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New fighter Blade Strangers annnounced (Studio Saizensen/Nicalis) for PC, PS4, Switch
- Thread starter Shard
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I never played Phantom Breaker but I did play Guilty Gear Dust Strikers and I would say that is a strong contender as a bad game with Smash Bros. inputs.
It's okay, I guess. 3DS had almost no fighters, but it got superb versions of SF4, Tekken 6 and DOA. So I'm underwhelmed so far to be honest ;(
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Still in limbo but it's a console exclusive on switch
chaobreaker
Member
Will this have a female only cast? Would be a shame if Balrog and Quote don't make it in.
LordKasual
Banned
Why are they talking about their sprite process like it's new
Arc System Works does the exact same thing with Blazblue
Anyway, this game is way too waifu fanservice for me
Arc System Works does the exact same thing with Blazblue
Anyway, this game is way too waifu fanservice for me
DangerMouse
Member
C.Olimar788
Member
I hope it's just an early build thing, but this looks... really bad. The animations are really lackluster, and all Curly was even doing was little punches and hitting with a sword? Like, what's the point if she doesn't have the guns? To say nothing of the overall over-sexualized character designs.
I'm hoping it gets better, as crossover fighters are usually my jam and I am ALWAYS down to play as Cave Story characters more.
I'm hoping it gets better, as crossover fighters are usually my jam and I am ALWAYS down to play as Cave Story characters more.
It's honestly a shame Cave Story characters are stuck in a game with these other dumb, pandering designs. Quote and Kero Blaster would be a great fit for SSB
oI am sad now....
I was legit hyped for a Pocket Fighter HD release
and now I am sad
fuck this earth.
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
Not the biggest fighting game fan, but I'll buy it for the designs if it seems decent enough at release.
Dimitri LH
Member
nice find! Its interesting but, gameplay looking rough for now, here is hoping they polish it more.
shaowebb
Member
Imagine if you had a game with clashes instead of trades...and counters, , and breakers, and bursts, and just defends,and cancels, and about a half dozen other tools that can cause both characters to suddenly go to neutral and have to flurry for a hit. THAT was Phantom Breaker Extra. Every move was coming out and rapid fire deflecting, broken mid combo or countered into another accidental thing much the same. You basically couldn't plan a damned thing. All strategy fell apart as random inputs could literally break combos and start this up again. You couldn't combo, poke, rushdown, pressure or anything...you just sorta slapfighted rapidly bouncing off each other not really goin anywhere because all the systems added up to more moves not bouncing off than hitting. You either zoned to get damage or gave up and left it to the Yolo gods. Players were never really able to stay in control of any situation outside of zoning due to all this.
Nothing can fail harder than Phantom Breaker Extra as a smash easy input type of fighter. It just got in its own way and no one could react or tell what was happening half the time as it fell apart countering its counters with counters that breakered and countered the counter.
Finaika
Member
SNK did it first.
shaowebb
Member
Those are actually guest cast from a 3ds title called Code of Princess. Umihara Kawase is a platformer indie series that uses a fishing rod to grapple and bounce around, and Cave Story is a metroidvania platformer shooty type game thats legendary. Its a game that is using multiple cast from multiple different indie and low budget studios. These are all titles with very niche but diehard fans. Code of Princess was especially big to some folks as the Guardian Heroes folks made it and that beat em up was a legend to its fans. Cave Story was a PC phenomenon that was a major indie first success story. Umihara Kawase is an indie niche series that has gained more and more fans and is a new success story.
I'm hoping they continue and gain other indies as well outside of just japanese games. Perhaps the Rogue Legacy guy, or Trace from Axiom Verge could show up? Maybe Lilac from Freedom Planet or Shovel Knight? Its indie allstars themed so here's hoping it keeps expanding in this manner. That seems to be its plan.
Bob Coffee
Member
If this can happen, wtf is my love live! Vs idolm@ster fighting game. I will accept iori being S tier for this to happen!
whiteninja
Member
Would be awesome if they can get Shantae in this.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
What a monkey's paw this is. The premise of Umihara and Curly Brace dueling other characters in an ASW-ish 2D fighter is great, but I bet Studio Saizensen's out of their element for a game like this (they excel at niche platformers) and Nicalis is a real scummy outift. Visuals are somewhat good, if clunky at the moment, and it's good to see other devs observing ASW's model-to-frames approach from Guilty Gear Xrd.
There is a guy in the player select around 1:21.
Her game is also awful, so...there's your sign.
This looks fine, definitely signs of aquapazza. It needs to do a lot to wrestle away attention from the current q3 line up though.
Tye The Czar
Member
The roster seems random as all hell.
A lot of that is licensed stuff (Shining, Shaman King, Negima, Bleach, Eva). Even the Glory of Heracles is a Nintendo franchise.
Probably best to just expect Code of Princess, Umihara, and Cave Story characters at this point, especially with only 10 spots on the roster (assuming that screen is final). Might even be more likely to see another Nicalis franchise.
SiegfriedFM
Member
I will play it because I play every fighting game, but yeah, Blade Arcus is by far the worst out of the anime themed fighters in recent years. I can't tell for sure unless I look closer, but Arcus is not using the Blazblue/KoFXIII way of tracing a rendered sprite and drawing on top. Instead they basically use the prerendered cel-shaded sprite as is (think first Killer Instinct).
Yeah, it probably will be filled up by other franchises Nicalis published then like Cave Story as mentioned and maybe 1001 Spikes.
NightwingRebirth
Member
uh...
Princess Solange has an interesting design. It's kinda sad that the only reason I know about her is the same reason I know about her game at all: her design.
And I mean, having a recognizable design is always important, but like...
Let's just say, I already saw two "jiggle physics" jokes on my Twitter TL and I don't think they ever cared about Code of Princess.
Princess Solange has an interesting design. It's kinda sad that the only reason I know about her is the same reason I know about her game at all: her design.
And I mean, having a recognizable design is always important, but like...
Let's just say, I already saw two "jiggle physics" jokes on my Twitter TL and I don't think they ever cared about Code of Princess.
spazchicken
Member
I'm all for it. Looks great. My only gripe is it's a little slow.
I do agree with this. The game looks a tad bit too floaty. The game seems kind of early, so hopefully things are being ironed out still.
InfiniDragon
Member
Art direction is not doing anything for me at all. And we don't have to have the 1,809,566th debate about Solange's character design so I'll just say it's not for me.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Looks pretty meh.
Did Nicalis ever officially cancel their version of Yatagarasu, Legend of Raven?
Did Nicalis ever officially cancel their version of Yatagarasu, Legend of Raven?
sixteen-bit
Member
Bruh I can be Kawase in a fighting game?