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The BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Official Thread [360/PS3] - Be Ready for the Rebel

LowParry

Member
Damn. The wife is killin like a madhouse online right now with Noel. She's gone from spamming D to mixing it up with a finisher aerial and continues her combo string and finishes it off with a super. 24 hit combo last I saw. Now she's working on Litchi. Dear god. I'm gonna get pwned in this game if I don't get Taokaka and Jin up to speed.
 
Got my game and artbook today, both were shipped in a sturdy box, and apparently they were very worried the artbook wouldn't arrive damaged, so they tried to fold it before shipping. :( I should be able to straighten it out if I put it under a heavy book though. Game box is in mint condition though, so at least there's that.
 

Foxix Von

Member
Lé Blade Runner said:
I am a bit torn between using the Dual Shock and my ( awful ) MayFlash Arcade Stick. I bought the stick because it was cheap, and I thought about upgrading the stick and the buttons ( to sanwa ), but never got around to ordering the parts.

In that regard, I know that this isn't the official NeoGaf Arcade stick -thread, but do any of you guys have hands-on experience with, say, the regular ( not the TE -version ) MadCatz SFIV stick? How does it perform?

I just got mine in the mail yesterday. Within the first throw I felt an odd *grind* and quickly took it apart. As it turns out the washer that comes loose was seating just fine and the pcb was intact. What WAS happening was that the plastic spring base was, on throw, hitting the edge of the washer and making a little clicky feeling. No damage done. Banged it around a few times to wear it in, put it back together and works a-ok. I still suck at street fighter, but my execution is MUCH better... sort of :lol And my fingers are tired as I've never used a stick other than when I was a little kid in the arcades :lol

Only spent yesterday with it though... more problems may arise :p if they do I'll just order some new parts and call it good :D

Unfortunately my copy just finally shipped out of Kentucky D: My delivery date is tomorrow... I don't know if I can make it.

VQ
 

Ferrio

Banned
CcrooK said:
Damn. The wife is killin like a madhouse online right now with Noel. She's gone from spamming D to mixing it up with a finisher aerial and continues her combo string and finishes it off with a super. 24 hit combo last I saw. Now she's working on Litchi. Dear god. I'm gonna get pwned in this game if I don't get Taokaka and Jin up to speed.

Tell your wife I think I'm in love.
 

LowParry

Member
Ferrio said:
Tell your wife I think I'm in love.

Dude. She's tearing the shit out people right now. And when that patch kicks in soon, it's just gonna get worse. Some games are running good while others turn to slow mo. You should see her in Tekken. She has this way of buffering side steps to avoid combos or hits all the time. Frustrating as hell. I'm sure as hell she could beat the crap out of that Super Yan.
 

LowParry

Member
OMG....I got Taokaka's D jumps down. The mix up between the jump ins I'm figuring out but it can chain easily. Hyped!
 

jdub03

Member
Dammnit. My best buy order is backordered. Is there anywhere else I can get this and have it this weekend. I don't want to wait 2 weeks to play this.
 
Ryn said:
I hope they got penalized.
Dude from Aksys in the last page said that rage quitters will get their PSN names red flagged if they do it enough. :D

And I called GS today and they said that my artbook is going to be mailed to me. Anybody else get this excuse? I preordered online and asked for in-store shipping btw.
 

Darkman M

Member
Someone help me set up the buttons for a TE stick, i have no idea how to configure the buttons properly for a stick on this game :lol
 

Tokubetsu

Member
Darkman M said:
Someone help me set up the buttons for a TE stick, i have no idea how to configure the buttons properly for a stick on this game :lol

Top row = ABC
first button of the bottom row = D

Ignore the rest.
 

scy

Member
Finally got my copy! Time for practice mode forever until I stop sucking.

Or just suck it up and lose a lot online :(
 

matmanx1

Member
About to start my night of playing this but I got to try it out for a few moments on the demo unit at Gamestop. The game looks *incredible* and is pure eye candy. And I can echo Lyle's comments on the dual shock as it worked really well and I had no trouble with inputs on Jin or Ragna (the only 2 I tried in the time I was there).

And yeah, a track listing in the CD database would be awesome as I imported the soundtrack into my iTunes and had to manually edit all those track names to BB 1, BB 2, etc! Quality of the product cant be debated though. This is one awesome special edition at a standard edition price. Thanks Aksys!
 

Volcynika

Member
Anyone find any copies other than GameStop? I'm gonna check out the two near me if they had any extra PS3 versions, but not sure where else I should look at all.
 

FoxSpirit

Junior Member
WTF UPS???
So, I'm in Central Europe, happily awaiting my package.

Okay, "Departure Scan" from Loisville on the 30th at 4:30am, nice, will likely arrive in Europe in the course of the afternoon/evening
12:30 Arrival Scan.. huh, that fast?? HONOLULU!?!?!?
What the hell is a parcel from the ast of the US doing in freaking Honolulu????
16:00 Depature scan.

I'm guessing next stop is HongKong, it's a broad way to Europe from Honolulu. Wtf???

UPDATE:
It's now in Sydney!?!?
PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE

YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!! The invoice clearly says AUSTRIA, NOT AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Foxix Von

Member
FoxSpirit said:
WTF UPS???
So, I'm in Central Europe, happily awaiting my package.

Okay, "Departure Scan" from Loisville on the 30th at 4:30am, nice, will likely arrive in Europe in the course of the afternoon/evening
12:30 Arrival Scan.. huh, that fast?? HONOLULU!?!?!?
What the hell is a parcel from the ast of the US doing in freaking Honolulu????
16:00 Depature scan.

I'm guessing next stop is HongKong, it's a broad way to Europe from Honolulu. Wtf???

UPDATE:
It's now in Sydney!?!?
PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE

YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!! The invoice clearly says AUSTRIA, NOT AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Shit:lol

VQ
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Bang is awesome. :lol

Are there any tips for inputting the motion that looks like a really sharp curve? I can't do it that effectively but Bang has quite a few.
 

Takuhi

Member
Whoa, this is the most fun I've had with a 2D fighter since Night Warriors. This is totally playable offline for non-fighting game types if you just want to learn a few moves and ignore all the fancy shit.

Does anyone know if there's a way to change what you trigger with the right analog stick? I don't need shortcuts for basic moves, just the double action supers...
 

ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
BlazBlue GET!

No artbook, picked it up at work so I could get my employee discount.

Just to emphasize how important preorders were, we had 3 preorders for the 360 version (although 2 were from employees) and 0 for the PS3. We received 10 copies of the 360 version and only 3 of the PS3 version. Preorders can definitely be the difference maker on sell-in, people.
 

Foxix Von

Member
Hmm, when exactly is gamestop supposed to charge my account? They've already shipped it, and yet I haven't been billed yet... weird.

VQ
 

FoxSpirit

Junior Member
Okay, just got off the phone, they will ship me a replacement copy... and I remarked on the artbook, so hopefully that will come also.

Damn.
 
Ken Masters said:
so you can do special moves with the right analog stick, is this also for online?
Yup, but the host has to enable it for Player Matches. I don't think shortcuts work in Ranked Matches, but I have no clue since I use a stick.
 
FoxSpirit said:
WTF UPS???
So, I'm in Central Europe, happily awaiting my package.

Okay, "Departure Scan" from Loisville on the 30th at 4:30am, nice, will likely arrive in Europe in the course of the afternoon/evening
12:30 Arrival Scan.. huh, that fast?? HONOLULU!?!?!?
What the hell is a parcel from the ast of the US doing in freaking Honolulu????
16:00 Depature scan.

I'm guessing next stop is HongKong, it's a broad way to Europe from Honolulu. Wtf???

UPDATE:
It's now in Sydney!?!?
PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE

YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!! The invoice clearly says AUSTRIA, NOT AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love UPS. :lol
 

Tokubetsu

Member
ZealousD said:
BlazBlue GET!

No artbook, picked it up at work so I could get my employee discount.

Just to emphasize how important preorders were, we had 3 preorders for the 360 version (although 2 were from employees) and 0 for the PS3. We received 10 copies of the 360 version and only 3 of the PS3 version. Preorders can definitely be the difference maker on sell-in, people.


Add the irc channel to the OP. #BlazBlue @ globalgamers.net
 

Kreed

Member
ZealousD said:
BlazBlue GET!

No artbook, picked it up at work so I could get my employee discount.

Just to emphasize how important preorders were, we had 3 preorders for the 360 version (although 2 were from employees) and 0 for the PS3. We received 10 copies of the 360 version and only 3 of the PS3 version. Preorders can definitely be the difference maker on sell-in, people.

I was actually told this by my Gamespot this morning when I called to see if they had any copies (they said it was coming tomorrow when I called). So I went in to preorder during my lunch break just in case, but luckily I didn't have to since the game apparently arrived after all. :lol
 
The artbook is nice; I'm glad I preordered from GameStop.com instead ofopting for GameCrazy's uh.. mana potion. ;P There's not much in here that we haven't seen before in other media, but there are a few alternate character poses and a couple of other gems. I'm deciding on custom artwork for my TE stick and was going to go with a Tachibana Ukyo (SamSho) design, but am now considering building a design around the Ragna/Jin/Noel piece from page 4-5 of the artbook instead.

Can't wait to actually try the game out after I eat. See you guys online!
 

mjc

Member
I'm about to ask the same question thats been asked about 500 times in this thread, so I'm sorry in advance.

I enjoy the Soul Calibur, Tekken, and Guilty Gear games, while I don't find Street Fighter or Virtua Fighter to my liking. (I know, I'm the quintissential casual fighter fan) I like easier-to-execute combos and flashy attacks in my fighters over technical and intense fighters.

Will I like this one? I'm thinking about getting a copy after I get off work.
 

GriffD17

Member
Apparently my nearest GS has a few copies in. Now I get to sit at work, stare at this screen, and mull over spending $60 again. And then most likely try out KOF98:UM tomorrow too. Hrm. Hrm. This is dangerous territory.
 
mjc said:
I'm about to ask the same question thats been asked about 500 times in this thread, so I'm sorry in advance.

I enjoy the Soul Calibur, Tekken, and Guilty Gear games, while I don't find Street Fighter or Virtua Fighter to my liking. (I know, I'm the quintissential casual fighter fan)

Will I like this one? I'm thinking about getting a copy after I get off work.

It's closer to GG than any of those other games. It sounds like it'd be right up your alley.
 
TurtleSnatcher said:
Who is the easiest to pick up in this game?

Need to know before I become to frustrated with others and ragequit within 20 mins to play SF4.

I had a really easy time picking up Noel. Really fast and easy combos to pull off.

Also I am guessing jin would be good since he seems balanced and has annoying projectiles.

Just my two cents.
 
V-13 is really pissing me off in story. All that sword spamming....oh and I like that I block projectiles only to get attacked by swords hitting my back .
 

ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
bhytre said:
Any confirmation that the US version might work on a PAL x360?

It won't. Check the OP. 360 version is not region-free, PS3 version is.

Tokubetsu said:
Add the irc channel to the OP. #BlazBlue @ globalgamers.net

Done. Adding it to the online meetup thread too.
 
Urban Scholar said:
V-13 is really pissing me off in story. All that sword spamming....oh and I like that I block projectiles only to get attacked by swords hitting my back .
The first one looks like it hits low (but it hits mid), and she has one sword attack that is an overheard, so always block high against her drives. Only block low against her ground fireball.
 
Heretic Kazuma said:
The first one looks like it hits low (but it hits mid), and she has one sword attack that is an overheard, so always block high against her drives. Only block low against her ground fireball.

oh ok thanks man, but I think I'll try story again with Ragna after more training. I got the trophy for an online win but it was a bit laggy.

EDIT: Hah-ha videos of laggy matches are so fast and smooth, its like me and the other guy are hitting air. :lol
 
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