Strikers 1945 II

Game Details:

"Strikers 1945 II" is the second installment in the "1945 Strikers" series, inheriting the straightforward and enjoyable gameplay and hardcore challenges of its predecessor. The game offers six different World War II aircraft for players to choose from, including the P-38 Lightning, F-5U Flying Pancake, and J7W Shinden, each with unique main firing power, powerful charged attacks, and different screen-clearing bombs, which greatly increases the game's replayability.

The game features up to eight levels, with the most distinctive aspect being its boss design: enemy mechanical units will transform into giant insect or animal-shaped mechanical bodies after taking a certain amount of damage, resulting in a visually impactful experience. The game's scoring mechanism emphasizes "high risk, high reward," where players need to quickly collect the coins (medals) dropped by enemies to build a score multiplier chain. Pursuing high combos is the essence of this game.

Game Guide:

• Basic Operations and Survival Skills:
• Choose User-Friendly Aircraft: For beginners, it is recommended to choose the P-38 Lightning or DH.98 Mosquito. The P-38's main firepower is concentrated, and its bombs are homing missiles, with high tolerance for mistakes; the Mosquito's main firepower covers a wide area, and it's efficient at clearing minions.
• Reasonable Use of Charged Shots: The charged shot of each aircraft is key to dealing with elite enemies and bosses. For example, the F-5U's charged laser can penetrate a large number of enemies, while the J7W Shinden's charge generates multiple heat-seeking missiles. Release them when the screen is slightly cleared or during gaps in the boss's actions to maximize damage.
• Bombs are Life: Bombs are your screen-clearing life-savers. Don't hesitate to use bombs, especially in boss battles with dense barrages, or when you're unsure how to dodge. Surviving the level is more important than saving a bomb.
• High Score Techniques - Medal Combo Mechanism:
• The core of the high score in "Strikers 1945 II" lies in Medal (Coin) Combos. Mastering this mechanism is the key to widening the score gap.
• Triggering Medals: Medals are usually dropped after destroying large or specific medium-sized enemies.
• Combo Rules: When a medal appears, if you quickly pick it up within a short time, the value of the next dropped medal will increase.
• Score Increase: The initial score of a medal is 200 points, and by continuously and quickly picking them up, it can increase to 300, 400, 500... up to a maximum of 10,000 points.
• Combo Interruption: If a medal stays on the screen for too long (more than about 1 second), or falls off the bottom of the screen, the combo will be interrupted, and the value of the next medal will reset to 200 points.
• Combat Strategy: When clearing minions and in boss battles, always anticipate the drop position of medals and immediately move to the drop point to pick them up. This requires players to move their aircraft to dangerous areas while dodging barrages to ensure the combo isn't interrupted, thus carrying a very high risk. Players aiming for high scores need to continuously practice their positioning and familiarity with the boss stages to pick up high-scoring medals in the fastest time possible.