BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

**Krandor** · 2009-06-30 22:38

Alot like Guilty Gear the game penalizes you for overly defensive behavior. I could list all the ways but if you've played GG before you have an idea how it will probably work. The one big difference (imo) is that whereas in GG using the "super" guard would reduce your all purpose meter, here "Barrier" has it's own independent meter, so you can do Perfect Guards without dragging down your Heat meter for cancels or Supers. The old Burst ability from GG operates differently as well, but most of the basic defensive mechanics are still present from the GG series.

Oh and true to form from Ark Systems, the soundtrack kicks ass.

**Darus Grey** · 2009-06-30 22:42

Originally Posted by Krandor

I like almost any fighting game that's not Mortal Kombat pretty much, sue me.

Been getting more of a feel for it now, probably gonna kick back and watch some of the bonus disc after I finish arcade mode with Noel (beating arcade mode unlocks your character's Astral Finisher, think Instant Kills from GG for the unaware).

Noel is definitely going to be the noob character of choice I think, she can do 25-30% combos easily with just her most basic drive combos, though it can be a little tricky to land the initial hit.

And yes, story mode is an overload, but it's a decent change of pace. All the voice acting is pretty well done, and the translation is solid for the most part.

One thing that's a little strange, yet also a nice touch for beginners, is that you can pull off special moves solely by flicking the right stick. It's usually the harder to input moves for the characters (i.e., flick up on hte right stick for an instant spinning piledriver). I'm hoping it's a feature that's disabled on ranked matches, because it's really cheap.

It's not just "RS", you can assign the special moves to any button on the controller.

It's a debate in my fighting community about whether to allow or disallow it, throw, taunt, and 3 punch/kick buttons are allowed in SF4 so it's hard to justify removing them in BB. It's just part of the game and better to accept that.

**Correction** · 2009-06-30 23:37

Very few characters I've seen so far even rely on their special moves to get the 30%+ damage combos anyway. I have yet to find a C.Viper in this game. Most of the damage I do comes from D attack chains.

**Krandor** · 2009-06-30 23:45

Can confirm that yes, that feature is disabled in Ranked matches, which is something I was really worried about. Only did 5 ranked matches (wanted to knock out the trophy for 3 consecutive ranked wins) but Jin is the character of choice atm it looks like, out of the 5 matches 4 were against Jin.

One thing that irks me a tiny bit though is that while you can download replays from anyone who wants to post them (and you can record pretty much any match you have online), you apparently can't download the replays from people playing a different version (i.e. the non-US release).

Anyway you slice it though, I'm enjoying the hell out of this game. It's pained me that for the last few months the only way to get a Arc Systems fix was on PSP.

**Correction** · 2009-06-30 23:50

So I play through the 'short' Jin Story and get 51% completion. Then I play through the 'long' Jin Story and get 71% completion...oh boy I have to kill the enemies in a certain way...thanks Soul Calibur, thanks.

**richardd** · 2009-06-30 23:53

how are the CS's at least? lol

is there more than 10 min of animation at least?

**Xerlic** · 2009-06-30 23:55

As a GG fan this game does not disappoint.

Noel FTW. Been sitting in training mode trying to master 6C > B + C > dash loops into her B&B.

My XBL ID is Zerlic if anyone on 360 wants to play some games this week.

**Moridam** · 2009-07-01 00:13

seriously though does anyone at all anywhere ever actually play something besides jin? ffs

**Krandor** · 2009-07-01 00:17

Found something to bitch about finally, and apparently this is a problem that is affecting more then a few people. Can't speak for the 360 version, but the bonus disc included with the PS3 version can't be read by my PS3, though apparently Aksys games will send you a free replacement if you email them about it, but I'll have to wait and see til they reply about it.

This doesn't affect everyone, and might actually be PS3 dependent (i.e. individual console basis).

**Krandor** · 2009-07-01 00:22

Hmmm nvm, just had to work some serious voodoo to get it working.

**Jefe** · 2009-07-01 00:55

I'll transfer the users from that other thread if you guys wanna play among each other. Also, I'll try to set up a tourney just like the SFIV one, however, this time only the console w/ the greatest number. It was a pain in the ass to set up the other one and just have a bunch of DNP's for the lesser console ;x

**sekaran** · 2009-07-01 00:56

Got it a few hours ago.. really enjoying it. I suck, but its still pretty fun.. and what someone said about Noel being the noob choice, I gotta agree. She's been the easiest to use out of the 4-5 characters I've tried so far.

**Kaisha** · 2009-07-01 01:02

Does the game support 1080p on PS3 btw? Given its primarily sprite-nature with 3d backgrounds, I can hardly see why the devs would opt-out on it to make the game a little sharper looking. Tempted to pick this up since I'm personally getting tired of fighter sequel onslaughts. Got to have something new once in awhile that isn't just a rehash of characters w/ move sets that have slight adjustments.

**sekaran** · 2009-07-01 01:06

I'm getting 720P on my PS3.

**Sumiko** · 2009-07-01 01:14

The cutscenes for this game are so disappointing, considering the animation, graphics and everything else in the actual fighting game are so wonderful

I know it's kind of traditional in certain J-Games to have those "animation stills" and not even animate them but ugh... You would think with a really beautiful game like this there would actually be more movement... even the intro is kind of lacking.

But anyway, this game is incredibly awesome ;___;

**Ramor** · 2009-07-01 01:38

you'd think that custcenes would be the least of someone's worry in a video game, especially if the actual content/story are far from lacking

**Correction** · 2009-07-01 01:53

Watch the Litchi-Sensei sketches and you'll forgive that any of the cutscenes aren't full-animated.

**Tomiko** · 2009-07-01 01:58

Only played for like 30 mins so far just doing training but I'm liking it so far. I'm not very good at fighting games, but I'm having fun. Only tried Rachel & Litchi so far. Rachel seems like she'll take alot of practice to get used to. Litchi seemed alot easier to get used to controlling.

Dunno if I'll be playing it online anytime soon.

**Ramor** · 2009-07-01 02:06

Watched a few vids, looks really fun, and i can see why a lot of people would choose V-13, he looks like the sagat/shoto type to run away and attack from afar without really needed to know how to do too much

**Correction** · 2009-07-01 02:09

Originally Posted by Ramor

Watched a few vids, looks really fun, and i can see why a lot of people would choose V-13, he looks like the sagat/shoto type to run away and attack from afar without really needed to know how to do too much

And she appeals to pedophiles like the rest of the female cast minus litchi/tao

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