Xtra_Zero

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YES. That move was wonk as hell. Looked like an overhead, sounded like an overhead, felt like an overhead... but wasn't an overhead.

The other way to do it is to have the damage you take change based on which character gets hit. EDIT: Upon doing some testing, I can't get different damage values on different characters, nor can I see any difference in the amount of life taken off the lifebar for different teams. I'm confused.

You know, any form of online play is nice, but I really wonder why programmers haven't imitated the online system in the PC #RELOAD hack. That is a great system that makes finding matches a snap.

Even if they doubled Phoenix's HP, I doubt it would matter. She's gonna die in one combo regardless. It's completely acceptable as long as the rest of her game offsets it. Look at Nu and Carl in CT. Low HP doesn't matter if you kill your opponent before they can hit you.

You know, I can think of another character in another game that has extremely low defense, yet she's the best character in the game.

Phew. Crisis averted.

KNEE HOW ugh Hsien-ko's voice makes me want to vomit. What was the news on JP voices? She looks like she lost some mobility but otherwise looks great.

I might be late, and it isn't much, but http://youtu.be/osz8gBH0bZo Animation is fucking wack, but the play looks like it could be solid. What I want to know is why the game is fucking 8k yen.

I'm just glad we didn't get Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma. Good god those were absolutely horrible character choices.

http://goo.gl/t4tdu

After playing this game offline with friends for a few days, I think I really like it. There are some weird things like lack of hitstop when hitting airborne opponents and no backthrows but overall the game is really cool and it seems like the Metaworld cancel mechanic actually has some strategic value. It seems like there's a nice selection of normals that have lots of uses for each character and it gives just the right amount of a poking game to retain good spacing strategy.

On my stick this makes inputs lag.

Alright. Be aware that the only thing that can mess your system up is improper use of readydriverplus and it isn't completely necessary in the first place (I don't have it installed either ... though I might soon), so you don't need to install it if it worries you. Just remember that in order to use the sticks you're going to have to tap F8 every time you power your computer on to bring up the Windows boot menu and disable driver signature authentication. This is no big deal, isn't very hard, and doesn't pose any practical threat to your computer. Other than installing readydriverplus, if you follow the readme carefully (and even if you don't, actually) there is almost no chance of messing your computer up. The only thing you really risk by messing up is the stick not working properly, which is already the case. After following the readme you will have to use the newly installed XBCD Setup Utility to change the configuration of the D-pad on your stick from POV hat to the X/Y axes. There's a specific way the controller should be configured to preclude some problems with some games, like Melty not detecting buttons above 10.

Tell me what OS you have and I'll give you the rundown.

The game is alot like Street Fighter. Pokes, spacing, crossups, hitconfirm into super, normal anti-airs, all the basics are extremely important. What sets this game apart from SF is the helper. Without the helper, the game is almost mechanically identical to SF. With the helper, however, the game is more like ... idk ... JoJo or something. You can set up ridiculously nasty situations for your opponent as well as make reasonable combos with good use of the helper mechanic.

If you haven't done anything other than plug your stick in, then yeah you're going to run into a problem where the TE and Windows wants to use the POV hat instead of the X/Y axes, which is not supported by most games. I think this will be useful if that is the case: http://www.mediafire.com/?gxe1ujj4fzu

Same problem here. 1.07c works fine with no modifications. 1.08 dies on execution. FIXED: Strange, even with locale set to Japanese it won't run unless you change the EXE and KBT to something non-Japanese.

Has anyone tried netplay in 1.01?

Yesssss

Anyone at AnimeLA? I got Ougon set up.

I mean even outside of combos. Uppercuts in particular feel weak.

Feels like special attacks do less damage than they should. Maybe it's just me.

Shoma and Kyosuke. I tried Akira but I could never make her work well.

Yes.