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Except that he's not a "random game journalist", he's a very well known member of this community
Admittedly didn't do my reading in the first part haha, but the only person I recognize in the intro italicized section is Dakota. And I never heard of Max Ketchum until this article.
Wait, is this a random slip of the tongue or did I miss something?
Wow, I didn't catch this while reading. I don't remember if this was always a thing.
Personally, I'm not worried about combos, as I think no one has dug deep enough in that aspect quite yet. I'm worried about mobility. It seems like movement options are even worse now. All these characters with diverse movesets, but it's difficult to explore what's really possible with so few ways to move around the stage.
In my defense, mobility and combos kinda go hand in hand ;p. Kinda explains why super slow characters generally have less combos than speedy ones. The relative effectiveness of each combo depends on the actual moves themselves though.
Yeah, I see what you're saying. I mean that we will most likely not see any long drawn out combos, but we will see some interesting stuff that is beyond a 2 to 4 hit combo.
Hopefully, I honestly don't see what was wrong with melee's combo system besides having to wiggle out of hitstun. Usually though wiggling out was more used so you can start recovering rather than stopping your opponents combo thanks to speed. I would like more than a 2-4 hit combo though. More combo options means a less defensive game.
I'm really hoping on either a landing lag reduction across the board or the implementation of L-Cancelling, as this can go hand in hand with quicker mobility and more combo options. I especially love how there is an indicator in Project M for whether or not the player L-cancelled. That seems like it would be great for players wanting to get the hang of the technique, so it makes perfect sense to be featured in Smash 4.
Yeah, it is a good mechanic that I would like to see an equivalent return in future games. I'd be fine if it was the same as melee's L cancelling but I do understand accessibility. That said, seeing when you fail an L cancel or when you do it properly helps so much. I got the 20XX training pack recently on my wii, helps my game so much since I can see where I miss L cancels in actual gameplay. I never miss in practice but when it comes to playing opponents dealing with hitstun and all the other stuff does lead to some inconsistency in my tech.
I'm not going to miss it, heheh, I'll just head back to PM whenever I feel homesick. I do appreciate all the improvements this game has received, and I still want to play this(3ds mainly, I like it more for some reason). The flaws we've seen with this game so far are certainly glaring, but it can all be fixed without drastic gameplay changes. I guess it's up to the developers if they want to make fix those issues.
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I thought I was the only one! I fail quite a bit when trying to pull off L-cancelling in actual matches, but I'm practically flawless during practice.
to be fair he said he only had what like 2 matches with her or something, he stated out right he didnt have as much time with her as the others
it shouldnt give them the wrong idea, since he states that he didnt get much time. he also states multiple times times that the game is subject to change since he wasnt playing a final build, so if anyone gets the wrong idea, its because they didnt read the whole article.
WOW, I was planning to make about five video guides on how to play Smash 4 competively about 5 months after the release. I am highly dissapointed by this.
