Vulcan422 Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 I just realized now that Kagura, with his giant sword and stance system, also reminds me of Siegfried from Soul Calibur. And hearing that he's a charge character too makes me want to try him even more since I main Bison in AE.
Gespenst Ritter Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Ugh. I liked how charge moves were practically nonexistent in BB, and now Kagura is a full-on charge character? Fuck. Well, he's not getting played. Terumi sounds interesting, on the other hand. I hope his Heat-gaining Drive involves meter-stealing. There are way too few fighting game characters with the ability to drain meter.
WolfCrimson Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Terumi sounds interesting, on the other hand. I hope his Heat-gaining Drive involves meter-stealing. There are way too few fighting game characters with the ability to drain meter. That would be really cool.
Luminos564 Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Terumi sounds interesting, on the other hand. I hope his Heat-gaining Drive involves meter-stealing. There are way too few fighting game characters with the ability to drain meter. Except that would be all kinds of balance/game-breaking bad since meter (Heat) in Blazblue is pretty damn important. Doubly so for characters who don't have reversal options without at least 50 Heat (Izayoi) or anyone who needs to Counter Assault (a game mechanic). There is a good reason why characters who can affect the meter-gauge in 2D fighters are so seldom seen to begin with.
Gespenst Ritter Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Except that would be all kinds of balance/game-breaking bad since meter (Heat) in Blazblue is pretty damn important. Doubly so for characters who don't have reversal options without at least 50 Heat (Izayoi) or anyone who needs to Counter Assault (a game mechanic). There is a good reason why characters who can affect the meter-gauge in 2D fighters are so seldom seen to begin with. Don't be so dismissive of the possibility. It wouldn't be the first time BB has included character-specific gameplay mechanics that look broken on paper. Tao, Valk, and Hazama being able to reach areas of the screen that are inaccessible to everyone else, magnetism and wind taking away a fraction of control of your character's movement, Spiral pretty much being a big middle finger to blocking, etc, etc. Whether or not Terumi would be broken with a meter-stealing mechanic is all about how his overall toolset is designed.
YukiBlue Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Just because Kagura is charge doesnt mean he is instantly Airdashing Guile. I expect a footsie character with good normals. Most likely big damage from a few hits? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Assassin Cross Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Oh wow. Something actually happened. Pretty keen on trying out Terumi :D.
YoYoCheese Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Just because Kagura is charge doesnt mean he is instantly Airdashing Guile. I expect a footsie character with good normals. Most likely big damage from a few hits? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He also only has two special moves: an anti-air and a projectile. I think that that, combined with him being a charge character, warrants comparisons to Guile. (No one knows if Kagura is going to wind up being a turtle though. It's kind of hard to have a true turtle in this game because of negative penalties.)
Kujikawa Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 I can't check the links on him atm. Can you guys tell me if hes anything like May, with the infomation we currently have. Thanks.
SoWL Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 I can't check the links on him atm. Can you guys tell me if hes anything like May, with the infomation we currently have. Thanks. He has a big-ass weapon, a Johnny-like stance, a projectile and an anti-air.
Sophisticat Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Oct 24? Meh, time to ditch BB in favour of GG...
YukiBlue Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 If this sword wielding badass turns out to be a turtle. I'm going to still RTSD. Charge ftw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Kujikawa Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 He has a big-ass weapon, a Johnny-like stance, a projectile and an anti-air. Sounds like Mitsuru to me, thanks for the infomation.
Luminos564 Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Don't be so dismissive of the possibility. It wouldn't be the first time BB has included character-specific gameplay mechanics that look broken on paper. Tao, Valk, and Hazama being able to reach areas of the screen that are inaccessible to everyone else, magnetism and wind taking away a fraction of control of your character's movement, Spiral pretty much being a big middle finger to blocking, etc, etc. Whether or not Terumi would be broken with a meter-stealing mechanic is all about how his overall toolset is designed. I suppose I can concede to the point that ASW does do a fairly good job at balancing their games and characters (barring some exceptions). But the idea that Terumi could steal meter from an opponent with Drive (normals) is a pretty damn scary thought. Lets say hypothetically that each his from his Drive saps ~5 Heat from the opponent. It looks innocent enough, but if you land more than one in a combo it starts to add up. Land 5 of them? You just ripped out 25 Heat way from the opponent's resource and added it to yourself. Doubly scary if they are a character that desperately needs meter to have defensive options. The reason Tager's magnetism, Rachel's wind and so on are not bad is because there's a way to deal with them while still having all of the game's mechanics available. But I do admit that right now we know nothing how Terumi's Drive will actually work. I likely jumped the gun and I apologize if I offended you in any way. And to be fair, I'd be lying if I said I didn't find the revealed Terumi to be somewhat interesting and I don't even like Hazama/Terumi. The article said something along the lines that he has more Distortions than regular specials and that his Drive supposedly functions to get him more meter. That's a pretty unique idea.
Kujikawa Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 5 seems a little to much. It would only be on hit (Not on block) and do around 1-3 heat depending on the special move. His combos would be designed to not really contain a lot of them, then it kinda' would be fine.
MashThat5A Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Just because Kagura is charge doesnt mean he is instantly Airdashing Guile. I expect a footsie character with good normals. Most likely big damage from a few hits? So airdasher Guile
Yazumatto Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 It could be a charge mechanism like Tsubaki except with meter. It could be a powerup state or it could be that little ring thing U Hazama has. Meter stealing definitely sounds awful on paper though.
Narroo Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Ironically enough, he's bound to fail because he's not Ragna. He lacks the plot bending powers of a protagonist. Not totally true; Ragna fails miserably everytime, hundreds of times thanks to time loops. He always seems to need a Deus Ex Machina to help him after the 500th failure.
Narroo Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 So, will there be a region lock on this again? :S Probably not; it was Atlus that locked P4A.
Juraya Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Probably not; it was Atlus that locked P4A. I sure hope so. As an european, who still has not seen P4A because of this stupid idea I am very concerned about this. Thank you
Rishtopher Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Now that I've caught up with the older posts, I'm not really sure how excited I am about these characters. I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna preorder this (for NA, not desperate enough to import atm) but I'm kinda hoping that they'll do an extended version or find a way to cram in the rest of the Six Heroes before the release. Everyone wants Jubei (duh), Nine would be nice and Trinity >>> Platinum, imo. That said, I wonder how soon we can expect to see footage of these characters in arcades. I'm not really interested in Terumi or Kagura til I can see them in action.
Gespenst Ritter Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Since the release date is way farther down the road than anyone expected, it's not too far-fetched to think there might be more console characters in the pipeline.
SoWL Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 The article is up now, though the info is rather scarce for now. Still, better artwork and stuff. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201304/18032031.html
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