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[Fighting Games] Turns out character DLC is actually decided by junk food execs

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
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  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Complaining about bad shit and praising good shit in the same property is called not being a fanboy.

    Is there anyone here that doesn't want SFV/MvCI to be good?

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

    If ARC is playing for keeps they'll do the Overwatch/Battleborn thing and put out a demo or beta right around MvC:I's release to murder any potential momentum.

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  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    Complaining about bad shit and praising good shit in the same property is called not being a fanboy.

    Is there anyone here that doesn't want SFV/MvCI to be good?

    I kinda want capcom to go bankrupt and sell all their old IP's to companies that aren't actively on fire.

    But barring that pipedream I just want them to hit rock bottom and rebound

  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    Grape Ape wrote: »
    Complaining about bad shit and praising good shit in the same property is called not being a fanboy.

    Is there anyone here that doesn't want SFV/MvCI to be good?

    I kinda want capcom to go bankrupt and sell all their old IP's to companies that aren't actively on fire.

    But barring that pipedream I just want them to hit rock bottom and rebound

    Its just so weird that capcom is crushing it with monster hunter but everyone has such hate for the fighting games. Im like the last person who fanboys over whatever, im just more excited for mvc than dbz

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Some people are off the rails thanks to social media.

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

    If ARC is playing for keeps they'll do the Overwatch/Battleborn thing and put out a demo or beta right around MvC:I's release to murder any potential momentum.

    That's exactly what they're doing

    The DBFZ beta is running for the 3 days before MVCI's release date

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    DeMoN wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

    If ARC is playing for keeps they'll do the Overwatch/Battleborn thing and put out a demo or beta right around MvC:I's release to murder any potential momentum.

    That's exactly what they're doing

    The DBFZ beta is running for the 3 days before MVCI's release date

    Though for what it's worth, Battleborn fucked itself more than Blizz ever could have in regards to its release date. It was originally slated to release in March, I remember because I was actively following and played in the beta. Then they moved their release date to May, two weeks before OW and at that moment I knew they had no chance. No idea why they pushed it back, either. Demo/beta was really solid and just needed some balance tweaks.

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    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

    If ARC is playing for keeps they'll do the Overwatch/Battleborn thing and put out a demo or beta right around MvC:I's release to murder any potential momentum.

    That's exactly what they're doing

    The DBFZ beta is running for the 3 days before MVCI's release date

    Though for what it's worth, Battleborn fucked itself more than Blizz ever could have in regards to its release date. It was originally slated to release in March, I remember because I was actively following and played in the beta. Then they moved their release date to May, two weeks before OW and at that moment I knew they had no chance. No idea why they pushed it back, either. Demo/beta was really solid and just needed some balance tweaks.

    It was also a totally different style of game so I'm not sure what happened.

    Battleborn was a MOBA. It was a first person shooter version of League of Legends/DOTA. Overwatch is a team based shooter that was the next level of Team Fortress 2, with more characters.

    How the hell did Overwatch steal Battleborn's market?

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    IMO it was marketed like a hero shooter, not a MOBA shooter. I honestly went in expecting a hero shooter, then realized it was basically an FPS MOBA. Which was fine, game was fun and pretty sound mechanically. Just the marketing really pushed the "crazy hero archetype" part of it.

    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    IMO it was marketed like a hero shooter, not a MOBA shooter. I honestly went in expecting a hero shooter, then realized it was basically an FPS MOBA. Which was fine, game was fun and pretty sound mechanically. Just the marketing really pushed the "crazy hero archetype" part of it.

    Isn't "crazy hero archetype" pretty core to MOBA games? Not asking rhetorically.

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
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  • Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    You can almost hear the Guile player saying, "well... fuck."

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    templewulf wrote: »
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    IMO it was marketed like a hero shooter, not a MOBA shooter. I honestly went in expecting a hero shooter, then realized it was basically an FPS MOBA. Which was fine, game was fun and pretty sound mechanically. Just the marketing really pushed the "crazy hero archetype" part of it.

    Isn't "crazy hero archetype" pretty core to MOBA games? Not asking rhetorically.

    Honestly, to me it seemed like a hero shooter in the vein of OW. I genuinely thought it was gonna be a similar product in mechanics. The minions and stuff like that, in the buildup to getting into the beta, I didn't really give much thought to. I just wanted to play the plant dwarf guy and hit things with my big stick. I personally do not recall at any point official advertising mentioning that it was a "MOBA". Single-player and coop campaign, yes. Larger than life heroes, yes. Minion waves and economy and building shit, no.

    E: Sample blurb from official website:
    Story Mode is a narrative experience. Choose to fight alone or along-side friends. Team-based competitive multiplayer action that can be experienced by up to 10 players online in 5v5 matches, and includes three distinct multiplayer modes.

    Vague enough to be a lot of things, and doesn't mention MOBA elements.

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    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Whelp, that's a failure of marketing.

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Menat is gonna get so many costumes. I expect:

    - The Magician à la Zatanna from DC Comics.
    - Witch costume(s). Either classic witch or magical girl. Likely both.
    - Warzard's Tessa.
    - Apprentice wizard like Harry Potter. I picture her with thick glasses and a scarf.

    Her walk animation is reminiscent of Darkstalker's Lilith.

    The PC mods are gonna be ridiculous.

    Next character has to be Zeku. It's gonna be him talking to Menat about a "void" like Rose and Guy did in Alpha 2.

    https://youtu.be/alCwmgx-OLo?t=3m45s

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Some of Menat's stuff looks super cool. Maining Venom was a long, long time ago, though.

  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    Guess it wasn't just Lilith. Menat has Jojo roots like Rose.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EOXtd6Gkpw

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    Crapcom is the devil!
    Menat is bae!

    FGC blows my mind. Hopefully people take a liking to mvci after it gets released like they have to menat. Dont want it to be a dead game, there's quite a bit of time between september and whenever dbz gets released.

    Also, apparently Fantasy Strike is getting a steam release sometime in september as well.

    If ARC is playing for keeps they'll do the Overwatch/Battleborn thing and put out a demo or beta right around MvC:I's release to murder any potential momentum.

    That's exactly what they're doing

    The DBFZ beta is running for the 3 days before MVCI's release date

    Though for what it's worth, Battleborn fucked itself more than Blizz ever could have in regards to its release date. It was originally slated to release in March, I remember because I was actively following and played in the beta. Then they moved their release date to May, two weeks before OW and at that moment I knew they had no chance. No idea why they pushed it back, either. Demo/beta was really solid and just needed some balance tweaks.

    It was also a totally different style of game so I'm not sure what happened.

    Battleborn was a MOBA. It was a first person shooter version of League of Legends/DOTA. Overwatch is a team based shooter that was the next level of Team Fortress 2, with more characters.

    How the hell did Overwatch steal Battleborn's market?

    because they're both shootin' games and consumers only got so much money so you go to the one that has the most people playing

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  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    Namco announcing more weeb game

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited September 2017
    Jesus with the carpen-tech. :P

    EDIT: Reminded me of War Gods

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VgJYMrOWg

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    The cross-ups.

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    the bits of cross still bound to his arms are killing me.

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    because everyone has too much time on their hands before school started

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    So Fantasy Strike looks like it will be out on Steam as an Early Access game in a week! I really hope they have the ability to play against friends at launch!

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  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    So Fantasy Strike looks like it will be out on Steam as an Early Access game in a week! I really hope they have the ability to play against friends at launch!

    That is what the countdown on the website looks like. I'm excited.

    mysticjuicer
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  • Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    Justin Wong, floe, Flash, and Marn are playing an EA copy of MvC:I on Justin's stream right now:

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    Several others got codes. Max and clockwork too according to neogaf.

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    One more day until Fantasy Strike comes out on Steam early access! Cannot waaaaiiiiit!

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    Picked up Tekken 7 because it's on sale and have quickly remembered what I love most about online fighting games.

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    The post-game messages from strangers who lost.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Response: "You might want to block low."

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Response: "You might want to block low."

    Or considering T7 and some of the huge-ass windows it has on most characters' lows, low parry and punish with launcher + juggle.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    tfw namcobandai dumped me before beta :_(

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    Saw that they were sending rejection e-mails. Haha.

    BTW, gootecks and mike ross got themselves a "review copy" and have Tastyjam play it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji0hh599WZI

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Fantasy Strike is live on Steam. You can challenge people on your friends list. Quickmatch is good - after an initial desynch, I had a very stable connection with no noticeable lag to Japan.

    Steam ID is mysticjuicer, if anyone is picking up the game and wants to play matches or learn the game, let me know.

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited September 2017
    Future costume for MvCI
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    Chun with boots.
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