Holy shit. Has it been a whole month already? I better get back to updating this!!
~September 16th Edition~
**“A God Versus A Hopeless Fighter” **
“I WILL DEFEAT YOU!” Running up the tower steps, I faced the third in a long line of fights, facing down a legion of flunkies yet again. Raising my fists and solidifying my stance, I waited for the first one to approach. In a simple kick combo, the opponent was down. The second one I got the jump on, jumping through the air and smashing my heel on his head, before spinning around into a solid round house kick, only to send him flying into a wall, the last one hesitated to approach, and that was his mistake. I punched left, right, stance change, right again, before spinning around and sending him off into the background with a vicious roundhouse kick to the jaw. The room was empty, save for the knocked out enemies, and I lowered my guard.
A noise caught my attention. I turned to face the unseen opponent, only to be shocked at what I saw. It was a bear. A Bear wearing a Karate Gi. Kuma was his name. … No. Not Kuma. Seth. The nameplate said Seth. Seth was the owner of the bear? I didn’t care. Needless to say, the Bear swung its paws around in the air, like it wanted to fight. And I had time to kill. So I raised up my hands. In some other universe I could hear the announcer yelling out ‘Fight!’ And it was on. I rushed in, spinning around in a solid kick aimed to smash the bear in the head, to no avail, it caught my attack and I was forced to kick off, and reposition myself. Big mistake. The bear rolled forward, and in my hesitation he caught me with his foot. Before I knew it, I was airborne, spinning around on my back. I was a circus act. With a push, the bear pumped me up off of his legs and I flew into the air, only to slam onto the ground. Recovering quickly I spun back to my feet. Maybe it was weak to low strikes? With this in mind I focused more on a fundamental set of attacks, a Left right combo into a Low Kick, the first two strikes being blocked, only for the last to strike him in the knees. Yes! A good hit! In my haste I tried to lift my leg up sideways, aiming to knock the bear off of its feet. That was a mistake. A Giant Bear Claw came crashing down on my face. And another. And a third one! By this point I was too dizzied to stay on my feet, an I fell to my back.
It took me but a moment to come to my senses and roll back into stance, only to see the bear still coming. This time I was ready. I hopped upwards and delivered three swift kicks to the bear, one to the face, another to the chest, and a third to the knees. Lifting my leg up I spun around quickly for a powerful Chop, only to follow up with a spinning low kick into a back stance. The bear wasn’t ready for my assault. As it recovered from the strikes, it tried to forsee a low strike. It never came. From my reverse position, I pulled my leg upwards and caught the bear under the chin, lifting him up into the air. Time to end this! Left, Right, Stance, Right, Jumping Axe Kick! SPinning Roundhouse Into Side Kick (60 Damage!) The bear went crashing into the wall, and I rubbed my forehead. Phew, That was tougher than I thought…
*Then he stood up. *
In my haste, I tried to raise my defenses quickly, only to suddenly be rolled into by the bear, My body flying through the air once more, the beast responding with a ghastly follow up; Leaping Forward With His Rear End Forward! The resulting attack had me smashing through a brick wall, and down into the courtyard below. Somewhere, an announcer would be heard saying K.O.!!
It was hours before I stood back up. Looking back to the hole in the wall, I’d brush myself off, shaking my woozy head. I’d hardly been a match for the trained bear… How did I expect to defeat the Demon Martial Artist, The Vampire, and The God, waiting at the top of the tower? … No Matter. I’d been left alive, for whatever reason. I suppose that was my only option, to go home a loser and train harder for next time.
Hopeless Fighter, Still Has a Fighting Spirit.
So after that short story, I hope you’re all still with me. Can I start by saying how awesome Tag 2 is? Harada really went all out for this game, and it seriously shows with how much fun the cast is to play with, how awesome the music, stage designs, and other decorations are, and how varied the costume selections are. Oh, and the characters. I love the characters. Oh wait, I talked about that. Fuck it, I’ll talk about it again! I’ve not had this much fun in a tekken game since Tekken 3, and that game was a gold mine for me.
Now I’m not a Tekken Player by Nature, so some of the set ups are kinda new to me. Ukemi, Forward Tech, Roll Attacks, Standing in Specific Positions to Block Follow Up attacks. I dunno a lot of it, but I’m figuring it out slowly. Though, I really need to change my in game mindset. I’m like a rock when I’m playing, Hard to change, ya know? That and I need to learn to block low. I keep forgetting that blocking low actually ducks out of a lot of shit. Ah well, I’ll figure myself out.