Xtra_Zero

Battler's projectiles leave much to be desired, for sure. His beams are way slow too.

I am so glad that Gaap doesn't look like a drag queen anymore, even if it's just in a background image. It gives me something else to picture than the original art.

This. I've only read through ep4, so less "You wouldn't know that Dubledore not appearing in the game is a spoiler unless you read the last book anyway" stuff please. I'm seeing alot of high-damage Ange/Eva combos, almost at the exclusion of other characters. How are the other teams looking?

Anyone else have a palette issue with this game? I get crazy colors. W7 x64 Intel i5 Nvidia

When you have time Circ, could you do a system rip? Like lifebars, fonts, etc?

I couldn't care less about CotS, but I would love to play as Miser again. Those other hybrid classes were awesome too.

I thought CFs were about perfect. If you knew which moves of yours did the most soul damage, it wasn't THAT uncommon to at least put your opponent under the threat of being soul crushed. And that's all that mattered. It wasn't so much the Critical Finish itself that was important. It was the THREAT of the Critical Finish.

Over the past month and a half, I've watched the opening video and first gameplay video hundreds of times. I am excited. Also: is there anything from the Chiru arcs in Ougon that you've noticed? I've only read up to ep 4 soooo~

IDK man. I think it says almost everything about the game. Look at the difference between GG and BB. The biggest difference is GG's guard bar. It was an important part of the game because it forced you to constantly reevaluate what the optimal next move in your combo was, which led to a huge diversity of combos and changes in decisions at a level that other games don't have. In BB, the biggest deciding factors in what combo you'll do is which move you hit with and where you are on the screen. You see something similar with Melty where the super meter has wacky, dynamic properties that constantly changes combo decisions. Those mechanics ARE those games. Then there's the dichotomy. While I won't say combo length is directly correlated with how good a game is, there are certainly some connections to how accessible the game is. Look at FuC and Jojo. Both are decent games with interesting mechanics but in Jojo's case, combo length, execution difficulty and reliance on the damage that those combos bring makes the games practically inaccessible and the scene dies because of it. In FuC's case, the combos are approximately GG difficulty but significantly longer and with less variety/decision making. If there was a mechanic similar to GG's guard bar this wouldn't be a problem but because there isn't one the game is a bit stale to play and watch even though there is a lot of decision making before a combo starts.

Finally PS3 gets some fighters.

Is there a name for the song in the video?

Those death cries are pretty epic.

You guys think THIS game didn't age well? Try Battle Arena Toshinden 1. I went back and tried to play it and I just could not stand it. And I remember LOVING that game as a kid. Shit is terrible.

What I learned from this thread: JP lists are based on how ezmodo a character is.

The helmet, if it is that, is turned away a bit, so the front isn't very visible. There is no light blue trim near regular Megaman's face either. Also, regular Megaman's helmet does not have that huge light/dark difference in color. Even regular X's helmet isn't THAT extreme. If it's a Megaman, I'm betting on Copy X.

I wanna bitch about how lobelias are negated by Nirvana, guys. Let's talk Carl.

IMO Rachel has a harder time against Litchi than Bang because Litchi controls so much space and Rach needs that space more than most characters. Rach vs Carl is harder for Rach than posted because lobelias are invalidated in many ways worse than vs Hakumen in addition to all the rest of the standard Rachel shortcomings + Carl's high damage and better mixup than Hakumen.

Guilty Gear + Anime Expo 2008.

"ZOOM" "ENHANCE" Yep that's Megaman's helmet alright. Because of the coloring, the only Megaman it could be is X, but X was deconfirmed, so I doubt it's a Megaman helmet. (Though I guess it could be Copy X) I'm more interested in what program the computer is running.

Don't give up Winty! Poverty needs you

If there is a list, it's not going to be very reliable, and things are probably going to be very close for most of the cast. I haven't seen one yet.

Nobody knows what's happening with Soul Calibur. There have been like 5 tekken announcements since the last game.

Definitely. Easy to get into, difficult to master, etc. Scene seems to be growing.

The guy at GameStar Arcade says he's working on getting a J360! Maybe there is hope in the future.

Nobody knows what Rachel is like in the latest test. There are no videos and no news of changes. Also I think TD is still in. Last I heard it was way faster and didn't eat the wind meter.