Thursday, August 4, 2022

PrinceWatercress plays Rapid Reload (as Axel) - Part 5 of 6


I had a much easier time getting through this level. It was just the boss that gave me trouble, is all.


Round 5

Compared to Round 4, this level is a lot easier. If you equip H and keep firing it, you won't even see most of the enemies in this level before you take them out. Kill 'em all and get all the P gems you can.

The red ships have a multi-way shot, but if you're paying attention and you're staying to the left side of the screen, you can easily get between the bullets. As for the laser, just don't be lined up with it.

If you hold X while moving around, you can change the direction in which you aim. Use this in conjunction with the Square button and you can fire and change your aiming direction at the same time. This will help against the dragons on the ship that shows up halfway through, as well as some of the enemies near the end.

The guardian here has multiple phases. Equip F. Aim for the middle while staying all the way to the left and avoiding the shots. Eventually, the sides of the ship will start shooting at you, too. Keep firing at the middle part like you've been doing and take it out first so you don't get hit by a barrage of missiles. From there, you can take out the side cannons with H to make this even easier. 

Once that's done, switch back to F and stay close to the right of the boss. Watch out for the salvos of balls the boss shoots. They switch directions every so often, but if you stay close to the balls as you can avoid them, you can find an opening and take it to get back to the boss. After three salvos, the boss will shoot three whole rows worth of balls. Stay between the two rows and continue to fire.

An alternate strategy is to go to the left side of the ship, equip H and move around the smiley face on the ship in a circle while firing H. You risk getting shot at with homing shots, but if you

At 8000 HP, the boss will go back to the right. This is where you need to use all of the bombs that you have gotten up to this point. The game expects you to have eight bombs and not use any of the bombs that you get at any point in the game up until now, and you'll need to use them in conjunction with F to do a lot of damage very quickly. The boss will fire a lot of shots at you, and while you can avoid them if you know what you're doing, you will want to keep this last phase short.

The boss will also shoot a giant spiral laser at you. If you stay in the center of it as it moves up and down, you won't get hit.

After beating the boss, you'll meet the Master, who wants to use the power of the Valkiry for her own selfish reasons.

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