Always happy to find more blablue the enthusiasts, 1000+ match makoto main here, got over 400 hours in cf, and over 1000 hours in the series as a whole lol. cannot get enough of bbcf
Playing this game gave me a weird sense of joy that no other game could provide. Heck even I am very happy just landing anything with my scrub Naoto gameplay. And also, I mostly use Naoto and Celica online.
Yeah, I noticed Blazblue has that kind of effect on people where it doesn't matter what your skill level is, it's just a blast to play. Ah, a fellow Celica enjoyer.
The creator of blazblue said that his intention and vision for the game was to feel fun no matter what it is you’re doing or you’re level of skill. That’s how you know you created something special He did what he set out to do Damn now I gotta get into blazblue now lol
Been playing Blazblue since the beginning. I love hearing others talk about it be it something they hate or love, but predominantly more love than ever and great to see it come back with rollback. You can even review my username to see all of my Blazblue content though I have deleted videos over the years and I wish I haven't. Blazblue is that one game I can play with anyone throughout my years as its my favorite fighter and it gotten better with every iteration. I bought all the new fighters or most of them and learned that they're too simplified or way too slow really killing my groove. I will be that guy and say that auto combos that you can't turn off is also a main killer for me. PS- I play Ragna, Hazama, and Nine. I can play others that are generally simple but not as well as those three that I have invested years into. The only time I might drop something is when I don't play it for a few months and rust kicks in.
Looking at your videos, especially the Chrono Phantasma ones, takes me back, hard to believe it's been 6 years since that game hit Steam. I'm not exactly put off by the auto combos of Cross Tag, but I get why it's not a decision everyone likes. Ah, a fellow Ragna player. You know, I've tried playing Hazama, but I could never get a handle on his neutral, he just has so much freedom that I'm not sure what to do half the time to just get in without getting anti-aired.
Honestly when you wanted to play a harder character and then stuck with Ragna, my story is the opposite. Initially I wanted to play Terumi and Mai, but as I felt a tad bit unsatisfied with their combos I tried the other easier characters and I struggled a lot until one day when I had one of my friends (who was a Hazama player) over during summer break after my Junior year of highschool he dared me to play Izanami because I told him Izanami was busted, I never tried Izanami because I knew she was harder to play, regardless I took the dare and tried her, and I discovered Izanami was actually a lot more fun than I thought, I didn't win the first few matches we played but as I began learning her inputs I eventually managed to get a win streak of 10 wins, I didn't get any perfects but I got close. After he left for the next few months continuing into my senior year of highschool whenever I had free time I would practice with her and I managed to beat over 80% of her challenges (still trying to clear all of them), I eventually managed to become nearly untouchable whenever I used her against my friend. It was nice playing Izanami but it felt odd as I had recently picked up Relius Clover as my first of 3 secondaries but I wanted to do more labbing. Eventually my friend dropped Hazama so I decided to give him a try. I had to learn his combos from scratch as while I knew how to play him in bbtag, I didn't actually know how to play him in Central Fiction. Eventually I tried learning Hazama and had completed all of his challenges, my friend switched his main to Terumi and had Platinum as his secondary, I dropped Terumi for Hazama, and since then I have never regretted my choice, Izanami and Hazama are the most fun fighting game characters I have ever played and have some of my favorite songs in the game (specifically Gluttony Fang 1, Nightmare Fiction 1, both versions of endless despair, Yomotsuhirasaka, and Bloodline being my favorites of theirs) I love this game and thank bbtag for existing for it was the gateway into me playing this game, I am constantly trying new characters and love playing most of them, I also love the soundtrack as Blazblue had my favorite soundtrack of all time and confidentially the characters I main and secondary have my favorite songs in the game. I also managed to get further into it with some UA-camrs that play Blazblue, specifically Kaizouwar Animeilluminati have been my favorites, I love this this game and community and I hope it continues to grow even bigger in the future. Thank you for highlighting this masterpiece of a fighting game
That's how it goes, sometimes it's the harder characters you'll enjoy more, and sometimes it will be an archetype you had no prior interest in playing that grabs your attention, from my experience you can never really tell who you'll end up enjoying until you actually sit down and play with that character because while they may be "good" or "easy" none of that matters if you can't have fun while playing them. Also 3 secondaries? Who were you trying to counter pick? It's also cool to hear that you migrated from Tag to CF. I've heard and seen a lot of CF players, myself included migrate to Tag but I've never heard the opposite so it's nice to see that there is a healthy flow between games. Oh yeah the sound track is great, and those 2 are great honestly the Blazblue community is filled with all kinds of characters that manage to show their love of the game in different ways. If you ever want to see a unique side of the community look up Dante Redgrave's Azrael CMV titled Tyrant Version Red it's an experience to put it lightly.
I love the lore and the characters and the ideas of the mechanics from the series which is very unfortunate for me because I don’t like the feel of any characters in the game, I play many different fighting games with so many different feels and I never felt like there was a game where no character fit me until I played Blazblue idk if it’s me not looking into the characters correctly but I beat every combo trial and spent about 15-20 mins in training room with every character and nobody feels right to me, I also don’t look for a specific style of character I just look for who feels awesome to play for me examples being, I play Shadow Yu, Kanji, & Shadow Yosuke in P4AU, I play Noctis in Tekken7, I play HC & Ky in GGST, the only character I kinda liked in BBCF is Hibiki. If you guys have any recommendations for who I should give another try to in BBCF let me know, I really wanna play this game but can’t find a char I like and I’m willing to lab characters again
Character feel is something that's kind of hard for me to recommend to you, since it depends on squarely on each person. What normally works for me is find a move you think is cool and try to see the many ways you can weave it in combos, block strings, etc and try and expand from there.
Having been with the series since CT, watching BlazBlue evolve has been a real treat. It was my first fighting game, and if not for the heavy story emphasis I wouldn't have gotten into it at all. This is an incredible video, thanks for promoting BB. Rollback has been amazing, there's so many people to play and it's almost always incredible. It's really easy to train and practice against other people and learn. I've had about 600 matches as Kokonoe and it's a total blast.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The rollback patch is an absolute dream. I remember tons of days way back when of seeing tons of red bars all of whom I couldn't play only to now see a ton of green bars who'll, more often than not, have a good connection with me. It's hard to believe this is the same game, but it is, and I've never been more happy with it.
Ah, "BlazBlue Central Fiction", which is a game that is arguably just as complex as "Guilty Gear XRD Revelator," with the game like Revelator having legacy skill, meaning if you haven't stuck with the game since the original back in 2008 you have a MASSIVE hill to climb in learning frame data for each character's normals, gatlings, and overall mobility options that can be used on offense and neutral. Then there are the game's plentiful system mechanics, such as having a half a dozen options on defense that you need to master such as having four ways to block based on specific scenarios for example, and the game having a multitude of wake up options with each having a specific use, and that's not even going into the Drive mechanic, which is a unique action for each character, which there are OVER 35 of, which MOST of the cast plays VASTLY DIFFERENT from each other. Mainline BlazBlue games were HUGE in japan, with it being popular in many Japanese arcades, and as Obama stated in a podcast with Blasted Salami that the series had at one point been up there even with the almighty Tekken in terms of popularity. With many veterans like Dogura ( who is one of the best players in Guilty Gear who uses Slayer) and Fenrich ( who is arguably the best BB player, and currently one the best in DBFZ) representing the series for a long time . Sadly, The series just never took off over here in the west. However, the lack of popularity nationwide doesn't equate to the game's quality.The fact that is arguably the most unique AND complex 2D fighter on the market, but isn't talked about hardly at all in the west was always baffling to me. Especially when I read comments, and watch videos of people in the FGC complaining about how boring fighting games have gotten recently, or how easy it has become and yet will REFUSE to give the game a try. Thankfully, that seems to be changing, for instance Lord Knight, a tournament player who plays a variety of different fighting games recently made a fighting game tier list and put "BlazBlue Central Fiction" near the top, as well as popular Guilty Gear content creators like Obama saying on blasted salami's podcast that "BlazBlue Central Fiction" is arguably just as hard as Guilty Gear Xrd, finally, there's Kizzie Kay, who is a pro Sin player in GGXRD who says BlazBlue is his favorite fighting game series. For those who want to see high level game play in order to get a grasp of how hype this game can potentially be for you, I'd recommend a video titled "BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Grand Finals - Evo 2014" on youtube, and while the game represented there is not Central Fiction, I think it works, since Central Fiction is more of an evolution of Chrono Phantasma any way. Other channel's include "Burst Recap" and "Jourdal" for more high level Japanese play. What's cool about the BlazBlue series is even if you don't care about the complex game play there's STILL a lot of stuff to do in the games, with BBCF in particular having a TON of continent in it, with a story mode that takes DOZENS of hours to complete, and an RPG like mode that takes EVEN longer. All of this is in addition to all the things you can unlock, like music, character colors, and artwork from the developers. Heck, I even made a video titled "BlazBlue: Best Single Player Content In A Fighting Game?" that goes into more detail on all of this if any one's curious. This of course is just my two cents, and the metrics of what makes a great fighting game is going to VARY from person to person. With all that said, I don't think anyone should feel bad for playing Ragna though, One thing that was mentioned was character difficulty, which is an interesting topic for me when it comes to fighting games. Personally, I think there's a HUGE difference between execution difficulty and overall character power. For example, most beginners in BB think Ragna is an easy mode character because his execution for the most part is easy, when that couldn't be further from the truth, since our spiky haired protagonist has very few safe and reliable mix-up options that make most offensive approaches that are INCREDIBLY EASY to read, and usually has to take risks to throw the opponent off for moderate reward. Now, that's not to say Ragna's a weak character, far from it in fact, since he can play neutral fairly well due to size of a lot of his normals. Additionally, he does decent damage, and has a fantastic DP. It's just that he's lacking things that other characters higher on the character power list share. In comparison, Izanami has some of the highest execution in the game, but she is also arguably the easiest character to win with, due to her having so many powerful tools: -Ability to change modes between rushdown and zoning allows for a VERSATILE playstyle. -Float ability provides near UNPARALLELED movement. -Thanks to ribcage having armor, and stopping pretty much all attacks, with the ONLY exceptions being throws, and bursts, it allowed for silly setups in the corner with insane mixups between her attacks and her float . Heck, this move alone can be argued to be just as silly as anything other top tier characters like Nine has in her tool kit. Again, Super armor for one of the most mobile characters in the game. What could be more reasonable than that, I ask you? Now that not to say that they aren't characters with easy execution, and high character power, Mai is an great example of this, I'm just saying we shouldn't assume that they have both based on one factor, execution tier list and and character power tier lists should always be separate. Lastly, I don't think stylish mode is easy in BBCF at all, since it limits what options you can do, such as getting higher damage combos, and lack of pressure situations. For the most part, a stylish player playing against a pro player using technical is mostly likely going to lose, considering how handicapped they are. The purpose of the stylish mode is just for players who don't have an interest in spending hundreds of hours just to play the game at a competent level to still find some fun with the game, and just want to mash with their friends. Overall, a solid video and one that gets a like from me!
@itsDistinctly Personally, in fighting games there are only three types of players: New Players AKA Noobs: is people who are in the learning phase of a fighting game, including not only knowing the general rules of the game and their character of choice, but EVERY character in the game and how the match up generally flows between a new player using their character and every other character, this would include frame data on offense and defense, bnbs, tech, etc. Generally new players don't know the majority of the things and many casuals who play fighting games start and STAY in this category. Intermediate Players: are players who know the match up inside and out and have knowledge on all the things I mentioned prior that new players need to learn, including the frame data on offense and defense, the tech that's known in the community of the game for both your character AND the opponent, etc. Many members in the FGC would fall in this category. Advanced Players AKA Pro Players : is someone who has all the knowledge of an intermediate, but the key difference between pros and intermediates is the fact that they are able to ADAPT quickly to a change in players playstyle of a particular player of equal knowledge. Adaptation is an area where MOST intermediates struggle to learn, and is why they aren't CONSISTENT with their wins in tournaments like the pros are. Personally, anyone who says a fighting game is easy to get good at translates to being able to hang with the pros. In BBCF's case, said pros would be going toe to toe with players like Monarch, Jona Kim and SKD ( SKD in paticular is the best player in the west, and Fenrich being the best player overall when he played the game IMO) if you can't do that then no, I DON"T think you're good at the game. That being said, I can easily see people putting in the work to learn the VAST amount of information the game has to offer, and successfully becoming intermediate at the game though, but there aren't many of those that graduate from their to the pros in the west in this game. That being said, you say you come from Tekken, which is a game that I think is hard to learn AND hard to master, so assuming your are good at that game I doubt you have no problems doing well in BBCF.
@itsDistinctly When he says difficult, he means at the highest level of play. While true Central Fiction is petty easy to perform combos in, things start getting more complicated when you factor in each character's gimmick, the system mechanics, and a player who knows how to consistently use them to their advantage alongside knowing how to play around their opponent's gimmick.
NGL, I managed to stumble upon BlazBlue Centralfiction by complete accident as it was a fighting game I bought cuz "fighting game with anime artstyle" while browsing on the eShop. A next-door apartment friend of mine would constantly kick my a$$ in Mortal Kombat while I would constantly kick his a$$ in Smash Bros (in both cases, it was generally because one of was way more familiar with the game and how it works than the other) and we were both weebs so something like this could potentially bridge the gap since we were both going into the game completely blind. And here I am, 4-ish years later with more than 200+ hours spent on the game. (still suck ass at it tho lol)
Having just found out about Rollback being added to a plethora of fighting games on steam. The thought of delving back into my favorite fighting game that no one I know is willing to play with me was inevitable. Owning all BB + Xblaze games in physical disk for PS is my greatest treasure; but seeing your conviction to the game has me convinced that I have strayed and need to "re-immerse" myself. Will definitely have to pick it back up. Hope to have a match someday when I do
I know this is late but Kiwami 2 got rid of the best 2 themes the one for the pipe guy and the one for the tigers. They’re Evil itself and Beast Itself
Playing all and every each tutorial in the game just to end up using the same character... "Random bs GO!" I like varying to avoid being repetitive and probably surprise around with a change of style xD as I'm not that quick with connecting combos or taking advantage from counters... punishing tho-
Yeah, counter hit confirming can be a hassle, but you got the right idea of just doing what you're comfortable with. I've personally never done an optimal counter hit combo and at the moment I'm okay with that. And hey, if you're punish game is good, you don't have anything to worry about.
I was super into blazblue years ago and bought central fiction, but never played it since I stopped playing right after I got chronophantasma extend. I think I bought it around the time other games came out (got it on sale iirc) so I had to let it go. All the games are enjoyable imo (I played CT and CS years before CP came out) and each game just expands the roster (including fanservice characters).
Oh yeah the BB series is a great experience all around, with CF being my personal favorite as you can probably guess from the title of the video. Kind of sad to here that you didn't continue all the way through, but at least you got enjoyment out of the series, which is all that I could ask for.
@@riku582 It's been so much fun, the amount of bullshit he has is bullshit. THe airdash is so fat, the teleport is so stupid, the jump cancellable overhead the EVERYTHING! fuck his wacky ass combos doh
BlazBlue is great. The original was one of my first games where I got more serious, back on Xbox 360. I thought I was cool cause I once beat the person who was ranked #1 on Xbox Live, but then I got my butt kicked online by someone who is now one of the top UA-cam creators for BlazBlue. Match would have gone about the same if I didn't even pick my controller up. The video of me getting annihilated used to be on here somewhere. The game gets better every iteration... really hope they make a new one some day. I haven't played the stories since the first one, but I'm starting to think I should give it a shot.
Ouch. Yeah, it happens, but it's good that you didn't give up. Mori did say once on twitter that blazblue as a fighting game franchise isn't over yet, so take that as you will. You'll be in for a good time, baring some minor grievances here and there.
@@riku582 Oh yeah, that part was not meant as a complaint. I spent most hours after work playing BlazBlue. Seeing a name I already knew from tournaments pop up in a match was the coolest thing that had ever happened in the game. IMO, the best part of fighting games is losing and seeing how much more you have left to learn.
Oh, alright then. And yeah, I know the feeling, it's a cool moment where you suddenly get to test your mettle out of nowhere. I'm as keen on loses, but I agree it is seeing how much you have to learn and where you can improve.
March 2020 (right as Lockdown was beginning), I go to my friends house to play smash and tekken as usual and then randomly he says "wanna play Blazblue". I said sure but i've never played it so i'm gonna get blown up. I picked Izayoi(cause she looked cool) and he picked Susanoo and i get demolished obviously. Then we go into combo trials so i can figure stuff out and struggle to do the basic combos. Despite all of that I'm like "this game is cool, REALLY cool and i wanna get better no matter how hard it is". A couple days later I buy it on PS4 and Switch (cause that's what we played it on first) and the rest is history. Grinding CF during lockdown was amazing. It became my favorite fighting game in a couple of months even though it took around a year for me to actually get good enough to consistently win against my friend. I learned Izayoi, Hakumen(Main), Ragna, Terumi, Susanoo, Jubei, Izanami along with others but those are probably my best. Despite it being hard I was just amazed at how every character is different, weird and strong in their own way, I had never played a game like it in fact it was my first ARCSYS game and i eventually played DBFZ, Cross Tag and Strive. Centralfiction is still my favorite and i still randomly load it up to find matches. It's just such a clean game to play and watch and i'm so glad other people are starting to get into it. The Wheel of Fate is turning Rebel 1 ACTION! (Susanoo system voice is the best don't @ me) If you're UK/EU you might see me on the Weekend on PS4
I've noticed Blazblue has that effect on a lot of people, where the game is hard, but it's just too much fun to give up. I’m glad you got into BB and that it got you into other fighters. Unfortunately, I don't own it on console so I can't exactly play you, but if you ever find it worth it to buy the pc version I'll be there on Mondays.
I grew up on this game back when I was not even 7 years old yet. I had no idea what I was doing of course and I only got REALLY into fighting games until recently and I wish I could've played seriously back in its golden age because this game has everything I love about fighting games
A hunterxhunter 2d anime fighter by either arcsys or mori(since he announced he has made his own game dev team a few months back) that is more akin to blazblue than guilty gear in its overall build and gameplay would be so damn cool. I would not mind a ragna the bloodedge dlc and other arc sys and other out of the blue IP characters as well. Imagine Ragna non canonically being thrown into the hxh verse where he uses nen to fight and his restriction has to do or make a reference to the azure grimoire.
Not only do I know it, it's one of my favorite fighting games? It gets pretty degenerate with the ridiculously long and tight combos you have to learn, but the character variety is Top notch
@@riku582 I dunno man, potential damage of Susan is disgusting, nines range and damage potential is more fitting of a undernight game, The potential pressure of Carl and Rachel is always ridiculous, even if they take a lot of effort to play, and like you said just anything about izanami I will also never forget all the Saya clones were all OP in their debut games
I mean you're talking to a Kagura main damage and range are something that hardly phases me. Nine is sometimes an issue depending on who's playing her but you got me with Carl and Rachel those 2 I just flash kick and hope for the best. I can't say anything about the murokumo girls since I never played the games they debuted in until long after I bought CF so I can't really give an opinion on that.
Hazama was my Ragna the character that dragged me in and made me want to learn more then just usual fighting games I play combos Oki match ups ect with susanoo as my secondary for the heavy contrast that makes it hard for opponents to deal the switch
I’d have played it if the devs didn’t use internet toxicity to justify banning everyone who called out the sudden disappearance of the English voice cast.
@@riku582 ok thanks for the clarification actually I really like blazblue but I should give it another chance anyway I just made my comment based on what you see on steam charts
Pretty sick. Always happy to see BlazBlue love, definitely got a like from me 👍
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
Always happy to find more blablue the enthusiasts, 1000+ match makoto main here, got over 400 hours in cf, and over 1000 hours in the series as a whole lol. cannot get enough of bbcf
I hear you, bbcf is a game that doesn't feel like it's been matched yet by any other fighting game. It's always a treat to play.
Playing this game gave me a weird sense of joy that no other game could provide. Heck even I am very happy just landing anything with my scrub Naoto gameplay.
And also, I mostly use Naoto and Celica online.
Yeah, I noticed Blazblue has that kind of effect on people where it doesn't matter what your skill level is, it's just a blast to play.
Ah, a fellow Celica enjoyer.
The creator of blazblue said that his intention and vision for the game was to feel fun no matter what it is you’re doing or you’re level of skill. That’s how you know you created something special
He did what he set out to do
Damn now I gotta get into blazblue now lol
Been playing Blazblue since the beginning. I love hearing others talk about it be it something they hate or love, but predominantly more love than ever and great to see it come back with rollback. You can even review my username to see all of my Blazblue content though I have deleted videos over the years and I wish I haven't.
Blazblue is that one game I can play with anyone throughout my years as its my favorite fighter and it gotten better with every iteration. I bought all the new fighters or most of them and learned that they're too simplified or way too slow really killing my groove. I will be that guy and say that auto combos that you can't turn off is also a main killer for me.
PS- I play Ragna, Hazama, and Nine. I can play others that are generally simple but not as well as those three that I have invested years into. The only time I might drop something is when I don't play it for a few months and rust kicks in.
Looking at your videos, especially the Chrono Phantasma ones, takes me back, hard to believe it's been 6 years since that game hit Steam.
I'm not exactly put off by the auto combos of Cross Tag, but I get why it's not a decision everyone likes.
Ah, a fellow Ragna player. You know, I've tried playing Hazama, but I could never get a handle on his neutral, he just has so much freedom that I'm not sure what to do half the time to just get in without getting anti-aired.
Been playing the series since 2013. I'm glad to see new people discovering this game. My main draw to the game was the flashy combos.
Oh yeah the flashy combos definitely helped my enjoyment of the series too.
Honestly when you wanted to play a harder character and then stuck with Ragna, my story is the opposite. Initially I wanted to play Terumi and Mai, but as I felt a tad bit unsatisfied with their combos I tried the other easier characters and I struggled a lot until one day when I had one of my friends (who was a Hazama player) over during summer break after my Junior year of highschool he dared me to play Izanami because I told him Izanami was busted, I never tried Izanami because I knew she was harder to play, regardless I took the dare and tried her, and I discovered Izanami was actually a lot more fun than I thought, I didn't win the first few matches we played but as I began learning her inputs I eventually managed to get a win streak of 10 wins, I didn't get any perfects but I got close. After he left for the next few months continuing into my senior year of highschool whenever I had free time I would practice with her and I managed to beat over 80% of her challenges (still trying to clear all of them), I eventually managed to become nearly untouchable whenever I used her against my friend.
It was nice playing Izanami but it felt odd as I had recently picked up Relius Clover as my first of 3 secondaries but I wanted to do more labbing. Eventually my friend dropped Hazama so I decided to give him a try. I had to learn his combos from scratch as while I knew how to play him in bbtag, I didn't actually know how to play him in Central Fiction. Eventually I tried learning Hazama and had completed all of his challenges, my friend switched his main to Terumi and had Platinum as his secondary, I dropped Terumi for Hazama, and since then I have never regretted my choice, Izanami and Hazama are the most fun fighting game characters I have ever played and have some of my favorite songs in the game (specifically Gluttony Fang 1, Nightmare Fiction 1, both versions of endless despair, Yomotsuhirasaka, and Bloodline being my favorites of theirs)
I love this game and thank bbtag for existing for it was the gateway into me playing this game, I am constantly trying new characters and love playing most of them, I also love the soundtrack as Blazblue had my favorite soundtrack of all time and confidentially the characters I main and secondary have my favorite songs in the game. I also managed to get further into it with some UA-camrs that play Blazblue, specifically Kaizouwar Animeilluminati have been my favorites, I love this this game and community and I hope it continues to grow even bigger in the future.
Thank you for highlighting this masterpiece of a fighting game
That's how it goes, sometimes it's the harder characters you'll enjoy more, and sometimes it will be an archetype you had no prior interest in playing that grabs your attention, from my experience you can never really tell who you'll end up enjoying until you actually sit down and play with that character because while they may be "good" or "easy" none of that matters if you can't have fun while playing them.
Also 3 secondaries? Who were you trying to counter pick?
It's also cool to hear that you migrated from Tag to CF. I've heard and seen a lot of CF players, myself included migrate to Tag but I've never heard the opposite so it's nice to see that there is a healthy flow between games.
Oh yeah the sound track is great, and those 2 are great honestly the Blazblue community is filled with all kinds of characters that manage to show their love of the game in different ways. If you ever want to see a unique side of the community look up Dante Redgrave's Azrael CMV titled Tyrant Version Red it's an experience to put it lightly.
I love the lore and the characters and the ideas of the mechanics from the series which is very unfortunate for me because I don’t like the feel of any characters in the game, I play many different fighting games with so many different feels and I never felt like there was a game where no character fit me until I played Blazblue idk if it’s me not looking into the characters correctly but I beat every combo trial and spent about 15-20 mins in training room with every character and nobody feels right to me, I also don’t look for a specific style of character I just look for who feels awesome to play for me examples being, I play Shadow Yu, Kanji, & Shadow Yosuke in P4AU, I play Noctis in Tekken7, I play HC & Ky in GGST, the only character I kinda liked in BBCF is Hibiki. If you guys have any recommendations for who I should give another try to in BBCF let me know, I really wanna play this game but can’t find a char I like and I’m willing to lab characters again
Character feel is something that's kind of hard for me to recommend to you, since it depends on squarely on each person. What normally works for me is find a move you think is cool and try to see the many ways you can weave it in combos, block strings, etc and try and expand from there.
@@riku582 I never tried that, I usually look up combos and learn the cool one but I’ll try that and see who I end up picking
@@Ariez02YT Enjoy yourself.
Saved watching this video until after i got it 🙂👍
Lmao.... Blazblue is his arm?????? How have I never known this!!?? XD
😅same
Oh I’ve played it. On Switch. And it rocks. I’m now a Blazblue fan.
Welcome to the club.
Having been with the series since CT, watching BlazBlue evolve has been a real treat. It was my first fighting game, and if not for the heavy story emphasis I wouldn't have gotten into it at all. This is an incredible video, thanks for promoting BB.
Rollback has been amazing, there's so many people to play and it's almost always incredible. It's really easy to train and practice against other people and learn. I've had about 600 matches as Kokonoe and it's a total blast.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The rollback patch is an absolute dream. I remember tons of days way back when of seeing tons of red bars all of whom I couldn't play only to now see a ton of green bars who'll, more often than not, have a good connection with me. It's hard to believe this is the same game, but it is, and I've never been more happy with it.
Celica jumpscare
Well that's one way of describing it.
Ah, "BlazBlue Central Fiction", which is a game that is arguably just as complex as "Guilty Gear XRD Revelator," with the game like Revelator having legacy skill, meaning if you haven't stuck with the game since the original back in 2008 you have a MASSIVE hill to climb in learning frame data for each character's normals, gatlings, and overall mobility options that can be used on offense and neutral. Then there are the game's plentiful system mechanics, such as having a half a dozen options on defense that you need to master such as having four ways to block based on specific scenarios for example, and the game having a multitude of wake up options with each having a specific use, and that's not even going into the Drive mechanic, which is a unique action for each character, which there are OVER 35 of, which MOST of the cast plays VASTLY DIFFERENT from each other.
Mainline BlazBlue games were HUGE in japan, with it being popular in many Japanese arcades, and as Obama stated in a podcast with Blasted Salami that the series had at one point been up there even with the almighty Tekken in terms of popularity. With many veterans like Dogura ( who is one of the best players in Guilty Gear who uses Slayer) and Fenrich ( who is arguably the best BB player, and currently one the best in DBFZ) representing the series for a long time . Sadly, The series just never took off over here in the west. However, the lack of popularity nationwide doesn't equate to the game's quality.The fact that is arguably the most unique AND complex 2D fighter on the market, but isn't talked about hardly at all in the west was always baffling to me. Especially when I read comments, and watch videos of people in the FGC complaining about how boring fighting games have gotten recently, or how easy it has become and yet will REFUSE to give the game a try. Thankfully, that seems to be changing, for instance Lord Knight, a tournament player who plays a variety of different fighting games recently made a fighting game tier list and put "BlazBlue Central Fiction" near the top, as well as popular Guilty Gear content creators like Obama saying on blasted salami's podcast that "BlazBlue Central Fiction" is arguably just as hard as Guilty Gear Xrd, finally, there's Kizzie Kay, who is a pro Sin player in GGXRD who says BlazBlue is his favorite fighting game series. For those who want to see high level game play in order to get a grasp of how hype this game can potentially be for you, I'd recommend a video titled "BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Grand Finals - Evo 2014" on youtube, and while the game represented there is not Central Fiction, I think it works, since Central Fiction is more of an evolution of Chrono Phantasma any way. Other channel's include "Burst Recap" and "Jourdal" for more high level Japanese play.
What's cool about the BlazBlue series is even if you don't care about the complex game play there's STILL a lot of stuff to do in the games, with BBCF in particular having a TON of continent in it, with a story mode that takes DOZENS of hours to complete, and an RPG like mode that takes EVEN longer. All of this is in addition to all the things you can unlock, like music, character colors, and artwork from the developers. Heck, I even made a video titled "BlazBlue: Best Single Player Content In A Fighting Game?" that goes into more detail on all of this if any one's curious. This of course is just my two cents, and the metrics of what makes a great fighting game is going to VARY from person to person.
With all that said, I don't think anyone should feel bad for playing Ragna though, One thing that was mentioned was character difficulty, which is an interesting topic for me when it comes to fighting games. Personally, I think there's a HUGE difference between execution difficulty and overall character power. For example, most beginners in BB think Ragna is an easy mode character because his execution for the most part is easy, when that couldn't be further from the truth, since our spiky haired protagonist has very few safe and reliable mix-up options that make most offensive approaches that are INCREDIBLY EASY to read, and usually has to take risks to throw the opponent off for moderate reward. Now, that's not to say Ragna's a weak character, far from it in fact, since he can play neutral fairly well due to size of a lot of his normals. Additionally, he does decent damage, and has a fantastic DP. It's just that he's lacking things that other characters higher on the character power list share.
In comparison, Izanami has some of the highest execution in the game, but she is also arguably the easiest character to win with, due to her having so many powerful tools:
-Ability to change modes between rushdown and zoning allows for a VERSATILE playstyle.
-Float ability provides near UNPARALLELED movement.
-Thanks to ribcage having armor, and stopping pretty much all attacks, with the ONLY exceptions being throws, and bursts, it allowed for silly setups in the corner with insane mixups between her attacks and her float . Heck, this move alone can be argued to be just as silly as anything other top tier characters like Nine has in her tool kit. Again, Super armor for one of the most mobile characters in the game. What could be more reasonable than that, I ask you?
Now that not to say that they aren't characters with easy execution, and high character power, Mai is an great example of this, I'm just saying we shouldn't assume that they have both based on one factor, execution tier list and and character power tier lists should always be separate.
Lastly, I don't think stylish mode is easy in BBCF at all, since it limits what options you can do, such as getting higher damage combos, and lack of pressure situations. For the most part, a stylish player playing against a pro player using technical is mostly likely going to lose, considering how handicapped they are. The purpose of the stylish mode is just for players who don't have an interest in spending hundreds of hours just to play the game at a competent level to still find some fun with the game, and just want to mash with their friends.
Overall, a solid video and one that gets a like from me!
Thank you, I really appreciate your comment.
@itsDistinctly Personally, in fighting games there are only three types of players:
New Players AKA Noobs: is people who are in the learning phase of a fighting game, including not only knowing the general rules of the game and their character of choice, but EVERY character in the game and how the match up generally flows between a new player using their character and every other character, this would include frame data on offense and defense, bnbs, tech, etc. Generally new players don't know the majority of the things and many casuals who play fighting games start and STAY in this category.
Intermediate Players: are players who know the match up inside and out and have knowledge on all the things I mentioned prior that new players need to learn, including the frame data on offense and defense, the tech that's known in the community of the game for both your character AND the opponent, etc. Many members in the FGC would fall in this category.
Advanced Players AKA Pro Players : is someone who has all the knowledge of an intermediate, but the key difference between pros and intermediates is the fact that they are able to ADAPT quickly to a change in players playstyle of a particular player of equal knowledge. Adaptation is an area where MOST intermediates struggle to learn, and is why they aren't CONSISTENT with their wins in tournaments like the pros are.
Personally, anyone who says a fighting game is easy to get good at translates to being able to hang with the pros. In BBCF's case, said pros would be going toe to toe with players like Monarch, Jona Kim and SKD ( SKD in paticular is the best player in the west, and Fenrich being the best player overall when he played the game IMO) if you can't do that then no, I DON"T think you're good at the game. That being said, I can easily see people putting in the work to learn the VAST amount of information the game has to offer, and successfully becoming intermediate at the game though, but there aren't many of those that graduate from their to the pros in the west in this game. That being said, you say you come from Tekken, which is a game that I think is hard to learn AND hard to master, so assuming your are good at that game I doubt you have no problems doing well in BBCF.
@itsDistinctly When he says difficult, he means at the highest level of play. While true Central Fiction is petty easy to perform combos in, things start getting more complicated when you factor in each character's gimmick, the system mechanics, and a player who knows how to consistently use them to their advantage alongside knowing how to play around their opponent's gimmick.
NGL, I managed to stumble upon BlazBlue Centralfiction by complete accident as it was a fighting game I bought cuz "fighting game with anime artstyle" while browsing on the eShop.
A next-door apartment friend of mine would constantly kick my a$$ in Mortal Kombat while I would constantly kick his a$$ in Smash Bros (in both cases, it was generally because one of was way more familiar with the game and how it works than the other) and we were both weebs so something like this could potentially bridge the gap since we were both going into the game completely blind.
And here I am, 4-ish years later with more than 200+ hours spent on the game. (still suck ass at it tho lol)
Based Celica enjoyer
Thanks.
LOVE this game. I play Es and some Naoto, and I have about 650 ranked matches altogether. Hoping I can be somewhat decent in the future.
Just keep at it dude, you'll get there in time.
Having just found out about Rollback being added to a plethora of fighting games on steam. The thought of delving back into my favorite fighting game that no one I know is willing to play with me was inevitable. Owning all BB + Xblaze games in physical disk for PS is my greatest treasure; but seeing your conviction to the game has me convinced that I have strayed and need to "re-immerse" myself. Will definitely have to pick it back up. Hope to have a match someday when I do
I'm glad I was able to re motivate, and I hope we can play together too.
I know this is late but Kiwami 2 got rid of the best 2 themes the one for the pipe guy and the one for the tigers. They’re Evil itself and Beast Itself
I appreciate the comment nonetheless. And you're right those songs are pretty good.
@@riku582 I recommend Evil Beast Itself it’s a mash up of the two tracks. It shows how similar the tracks are
People call me crazy when I say Blazblue is my favorite fighting game series, glad there's still love for it
Strange that they call you crazy when it's still one of the best fighting game series on the market.
@@riku582 exactly
Playing all and every each tutorial in the game just to end up using the same character... "Random bs GO!"
I like varying to avoid being repetitive and probably surprise around with a change of style xD as I'm not that quick with connecting combos or taking advantage from counters... punishing tho-
Yeah, counter hit confirming can be a hassle, but you got the right idea of just doing what you're comfortable with. I've personally never done an optimal counter hit combo and at the moment I'm okay with that. And hey, if you're punish game is good, you don't have anything to worry about.
BBCF is awesome!! Glad to see more people playing it as it is very underrated!
Yeah, it's always great to see fresh blood come in to play.
I was super into blazblue years ago and bought central fiction, but never played it since I stopped playing right after I got chronophantasma extend. I think I bought it around the time other games came out (got it on sale iirc) so I had to let it go. All the games are enjoyable imo (I played CT and CS years before CP came out) and each game just expands the roster (including fanservice characters).
Oh yeah the BB series is a great experience all around, with CF being my personal favorite as you can probably guess from the title of the video. Kind of sad to here that you didn't continue all the way through, but at least you got enjoyment out of the series, which is all that I could ask for.
i came from strive and i was a zato main. now im learning arakune. it hurts so good
Yeah I imagine Arakune must amazing coming off of Zato.
@@riku582 It's been so much fun, the amount of bullshit he has is bullshit. THe airdash is so fat, the teleport is so stupid, the jump cancellable overhead the EVERYTHING! fuck his wacky ass combos doh
@@zachstarattack7320 Those combos are one of the few things keeping that character running amuck at high level play.
BlazBlue is great. The original was one of my first games where I got more serious, back on Xbox 360. I thought I was cool cause I once beat the person who was ranked #1 on Xbox Live, but then I got my butt kicked online by someone who is now one of the top UA-cam creators for BlazBlue. Match would have gone about the same if I didn't even pick my controller up. The video of me getting annihilated used to be on here somewhere. The game gets better every iteration... really hope they make a new one some day. I haven't played the stories since the first one, but I'm starting to think I should give it a shot.
Ouch. Yeah, it happens, but it's good that you didn't give up. Mori did say once on twitter that blazblue as a fighting game franchise isn't over yet, so take that as you will. You'll be in for a good time, baring some minor grievances here and there.
@@riku582 Oh yeah, that part was not meant as a complaint. I spent most hours after work playing BlazBlue. Seeing a name I already knew from tournaments pop up in a match was the coolest thing that had ever happened in the game. IMO, the best part of fighting games is losing and seeing how much more you have left to learn.
Oh, alright then. And yeah, I know the feeling, it's a cool moment where you suddenly get to test your mettle out of nowhere. I'm as keen on loses, but I agree it is seeing how much you have to learn and where you can improve.
March 2020 (right as Lockdown was beginning), I go to my friends house to play smash and tekken as usual and then randomly he says "wanna play Blazblue". I said sure but i've never played it so i'm gonna get blown up. I picked Izayoi(cause she looked cool) and he picked Susanoo and i get demolished obviously. Then we go into combo trials so i can figure stuff out and struggle to do the basic combos. Despite all of that I'm like "this game is cool, REALLY cool and i wanna get better no matter how hard it is". A couple days later I buy it on PS4 and Switch (cause that's what we played it on first) and the rest is history. Grinding CF during lockdown was amazing. It became my favorite fighting game in a couple of months even though it took around a year for me to actually get good enough to consistently win against my friend. I learned Izayoi, Hakumen(Main), Ragna, Terumi, Susanoo, Jubei, Izanami along with others but those are probably my best. Despite it being hard I was just amazed at how every character is different, weird and strong in their own way, I had never played a game like it in fact it was my first ARCSYS game and i eventually played DBFZ, Cross Tag and Strive. Centralfiction is still my favorite and i still randomly load it up to find matches. It's just such a clean game to play and watch and i'm so glad other people are starting to get into it.
The Wheel of Fate is turning
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ACTION! (Susanoo system voice is the best don't @ me)
If you're UK/EU you might see me on the Weekend on PS4
I've noticed Blazblue has that effect on a lot of people, where the game is hard, but it's just too much fun to give up. I’m glad you got into BB and that it got you into other fighters. Unfortunately, I don't own it on console so I can't exactly play you, but if you ever find it worth it to buy the pc version I'll be there on Mondays.
@@riku582 as soon as i get a good PC that is😅
i was gonna leave a positive comment but NAHH MOTOR HEAD II IS JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER
I grew up on this game back when I was not even 7 years old yet. I had no idea what I was doing of course and I only got REALLY into fighting games until recently and I wish I could've played seriously back in its golden age because this game has everything I love about fighting games
Amazing game, I main Terumi, but am learning Susanoo and Izayoi.
I wish you the best in learning Izayoi. She's a bit tougher than she looks but I believe you can do it.
@@riku582 I first played CPEX back in 2015, but stopped for so long that I had to relearn Izayoi since rollback :D
A hunterxhunter 2d anime fighter by either arcsys or mori(since he announced he has made his own game dev team a few months back) that is more akin to blazblue than guilty gear in its overall build and gameplay would be so damn cool. I would not mind a ragna the bloodedge dlc and other arc sys and other out of the blue IP characters as well. Imagine Ragna non canonically being thrown into the hxh verse where he uses nen to fight and his restriction has to do or make a reference to the azure grimoire.
Hibiki and Kagura are the GOATS.
Best fighting game till this date. These modern fighting games that are released these days are garbage
As a Celica main, the end made me smile
I'm glad you liked it.
Blazblue was the true hero we needed but didn’t deserve.
Don't that, I'm still holding out hope for a sequel to Central Fiction.
@@riku582 the creators gone honestly without him it’s for the best. Blazblue was our Batman and Guilty Gear our Harvey Dent.
Id say it's a draw with Uniclr for me
Jokes on you. Been playing every single blazblue since day one... no joke my brother preordered every single one. Never looked back
That's why probably is in parentheses, I knew going into this some people would've played it.
Not only do I know it, it's one of my favorite fighting games?
It gets pretty degenerate with the ridiculously long and tight combos you have to learn, but the character variety is Top notch
It's great to know that more people enjoy CF. Also it only gets degenerate when Izanimi's on the screen, other than that it's pretty manageable.
@@riku582 I dunno man, potential damage of Susan is disgusting, nines range and damage potential is more fitting of a undernight game, The potential pressure of Carl and Rachel is always ridiculous, even if they take a lot of effort to play, and like you said just anything about izanami
I will also never forget all the Saya clones were all OP in their debut games
I mean you're talking to a Kagura main damage and range are something that hardly phases me. Nine is sometimes an issue depending on who's playing her but you got me with Carl and Rachel those 2 I just flash kick and hope for the best. I can't say anything about the murokumo girls since I never played the games they debuted in until long after I bought CF so I can't really give an opinion on that.
I am new to this type of fighting games and it is technical to learn and am glad to have watched this video.
Well I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you enjoy Blazblue it's a ton of fun.
Great video but why is tagged as yakuza 5?
Oops, I tend to copy the links for descriptions, guess I never noticed I copied too much. It's fixed now, thank you for telling me.
Hazama was my Ragna the character that dragged me in and made me want to learn more then just usual fighting games I play combos Oki match ups ect with susanoo as my secondary for the heavy contrast that makes it hard for opponents to deal the switch
Makes sense. They are, technically, the most prominent characters in the series.
I honestly expected the opening statement to say you can never get good at it….
That would've been funnier.
want blazblue to get a bigger following, i want another game (the mobile game doesn't count)
Me too.
Story ended in a nice place though, i feel like a sequel will just ruin it.
Ranked is BO3 now 😃
Fantastic.
good video
Thank you.
"D" doesn't stand for Drive, it stands for Do character stuff.
I’d have played it if the devs didn’t use internet toxicity to justify banning everyone who called out the sudden disappearance of the English voice cast.
Are you the king of idiots or what?
This game is a farming cash cow, so meh i pass...
What Blazblue Central Fiction were you playing, buddy?
For $10 dollars you get the entire game except Jubei.
but the game is dead, look at the numbers on steam charts it's depressing
Dude, so long as there's another person to play, the game isn't dead. And with rollback it's a lot easier to find games now than it has ever been.
@@riku582 ok thanks for the clarification actually I really like blazblue but I should give it another chance anyway I just made my comment based on what you see on steam charts
BLAZBLUE NEVER DIE
The Wheel of Fate will never stop turning