BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

[Kaisha]

Not sure how far into the match it allows, I did it while they were on round one, and it literally just played the round in fast-forward until it caught up to where the players supposedly were.

I'm assuming it'd just stream the current active round and that's it. If it is, then that's awesome, got fucking annoying in CT watching the game repeatedly try to connect, to the point where it'd bug out and I'd have to dig out my second controller to cancel connection.

I also have to say the double-sided case label print is nice, I don't see that often on PS3 games. PS3 users get Tsubaki on their disc while 360 gets Mu. Four page manual is a bit of a slap in the face, but I'm letting it slide since they bothered giving all the info you'd need from it within the game.

[Linsivi]

Really don't like the new announcer. :/

[Kaisha]

Just need to wait for Hazama's announcer DLC to come out honestly.

You know, with the whole version-selecting thing under the game menu, it would have been nice if they included a 'CT' mode with the old balance/move-sets, possibly to play with CT users online as well.

Did they kill off the couple seconds you have after round finish to smack your opponent a couple times? I can't seem to toss Tao's bowling ball as I normally did in CT.


[EDIT] Holy fucking LOL at the joke endings in story mode.


[EDIT2] Legion Mode: Super Easy Mode-

1) Fight your way to the far right from the get go
2) Add Unlimited Tao to your team, and spam her D charge in every following fight
3) ???
4) Profit

[Nitsuki]

Decided i'mma unlock Mu-12 and learn her, how do you unlock her anyways? Noel's so insanely different that I gotta relearn her and i honestly don't feel like doing that anymore. So i might just switch to Ragna lol.

*edit* nvm found out how to, shit lambda-11 is actually more fun than Nu now.

[Krandor]

Mero (since I know you're also a Tager player), have you finished his #4 challenge? I cannot for the life me connect with his DP Grab after the 6A on the second combo (the one that starts with the air throw), CPU recoveries everytime before the grab can finish animating. Even mashing it out like a madman isn't getting the move off in time, and after 30 minutes I gave up since my fingers were killing me.

Picked this up today and my jaw dropped at how many fucking different modes the game has, bravo Arc System Works. Probably even more impressive was the 40 dollar price tag, since I had no idea it was a discount title.

[Kaisha]

Picked this up today and my jaw dropped at how many fucking different modes the game has, bravo Arc System Works. Probably even more impressive was the 40 dollar price tag, since I had no idea it was a discount title.

I'm finding it a bit overwhelming, and I've been hopping between game modes like an ADHD kid infront of an adult toy shop.

Got my ass handed to me earlier by a never-ending barrage of Hazama's before I called it quits. Hate him personally because his combos interrupt the flow of battle that I'm used to, his snake chain things should animate twice as fast or something.

Fucking loving that they took a note from Capcom and allow you to do Arcade or Train while waiting for matchmaker to do its work. Only thing it's lacking selecting character's language on a per-character basis.

Btw, is there a way to view the challenge-mode combos in training so I could practice them between online matches? I couldn't find a list anywhere, just the standard move list.


Also, the score attack is just absolutely unfair this time around. Fuck, might have to fork the money out for the unlimited unlocks whenever PSN gets them in the Canadian store.


I'm still laughing at how fucking OP Tao's unlimited drive attack is if you're stupid enough to get hit by it. 3-4 shots any character.
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I don't know if they made Tager's astral easier or harder to initiate. Used to be A+B+C, D repeatedly, which I ended up accidently bursting instead for. Now it's a 1080 rotate + D, hard for me to buffer that into my stick while hopping or doing another move.

Did they redo some character voices as well? Jin's 'your no fun at all' and half of Noel's voice clips don't sound right.

[Merovingian]

Mero (since I know you're also a Tager player), have you finished his #4 challenge? I cannot for the life me connect with his DP Grab after the 6A on the second combo (the one that starts with the air throw), CPU recoveries everytime before the grab can finish animating. Even mashing it out like a madman isn't getting the move off in time, and after 30 minutes I gave up since my fingers were killing me.

Picked this up today and my jaw dropped at how many fucking different modes the game has, bravo Arc System Works. Probably even more impressive was the 40 dollar price tag, since I had no idea it was a discount title.

Sry krandor didnt see this post, sadly no. the C (mid air) then Down C is retarded. Dunno how the hell the guy in the demo does it.

@Kaisha
I find all astral heat easier now specially tager. Then again requirement to do them still extremely stupid. They should be like destroyers in GG.

[MoogleAura]

There is a clearance sale at Play.com right now and I saw the collectors edition of Blazblue Calamity Trigger for £17.99. I'm thinking of ordering it for when I get back to England next week. Does it play similar to any other games like Tekken or Marvel Vs Capcom?
Continuum Shift looks pretty awesome so I want to check out the 1st game to see how it plays. ^^

[Krandor]

Plays like Guilty Gear lite, MvC games (or Melty Blood) are the closest comparisons I can think of, though a little slower then MvC2 is.

[shukudai]

Is there anywhere that has a good primer or basics? First time playing it, and totally unused to like.. everything lol. It feels like it requires a completely different way of thinking to play properly.

[Rubedoe]

Ark system works released 2 videos for game mechanic changes and to learn combos for each character just go to http://www.dustloop.com/forums/

videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13ea...Tg&feature=sub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13ea...Tg&feature=sub

lets try that

[miokomioko]

My girlfriend and I are kinda' new to Blaz Blue games, but we are constantly WTFing at the "story" mode.

However,

"Taokaka: Thanks boobie ladies... little boy."

made us roffle big time.

[kyosak]

videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X33Wy...Lo&feature=sub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13ea...Tg&feature=sub

"The URL contained a malformed video ID."

[Kaisha]

Is there anywhere that has a good primer or basics? First time playing it, and totally unused to like.. everything lol. It feels like it requires a completely different way of thinking to play properly.

This may sound redundant, but did you use the built-in Tutorial mode? It explains all the crap you need, and has a basic run-down of how each character is typically played.

My girlfriend and I are kinda' new to Blaz Blue games, but we are constantly WTFing at the "story" mode.

The joke endings are absolutely awesome, but overall it does help to have some of the characters' backstories from CT to see the connections they have to each other.
(Ragna w/ Tao always gets me rollin')

[Krandor]

The Tager tutorial is sorely missing Mike Z talking about real Soviet damage.

[Rubedoe]

I edited my post and made sure the links worked but it may happen again.

[Krandor]

One thing this game has which needs to be put into every fightan game, button config @ the character select screen. Would save so much time during tournaments.

[Kaisha]

What would also save time is if the game actually bloody loaded stuff during the Versus Portrait animation, rather than right after. Would be awesome for online play especially with the people who aren't installing the data to HD to speed that up since you can't skip the Versus screen there.


Getting close to beating Legion on hard, already got the hardest group out of the way (Tsubaki + Unlimited Rachel/Jin/Ragna/Hazama, I lost 4 members to that fight), just trying to spam this one fight over and over so the bonus heal hits the characters I want so I can go and rape three particular groups of 4 characters before I'm in the clear.


Say, story question, I'm only 1/3rd done them (100%'ing each one as I go)...

Spoiler: show

is it assumed all characters are on their own timeline or something? Some of the events on one character doesn't match up with the events of another, and Hazama seemed to hint at it for Tao's ending that it's just another continuum shift (what I assuming means the whole time-loop thing when the system forces a restart when shit doesn't go according to plan), and if that's the case, then it makes it fucking hard to tell where the heck things are going and which characters are the ones in the current shift that are related to the true-end when I get to that.

[EDIT] Seriously, WTF at Mu's lasers. Any time I try to combo the bitch online a laser always comes and interupts it since I can't exactly cancel out and gtfo before it hits me, allowing her to counter and combo me back. Shit should disappear when she gets smacked.

I also have to say Legion mode is very lacking. The whole thing looks like a rush-job, right down to the horrid manual that doesn't explain much, even with its typos. Damn thing doesn't even explain what constitutes as a boss, heck, it calles the timer icons spheres when they're clearly squares. It would have had some potential if they implemented some more item elements other than the random potions when winning against specific armies, or ranking down the mobs.

And the worst part of that is that I have to beat Legion on each difficulty for the trophies, they aren't stacked. Oh well, should be a joke for me since I got Hard out of the way first.

[Krandor]

Watched the last bit of the Teamspooky stream of the SBO qualifiers, fucking epic Tager play by Jan to get his team the ticket to Japan. Hopefully they upload the matches to youtube cause it was freaking epic.

[Kiarax]

I was more impressed by the Bang matches. So much fun to watch. Was some damn close games at the end there though. Wish there was more variety in the characters people were playing, but oh well.