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[Jocchan]

Should I buy this game?

I don't know anything about Jojo (I heard the name many years ago in Jojo's bizarre adventure) but I know nothing about it other than the fact that the 2D art at the time was very good.

I love 1v1 fighting games à la SF4 (assists and tags make things too crazy for my simple brain)

I LOVE over the top humor and foolishness.

I LOVE the game's art style and the gameplay videos look awesome.

However, I don't play fighting games solo, I play them online and if I have to import this game, who am I going to play it with online?

I also no anderstan japones.

Please help me decide, GAF.

The manga is amazing, so I'd suggest you to check it out. It just never stops getting crazier.

The first two parts had a recent anime, which could be a good starting point. If you don't like anime, please let me say - for what it's worth - I really don't either, and JoJo is the only one I've watched in the past ten years.

 

[SolarKnight]

What if head-in-a-jar Dio was his own characters =O

Well I've been wanting that since the game got announced :V

In a perfect World every single variation of Dio ever would be in the game. Just because it'd be amusing.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Well I've been wanting that since the game got announced :V

In a perfect World every single variation of Dio ever would be in the game. Just because it'd be amusing.

Dio's bone as playable character please.

 

[SolarKnight]

Dio's bone as playable character please.

Exactly

 

[Tizoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-c8s5-gAA
THE HELL YOU JUST SAY 'BOUT MY HAIR?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWLp7T0Cp4
You're next line is!

 

[Troubled Bat]

Dammit! I won't be able to play this till next week.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-c8s5-gAA
THE HELL YOU JUST SAY 'BOUT MY HAIR?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWLp7T0Cp4
You're next line is!

You got hair like cow shit clinging to the roadside.

 

[Slamtastic]

Pompadours are now forbidden by law.

Valentine's America

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Dio's bone as playable character please.

More viable than Dr. Bosconovitch

 

[sub_o]

More viable than Dr. Bosconovitch

Johnny Joestar is already in the game

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Terribly sorry for asking this if its already been confirmed but did the datamines show F.F.?

No, but she is in the story. With the wonderful Ryoko Shiraishi playing her.

 

[SDBurton]

No, but she is in the story. With the wonderful Ryoko Shiraishi playing her.

Excuse me while I cry with joy.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

I just went through Stardust Crusaders in about 2 or 3 days. lol It was so good.

 

[mcmmaster]

So has anyone figured out how to unlock/change costumes (not colors) for the characters, there not in the in-game shop to buy and I've already beaten story. Really hope unlocking them hasn't got anything to do with campaign because I find that mode hella confusing

 

[NEO0MJ]

Johnny Joestar is already in the game

This is too good XD

I wonder when we'll see a tier list, though. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out with a game like this.

 

[Astarte]

Damn, this game isn't going over well with amazon. I do agree with the story mode and DLC complaints though.

http://translate.google.com/transla...azon.co.jp/product-reviews/B00BHAF688&act=url

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

This is too good XD

I wonder when we'll see a tier list, though. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out with a game like this.

Just devide them in 2 tiers based on whether they have an infinite or not.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Damn, this game isn't going over well with amazon. I do agree with the story mode and DLC complaints though.

Have to unfortunately agree that the story mode is ass, especially after playing Golden Wind on PS2. CC2 does good enough with that on Naruto, what was the problem here?

I have to blame Namco Bandai for some of these decisions.

 

[Retro_]

It's pretty shocking that the Story Mode is so bare bones when their target audience was the casual market to begin with. I mean that's what these people probably paid for this game for.

Doesn't really have an effect on me personally though. I'm kinda glad they actually decided to include some of the cut scenes like Johnny and Gyro's GHA vs Valentine in the actual game instead of using them as story mode cut scenes.

 

[Shito]

Sooooo... Jojo's online is quite bad.
Granted, I'm a european playing with japanese people but... There is about 1 (one (ONE)) second of lag on inputs; it's... yeah, I'm not going to play that online. :/

 

[Jenga]

Sooooo... Jojo's online is quite bad.
Granted, I'm a european playing with japanese people but... There is about 1 (one (ONE)) second of lag on inputs; it's... yeah, I'm not going to play that online. :/

maybe you should move to japan

or play with EUs

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Sooooo... Jojo's online is quite bad.
Granted, I'm a european playing with japanese people but... There is about 1 (one (ONE)) second of lag on inputs; it's... yeah, I'm not going to play that online. :/

For online, can you set up lobbies or anything like that, or is it completely random?

 

[NEO0MJ]

Just devide them in 2 tiers based on whether they have an infinite or not.

Having an infinite isn't enough, though not having one does hurt a character's ranking.

Damn, this game isn't going over well with amazon. I do agree with the story mode and DLC complaints though.

http://translate.google.com/transla...azon.co.jp/product-reviews/B00BHAF688&act=url

That sucks. I really hope the gameplay is solid. What do the people here who have it think of the game?

 

[Shito]

maybe you should move to japan
or play with EUs

ASW games are totally playable with japanese people outside of japan.
Not perfect, but totally playable.

For online, can you set up lobbies or anything like that, or is it completely random?

Yeah, you can create lobbies or search for lobbies.
Only two players lobbies, mind you.

 

[Jenga]

ASW games are totally playable with japanese people outside of japan.
Not perfect, but totally playable.

ASWs eventually get ported outside japan tho

 

[Shito]

ASWs eventually get ported outside japan tho

And that explains their better netcode... how? ^^

 

[YesManKablam]

I just went through Stardust Crusaders in about 2 or 3 days. lol It was so good.

I did the same thing recently and boy, part IV is even better.

 

[Jenga]

That sucks. I really hope the gameplay is solid. What do the people here who have it think of the game?

The whole page is funny because it turns out the "casual" jojo gamer got a somewhat serious fighter.

 

[Master Thespian]

The whole page is funny because it turns out the "casual" jojo gamer got a somewhat serious fighter.

Same thing happened with casual gamers and SoulCalibur V. Good games that missed the mark for their fanbases.

 

[Jenga]

Same thing happened with casual gamers and SoulCalibur V. Good games that missed the mark for their fanbases.

Which is fine by me, I can't read Japanese. I'm quite damn pleased with how the game turned out...

 

[The Grim Heaper]

I did the same thing recently and boy, part IV is even better.

Part 4 is the greatest. I actually read that before watching parts 1 and 2, and reading 3. lol

 

[Beckx]

The only thing that could make Part IV better is for the Invincible Trio to finish their translations. I couldn't put it down. Even the "fun/slow" stories were great.

 

[Master Thespian]

Which is fine by me, I can't read Japanese. I'm quite damn pleased with how the game turned out...

Same here. I couldn't care less about the story in any fighting game. But Namco needs to bite the bullet and accept that they're going to have to give people detailed story modes or they'll continue to get undeserved low scores on their fighting games. After a decade+ of giving the casuals these features and using licensed properties it's what's expected.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Same here. I couldn't care less about the story in any fighting game. But Namco needs to bite the bullet and accept that they're going to have to give people detailed story modes or they'll continue to get undeserved low scores on their fighting games. After a decade+ of giving the casuals these features and using licensed properties it's what's expected.

As an example of better Jojo storytelling: ***PART 5 SPOILERS*** In Japanese, but still lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ZTl1auAds

This is from the PS2 Capcom Jojo game Golden Wind. Basically a boss fight collection, but it has scenes like this. I think if they had something like these in the story mode in this game, it would have at least had better presentation. The character drought adversely affecting story mode is a problem too.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

How long P-A take to fulfil digital point card orders? I've been waiting for an hour already.

 

[Peff]

The problem is that the game is too ambitious It's completely unrealistic to expect a 7-part, Naruto-like story mode for a first game when they have to build 30+ characters, each of which is far more complex to animate and model than Naruto's. The sequel will probably have actual cutscenes and crazy boss battles.

 

[Jenga]

How long P-A take to fulfil digital point card orders? I've been waiting for an hour already.

It's 4-5 AM in Hong Kong atm.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

How long P-A take to fulfil digital point card orders? I've been waiting for an hour already.

If you don't get it fairly soon, they might be "out." I ordered one a few weeks ago and didn't get the code until a few days later, and when I emailed CS they said they were out at the time. I did, however order one last night and had the code literally instantly.

It's 4-5 AM in Hong Kong atm.

That too.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

If you don't get it fairly soon, they might be "out." I ordered one a few weeks ago and didn't get the code until a few days later, and when I emailed CS they said they were out at the time. I did, however order one last night and had the code literally instantly.



That too.

I knew I should have ordered them last night.

 

[Jenga]

The problem is that the game is too ambitious It's completely unrealistic to expect a 7-part, Naruto-like story mode for a first game when they have to build 30+ characters, each of which is far more complex to animate and model than Naruto's. The sequel will probably have actual cutscenes and crazy boss battles.

The game got like, 500,000 preorders didn't it? A sequel is guaranteed.

 

[Card Boy]

Takes considerably more than "5 minutes" to make a character.

I was talking about the story mode which is just text. Which has no slideshows, cutscenes or even comic panels. Just text on a black background.

 

[Jenga]

holy grail game BGM link

Jonathon has a great theme goddamn

 

[Beckx]

Is any of the music from the new show in the game (especially Bloody Stream)?

Best thing about Gundam EXVS is hearing classic themes from the shows. Char's Counterattack theme the best.

 

[Fisico]

The game got like, 500,000 preorders didn't it? A sequel is guaranteed.

500k shipment not 500k preorders

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

The game got like, 500,000 preorders didn't it? A sequel is guaranteed.

Looking at those Amazon reviews, I don't know...

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Looking at those Amazon reviews, I don't know...

A few Amazon reviews mean nothing. Look at popular titles released over here, like Mass Effect 3. Millions of copies sold and high review scores, and yet almost all 1-star reviews.

 

[FallingEdge]

So to unlock chars, we have to run through story mode, correct?

 

[Shouta]

Goddamn, this is turning out to be Namco-bandai's SFxT from reading the Amazon reviews, basically lol. Everything surrounding it is a clusterfuck of moneygrabbing.

 

[Jenga]

Goddamn, this is turning out to be Namco-bandai's SFxT from reading the Amazon reviews, basically lol. Everything surrounding it is a clusterfuck of moneygrabbing.

I thought the only DLC was the characters.

 

[Rhapsody]

Goddamn, this is turning out to be Namco-bandai's SFxT from reading the Amazon reviews, basically lol. Everything surrounding it is a clusterfuck of moneygrabbing.

Yeah, I've been hearing that the reviews consist a lot of people complaining about DLC among other things.
I wonder how sales are going to be. I don't think it'll hurt it that much.