DoctaMario

Was there no episode this week?

Any chance of getting this back online? The link in the first post is dead and I'd like to read up more on all this.

Great job on episode 3 guys, it was definitely the best one yet! Veteru was a great guest, I liked that he was willing to talk a little more. He really dropped a lot of great info, I'd love to see him come back sometime. J1n, your trolling was hilarious, though I think your mic is too loud. You're a lot louder than the other guys and if you talk loud enough or get too close, it distorts (I'm a producer I notice these things haha). Otherwise, keep it up, this is a great podcast!

Ahh, sweet. I was really hoping you'd make a thread on all this. I'm looking forward to reading more of your analysis because as I said in the other thread, it's kind of hard to find the supplemental materials one would need to read to fully appreciate the story. I'm more of a GG fan than BB but it seems like they learned from their mistakes in terms of GG's story mode being too vague at times (which is why I think the "Teach Me Miss Lichi" thing was put in BB) As for the analysis, I thought Dizzy was a bit older as well. How old is she supposed to be in the story?

Downloading episode 2 right now! Loved the Duke Nukem quotes X-D Dunno if it's possible, but I'd love to hear from some Ky or Testament players kinda in the same way AKA came in and talked about Millia. Keep it up fellas!

Good stuff. I dug all the stories you guys were telling in episode 0, it's cool for those of us who weren't there to be "let in" on some of that. Anyway, looking forward to checking out episode 1. Keep it up guys!

I read that rant post earlier (was it in this thread?) and it was an excellent post! I can see what you're saying about GG's story vs BB's, but if one needs to read/listen to outside stuff that hasn't been translated to truly appreciate the story, then that tells me that what we have is a story that hasn't been told very well in-game. Granted, I had to read a story FAQ to really get BBCT's story, but at least I had that option and there was enough in-game to get a good sense of what was going on. The whole time loop and Ragna unwittingly causing the end of the world was interesting to me even if it was a more routine plot to someone more into anime. Are there any good sources I could read to try and get a better idea of what's going on with GG's story that you'd recommend? And it might be pretty cool to read any plot/character stuff you wrote. I may not be the only one who thinks so.

Tell me more about the FCD glitches/combos.

The lack of Burst definitely makes things that would have been escapable in XX and beyond a much bigger deal. Sol seems to have a lot of really safe moves I've noticed, ones that can lead to borderline TOD combos. :P

Well I don't really watch/read a lot of anime so it was new to me. But it's better than GG's story and it actually made me care more about the characters. The problem with both games is that it's hard to get the point unless you read external materials. If they hired a screenwriter to help improve the storytelling and made a robust story mode that non-hardcores could appreciate and be happy with, then they could make the real game as hardcore as they wanted. There'd be something for everyone and everyone would win without having to give anything up.

Thanks Hecatom! None of my searches turned up any real results. I appreciate it!

I just started playing GGX again for shits and giggles and I've been having no luck finding a tierlist for this game. I'm kinda curious as to how it stacks up. If anyone has a link, I'd much appreciate it!

Fuck that. I WANT people to drop more combos. If I'm playing against someone better than me, I HOPE he drops a combo, because if I'm on my A game, I'll be able to punish that shit and possibly win. Still though..Third Strike is proof that a game can have somewhat lenient inputs and still be hardcore. You know what GG needs? A really super in-depth story mode. If it had that, it could attract all the weeaboos and still maintain its hardcore roots. They wouldn't give a damn about slashbacks or game mechanics as long as they could play through story mode and get something from it. I like GG's story but BB's shits all over it. I'm not even that interested in getting that good at BB as I am at GG, but the story mode keeps bringing me back because it's good. Give GG a story that's worth coming back for and you'd see all these JRPG-raised twits plunk down their money in droves.

Heh! My birthday party's on the 26th, so if I can't make it then, I can definitely do the 30th. Which version of BBCS are you guys using for the tourney 1 or 2?

Uhhhhhhhhhhwhatsup. I don't play much BlazBlue, but I love GG. I'm not great (haven't even been playing a year, really) but I love it. Yeah. >_> I live in Nashville and work in Franklin.

Was this game ever competitive at all? It would be kinda cool to see 4 top players battling it out at once.

Haha, nah, I know. No worries! I feel kinda scrubby still cuz I've only been playing since August and while I've progressed, I feel like I rely on some of the same things too much. So I'm still getting past that initial phase. I think trying to convince someone in a situation like that is a pointless venture, but that's just me. Also, balance is overrated. See Marvel Super Heroes.

Those are the three I play. :sad: Actually I've wondered about this myself.

Basically hit confirming is being ready to do the combo/attack in he event that your leading attack hits, but also being ready to stop it (and this part is ESPECIALLY important if you're hit confirming into a super!) if it gets blocked. Personally, I like to use jabs a lot because if it gets blocked, you can throw another one out and get a hit if your opponent isn't on their toes, but you should mix it up so they don't see what's coming. A lot of it is practice and muscle memory though. Like natearistata said, Training mode+Random Block is your friend.

Yang IS better than Yun when Genei Jin isn't considered. Without GJ, Yun is a mid-tier character at best, at least in 3s. What.The.Fuck!

GG AI is either a punching bag, or ridiculous. I have yet to actually beat the game in arcade mode on GGX, XXAC+, or Isuka, because the closer I get to the end, the more crazy the computer gets. I've come close though. And it IS completely different from fighting a human. THat's the one thing that sucks about most fighting games is that playing the AI can be really counterproductive to playing against humans. :P I've heard the AI actually reads button inputs too, can anyone confirm that?

I'm gonna respectfully disagree with you on that. EDIT: So I popped the game in after I posted this, and it's a cool game, but trying to fend off two opponents at once is

I'm a big VS fan. Even my girlfriend likes the game! On the real though, Capcom actually made a lot of Darkstalkers games considering that it really WAS just a game with a cult following. And would you guys REALLY wanna see the cast of VS redone with blocky SF4 style models? ;^P

What's funny is that the North American releases of games used to be tougher than the Japanese and Euro versions. What might work is if they use some of the BB mechanics in the new GG so that a BB player could possibly move over to GG and be okay. But keep the more hardcore aspects of GG intact, so that it's kinda like Third Strike compared to, say, SF4 as far as learning curves go.

I picked this up for $6 at GameStop and was messing with it. I could see it being a fun party game with everyone just mashing it out, but I can see why it's somewhat unpopular. I'm kinda in the same boat though. I can't get by the second Daredevil thing (and whatthefuck IS that anyway? Who/what is Daredevil??) and I managed to find a PS2 copy of GGX so I've been playing that more.