While hanging out with a friend at the mall last summer we walked into GameStop and wound up talking about games (obviously).
Something he said got me on my soapbox of "Sprites are awesome" and he immediately proceeded to show me a copy of CS, explained that it had similar mechanics to Capcom games (as far as stick rotations for executing specials). This immediately caught my interest and after a short discussion he took a copy walked up to the counter and bought it for me. (I got him something as well but it isn't related to BB).
Now I played CS for next to no time at all and it basically sat on my shelf indefinitely. I liked the aesthetics but I was intimidated by all the things you had to keep up with that I wasn't used to. (barrier gage, guard primers, etc)
Fast forward to the beginning of March. I am at a place where I have ZERO desire to buy another Capcom fighter despite the fact that I enjoy them more than other fighters. (I am not a fan of Tekken or Mortal Kombat) Capcom continues to do things that are frustrating to me as a consumer and I can't support it.
I also have a burning desire to own a Vita. 4 games on the launch lineup interest me:
BlazBlue
Rayman
The Ubisoft RPG
Uncharted
BlazBlue won, if nothing else, by process of elimination.
- I already have Rayman on a console
- The Ubi game is a port of some PSN game that is fifteen dollars on PSN yet they are charging forty for the Vita version (seriously?)
- Uncharted is ten dollars higher than other Vita games and there is no penalty for waiting for a price drop. (Such as the online community dying off with a multiplayer game or buying a game to support a series like I have to with Tales)
So I bought a Vita, a copy of CSX, and of it's the last thing I do I am going to finally get decent at a fighting game.
It's been a few weeks and other than the fact that I am terrible I am really enjoying the game so far. Biggest problem is finding a match online.
