Welcome to this new TSA feature where each month we will be running challenges based on whatever games Sony are giving away as part of the PS+ Instant Games Collection for PS4. We explained the rules in detail yesterday, but we’ll quickly go over them again here.
Essentially, points will be awarded to entrants for their performance and a grand prize of a year’s subscription to PS+ will be given to the first person to achieve 50 points on the leaderboard over the coming months. Every month, a random winner from people who enter will also be chosen from entrants to win a £10 PSN voucher. PSN codes provided will be for UK or US regions, depending on which you prefer.
The first competition will be a high score competition on everyone’s favourite scrolling shooter, Resogun. The rules for this challenge are quite simple, but you should read those carefully so you know exactly what you have to do:
- Single level play through on the first level – Acis.
- Difficulty level to be set on the easiest level – Rookie.
- Any ship can be used.
- This must be a single player attempt – no co-op cheating here!
- Highest score achieved on Acis on Rookie difficulty will be awarded 10 leaderboard points, 2nd highest 9 points, 3rd will get 8 points and so on, all the way down to 1 point.
- Everyone who enters will receive 1 leaderboard point, regardless of finishing position.
- Entries must be submitted by 6PM on Sunday 26th January – late entries will not be considered.
In order to enter this competition, follow the steps below. Again, make sure you read them clearly and follow every step:
- Play the first level, Acis, as many times as you like on Rookie difficulty, trying to get the best score you can.
- Once you’re happy with your score, go to the high scores section of Resogun and find the score table for Acis, Rookie difficulty, single player mode.
- You can enter multiple times, but only your highest entry will be counted, and please don’t clog up the hashtag with constant entries!
- Press the Share button on your DualShock 4.
- Share a screenshot of the high score table, clearly displaying your PSN ID and best attempt.
- Share the screenshot via Twitter with the hashtag #TSAResogun.
- Make sure you include your TSA username on your tweet as well as the hashtag.
If you don’t have a Twitter account then worry not, you can set one up here. You won’t even need to keep the account, you can literally just use it to post your score then never use it again! You will need to link your Twitter account to your PS4 which can be done when you press the share button and choose Twitter as your sharing option.
Bonus Points contest – Wooden Spoon!
Think you’ve got no chance? Rubbish at the game? You’re not the only one – me too! There will be 5 bonus points awarded for the lowest score achieved. To enter this, complete the level and on the screen at the end that shows your score for the level, share the screenshot via the same method as above!
You can enter both the high score and low score competition, though nobody who finishes in the top 10 for the high score competition will be considered for the low score competition.
Any questions? Fire away in the comments below. Good luck, now go save those humans!
Competition organised and post written by Tony Cawley.
XisTG
Sounds like fun :)
Can the vouchers be for Europe as well? The UK and US ones are strictly for those countries :/
Blair Inglis
Unfortunately not, those are the only stores we have access to.
gernboes
so i guess the one year PS Plus subscription is US or UK only too?
Kennykazey
Hold on, can’t UK vouchers be used in the rest of Europe? Darn, not sure I’ll bother linking my system to a twitter-account then.
Blair Inglis
No, but they can be used all the same on a UK account if you have one.
Kennykazey
Good point, I do have a US account… Game on.
hannes_truce
I’m terrible at this game, so fully aiming for the low score prize.
lewis815
Is there any limitation on which ship we can use? :)
tonycawley
Oh I was sure I put this in. The answer is no, whatever ship suits you best
Blair Inglis
I’ve updated it.
Tuffcub
Can staff enter? :)
Blair Inglis
Yes, but only for fun.
Kitch
Woo hoo. 5 points in the bag.
Quick question. Is it only 1 entry or can you post a 2nd or 3rd entry if you improve?
Blair Inglis
You can enter as many times as you please, only your highest entry will be considered.
Moonpie
You might think that Mr Kitch but you haven’t seen me play yet, 5 points….Game On!!!!!
DividSmythe
What if your Twitter handle is the same as on here? Well you still have to put username from here?
Blair Inglis
Yeah, it’s better everyone does it so we don’t have to look you up.
DividSmythe
Ok. No problem thanks.
Lyts1985
On it like a car bonnet :-) Shame it’s the easiest level on the easiest difficulty though, not much of a challenge :-S lol
tonycawley
The challenge is getting the highest score out of all the entrants, trust me it won’t be easy!
Lyts1985
I see what you’re saying mate, I’m just thinking there’s going to be very few opportunities for good combos…
We’ll see. I’ll be giving it a shot regardless. Fantastic choice of first game IMO. Resogun lends itself well to this kind of thing :-)
TSBonyman
Can i still enter with the hope of getting on the TSA leaderboard – even though i’m outside the regions for the code prizes?
Blair Inglis
Of course.
TSBonyman
Awesome – even if my score won’t be.. :p
lewis815
Hmm, got a good score now (over 5 million…), debating whether to submit it now or keep trying… I only want to submit the one! (Any TSAers who I’m not connected with on here feel free to add me lewis815)
Blair Inglis
You can always submit again if you get a higher score.
lewis815
I know, just don’t want to clog up the hashtag ;)
blackredyellow
You may as well wait and keep trying. You got until January 26th!
mrfodder
How hard is it to get a score of zero?
gordon123
I believe it is impossible. Will be really interesting to see what people can manage.
Lieutenant Fatman
I thought I had a really good low score. Then my friend came round and got a lower one straight away. Then he got even lower on the next attempt! Will be interesting to see who gets it.