Blazblue (PS3/360)

[briareos_kerensky]

I normally use the standard color layout for every character, but I've noticed that almost any color scheme features high contrasts and thus there's at least one bright spot on every character, especially along the hit box and attack hot spots.
Probably it's down to setup configuration and personal likings, but I'd say that every character with any color scheme is useable on any background without any problem.
(except the pink Tager that hoolak seems to like so much. It's disturbing to watch :P)

[Darwock]

lol pink tager, I like to bust him out after a string of defeats to remind me not to take it so seriously.. needed to call on his services tonight after I faced about 5 Hakumens in a row (I have no answer for Hakumen) followed by a Ragna that combo'd me to hell.

[Riskbreaker]

Finished the True Ending on this last night. I've enjoyed the story mode alot, but in some respects it's a tad to convoluted. I don't see why players should have to lose a match on every path just to boost the percentage to 100%, I find the whole idea moronic. Especially for the couple of characters where I've hit 99% and really can't be arsed to run through multiple paths finding the one match I didn't loose.

Still brownie points to Aksys for actually tying up the endings so that ultimately it makes a bit more sense. I know beat-em-ups aren't renowned for their storylines, so it makes a nice change for one to bring all the different plot threads together.

Also, the music hasn't grown on me as much as Guilty Gear. There were a few tracks in GG that were stood out straight away, I-no's Midnight Carnival theme springs to mind, but there hasn't really been any tracks like that in BB. For me anyway.

Still great game. Haven't ventured online yet. I'll probably use Noel, but I feel guilty that her Chain Revolver comes across as a bit button mashy

[Largo]

im stuck on story mode a lot, i seem to follow every path and do distortion finishes for each path and i get a different boss etc, but then it says 85% done after all that er

[Darwock]

You need to get beaten by every character :/

edit - as riskbreaker covered.

I love Ragna's them 'Rebellion', especially the 8 bit version, really gets my juices flowing! The only tracks I'm not so keen on are Taokaka's (it just sounds cheap and nasty) and Hakumen's (too much flute). Some of the specific match-up tracks really kick ass too (thinking of Litchi vs Arakune), but most matches wouldn't last long enough to hear the good bits.

There's not a lot of movement on most people's d-cards, I was checking them out on the friend filtered rankings tonight, but onlly one person other than myself has even played more than around 10 matches! Is that cos everybody is training up before jumping online?

[SuperBeatBoy]

Rachel's Queen of Rose is my favourite. Also like Taokaka's Cactus Carnival too.

[Largo]

I need to game over in every battle?

[Darwock]

I need to game over in every battle?

Yep. It's ****.

Zero9X, have you accepted my friend request? It's sitting at pending, I've had one that got stuck at pending before even though the other guy confirmed it.. if you have then I'll need to delete it and try again. If you haven't... why not?!?

Sorry nvm, just checked and I see that you're on my list properly now.

[Largo]

damn that sucks, but thanks for info dar, would never of tried that


teach me boobie lady is awesome hehe

[SuperBeatBoy]

Yep. It's ****.

Zero9X, have you accepted my friend request? It's sitting at pending, I've had one that got stuck at pending before even though the other guy confirmed it.. if you have then I'll need to delete it and try again. If you haven't... why not?!?

Sorry nvm, just checked and I see that you're on my list properly now.

I think i did, i accepted it last night. Send me another one if not.

[saif]

Got this last night but hardly played it - played up to Hakumen with Ragna and did a couple of story missions with Noel. Having tried not to ingest too much, did not realise they were pretty standard.
Reminds me a fair bit of Guilty Gear in a good way and bad way. I will definitely keep going with it, the presentation keeps me interested in all honesty and the style of fighting I have seen thus far is good - most moves I have tried have been half or quarter circles.
I'll definitely be venturing online but who knows what times that will be - might try a bit tonight. Darwock, seems you were on in the morning (our night) - dedication!

[briareos_kerensky]

After completing Tager's arcade mode (hippie) I spent some time in training mode before going online...86 hit combo with Nu! Too bad that her trophy for a high combo is bestowed outside training. Essentially When the opponent is near the screen edge you soften him/her up with small punches, a few high punches and then you alternate fC and dfC to send your enemy bouncing on the screen edge and keep hitting him/her. It doesn't use any heat meter and it should be easy to pull off, however no human opponet won't do a quick recovery or a roll while Nu "loads" the fC and dfC attacks...oh well.

[Darwock]

Darwock, seems you were on in the morning (our night) - dedication!

If I play in the morning I have a better chance of coming up against beatable Americans! At night I am usually paired up against hardcore Japanese players who don't give me room to breathe, lol. I'm not sure if you can call that dedication

[saif]

I ventured online for a match and got absolutely destroyed - is it Rachel that controls the wind? Basically, I was blown out of range and then just constantly electrified.
Painful.

[Darwock]

Sounds like my first match, only I was versus Nu - I just got knocked into a corner immediately and comboed over and over until I died, it was ludicrous.

I just finished the true ending (which didn't make anything clearer whatsoever) and got the trophy.. funny thing is that the time on the trophy for watching the opening and the time for watching the ending is exactly the same, 18:52 in both cases lol. What are the chances of that