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Biske

Member
Moondrop said:
Actually it adds layers of strategy- you have to juggle picking the right combo with keeping one eye on your opponent. Skillshot, volleyball, and basketball all have mindgame potential.


People should still know the combo system if they want to beat human opponents. Though I think seekie/homie might be the best heavy arms in the game. They ruin the AI. Really want to test on Min Min.
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I'm talking against humans. I feel bad when I play people in skillshot and have seekies. Its actually unfair.
 
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Blackie

Member
Been enjoying Grand Prix and Party Mode but would love to have fights with NeoGAF's skilled players and possibly get my ass kicked a lot. I'm West Coast USA. Friend code is SW-2703-4247-4805.

Any GAF rooms going right now?
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Moondrop said:
Actually it adds layers of strategy- you have to juggle picking the right combo with keeping one eye on your opponent. Skillshot, volleyball, and basketball all have mindgame potential.
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Right, there is strategy and some interesting rules behind the scenes for each, but I prefer VBall and Hoops because they do not suck
TheGoreMagala said:
Aren't they medium?
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both medium, yes.
Speely said:
Shameless gush: This game is freaking awesome. It feels like a Dreamcast game in the best possible way.
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<3 lets be friends
 
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TheGoreMagala

Member
Blackie said:
Been enjoying Grand Prix and Party Mode but would love to have fights with NeoGAF's skilled players and possibly get my ass kicked a lot. I'm West Coast USA. Friend code is SW-2703-4247-4805.

Any GAF rooms going right now?
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3970-5123-2042

I'll be joining myself shortly

Hawk should also join
 
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Moondrop

Banned
TheGoreMagala said:
Aren't they medium?
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The guides are inconsistent. Although I don't see any references to "medium" or "heavy" in-game. What I can tell you is that the missiles deflect a fair number of gloves, but not the megatons.

Edit: ok testing more I guess they are medium. My bad. Explains how they're not OP though.
 
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Speely

Banned
Hawkian said:
Right, there is strategy and some interesting rules behind the scenes for each, but I prefer VBall and Hoops because they do not suck

both medium, yes.
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I really like Hoops. It's a mindfuck in a way because so many ppl get throw-happy and you can punish the shit out of that while building up rush.
 
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DrDogg

Member
MDave said:
Yep, but after you throw that resets the flow of the fight, where as with the Chilla it stacks the freeze time on the enemy the more you hit them with charged Chillas, putting more pressure and keeps the flow in your favor. 150 (+100 from the initial punch) guaranteed damage sounds good, but consider this: You land the Freeze effect, and instead of grabbing you throw your Megaton. This does 110 damage, and the opponent is still frozen; so you throw your chilla again, re freezing them, dealing another 90 damage, and setting them up for a second Megaton. You have done 310 damage so far after landing your initial freeze, AND you still have momentum in your favor since the opponent is still locked down from Chilla.

Sure you have to work a bit more to land those extra hits on a stationary target, but the pay off is better IMO.
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After a throw I have plenty of time to dash toward the opponent and setup for wakeup pressure.

Also, if a Chilla hits, that guarantees nothing. You don't get a free throw or attack. That Megaton you're tacking on can be blocked with ease, just like everything that follows.
 
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Glitchesarecool

Member
3 person free for all and 2v2 need to die a horrible death. Being tethered to another person and taking damage from them getting grabbed sucks, especially when the game actively fights you for who you want to target.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Speely said:
I really like Hoops. It's a mindfuck in a way because so many ppl get throw-happy and you can punish the shit out of that while building up rush.
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Yeah Hoops is great and I seem to be pretty good at VBall. Curious as to what arms are particularly useful for Hoops.
Moondrop said:
The guides are inconsistent. Although I don't see any references to "medium" or "heavy" in-game. What I can tell you is that the missiles deflect a fair number of gloves, but not the megatons.
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Good point, there seems to be no references in game to weights! I think I only see them as Medium on any guide though. They'll deflect all the lights and be canceled by mediums. The Megatons are Heavy and will be only canceled by other Heavies (Megawatt, Blorb, Whammer)
 
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Speely

Banned
It's funny... I am not good at fighting games in general, but in the testpunches I won like 90% of my matches. Now that good players know what they are doing I am scrub tier.

Still fun as hell :)
 
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atom519

Member
Speely said:
Shameless gush: This game is freaking awesome. It feels like a Dreamcast game in the best possible way.
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Came here to post something similar. I was impartial on the game when it was announced, but after sinking some time and getting past the learning curve I'm head over heels for it.

The controls finally "clicked" for me the other night, and I went from getting repeatedly dominated in rank 4 grand prix to rarely getting beat. So fun.

I even rushed home right after work and snuck in a few games before getting the kids, that rarely happens.
 
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CLEEK

Member
atom519 said:
Came here to post something similar. I was impartial on the game when it was announced, but after sinking some time and getting past the learning curve I'm head over heels for it.

The controls finally "clicked" for me the other night, and I went from getting repeatedly dominated in rank 4 grand prix to rarely getting beat. So fun.

I even rushed home right after work and snuck in a few games before getting the kids, that rarely happens.
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I know, right.

I mentioned this a few pages back, but ARMS is Virtual On with the personality of Power Stone. Pure Dreamcast era arcade joy.
 
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Masked Man

I said wow
Lucentto said:
Fuck Ribbon Girl.
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I totally feel this, but I've recently had okay-ish luck trying to punish her just as she's landing from her multi-jumps. Maybe it's coincidental? All of her best movement options are in the air, so I feel like it's much easier to hit her when those options are taken away (i.e. as she lands).
 
mobilesworking

mobilesworking

Member
Speely said:
It's funny... I am not good at fighting games in general, but in the testpunches I won like 90% of my matches. Now that good players know what they are doing I am scrub tier.

Still fun as hell :)
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Yep, that's me -- Johnny Scrub. I still can't help flailing when the going gets tough. Can't say I'm playing with any real strategy yet. Just looking for openings and punishing when I can. Have yet to really think through arms combos, and my block game is weak as hell.
 
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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
BackwardCap said:
Me and a lot of the fighters I come across in ranked have a silent gentleman's agreement where we don't get on the snakeboards. It's a pretty good map without them.
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Yeah I try to just avoid it at the start but the majority of the people I've fought so far just hop right on, lol.
 
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3DShovel

Member
I really just can't deal with 2v2 or 1v1v1 or 1v1v1v1. It's just a grab fest from all sides.

Don't say "it's easy to punish". Tell that to my shit-for-brains teammate.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
atom519 said:
The controls finally "clicked" for me the other night, and I went from getting repeatedly dominated in rank 4 grand prix to rarely getting beat. So fun.
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This is a huge turning point yup.

I'm getting to the point now where I'm first trying GP4 matches even with characters and arms I've never tried. Time to graduate to 5 haha.
SPE said:
I know, right.

I mentioned this a few pages back, but ARMS is Virtual On with the personality of Power Stone. Pure Dreamcast era arcade joy.
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Seriously you nailed it!

The tone is flawless. It was risky not having it be uber-serious (you know for that male teen 16-19 demo), and it did give me the impression before launch that it might be a silly distraction at heart, but in practice it is Power Stone to a tee.

Hell kid cobra the mummy jack dude probably grew up on the same street.
Ketch said:
I think I'm maining ninjara. I go wind popper left hand megawatt right hand.
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Some deeefinite similarities to my setup and play concept I bet. I'm typically megaton left hand, chakram right.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Masked Man said:
I totally feel this, but I've recently had okay-ish luck trying to punish her just as she's landing from her multi-jumps. Maybe it's coincidental? All of her best movement options are in the air, so I feel like it's much easier to hit her when those options are taken away (i.e. as she lands).
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Not coincidental, you have just described exactly how to fuck ribbon girl right back. She seems crazy versatile though.
 
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j-wood

Member
I'm confused on how to get arms. I finally got 30 coins and did the short timer, but I missed ge package that floated by.

So it appears I got no arms from it? On the set arms and character selection screen there is a yellow number 1 above each character, but no one has any new arms. What am I missing?
 
molnizzle

molnizzle

Member
j-wood said:
I'm confused on how to get arms. I finally got 30 coins and did the short timer, but I missed ge package that floated by.

So it appears I got no arms from it? On the set arms and character selection screen there is a yellow number 1 above each character, but no one has any new arms. What am I missing?
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You get a new arm for each package you hit.

Save up for at least the medium timer to maximize your haul.
 
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DrDogg

Member
BackwardCap said:
Me and a lot of the fighters I come across in ranked have a silent gentleman's agreement where we don't get on the snakeboards. It's a pretty good map without them.
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I wait at the start. If the opponent jumps on, I'm forced to jump on as well. If they stay off, I will stay off as well.

Stage is terribly designed for any sort of serious play though.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Snek park is flawlessly designed for serious play

All tournaments should be set to snake park only. Kid Cobra only. Only snake themed Arms are allowed.

No items unless there are some snake related ones that can be added in

Match results may be overturned if one combatant can hiss more convincingly than the other
 
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Masked Man

I said wow
Hawkian said:
Snek park is flawlessly designed for serious play

All tournaments should be set to snake park only. Taylor Swift only. Only snake themed Arms are allowed.

No items unless there are some snake related ones that can be added in

Match results may be overturned if one combatant can hiss more convincingly than the other
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Fixed that for you!
 
Kudo

Kudo

Member
With how they're giving closer look to the clothes the characters wear and the brands, I can't help but to feel we'll get some sort of outfits in future.. I wish.

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