Jesus Christ, JOYBOX arcade is uploading maaaad AH2 footage. The skill level is imo not as high as in some other videos, and there are a lot of mediocre matches. Furthermore, each video actually has multiple matches in it. I found some good games with Kira vs Catherine (the Sentinel / Tron Bonne of AH2) but unfortunately it's mixed in between boring matches, so bear with me.
1st video match times: 0:00 - Kira vs CPU Clarice - Skip this =P. 1:27 - Kira vs Human Clarice - Clarice gets owned. Not recommended: just skip it. 2:53 - Wind Catherine vs Gier Kira - Good match . Guru-guru (Catherine's spin) is very abusable . Also, this stage has great music. 5:45 - winner vs Clarice - Clarice gets owned again. Possibly fun to watch this time, if only because of TIGER! TIGER! TIGER!
2nd video match times: 0:00 - Wind Catherine vs Wind Kira - Another good match . I found it amusing when the Catherine player kept using guru-guru even when it clearly wasn't working anymore, lol ^^. 2:58 - winner vs Clarice - Clarice loses 0-2 again. At least it's on the good-music stage. 4:44 - winner vs Saki - Didn't find this match particularly interesting. 6:56 - Saki vs Clarice - Eh... =/
On March 31 2008 15:14 Bill307 wrote: I recognize Last Blade 2 because back in high school, my friends were getting into CvS2 (we were never any good or anything, of course ) and I was trying to use Hibiki on my team, so I (lacking any current-gen consoles) thought I could get some practice with her by emulating Last Blade 2 on MAME. I found the game less fun than CvS2, though T_T.
I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to show in that SF2 screenshot. But I have noticed that you can see the outline of Ryu's/Ken's hands in the fireball in its *other* animation frame.
Kingkosi: I'm definitely looking forward to it as well, although I probably won't get to play with it much until my exams are done =/.
Only work could keep me away from this sadly, are you going to be uploading vids of your play? I hope a lot of people who talk in this thread a lot get this game for some great discussions!
On March 31 2008 15:14 Bill307 wrote: I recognize Last Blade 2 because back in high school, my friends were getting into CvS2 (we were never any good or anything, of course ) and I was trying to use Hibiki on my team, so I (lacking any current-gen consoles) thought I could get some practice with her by emulating Last Blade 2 on MAME. I found the game less fun than CvS2, though T_T.
Hibiki's such a boring character (both in LB2 and CvS2) =P. You gotta play a combo intensive, RTSD character like Moriya XD
On April 05 2008 17:22 Bill307 wrote: Wow, someone just wrote an EPIC introduction to Arcana Heart on Penny Arcade's forums. (And I don't use EPIC lightly.)
Man, I'm not going to have any time for anything for.... I dunno, maybe I can order AH US and get a PS2 around the 16th and play with it for a day, or something. I'm so busy .
Several close rounds, some cool combos (esp. with Gier), and good ol' mixups.
New in AH2: when you hit someone with a fully-charged guardbreak move (3[C] or 6[C]) and Gier is your Arcana, you turn the opponent into a blob temporarily. This leaves them vulnerable to another attack, but what's even more dangerous is that after they return to normal, they are always in the air. Hakama takes advantage of this to hit/grab them with an air-unblockable attack as soon as they change back to normal.
I love this game I'm going to upload a video sometime today of me and my girlfriend playing... Also does anyone know how to change your youtube account to a directors profile so I can upload my videos at full so I won't have to cut them down to 10 min?
On April 18 2008 08:38 Kingkosi wrote: I love this game I'm going to upload a video sometime today of me and my girlfriend playing... Also does anyone know how to change your youtube account to a directors profile so I can upload my videos at full so I won't have to cut them down to 10 min?
Sounds cool . How is she at the game?
I don't know anything about getting a director's account on Youtube, sorry =/.
On April 18 2008 08:38 Kingkosi wrote: I love this game I'm going to upload a video sometime today of me and my girlfriend playing... Also does anyone know how to change your youtube account to a directors profile so I can upload my videos at full so I won't have to cut them down to 10 min?
As far as I know its impossible now. Only old director can upload longer than 10 mins, at the moment there is no way of changing your account to be like that.
Evidently the Clarice players at Joybox arcade have matured from losing-every-match-0-2 to being serious threats.
Another new mechanic in AH2 is that after an Arcana Blast (uses 1 super; can be done in guard stun; sends opponent flying if it hits), the player gains some temporary attribute or ability. For example, the Earth Arcana Blast makes you unable to block (I think), but gives you super armour. However, this particular super armour does *not* reduce the damage you take. While the Arcana Blast is active, the player has little coloured dots coming off of them.
Lieselotte's gameplay looks considerably different from AH1. She no longer has the same ridiculously-long juggles with her puppet. On the up side, she has a new super that revives her puppet after it dies (i.e. takes 3 hits). She also has a new command for her puppet that makes it fly across the screen.
Here we see another of the new Arcanas: the Sacred Arcana, which looks like a unicorn (not that you can tell from this vid). You really only get to see two of its attacks in this video, though.
The main reason I'm posting this vid is because the ending of the 1st round is nuts.
EPT
. Guru-guru (Catherine's spin) is very abusable 
. Also, this stage has great music.
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