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Whoops, horrible wording on my part, I wasn't trying to knock on Overture's OST (And I did actually like the gameplay, somewhat) I should have just said that it was a bit hit or miss since that's what I really meant. It has my (2nd) favorite iterations of Keep Yourself Alive and Holy Orders, Sin's theme is pretty cool, the VS themes are all excellent and the character select theme is the best bar none. But I found others to be relatively subpar whereas my usual nonfavorites are still okay; Raven's theme is awkward as all hell, Paradigm/That Man are completely forgettable, Izuna's is obnoxious and Diva is just pure drivel compared to Valentine's regular theme. Poktemkin's new theme isn't bad, just... Unfitting. Really, my only beef with it is that chorus. It should be replaced with something else and it would be fine.

Every single track on the Xrd OST is a great replacment for the classic themes which are admittedly starting to get tiresome by now. Only exception is Potemkin's theme which now has a weak, overly asian sounding chorus. He'll never have music that sounds as good as Slave's Glory again. But on the whole, Xrd is defintely my new 2nd favorite sountrack from Ishiwatari, still only beaten out by GG1's incredibly diverse tunes. I was worried about how it would turn out because after Overture (or during) his music quality dropped like a hot potato IMO.

Naw man, naw. This just ain't true at all when May, Faust and Venom are still in the game.

Incorrect. GGX had bosses playable off the bat. ver 1.5 was a special re-release of X for the Atomiswave that had moves from XX added in. Still blows my mind that ArcSys, despite being way smaller than they were now managed to pull off such a release. They must have almost bankrupted themselves.

Testament with restored holy order uniform would be pretty cool for the sake of curiosity IMO. Though it would be hugely out of character.

Touhou does seem to only exist for the sole purpose of pissing off fans of whatever work it ripped off given the frequency it happens.

Guilty Gear is a much more beginner friendly game than most people realize. I started playing Accent Core around 5 years ago for the exact same reason you did, and I did it without knowing how to do something as basic as a fireball motion. I'm still pretty far away from being a good player but I certainly didn't have to practice other 'easier' fighters beforehand to learn my way around the genre. (Though it would help a fair bit to try.) It will take a hell of a long time but so long as you don't burn yourself out trying to get good quickly, you should manage the learning process quite fine.

I'm pretty sure I fell in love with all the GGXX characters at first sight. I've never understood why they're described as "weird goofy-crazy looking weirdos". They're all simply varying ranges of awesome to me.

Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu. I don't think any of us could forget the one game that taught us to avoid buying incensed games in the future. Also, while I haven't played it myself, this game is a truly hilarious sight to behold: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sppquTzh2Uc I always watch it when feeling down.

Blah, this guy looks like a cruddy fan made character to me. If there's any other new characters coming then I'm sure they'll be a lot better. If not then...

Man, that Mysterious Newcomer X character has the most craziest looking silhouette...

I don't think battle damage would be a good idea if it also meant handicapping the characters as well.

Hopefully none. God forbid Ishiwatari decides to keep GG its own thing, right guys?

Why bother saying this? It's not like you'll bother playing the stupid kid anyway.

No Medaka, no buy.

I don't see the problem with the 3D for Dusts. The perspective change looks like it could telegraph them well enough to make the start up time much quicker again.

Can't believe I forgot about that.

Guilty Gear helped improve my taste substantially. No joke, I was really bored with what I was playing before simply because I was too lazy to put any effort into trying new things. After I fell in love with GG I forced myself to learn all the advanced techniques to make the most of my purchase after unlocking all the stuff I could, then I started to look at other arcade games that I normally would have ignored before in a new light.

Okay, so I bought the PS2 collection because I couldn't hold off playing it any longer. I have just 3 questions for those who have played before me: 1. In PF2012EX, why can't I use the 3 bonus characters in training mode? 2. Is there a way to get this song to play more consistently, or is it totally random? It's really nice. 3. How come I can't see any of the bonus pictues when I put the disc in my computer? I was told that was possible but I can't find whatever files contain them. EDIT: Just to make my post a little less worthless, here's a good video to watch and a good channel to subscribe to for more PF2012 matches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90fC2Y982BI

That sounds pretty hilarious. I was considering Tamaki as my main early on since she was one of the first Aquaplus characters I recognized, but I like zoning characters too much to play the grappler.

Oh Zato, you're still not quite 6 feet under yet! Thankfully Millia's still there to give a helping hand. I'm really curious to see how Eddie managed to pull through without having to get a new host. Pretty cool that Arcsys has managed to make 3D animation look almost as good as 2D. Oh yeah, and hooray for Ishiwatari finally being able to make it past XX!

>Thinking a party game is hard to master

Since we now have a one trick pony, I want to see Dire on there as a joke character. All inputs are varying jump heights for his split chop attack. :V

AC/DC and Caeser salad revealed. Gameplay of the former shows nothing but the boiling blood, so this guy will either be one of the bigger surprises or one of the dullest characters on the roster.

This. If you can't adjust to any variables like random item drops how can you call yourself a skilled player.