don’t you think that’s a bit over the top to accuse him of “shitting all over it”? all he said was “giant nail? srsly?” :\
I’m really feeling these new dudes
Finally a new fighter with characters that don’t make me not want to play the game before I’ve seen any gameplay.
Ahh, the Fighting Game Conservatives and Fighting Game Liberals debates.
Like the discussions with SF4 when players were refusing to play it because it doesn’t have parries, characters from 3s, or overall play like 3s and the debates with the new 3 attack button + Tag button layout for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.
Yeah, Fighting Game Liberals is what companies need in order to keep fighting games alive.
I definitely don’t mind change, I play all new fighting games competitively.
Well, I like Taokaka’s, Rachel’s and Arakune’s designs. Pretty distinctive, would be recognized in a cinch. Tager is also okay. Bang… well, his weapon is easy to recognize. And his name is seriously goofy. I hope for a parody character (in the way Tekken’s Paul is). Bang Shishigami… you could name a yaoi fanfic straight after that.
Ragna, neo-Ky-Jonnyand Noel are very generic. Laichi… a hell. I will reserve my comments after I have seen her in game.
So it only looks half bad, I mean Sol and Ky and Chip and Anji and Axel were also kinda generic ducks
Of course, then you had Faust and Zato/Eddy.
But honestly, I think it’s all just because we actually grew attached to the cast. So I’ll give BlazBlue a fair amount of time… a very fair one indeed :wgrin:
P.S: Ingame models looks better than the portraits. Shoulders are not a straight line!
PPS: Thanks umgogo for the translation. Care to translate Laichi’s drive explanation also?
If some of you haven’t guessed already Ragna is supposed to be like Vash (that’s what I’m thinking). Ragna The Bloodedge; Vash The Stampede, they both have the red kind of overcoat, just dye Ragna’s hair Blonde and give him glasses and you got him.
-Tha Hindu
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but really, compared to stuff like Melty Blood(definition of bland) and that new Examu DEAMON BRIDE, these character designs are a breath of fresh air.
what
Wow. Keep your theories to yourself there buddy.
the designs are too generic…yeah right…thats why you get to see a “thing” that looks like a girl with creepy eyes and mouth wearing a hood and using Cat-cased attacks in every fighting game
Id say, give the game some time, and then well see
(Id prefer having chars that are a mix of guilty gear characters, than seeing the whole fucking sf2 cast AGAIN in a game that was supposed to be “new”)
amen, bro, amen
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Neko Arc?
(+hood)
Well… it makes sense.
Oh btw, don’t know if you can hear this in any videos but when Ragna does his uppercut he says Volcanic Viper :razz: .
-Tha Hindu
Take Dante(from DMC) spike his hair, dye it blonde and give him glasses and you get Vash The Stampede. Unless Dante needs a Dante The [title] for it to work?
Ragna’s uppercut is called “Inferno Divider”…
Bang’s name, move names and choice of weaponry seem to attest to his status as a… more lighthearted take on the shinobi archetype, much like Chipp, Hokutomaru and Konoha (blame Naruto for the last two).
According to this page:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sharp-claw/20080726
Arakune
Arakune’s “Crimson” Drive curses the opponent, much like Testament’s Phantom Soul. While the curse is in effect, performing normal or special moves causes insects to appear on the screen and attack (I assume that they appear when the opponent attacks, not when Arakune does?). Hitting Arakune lifts the curse (just as with Testment). The site describes Arakune as a mix of Testament and Eddie (likely based on what has been revealed so far).
Feilin
Feilin is described as a Jam/Bridget hybrid. Her Drive is called “Man Ten Bou” (???, loosely translated as “Myriad Heavens Staff”) and involves using her staff for zoning. The D button, as well as certain special moves, can be used to set it in place (I am guessing one may press f/b/u+D to place it in the desired location?). By pressing D a second time, the staff is called back to Feilin (?). I believe she can also propel herself towards it (like Bridget’s Rolling Idou). The range of her normal moves is (obviously) shorter while she fights unarmed (after sending out her staff).
Bang
This site:
mentions something about Bang’s shuriken being limited to twelve uses per round, and his invulnerability to poison being shorter than Jin’s freezing?
What is this Eddie/Testament madness? Are the trying to give me a heart attack?
No, it doesn’t.
I can only imagine how big a board it would take to make a board-with-a-nail-in-it with Bang?s nail.
still, with the abilities of the other cast we can hope that he doesnt turn out so abusive like zato (he need to be nerfed so seriously)
lol
These character designs are just as freaking generic and bland. I mean at the very least there’s no ninja, little goth girl, or odd ball shadow figure in Melty Blood. Deamon bride is another story .
Unfortunately the CLOSE RANGED GUN CHARACTER ( :looney: ) has already been done in Arcana Heart, let’s see Noel manages to not be linear and boring as fuck.
:lol:
-Tha Hindu