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Reminder: BlazBlue & Other Release Dates

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    According to Game UKs website it's out this thursday.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 Tin.T


    Nu is clearly broken ! and also if you have a good way to approch this game, you can have a decent Nu in 3 weeks. No high skill needed to play her but she is so godlike ! she is the Sagat of BB, no need to know the game just spam the combo or D(s) ! The other characters are need more training and some need training and also a perfect execution (rachel, arakune )


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    Crap,I forgot the link. 1/4/210.

    http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Xbox-360/BlazBlue-Calamity-Trigger/~r346457/

    After all that waiting we're getting it one day early,well that really makes up for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭Sagat06


    Nu it is so :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Tin.T wrote: »
    Nu is clearly broken ! and also if you have a good way to approch this game, you can have a decent Nu in 3 weeks. No high skill needed to play her but she is so godlike ! she is the Sagat of BB, no need to know the game just spam the combo or D(s) ! The other characters are need more training and some need training and also a perfect execution (rachel, arakune )
    Don't worry, she's smack-bam in the middle of the tier-list in CS.

    Although she is too good in CT, I'd be hesitant to call her broken. Most of her matchups are around the 6-4 area with a couple of 5-5s and 6.5-3.5s. Her only 7-3 is with Arakune as far as I know.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭Dreddybajs


    What's Tager-Nu? Better than 7-3, really?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Dreddybajs wrote: »
    What's Tager-Nu? Better than 7-3, really?
    Last I read, in CT Arakune was Lambda's best matchup, so it's not gonna be any more stacked than 7-3 at least.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Scavenger XIII


    Does seem odd that Nu-Tager would be ranked better, maybe they give him some extra credit because he only really needs to get in once and he can end it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Pretty much that. Once a good Tager gets in on Nu her only reliable method of escape is a one off burst. Plus she's got low health and so a combo and a super will more or less kill her.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 Tin.T


    In my point of view, it is true that the versus Tager vs Nu is 6-4 but at very high lvl = jap lvl
    In our case, we are not ... (im consedering myself as average at BB).
    To beat Nu, it is really difficult for average player coz we dont know when to attack between her crazy paterns of attacks. so that is why Nu is deadly against average players ! (it is still my point of view).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    I suppose it's a lot easier to win as an average Nu than an average anyone-else, but I do think her strengths have been blown a little out of proportion online.

    If I'm ever playing anyone and you want to know the best thing to do against a blockstring or poke or whatever I'm doing, just ask!

    Best thing to remember for now is that if you're blocking her 5DD 4DD into whatever blockstring, most of the cast (not Hakumen or Ragna, maybe Tager too since he's massive) can backdash before the 4DD comes out just by mashing on it. Also, you can easily mash back when you start guarding her 236236D super to IB all of it with no effort.

    Anything else, just ask. I want everyone in Ireland to be able to utterly destroy a Nu at every level, so it'll force me to get some new tricks with her! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    It's out tomorrow,finally.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Sairus


    I bet it's actually an April fools.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Scavenger XIII


    The 2nd (when its actually supposed to be coming out) is a tad late for an April fools.

    Then again, now is more than a tad late for a CT release... :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    The 2nd (when its actually supposed to be coming out) is a tad late for an April fools.

    Then again, now is more than a tad late for a CT release... :mad:

    They're releasing it tomorrow because the 2nd is Good Friday.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    Some mixed first impressions so far. They might have well as titled it Guilty Gear:The new generation,because from what I can see so far it sounds,looks and plays pretty much like a G.G. game.

    It looks fantastic in H.D. and plays a good game. My first online mode,with some British guy,was laggy-despite the box claiming it to be "lag free".
    There's a great amount of options but I found myself skipping the fairly generic anime story mode,and swiftly putting the language onto Japanese,but it's nice to have the option of a story mode.
    The characters ooze personality and play very originally. It's definitely a good game but as for IGN saying it's better than SFIV-no contest,SFIV wins hands down imo. But it's still a very good fighting game,and a very different type of fighting game to SFIV.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭Yreval


    Just bought the limited edition (£40 in HMV). The game plus a 96-page artbook and a tutorial DVD - awesome.

    Having already played the arcade and PS3 versions, I'll say this - while SF4 may be an objectively better game from a competitive viewpoint thanks to its superior balance, I find BB more fun to play.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Calling it a new generation of GG is about the same as calling SF4 a new generation of Super Turbo. On the surface, yeah, but the differences are enough so that if you learn the game it really does feel different enough to justify a release. Personally, I find BB more fun than GG so that suits me down to the ground.

    Story mode is pretty unnecessary, but it's a nice addition if you're into that sort of thing.

    I was really happy to see IGN give it their fighting GOTY award last year. I do think it's deserved since I'm sure most would agree that it's generally more fully-featured than SF4, with the online lobbies and story mode and all that. The quality of the game engine is subjective and some will prefer one over the other, but the overall presentation in BB I feel is stronger.
    Apparently BBCS console version will have an SF4-style trials mode along with a playable tutorial teaching you the mechanics, so it seems like BB will one-up itself soon!

    I've played against mainland Europeans with very little noticeable lag, and that was before the most recent patch from a few months ago which tidied up the netcode a little, so I'm guessing you just played someone with a bad connection. I'll get online this weekend for some matches against anybody on PS3!

    edit: Okay Yreval, now your goal is to practise enough to become the best Tager in UK/Ireland!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    IGN Grudge Match: BlazBlue vs. Street Figher IV


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YKxJYibjjU


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Scavenger XIII


    Durrr, stupid cheaper online deals - probably won't get a sniff of mine 'til this time next week.

    Granted I've got tons of work to do anyway but I can't help but want to play it right away!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Xluna wrote: »
    IGN Grudge Match: BlazBlue vs. Street Figher IV


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YKxJYibjjU
    Can't get sound on at work so I dunno what they're saying, but it would've been nice if they'd stopped re-using the same few pieces of footage over and over again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Sairus


    Vyze wrote: »
    Can't get sound on at work so I dunno what they're saying, but it would've been nice if they'd stopped re-using the same few pieces of footage over and over again.
    Yeah, they were totally misrepresenting the game - no one was playing as Nu.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Sairus wrote: »
    Yeah, they were totally misrepresenting the game - no one was playing as Nu.
    I can replace "Nu" with "Sagat" and sound equally ill-informed. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 Tin.T


    Xluna wrote: »
    IGN Grudge Match: BlazBlue vs. Street Figher IV


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YKxJYibjjU


    3rd strike win ! ^^
    BB vs SF4, i think you cant compare these 2 games, they are way too different !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Tin.T wrote: »
    3rd strike win ! ^^
    BB vs SF4, i think you cant compare these 2 games, they are way too different !
    Absolutely agree on both accounts!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Sairus


    Yreval wrote: »
    Just bought the limited edition (£40 in HMV). The game plus a 96-page artbook and a tutorial DVD - awesome.

    Grarg. Gamestop was the only place in Galway that got Collectors Edition 360 copies and they're sold out =(
    Anyone happen to spot any copies still floating about Dublin? I shall have to pick one up there on Saturday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭Ramza


    Was in town today and my local Gamestop have the Limited Edition on PS3 for 45 quid, nice one, gonna get it asap


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    I'm getting into this more now and am really enjoying it. You really need to invest alot of time in a specific character to get good and it and appreciate it as they're so unique and "handle" so differently.

    I'm sticking with Rachel Alucard for now. Any advice for using her or getting good at the game in general?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Xluna wrote: »
    I'm getting into this more now and am really enjoying it. You really need to invest alot of time in a specific character to get good and it and appreciate it as they're so unique and "handle" so differently.

    I'm sticking with Rachel Alucard for now. Any advice for using her or getting good at the game in general?
    Use her frog and pumpkin for constant pressure, and her j.2C is amazing. Jump and then immediately input 3CD (if you have a stock of wind) is a ludicrously fast overhead that you should be able to combo from.

    Also, her 6A is godlike and you can combo off it with a 5B into whatever.

    Don't use her 2C, on block you're hella vulnerable and will eat big damage.

    edit: Just forgot that most people use SF notation. :P If you need the JP number notation explained, let me know!


  • Moderators Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭Azza


    Ughhh why did they come up this namign covention I'm unfamilar with. Why coudl they not use light, medium, hard, its like they never considered I'd be unfamilar with terms such as 6A or 5B. :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭bush


    Whats all this talk of 2c, 6a, 5b, 34 double d?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Orim


    A is Light Attack
    B is Medium
    C is Heavy
    D is Drive (One button special)

    The numbers are directions displayed as :

    789
    456
    123

    Disclaimer - I'm guessing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    Orim wrote: »
    A is Light Attack
    B is Medium
    C is Heavy
    D is Drive (One button special)

    The numbers are directions displayed as :

    789
    456
    123

    Disclaimer - I'm guessing.
    That's right!
    edit: Well, except for Drive being "one-button special". It's more like a themed normal than anything else. Especially since a lot of specials require an input plus the D button. Just think of D as your character's unique gimmick.

    The reason ABCD is used instead of light/medium/heavy is just since it's shorter I guess. "Towards light" takes longer to read than 6A. A lot of games, including BB use the letters in the actual key config and stuff, so it's only natural to call them that. Much in the same way that GG uses P, K, S, HS, D for punch, kick, slash, heavy-slash and dust respectively. Even KOF uses ABCD for its buttons.

    The numbers for directions are based on your keyboard numpad assuming you're facing to the right. That's just how the Japanese have done it for years so it tends to transfer over for many games outside of SF or Tekken. It's a little awkward at first but you get used to it. Soon enough, 632146 will look as natural as "half-circle back then towards"!

    Stuff like j.2C = jumping down+C, 3C = downtowards+C (this is how you sweep in BB)

    I've got a beginner's guide mostly written up, I should probably finish it sometime this weekend if I remember!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 Tin.T


    You have taken the most difficult character to begin with (rachel) in my point of view, she is really so hard to play but she is really strong after learning her setups !

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbgi9opM7M

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z625-691tSY


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Vyze


    I thought Litchi was meant to be a little harder to pick up than Rachel?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 Tin.T


    hum ... Litchi is a hard one but Rachel is THE most difficult imo.
    RAchel, Harakune, Litchi,Carl this kind of characters with a Drive which have a unique controle it almost playing with 2 characters at the same time ...
    Because their drive is not include into the character's combo, you have the control your characters and the drive, its kinda tricky ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    Tin.T wrote: »
    You have taken the most difficult character to begin with (rachel) in my point of view, she is really so hard to play but she is really strong after learning her setups !

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbgi9opM7M

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z625-691tSY


    I picked her because she has a pretty cool character design. Reminds me of a Gothic Hsein Ko.


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