diagonal on arrival.

This is usually what does me in.

 

The tanks are much more difficult for me, then the men are.

[Stan]

Good tips! I also found that the enemy tends to prefer shooting at an angle, and in later levels (3 and 4 specifically), when it's coming from the side it will toss several shots at you. By anticipating it, you can move up or down slightly RIGHT AFTER firing and take them out all the time. This game has a big luck factor in enemy appearance. Sometimes a million Speedies come out later on and you're done, other times Big Chubs comes out and gets stuck in the rocks, enabling you to move further along.

[DT Kofoed]

Made it to the third level on my first life, not that my score increased much!

14,300.

[Miss 2600]

A little improvement. I found that I do better in level 1 when I don't use the tanks.

 

10,900