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Do give the PS4 game a chance. It attempted to take the series into a new direction with a vision in mind while at the same time not abandon it's past, and I respect them for that. The developers expertly used hardware techniques to make the game a one shot and push the PS4 to it's very limits.
that moment when Microsoft (tries to) give the RPGs more love than Nintendo does.
Yep. Here's Hooktail
Hey, how can I forget about a reptile named "Gobblegut"?
I mean... I’m gonna play it. I just don’t know if i’ll Like it as much as the other 6 games in the series. Or even at all.
I seriously can't believe that Mojang gave more attention to the Mario RPG characters than Nintendo themselves. Like, Midbus is a really niche character only known by those who played the Mario RPGs. He doesn't have as big of a cult following as characters like Geno, Fawful, and Dimentio. It's a little bit funny.
The Bansho Fan is such a perfect super for her, I could see it as both a level 1 or 3 depending on what they wanted to do.Kid didn't even make sense back in Sparking Meteor/Tenkaichi 3. Helmet or not, young Chi-Chi didn't ever really fight.
Meanwhile, we have adult Chi-Chi whoopin' *** in the preliminaries at the 23d Budokai:
Keeping Goku on his toes:![]()
Out here clowning Lord Slug's soldiers:![]()
Possessed to fight Gohan:![]()
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vtsu8baEu0
Give her the Bashō-sen and maybe the helmet and she's solid.
I'm like the exact opposite of you haha. I loved the God of War storyline but hated the gameplay, felt like I was doing the same combo over and over on enemies that didn't really provide any sort of challenge. I got what they were going for with the power fantasy but I never felt like I was enjoying it.
I do understand where you're coming from and I was critical about the game going in as well. But after finishing it I had some appreciation for the game for what it was trying to do. Unlike certain reboots this game did not spit on it's previous titles and attempt to be a different game and alienate it's audience. It fully embraces the previous story and it addresses certain parts of it head on. I won't go into too much detail as that would be going into spoiler territory. But I do recommend you enter the game with an open mind because at it's core this game is still God of War.
I’m glad you liked it. And I hope you’re right about the difficulty settings. But it’s still not the same. I just don’t understand why they couldn’t do both. Why can’t they do a beautiful story AND combo heavy action gameplay with light puzzles and platforming.
But it’s not! It’s Dark Souls with a God of War skin!
If that's really the case, I think Roshi and Kefla should be in there since people asked for it.
I can actually kinda see a Dabura and Babadi as a tag team like character. You know, Dabura is the muscle, and Babadi does some magic crap or something.
It's not as if the hack n slash genre is going to die away. DMCV has proven to be very successful and we have Astral Chain coming this month. And Bayonetta 3 is still in development. Even without a big name like God of War there will still be more additions for this genre, Platinum Studios have been pumping out these games like cookies for various years and they're unlikely to stop anytime soon. You really don't have to be worries about the death of this genre. Trust me it's in a much better state compared to the RTS genre.
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Look up Super Dragon Ball Z on PS2. That should give you an idea of what Chi-Chi could play like in a fighting game. Some of the other characters like Videl and Android 16 got their tech from older DBZ fighting games. Even Cell's Rolling Attack came from another DBZ Arcade title.Maybe. But Dabura has more than enough to pull from. Spitting Cement, Throwing Spears, Sword tech and the usual lasers and fireballs. If they re-used his super from Budokai 2/3/Infinite World as his level 3, we're good fam.
I guess i’ll Just have to tolerate the anime flavor then.
Maybe something more akin to Tien and Chiaotzu? Where Dabura does most of the work, but Babadi steps in for some attacks, like his barrier he does a lot, kinda how Chiaotzu steps in for his long range grab and suicide kills.
I think it's a mixture of them nailing the new combat style (if they did even an okay job there would still be a lot of salt) and the popularity of the Soulsbourne genre (even though I don't think it's the best comparison, it's close enough to where I can see the resemblance). I'd compare the combat style more to Sekiro than any of the original souls games tbh, they've got the same idea of strafing around your opponent instead of rollspam and a "meter" where once you've done enough damage the enemy staggers and you can go in for the kill.
Wunderwaft
said, hack and slash will be fine. Platinum pumps out incredibly sound ones like it's nothing (Nier, Astral Chain, Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising) and DMC V did amazingly like you mentioned.
But isnt THE anime game Dragon Quest?Astral Chain is not only an anime game, it's THE anime game
I would love it if they tried to make it a bit closer to the originals. But something tells me they won’t.I think it's a mixture of them nailing the new combat style (if they did even an okay job there would still be a lot of salt) and the popularity of the Soulsbourne genre (even though I don't think it's the best comparison, it's close enough to where I can see the resemblance). I'd compare the combat style more to Sekiro than any of the original souls games tbh, they've got the same idea of strafing around your opponent instead of rollspam and a "meter" where once you've done enough damage the enemy staggers and you can go in for the kill.
You do get some combo strings through the skill tree, but yeah they're not nearly as long as the ones you'd find in the OG trilogy. There are certain moves you can link together into those combo strings though, so at least there's that. I honestly think having longer combo chains isn't something impossible for the next game, they won't have the work of completely changing the combat and so they can put that effort into improving what's already there. Having DMC style combos in this new system sounds amazing.
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Your disappointment is completely understandable though, I'd feel the same way if one of my favorite series' changed so drastically into something I didn't enjoy.
Now, there, it will all be okay. *hands her a handkerchief* An American studio will make a hack and slash game you like someday, not just Sony with God of War.
I hope you’re right. I really do.
So we're just gonna ignore that Dante's motivations are usually family oriented outside of DMC2? Hell, DMC3's narrative is Dante essentially finding his motivation, despite it being a Vergil meme. He even mentions to Lady that thanks to her, "He knows what's really important." In DMC1 his motivation is to Kill Mundus for taking his brother and his mother from him. DMC4 he wants to get the Yamato back because it's a family heirloom, and yet he's also interested in seeing Nero's potential and whether or not he's worthy of keeping Yamato instead.
I didn’t get any of that in DMC when I marathoned the series going up to the launch of V. It just kind of felt like Dante was always just there because he was being paid to be there and things kind of just happened around him. I don’t remember a single moment of character study or development with the man. Granted i’ve only ever gone through each title once (and I still haven’t finished 3 because that final Vergil fight can b*** me). But I still feel like that kind of stuff should stick out and be memorable. Not something the player can miss.
Gentlepanda
, if I might ask, what's the current AMA queue?
I was one of the OG people to sign upHey,
The original post that's linked in every semi-weekly AMA thread hasn't been updated in over a month, so I can't tell from that.
AMAs are “Ask Me Anything”s, where you have a dedicated thread where people can ask questions they may have about you.
Alright, thank you.
The majority of Dante's character growth happens in DMC3. Afterwards his greatest change in growth comes in DMC5.
Snake, it DOES stick out and is ESPECIALLY memorable in 5. We've talked about this before about how Dante is pretty much a broken man who's found reason ton keep going but still has issues. Sometimes people can be just bad at reading subtext
I would say his interest in Nero in 4 has kind of a "Tough Love" angle going on. They show in cutscenes that Dante's wiping the floor with everything much easier than Nero, and that he could even defeat the Savior Statue without much work, but wants to see Nero succeed. With him goading Nero on saying something like "is that all you got, kid?" Or something like that.
I still disagree. I still never got any of that when I played. And I still argue that if it’s all in subtext, that your not telling your story very well.
