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ARMS Global Testpunch Thread: Let's see if this has LEGS
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And how do you execute a 1-2 punch both curved in indvidual direction?
JB-the-Hunter
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This is exactly the point I was making. Unless you can use 2 sticks to curve each individual hand, motion has the advantage.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Hahaha, amazing title for ot right there
I Wanna Be The Guy
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The same way you do with motion controls. You flick one direction for the first punch and another for the second.
jts
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This is good.
This game is all about different ways of holding that L. Hold that L + R with thumbs up, hold that L (button) to charge punch, hold that L when you lose a fight, and hold that L for people saying ARMS was going to suck
GiantBreadbug
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Not long now until Round 2! I'm excited since I missed the first one.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Hold that L for people that said this game wouldn't play as well without motion controls.This is good.
This game is all about different ways of holding that L. Hold that L + R with thumbs up, hold that L (button) to charge punch, hold that L when you lose a fight, and hold that L for people saying ARMS was going to suck
jts
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Hold that L for people that said that people that said this game wouldn't play as well without motion controls should hold that L.
;p
Honestly though, seems too early to tell how high level play is going to develop in that regard, imo.
A bit over 1 hour
Yeah I think people sorely forget how Splatoon's testfire wasn't all sunshine and rainbows either. Claiming there wasn't a huge pushback against the motion controls in that game either is some revisionist history, it took a good month or so until people came to terms around the advantage of them.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I think I'd be more open to the motion controls if you could use them in conjunction with the analog stick. Let me hold the joycons the regular way and use the analog stick for movement, with motion just used for the punching.
codemonkey
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Is there a place where I can read up on each character's special ability before the Testpunch starts again? On the official page it doesn't say that Mummy can heal when blocking for instance, so not sure how complete that is.
Lé Blade Runner
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Exactly. The movement part is somewhat difficult with motion controls - not the punching ( which is pretty fun ).
But I am going to master the motion. ARMS was designed with fun and flailing in mind.
sixteen-bit
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The Hermit
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1 hour? I thought it was just 5 min
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Ok I've got that song in my head now.
He's nervous but on the surface he's calm and ready to drop
Oh man, that one's great.
Yep. Fuck motion controls
Thought it was starting now, I stayed up thinking so :x
I enjoyed the first testpunch waywayway more then I ever expected to like this game. I'll probably give a character other then Spring Man a shot and see how other specials/arms affect my strategies.
I was of course outright refusing to touch the motion controls because I don't want to tie my movement to anything gyro.
One thing I noticed with the pro controller controls is that you cant throw two punches at the same time, its the input for grab, and if you offset the button presses enough that it doesn't register as a grab you can't seem to curve them independantly because it appears to only be tied to left stick.
With the motion controls cant you activate each punch at the same time because grab is a totally different input, and also if you want to throw them together or one after the other each one can be curved independantly with the motion controls right?
I was of course outright refusing to touch the motion controls because I don't want to tie my movement to anything gyro.
One thing I noticed with the pro controller controls is that you cant throw two punches at the same time, its the input for grab, and if you offset the button presses enough that it doesn't register as a grab you can't seem to curve them independantly because it appears to only be tied to left stick.
With the motion controls cant you activate each punch at the same time because grab is a totally different input, and also if you want to throw them together or one after the other each one can be curved independantly with the motion controls right?
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Even with motion controls you cant punch both arms at the same time. Punching both arms at the same time does a grab regardless of controls.
Starts in 40 mins I'm pretty sure. I set my alarm lol.
Skiesofwonder
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Gonna try some matches sitting down this time, see how that feels.
Sitting in a coffee shop in London working, will be playing this with motion controls in half an hour. Don't mind how silly I'll look, pretty hyped for this.
That doesn't work well, too clunky and forced imo.
That doesn't work well, too clunky and forced imo.
I just want to share this: http://imgur.com/gallery/2yMeA
It has all the stuff from the help menu. Lots of small things I wasn't even aware of, such as a counter.
It has all the stuff from the help menu. Lots of small things I wasn't even aware of, such as a counter.
donkey show
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You can throw two punches quickly one after another looking like they were thrown at the same time though.
I get that people want to assert themselves and that their preferred control scheme is the best, but it doesn't really seem like either is a definitive winner. It's not Splatoon where motion controls to fine tune aim are king. Both just seem to work well. It'll take a bit longer to see which floats to the top. If there's nothing truly missing from just controller input then it might become the better control method just due to the inputs generally being a bit faster and easier to input.
It seems like you can charge punches via blocking, holding dash, or holding jump I think? The longer you hold I think the longer the charge lasts. It can still only be thrown once, but you just have more time to make a decision on when it's thrown. This at least applies for how long you hold block. I'm not sure how it works for holding L/R.
It seems like you can charge punches via blocking, holding dash, or holding jump I think? The longer you hold I think the longer the charge lasts. It can still only be thrown once, but you just have more time to make a decision on when it's thrown. This at least applies for how long you hold block. I'm not sure how it works for holding L/R.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Thanks, lots of helpful tips.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Just like motion controls. It's perfect!
The left joycon I played with last night doesn't want to sync up in handheld mode. Just shows it as a loose controller in the grip/order menu when it's hooked up. Also, holy shit the battery seems to have drained fast. Weird...
purseowner
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Ended up playing Min Min for most of the first hour.
100% plan on doing the same again now.
100% plan on doing the same again now.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
I Wanna Be The Guy
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The only reason I'm not doing the 1am slot tonight is because I'm working. And if we had wifi at my work even that wouldn't have stopped me.