Sine Mora - Revision history

Hook: /* Strategy */ rank

2022-11-01T11:42:34Z

Strategy: rank

Hook: /* Story */ separated story details to avoid spoilers

2022-11-01T11:38:11Z

Story: separated story details to avoid spoilers

Hook: /* Strategy */ moved detailed strategy to subpage, added basic strategy

2022-11-01T11:32:05Z

Strategy: moved detailed strategy to subpage, added basic strategy

Hook: /* Strategy */ introduced subpage

2022-11-01T11:12:39Z

Strategy: introduced subpage

Hook: /* Timeline */ divided the timeline into two stories

2022-05-16T21:24:22Z

Timeline: divided the timeline into two stories

Hook: /* Timeline */ fixed time line, now that I understand that ET is counted differently than IN

2022-05-16T21:20:51Z

Timeline: fixed time line, now that I understand that ET is counted differently than IN

Hook: /* Characters / Ships / Styles */ add Wilhelmine Muller

2022-05-16T20:54:18Z

Characters / Ships / Styles: add Wilhelmine Muller

Hook: /* Unlockable Secrets */ add more unlockables and how to get them

2022-05-16T20:50:00Z

Unlockable Secrets: add more unlockables and how to get them

Hook: /* Version Differences */ add Steam hack to bring back Wilhelmine Muller

2022-05-16T20:35:57Z

Version Differences: add Steam hack to bring back Wilhelmine Muller

Hook: /* Version Differences */ added Wilhelmine Muller for PS Vita

2022-05-16T20:33:36Z

Version Differences: added Wilhelmine Muller for PS Vita

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 The ships steer a lot better using the analogue stick, since it allows for much more precise movement, as you can also control the speed that way.
-The most important part with surviving the game is getting hit as little as possible to avoid losing time and killing enemies to get time back.
+The most important part with '''surviving the game''' is getting hit as little as possible to avoid losing time and killing enemies to get time back. If you get hit gather as many of the powerups that you can ''safely''. Extra firepower is very important, but being too greedy and getting hit repeatedly while trying to pick up powerups could have you lose more time than you have to spare, especially in boss encounters.
-If you get hit gather as many of the powerups that you can ''safely''. Extra firepower is very important, but being too greedy and getting hit repeatedly while trying to pick up powerups could have you lose more time than you have to spare, especially in boss encounters.
+'''Playing for score''', emphasises perfect routing even more and punishes use of sub-weapon and the time capsule (resets the multiplier). In addition to avoid getting hit (checkpoint bonus, stage-end bonus) and killing as many enemies in quick succession (score multiplier), while relying as much as possible only on the main weapon and not wasting bullets (hit ratio bonus). Do not forget about chaining [[Sine_Mora#Score_tokens|score tokens]] and not not dropping the chain, as maintaining it can net you quite a substantial amount of points. Also read about the [[Sine_Mora#Rank|ranking system]].
 More detailed strategy is in the [[Sine_Mora/Strategy]] subpage.

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 ''Sine Mora'' features two plots running at different points in time. The first features a father bent on taking revenge on the Empire that executed his son for being the sole pilot that refused to drop a nuclear bomb during an attack on the Enkies. The second features the last survivors of the Enkie race also plotting revenge on the Empire for destroying them. The game stages are often set at the same locations, in noticeably different states due to being set in different eras.
-The game takes place on the planet of Seol, which is much like Earth. It differs in that its crust is so unstable it often causes quakes that radically reshape its geography in a small amount of time. Albeit originally split into four great nations, by the time the plot unfolds two factions are locked in the Eternal War: the aggressive and dictatorial Layil Empire and the Atarach Kingdom of the Enkie race. Following the teachings of the great prophet Enki, the Enkie are renowned for their unique talent of manipulating time, to the point of being able to transport any item or even themselves to any point into the past or even the future. Over time, however, the Empire develops "The Project", a machine capable of manipulating time. The apparatus is capable of arbitrarily accelerating an item's or even living being's time flow to the point of literally erasing it from existence. Stored inside the floating fortress-city of Siriad, the Project uses every military vehicle of the Layil as a relay, creating a weapon that cannot be effectively disabled. This advantage has allowed the Empire to cut through Enkie defenses, culminating in a vicious (presumably) nuclear bombardment of the Atarach kingdom.
+After finishing the main story, an alternative story mode (mostly a different ending) unlocks in the menu to play.
-In the "normal" narrative, which encompasses the player's first playthrough, Ronotra Koss is mourning the death of his son, Argus Pytel, at the hands of his crewmates as he refused, during the flight of the bomber Cobalt King, to drop a nuclear bomb upon the Enkie capital city; embittered and vengeful, Koss mans a stolen Sine Mora school "Merenstein" plane and, with the help of a smuggled combat artificial intelligence, GARAI 74/22876, starts to systematically infiltrate Layil Empire structures and eliminate officers involved with his son's demise, all the while exacting a bloody revenge on the Empire which abandoned him after an incident left him an amputee. Finally reaching the city of Tira, capital of the Empire, he mercilessly destroys most of its military force, finally facing the colossal Domus assault fortress manned by the officer who killed Argus, managing to destroy it after maneuvering through its defenses and blowing up the power cores.
+Since its intriguing and twisted story is an important part of ''Sine Mora'', to avoid spoilers, the details are separated in the [[Sine_Mora/Story]] subpage.
 == Development History ==

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 == Strategy ==
-More detailed strategy is in the [[Sine_Mora/Strategy]] subpage.
+The most important part with surviving the game is getting hit as little as possible to avoid losing time and killing enemies to get time back.
-A good resource for (boss) strategy seems to be: https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Sine-Mora/walkthrough/3
+If you get hit gather as many of the powerups that you can ''safely''. Extra firepower is very important, but being too greedy and getting hit repeatedly while trying to pick up powerups could have you lose more time than you have to spare, especially in boss encounters.
-=== Stages ===
+Playing for score, emphasises perfect routing even more and punishes use of sub-weapon and the time capsule (resets the multiplier). In addition to avoid getting hit (checkpoint bonus, stage-end bonus) and killing as many enemies in quick succession (score multiplier), while relying as much as possible only on the main weapon and not wasting bullets (hit ratio bonus). Do not forget about chaining [[Sine_Mora#Score_tokens|score tokens]] and not not dropping the chain, as maintaining it can net you quite a substantial amount of points.
-There are 7 stages (+ Prologue tutorial) in Sine Mora, with each of the stages comprising of an A and B timeline. Surprisingly (at least during the Story mode) the stages often include missions from a different stage, therefore mixing timelines as well as stages at the same time (e.g. Stage III comprising of III.A and IV.B). Even more surprisingly, it somehow remains coherent.
+More detailed strategy is in the [[Sine_Mora/Strategy]] subpage.
 == Story ==

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 == Strategy ==
-''(Currently evaluating whether or not this specific section should even include information outside of the separated Strategy pages. Worth thinking about as a community.)''
+More detailed strategy is in the [[Sine_Mora/Strategy]] subpage.
 A good resource for (boss) strategy seems to be: https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Sine-Mora/walkthrough/3
 === Stages ===

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 * Imperial Nir ('''IN''') ''counts time up'' from an, to us, uknown point in time (— check what “IN” _really_ means)
 * while Enky’s Time ('''ET''') ''counts time down'' to its prophesised cataclysm, which at that time the Enkie archon declared to have been 4200 circles away
 # circle 1284, quarter 1, 8:216:02 IN – Stage IV.A: Argus Pytel at Cardinal Canyon, Losei
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 # circle 1405, quarter 2, 9:211:02 IN – Stage IV.B: Garai 74/22876 at Cardinal Canyon, Losei
 # circle 1517, quarter 1, 52:220:13 IN – Stage VI.A: Ronotra Koss in Tira, the Imperial Capital
 # circle 102, quarter 3, 15:12:15 ET – Stage I.B: Akyta Dryad in Moneta Point Research Base (Note: double-check on I.A vs I.B’s time, it’s odd that they would both act out at the same place at the same time)
 # circle 102, quarter 3, 15:12:15 ET – Stage I.A: Lynthe Ytoo, Near Moneta Point
-# circle 22, quarter 2, 41:6:70 ET – Stage III.A: Durak in Losei Imperial AiBorg Factory (Note: double-check on III.A vs III.B’s time, this timeline looks odd)
+# circle 22, quarter 2, 41:6:70 ET – Stage III.A: Durak in Losei Imperial AiBorg Factory
 # circle 22, quarter 2, 41:6:52 ET – Stage III.B: Durak in Losei Imperial AiBorg Factory
 # circle zero, quarter 1, 1:11:12 ET – Stage VI.B: Lynthe Ytoo in Tira, the Imperial Capital

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 === Timeline ===
-If I understand how time is counted in the world where Sine More take place, the stages ordered how the time flows should be:
+If I understand how time is counted on Seol (= world where the game takes place), the following is how the stages should be ordered if time flew linear.
 # circle 1284, quarter 1, 8:216:02 IN – Stage IV.A: Argus Pytel at Cardinal Canyon, Losei
 # circle 1317, quarter 2, 22:337:95 IN – Prologue: unknown pilot, Near Moneta Point
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 # circle 1405, quarter 2, 9:211:02 IN – Stage IV.B: Garai 74/22876 at Cardinal Canyon, Losei
 # circle 1517, quarter 1, 52:220:13 IN – Stage VI.A: Ronotra Koss in Tira, the Imperial Capital
 == Development History ==

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 * '''Myryan Magusa''' – sub-weapon: ''Gemini Drone''
 * '''Garai 74/22876''' – sub-weapon: ''A-B-C Cluster Bomb''
 === Weapons ===

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 === Unlockable Secrets ===
-Progressing through the story campaign unlocks different planes, pilots and stages to play in Arcade and other modes.
+Progressing through the ''Story'' campaign (on any difficulty) gradually unlocks different '''planes''', '''pilots''' and, of course, '''stages''' to play in Arcade and other modes. It also unlocks the '''Encyclopedia''', which you can then find in the ''Help & Options'' menu.
-There are also in-game achievements (at least in Sine Mora EX).
+Progressing through the ''Arcade'' mode (on any difficulty), unlocks alternate '''plane colourschemes''' for ''Merenstein VI'' and ''GE-22 Liberator'' planes as well as some art<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1148530106</ref>
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+Finishing the ''Story'' mode on ''Challenging'' difficulty unlocks the '''Alternate Story''' mode.
-If a game features unlockable modes, extras, secrets character etc. such as the Mahou characters in ''[[Battle Garegga|Battle Garegga]]'' or Strong Style in ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu|DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu]]'' that are relevant to the basic system of a game, put these codes here. ''Otherwise, omit this section.''
 === Characters / Ships / Styles ===

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	The ''PlayStation Vita''<ref>http://www.psvitahub.com/2012/06/sine-mora-announced-for-ps-vita.html</ref> (and ''PS3''? – check!) version(s) of '''Sine Mora''' included an additional pilot '''Wilhelmine Muller''' as a cameo from the game [[Under Defeat]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Defeat</ref>, together with her own playable chronomes 64-72.		The ''PlayStation Vita''<ref>http://www.psvitahub.com/2012/06/sine-mora-announced-for-ps-vita.html</ref> (and ''PS3''? – check!) version(s) of '''Sine Mora''' included an additional pilot '''Wilhelmine Muller''' as a cameo from the game [[Under Defeat]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Defeat</ref>, together with her own playable chronomes 64-72.
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		+	(Due to a mistake, for a limited time Wilhelmine Muller was available also on the Steam version. The devs have fixed this since, but she can still be patched in using a hack<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=458596761</ref>)

	After the original release, in 2017 the game was re-released<ref>https://www.thqnordic.com/article/sine-mora-ex-coming-pcps4xbox-one-august-8th</ref> as '''Sine Mora EX''' with the following additions:		After the original release, in 2017 the game was re-released<ref>https://www.thqnordic.com/article/sine-mora-ex-coming-pcps4xbox-one-august-8th</ref> as '''Sine Mora EX''' with the following additions:

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	== Version Differences ==		== Version Differences ==
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		+	The ''PlayStation Vita''<ref>http://www.psvitahub.com/2012/06/sine-mora-announced-for-ps-vita.html</ref> (and ''PS3''? – check!) version(s) of '''Sine Mora''' included an additional pilot '''Wilhelmine Muller''' as a cameo from the game [[Under Defeat]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Defeat</ref>, together with her own playable chronomes 64-72.

	After the original release, in 2017 the game was re-released<ref>https://www.thqnordic.com/article/sine-mora-ex-coming-pcps4xbox-one-august-8th</ref> as '''Sine Mora EX''' with the following additions:		After the original release, in 2017 the game was re-released<ref>https://www.thqnordic.com/article/sine-mora-ex-coming-pcps4xbox-one-august-8th</ref> as '''Sine Mora EX''' with the following additions: