also want to add, new Iron Tager is some crazy bullshit, I love it.

yeah I don't know what the fuck the nu DLC is supposed to be. I assume her pallete/voice?

>>1481
I didn't understand it either, maybe this will help.

Q: What is the deal with Unlimited Lambda/Nu?
A: Unlimited Lambda is basically Lambda with Nu's moves, or Nu with Lambda's moves, depending on how you look at it, and is just called "Nu" on the select screen. She's also more powerful in general (has all the Unlimited properties.

Still no idea. I knew about unlimited characters in CT, but can you play them outside of single player, like tournaments?

Ever notice how every blazblue character was specifically designed to maximize appeal with a particular fandom or fetish? I guess they figured taokaka fell too much into the catgirl and cute groups to appease furries.

Anyway I cant wait too see more official artwork of her, like this one. They sure do take fanservice seriously in japan!

where is my guilty gear reboot

also no matter what they do to this game it doesn't change me from believing hazama is one of my favorite fighting game characters to play ever.

I'll be getting this when it comes out, looks pretty fun

>>1484

>>1482

You cannot play them in tournaments but you can find online player game lobbies where people just dick around with only unlimited

Regardless,
Blazblue is still my favorite fighting game as they do not require me to know one frame links and I cannot wait for CS, hopefully it busts my ass back into Blazblue.

>>1491

I liked guilty gear because it wasn't links but combos actually took relatively more skill to perform.

As someone who hasn't touched Blazblue, how bad would it be to start getting into it when CS comes out? I wouldn't mind another fighter.

>>1492

>>1495

If you know how to play any other fighter you can play BB

>>1495

The thing i like about Blazblue is that it's not hard at all to get up into and play.

who are the rushdown characters so I can know who to try out

>>1499

I'd say Ragna, Noel, Bang, and Taokaka are a good start. The thing is with Games like GG/BB every character plays a shit ton different, unlike in say Street fighter, so you'd be better off trying everyone to try and get a feel for who you like the most.

>>1499

Well I don't think you should limit yourself to "rushdown" because heck lambda and arakune probably end up throwing out more attacks than anyone.

>>1499
Its difficult to choose a main just based on playing by yourself since you only have combos to go on. I thought tao was pretty cool at first but then I watched some videos of high level play with her and it kind of made me lose all interest.

That being said I play cs at the chinatown arcade in New York a lot and I mostly use bang and tager with a little bit of ragna and hakumen from time to time.

Tager is definitely my favorite character because he's so outrageously over the top, I'm pretty bad with him and try to buster a lot more than I should but every time I use him is just such a laugh. Bang and Ragna are pretty cool because they have easy and satisfying air combos that make me feel SO FUCKING PRO whenever I pull off. Bang's super mode is really awesome too, even though its autolose for me when I go into it.

>>1502
well I'm going to check out everyone, it's just that I either pick an all rushdown character or all zoning one. thanks for the prospects guys, I'll check them out first

>>1503

Hey, you're a CTF bro? we should play sometime, i bought an arcade stick to practice with at home so I shouldn't be horrible on stick :|

How many of you niggiz go to CTF?
I myself am I CTF scrub. Yet to play any BlazBlue though ><

>>1507

I go to CTF on occasion. Shit is fun, though last time I played CS there I had absolutely no stick experience and an arukune got me in a 70+ hit combo, if any of you know that guy ;-;

I dont work in the city anymore so I'm not at ctf as much as I used to be, but its a really fun place. A few weeks ago some middle aged asian businessman taught me how to use yun.

>>1495

BlazBlue is fighting game beginner mode.

It requires much less techincal know-how, has basically no okizeme/wake-up game outside of specific situations, etc.

Just pick Ragna and do bread-n'-butter for easy victory with no effort at all.

>>1519
lol kid sucks at BB

>>1520

Pretty much

Can japanese copies play with american copies?

Thinking of importing.

>>1520
>>1521

oh u

>>1530

They could with CT, so I imagine it'd be the same with CS.

>>1519
A fighting game is only as hard as your opponent.

>>1533
Also the wake up game is tech-chasing.

>>1533

And how skilled your opponent is depends greatly on how much the game holds his hand.

>>1534

actually there are quite a few moves that force neutral techs.

>>1536
In my experience this hasn't really been the case. I mean its not like the game thinks for you. It just makes comboing alot easier so punishment is enhanced and there's less room to slip up in the lower skill levels.

>>1551

It's a slower fighter regardless, the only thing is that it's just this generation, all games are slow. SF4, Blazblue, TvC(not slow, just really really easy) just feel like steps back.

>>1552

Blazblue is not slow, and if you think it is you are having incredibly low level matches.

>>1553

Well, I take that back because it's not hard to become a decent player in blazblue, but the game is not slow, and i cannot see how you would think it is in any regard

>>1553

Blazblue's definitely slower than Guilty Gear, maybe that's what he meant

however, in the grand scheme of things its not a slow fighter by any stretch of the definition

>>1551

Combos and mechanics are a lot less strict in BB than they are in many other modern fighters. I don't have to worry about frame windows nearly as much unless I'm playing Tager or something.

That, and BB relies a lot more on linking shit, gives you an extra burst just for losing, etc.

It obviously doesn't play the game for you, but acting like it's not a lot easier and more forgivable than other fighters is just being silly.

i tried playing blazblue once.

it seemed fun but really unreliable strategically. so since then i never really saw reason to be extra good at it.

>>1555

Yes, Slow"er" fighter.

>>1556

I don't think many people here would say that blazblue is GOD TIER EXECUTION GAME, but you're really selling it short saying the game plays for you. It's fine.

>Combos and mechanics are a lot less strict in BB than they are in many other modern fighters

Modern fighters are all going easymode now. SF4 is the only one that keeps some semblance of high skill ceiling with links.

>gives you an extra burst just for losing

And if you win because of double burst, your opponent gets an extra burst. Pretty sure the double burst was to help with some bad matchups caused by BB:CT's zoning gods. Id take bursts for losing over ultras for losing as a "comeback" mechanic always and forever.

>It obviously doesn't play the game for you, but acting like it's not a lot easier and more forgivable than other fighters is just being silly.

We're just asserting the point that it still holds water as a fighter. I still don't know what you mean by modern fighters because all modern(this gen fighers, this excludes GG/SF3/MBAA/KoF etc generation) fighters excluding SF4/SSF4 are pushing the border towards casual shit. Even then SF4 and SSF4 try to sneak in as much casual shit as possible to make learning the game an absolutely horrible experience.

As a side note, doesn't psy. play SSF4 better than most people here? He enjoys BB why cant you?

>>1560

>Modern fighters are all going easymode now. SF4 is the only one that keeps some semblance of high skill ceiling with links.

You need to play other shit, like GG and Arcana Heart. I'd still consider GG to be a modern fighting game. Accent Core is only about 3 years old and would'a had a new installment by now if not for all the legal shit that happened [and BB being in the derplight].

>>1561
I would totally be down for learning GG if I knew anyone that played that game. To me GG is all around just better than blazblue. Better characters, better music, faster, harder combos. Hell the only reason I play Blazblue is because GG is dead in Georgia and BB is the next best thing. Hopefully GG will get another game soon.

>>1562
Arcana heart on the other hand is just a bit too weaboo for me. I mean BB pushes it close enough as it is.

>>1562

The GG scene in America isn't as strong as it used to be. It's also spread out as fuck, even compared to most scenes. Be prepared to drive long ways to get matches, depending on where you are. One of the benefits of living in Nipponville is that I just take a quick hop to Tokyo to get in matches of anything.

I wouldn't worry too much about THIS GAME IS TOO WEEABOO -- a good game is a good game. People who say that shit still play MvC2 or main Ken, so it's not like they're doing anything worthwhile with their lives.

I would much rather play Magical Fighting Girls Spirit Battaru, as opposed to Tiers: The Game.

>>1564
but Tiers: the game is plenty of fun. I love smash brothers.

>As a side note, doesn't psy. play SSF4 better than most people here? He enjoys BB why cant you?

To be fair, I picked it up because I was brand new into fighting games and wanted to try them all out. Had I watched videos or something beforehand, I wouldn't have picked it up for the 2 reasons I stopped playing it now. 1) Nu, the fucking whore bitch that made me stop playing Tager, and 2) I don't like fanservice and panty shots. I get it, Taokaka is a girl and likes boobies, but c'mon now... Only good thing was the 100+ matches I had while playing without the slightest frame of lag.

On the other hand, I still play BB:CS from time to time on my PC and I can't WAIT for the release since not only is it very well balanced, it's still a good and fun game. Not to mention, people here are gonna actually play this version of it. But I ONLY play Tager, so I don't know where my opinion stands. I like how easy it is to do combos, but actually getting in to start it is where the skill comes in. Comboing after a throw is nasty as hell, too. I like it.

real talk though, the games today look (are) sooooo much easier compared to what these old schoolers played.

ok the end.

>>1567

>2) I don't like fanservice and panty shots. I get it, Taokaka is a girl and likes boobies, but c'mon now...

You should play her story mode.

>very well balanced

I wouldn't go that far.

>>1568
I meant a million times more balanced than CT, which I guess to some people is still not balanced. I don't know who has what kind of 3-7 fights, but I know Tager has less hassle and that's all I care about.

Also, I haven't played a single player game in over 12 years.

>>1568

>only 2 characters considered C tier(Tager, Rachel)
>not well balanced

<_>

  Fan OST's to satisfy my hunger.

Now that we've had enough talk about Blazblue, who wants to fucking play some matches? Chopz KoDaiEiji on 360, come on man i wanna play sum gaems

  so from watching these videos it looks like litchi's playstyle is to do footsies until you touch them with any button then do a 6k combo that pushes them into the corner, then do that staff super which causes an unblockable (?) and then do another 6k off of that to win.

Am I wrong here? Look at how much harder that jin player worked and he still lost :(

>>1574

Jin has to land more combos because his specials are great. Litchi doesn't have a stellar reversal, it's good but anyone used to litchi is going to punish it very, very, very hard, so shes a glutton for punishment without fast close pokes, so shes pretty uncomfortable up close. I've seen 3v3 steamrolls like this for about every character now(well, every S and A tier character) so it really doesn't discourage me. That litchi was just better than them because she faught two essentially equal characters before. That super isn't unblockable btw it's just nasty for oki and I really don't know what that ragna was trying to do during it.

A problem with litchi now is that her combos are really, really, easy compared to CT. Longer but more lenient. I had my friend who is a lvl 50-73~(fuck I dunno all I know is he only seems to get matched up against 70s and 80s) lichi call me and complain about it once he finally got his hands on the CS arcade crack.

Someone finally has his copy and there are character data folders for Platinum Trinity and
Valkenhyne

Who is platinum trinity am I missing something.

>>1570

>pretending that half the cast is actually used

>>1577
well hmm lets look at characters of SBO qualifiers

litchi
carl
hazama
jin
bang
lambda
taokaka
hakumen
arakune

9 out of 14, ragna is a more than capable character so thats 10 out of 14. I'll put this game down for you if you quit spewing shit out your ass.

>>1578
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that last year 12 out of 12 characters were represented for CT.

The balance got worse, everyone go home.

>>1579

Qualifiers aren't even done yet so wait n see!

>>1578

>half of the cast has -30 match-up totals or more
>bang and litchi [ragna can come along too] way ahead of everybody else
>balanced
>trying to use qualifier representation to curtain the truth

it's okay, i know you're frustrated, we can help you

>>1576
-V

>>1582

Ya mang these matchups are horrible. Not to mention this is still fairly early.

>>1584

Don't get me wrong this doesn't have the stellar balance that SSF4 has atm but come on if you don't consider these numbers workable how the hell did you play older fighters.

>>1584
>>1585

Because the characters that are low tier have a pretty unfavorable match-up against the characters who aren't. That's pretty much what unbalanced means.

There are much worse games, but I still don't feel that BB is to the point where it can be considered a balanced series yet. And yeah, it's only like that because it's young and all, but yeah.

At least CS isn't the fucking horrible shitfest that CT was.

>>1586

Only series I really feel comfortable calling balanced is SSF4. Hardly anything drips below 6:4 even for its gigantic cast.

>>1595

Like I said in the other thread, though, SSIV is only two months old. Most fighters are "balanced" when they come out because none of the skewed shit is obvious yet.

Until we start seeing more major tournaments, we shouldn't be labeling it as anything yet. It's shaping up to be a lot better than SFIV was, but that's not exactly difficult.

>>1608
How is that "not exactly difficult" when SFIV was already the best balanced Street Fighter ever

  Mu-12 Theme

  Ragna vs Mu?

>>1612

Because the balance was shit.

SF has never ever been a balanced series.

>>1617
Aw man I got scooped.

>>1621
>Because the balance was shit.

As long as you realize you're the only person on the planet that believes that.

>>1624

Taken from "Top 50 SFIV players from Japan":

01. Mago (Sagat) 555.033
02. Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 375.365
03. Ojisan Boy (Sagat) 357.451
04. RF (Sagat) 299.149
05. Tokido (Akuma) 214.968
06. Uryo (C. Viper) 199.367
07. Momochi (Akuma) 192.492
08. Shiro (Abel) 192.209
09. Radiowave (Sagat) 192.065
10. Rikuson (Sagat) 173.081

11. Eita (Akuma) 168.420
12. Kindevu (Rufus) 164.788
13. Oaru (Sagat) 147.768
14. Hamaa (Sagat) 147.269
15. Akua (Sagat) 143.007
16. Hishou (Sagat) 141.644
17. Pie (Sagat) 140.652
18. MDR (Rufus) 137.408
19. Bean (Sagat) 136.295
20. Akame Ryu (Ryu) 135.690


cool balance, bro

>>1625
>>1624

>>1626

>>1627

it's okay to be upset, guys

anger is a passing thing

but who's really the one upset here...

>>1630

Probably nobody

I would hope so, anyway

I get happy over petty internet argument victories

>>1629
lol I think that topknot's cutting off bloodflow to his head

Okay so if you faggots are done, would anyone actually like to play Blazblue?

>>1644

no I refuse to play fighting games with even 1 frame delay

after playing ct for a while I really like ragna, but something tells me I am playing the ken of blazblue. oh well he's everything I could ask for in a rush down character

>>1646

This game's ken is Jin, and everyone is just mad because Ragna isn't that hard to play.`

>>1647
he's not really hard to do stuff with, but I feel that the hard part of him is getting in. He's not as hard to keep out as say tager but with the low health he has to make few mistakes. I only really played against a friend who played jin so I may just be talking out my ass though.

>>1648

No, not at all as a fellow Ragna player I can understand what you're talking about. Getting in with Ragna sometimes is difficult and yeah with his low health a couple of fuckups and you are blown away. There are strategies for getting in though and it's just a matter of playing and understanding what to do against every character. You get used to it.

So seriously, does anyone want to play? I want to bust some ass(?)

>>1649
I would, but I don't have xbox live. Mind giving me some ragna tips though? Like when should I be using his drive moves, and is 214 b of any use?

  >>1650

His drive moves are normally for the ends of combos, for the most part. I haven't played Blazblue in a while so I cannot even remember what 214 B is, give me a reminder. All the tips you generally need for combos are in the beginner video, if you haven't watched that, do so. If you need tips beyond that, I can only say get a bit creative. This game is easy on that side in the fact that if I tell most beginners that they can generally link something that they think they can, it will work ( in most occasions) up until a certain point. Things to keep in mind is that his range is one of his best tools and that pretty much every super has invincibility frames at startup

oh boy now I can pretend I'm playing arcana heart!

>>1652
I really like the look of that butler, does he have a backstory yet?

Augh I am really not happy with Platinum's design.
On the bright side, he/she/it had some awesome lines in story mode ("dirt-eating mongoloid", "mouth-breathing pedophile") so maybe they'll keep that crude style in battle.
I guess we won't see playable Relius until the next game~

>>1654

He's Rachel's butler, one of the six heroes, has a very sour relationship with hazama. Arguably one of the strongest beings in existance.

>>1654
It's Valkenheim.

>>1654

Can't wait to play Platinum and troll the fuck out of people

hnnnnng

  Owns.

  also owns