Kresnik258
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Nicalis... fighting game.
So like, Legend of Raven, which is still non-existent 5 years later?
Yeah...
So like, Legend of Raven, which is still non-existent 5 years later?
Yeah...
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New fighter Blade Strangers annnounced (Studio Saizensen/Nicalis) for PC, PS4, Switch
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DaSorcerer7
Member
This.
It's on Steam (Yatagarasu)
Good mechanics but nothing that stands out.
You don't miss anything.
SquirrelSoup
Member
This looks pretty legit. A lot less janky than Blade Arcus at least. Will keep an eye on it.
I was excited when the guy was saying the game was like Smash Bros, until he meant the control inputs.
It'd make a lot of sense for Kawase to be in a Smash Bros style game because of the platforming.
I'll accept this though.
Kresnik258
Member
I know, it's the PC game they were supposed to be bringing to 3DS originally... pre 2013. Then it moved to Vita:
http://gematsu.com/2013/08/yatagarasu-coming-to-ps-vita-as-legend-of-raven
Then it was supposed to be PS4/Vita in 2015:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1117313
And now it's 2017, nowhere in sight and here's a new Nicalis fighting game. Hence my skepticism.
Hyperactivity
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Mr. Pointy
Member
tbh this is looking more Saturday Morning Scrublords then Friday Night Fisticuffs.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
This should appeal to me in theory, but I'm not feeling this...looks janky and undercooked, like a slightly better version of that horrible Vanguard Princess fighting game on Steam.
Gunstarheroes
Member
My exact feelings
zenspider
Member
I thought KOFXIII was hand-drawn, could be wrong though. Looks like how Arc System Works does it.
Looks interesting!
Dimitri LH
Member
Wait, they made Blade Arcus? Interest is deflating quickly, that game was sooooooooo off putting when I played it. Jank the game. I hope they learned from their past experience. =/
Like the idea, like the roster so far, but it does look a little rough. Desperately needs more frames, at least from this clip. Speed I won't complain about yet, because I still love stuff like SamSho II.
Even if it's only okay, I'll take it. Like was mentioned earlier, I have no problem with getting more mid-tier fighters like we had back in the Saturn era.
Even if it's only okay, I'll take it. Like was mentioned earlier, I have no problem with getting more mid-tier fighters like we had back in the Saturn era.
Augemitbutter
Member
i thought you said misery there for a sec.
shaowebb
Member
Blade Arcus is a big example of what 3d fighting games look like if you use keyframe poses and then scrub the timeline and just tweak curves for snappiness. It just doesn't look right. It looks clunky. You gotta tweak squash and stretch by hand and it didn't help that in game lighting really doesn't do wonders for shadow and highlight maps without a lot more tweaking than they gave. Plus they went low end on hit spark work to flashy up their attacks which is usually how folks cover for clunky stuff to add impact.
Thing is...Blade Arcus in spite of its poor animation and shader work is still a very good and very fun fighter with good systems. They need help in the art technical department but they made a good game in terms of mechanics and movesets. They just didn't look very flashy in motion sadly. I'm betting Blade Strangers will be damned fun and good gameplay, but I wont pretend its going to clean up its art. I'll go in with eyes open knowing what to set a low bar on art. I'm there for the gameplay.
LuciusAxelrod
Member
Does the game default to first-to-3-rounds?
The damage and the speed doesn't seem to justify that.
The damage and the speed doesn't seem to justify that.
GuitarGuruu
Member
Love the fighting game support on Switch! Wish Dragonball was coming.
... What screenshot are you talking about? Is there additional coverage I missed?
Different developer. Though Nicalis is known for this.
Guy just went and said his favorite character was Helen, which is not in the build. Unless it's an OC he probably meant Helga from Code of Princess.
Hey, I see Liongate (also from CoP) in there. Wasn't in the preview.
Hey, I see Liongate (also from CoP) in there. Wasn't in the preview.
Dimitri LH
Member
bodeiseifer
Member
Meh
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Seeing those CoP sprites makes me really want a sequel now.
God damn, the title should mention this is a crossover fighter because I totally missed this yesterday.
The Code of Princess crew + Curly Brace + Umihara Kawase? I'm so in, even though it looks kinda hideous.
I'm so maining Ali and Curly. They should add Balrog and Misery!
Edit: BTW they mention who's making the soundtrack in the stream, but I can't make what he's saying. Does anyone have more info on that?
The Code of Princess crew + Curly Brace + Umihara Kawase? I'm so in, even though it looks kinda hideous.
I'm so maining Ali and Curly. They should add Balrog and Misery!
Edit: BTW they mention who's making the soundtrack in the stream, but I can't make what he's saying. Does anyone have more info on that?
twothunder
Member
i might just give it a chance just for Curly Brace and especially Umihara Kawase
fishing you down and turning you into sushi
fishing you down and turning you into sushi
I think it's still a while out. They mention it being pretty early.
Eolz
Member
Matthias Bossi and Jon Evans a.k.a. Ridiculon, the same composers that did Binding of Isaac.
Any chance she will be in this? Totally new to this series, but I like the character designs so far.
She was one of the main characters of CoP. There isn't exactly a lot to choose from.
http://codeofprincess.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_Princess
Not announced to be in the game yet are the nun, the bard, the necromancer and the ronin guy. I can't imagine Umihara Kawase getting another representative. Maybe there can be more Nicalis characters so the game isn't literally Code of Princess fighter.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Amazing boob-amror. Might buy it just for that.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Nicalis is going all in on physical releases for the Switch.
First, Ed McMillen's new game (The End is Nigh) revealed yesterday, and apparently this is getting a physical release now, too:
https://twitter.com/nicalis/status/877994136594300928
First, Ed McMillen's new game (The End is Nigh) revealed yesterday, and apparently this is getting a physical release now, too:
https://twitter.com/nicalis/status/877994136594300928
....is that Emiko-chan from Sayonara Umihara Kawase riding a giant cat?
We got TWO Umihara Kawase characters!?
Edit: No, THREE, because the blue-hair girl to the right of Umihara is Yokoyama Noko. Her ability was slowing down time, so I wonder if they'll incorporate that into this game.
We got TWO Umihara Kawase characters!?
Edit: No, THREE, because the blue-hair girl to the right of Umihara is Yokoyama Noko. Her ability was slowing down time, so I wonder if they'll incorporate that into this game.