Napalm_Frank
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale |OT| Use Supers to Smash your Bros!
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Some of these combat trials are damn stupid. I feel like the dev team kept the same generic ones for everyone without testing.
Radec's #4 move list trial is one such trial. Youve got 6 minutes to connect with all his moves. Problem is many of his moves are about space control and become active at oodd angles. Its frustrating trying to hit 2 stupid AI melee characters that keep trying to bumrush you.
Another one is the heihachi one where you can build AP only by using circle moves and throws. Problem is they block all square and triangle inputs. Since circle is his stance button, you cant cancel those stannces into twin pistons or demon uppercut. Throws build no meter, so all you're limited to is mash his counter (circle) and build meter little by little.
Terrible
Radec's #4 move list trial is one such trial. Youve got 6 minutes to connect with all his moves. Problem is many of his moves are about space control and become active at oodd angles. Its frustrating trying to hit 2 stupid AI melee characters that keep trying to bumrush you.
Another one is the heihachi one where you can build AP only by using circle moves and throws. Problem is they block all square and triangle inputs. Since circle is his stance button, you cant cancel those stannces into twin pistons or demon uppercut. Throws build no meter, so all you're limited to is mash his counter (circle) and build meter little by little.
Terrible
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
Its pushing 20+ minutes now... Still going!
Why don't you just skip it?
Yes. It worked for me, but I didn't get the pre-order outfits. (just the PS3, Vita, and online pass).
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
I'm too deep man... I can't back down now!
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Anyone know if the pre-order costumes can be shared between PSN accounts, with Sony's two-account sharing deal? Like, if I redeem the code and download the costumes, can I share them with one other friend like I could a PSN game?
Gunstarheroes
Member
So, how do the belts work? Thats the only thing i'm still a bit confused about....
TimeEffect
Member
I wish they'd really add more variety to arcade. I get that its barebones, but why not have given us some Stock?
I also dont understand why, on hardest difficulty, the enemies are still on lower difficulty settings.
Lots of people seem to enjoy stock mode, dont know why that and 1v1 arent officially ranked modes.
I like the combat trials, I hope DLC makes them more creative.
I'm really disappointed with the lack of a local player signing into their OWN account. This really should have never been the case. I really hope this gets patched along with 1v1.
One thing that is more apparent here is the zoom out. Sometimes it's hard to see, which can get annoying, but nothing you cant get used to.
Does anyone know how quits work? I am under the impression people were kind enough to stay when they were eliminated, but I played a 2v2 timed where someone didn't spawn back. The game kept going, I assume he wasn't host. But I wonder if there is host migration?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the alt costumes, Seriously it is pure fan service. The unlockables are just so much fun. This is easy LBP-styled revenue. I'd pay for more
I also dont understand why, on hardest difficulty, the enemies are still on lower difficulty settings.
Lots of people seem to enjoy stock mode, dont know why that and 1v1 arent officially ranked modes.
I like the combat trials, I hope DLC makes them more creative.
I'm really disappointed with the lack of a local player signing into their OWN account. This really should have never been the case. I really hope this gets patched along with 1v1.
One thing that is more apparent here is the zoom out. Sometimes it's hard to see, which can get annoying, but nothing you cant get used to.
Does anyone know how quits work? I am under the impression people were kind enough to stay when they were eliminated, but I played a 2v2 timed where someone didn't spawn back. The game kept going, I assume he wasn't host. But I wonder if there is host migration?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the alt costumes, Seriously it is pure fan service. The unlockables are just so much fun. This is easy LBP-styled revenue. I'd pay for more
LightofRohan
Member
Yea, the sequel will be amazing. I hope they do one... they have all the mechanics and server stability there. Just need to go through and give it some love in all the other departments.
Thought the beta was bland, but after watching the Quick Look I decided to buy it anyways...and it's actually quite a bit of fun. Really like the Vita version too.
One thing is that the Vita version cross save seems to be slightly behind my PS3 save in terms of progress, which is weird. Other than that, much better than expected all around.
One thing is that the Vita version cross save seems to be slightly behind my PS3 save in terms of progress, which is weird. Other than that, much better than expected all around.
Schlachtor
Banned
How do you unlock the alt costumes?
IHaveCandy
Banned
Just watched the Giant Bomb Quick Look of the release copy. They do too much "oh well its like Smash Bros" and "oh it's not like Smash Bros". Just judge the game as its own game. Also, I am sick and tired of hearing Patrick Klepik use the term "case-use".
Every character unlocks 1 at level 10.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Oh, good. A bunch of the glitches that occur when someone disconnects/quits are still present.
TimeEffect
Member
Lmao, Heihachi alts are freaking funny, so are his intros. Man, I love the little surprises like that. WHERE IS THE REMATCH OPTION. I really want to do rematches.
Kinda OT, but I'm really curious about this redemption mechanism:
So what exactly does this mean @35s?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpT-B8vtHQs&t=0m35s
Do blu-rays have some sort of unique identifier? How does a disc get assigned to one specific account?
So what exactly does this mean @35s?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpT-B8vtHQs&t=0m35s
Do blu-rays have some sort of unique identifier? How does a disc get assigned to one specific account?
TimeEffect
Member
So, I am really loving Heihachi and Drake. They werent even on my radar, but they are so fun to use
Gunstarheroes
Member
My current mains are Ratchet, Parappa, and Big Daddy. Ratchet being the best of the bunch, since all of his supers rock.
TimeEffect
Member
Is GAF mentioned? XD
Oh, right, I knew that. The few alts I unlocked were stupid though, like Raiden and Dante's were just slight adjustments and color mixes. Meh. How do you unlock the secondary one?
The Grim Heaper
Member
I'm so pissed off right now. All the glitches that were in the beta are STILL present here. Just got three matches in a row where it gave me a character I didn't choose. Pre-match said it was Sir Dan, then it started as another character.
This is so irritating.
This is so irritating.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Playstation had new Question for Twitter Contest. I thought last night was their last one.
LightofRohan
Member
Yea I don't get why they put most of the best unlocks in the first 10 levels... you should get your costume at level 50 or 100.
Gunstarheroes
Member
I've had no issues so far, but i've only played roughly 30 matches.
Tiu Neo
Member
This happened for me too. I choose Sir Dan, game makes me play as Ratchet.
The good thing is that I discovered I don't suck thaaat much using Ratchet.
So I played the game for about an hour and half.
The overall game engine has a solid foundation.... but just as I feared the lack of a health bar makes the game stripped of an important element of depth. I guess it's still early for me to judge but I am missing that feature really badly so far.
All in all it's pretty enjoyable. Why is there no use for the L2 button? They could have fitted a brand new mechanism in there. And yes, the credits are insanely long... It's not like they have the biggest development team ever, but the large font and spacing make it go on and on forever. I suppose it was just an excuse to have like every song in the soundtrack play during it.
The overall game engine has a solid foundation.... but just as I feared the lack of a health bar makes the game stripped of an important element of depth. I guess it's still early for me to judge but I am missing that feature really badly so far.
All in all it's pretty enjoyable. Why is there no use for the L2 button? They could have fitted a brand new mechanism in there. And yes, the credits are insanely long... It's not like they have the biggest development team ever, but the large font and spacing make it go on and on forever. I suppose it was just an excuse to have like every song in the soundtrack play during it.
That and the "don't respawn when killed" bug happened to me on my first ranked match. It was kind of irritating.
Edit: And now it did it to me twice in a row, once with Sir Dan > Raiden and Sir Dan > Parappa. Sigh.
Napalm_Frank
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LightofRohan
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The Grim Heaper
Member
lol I like how it's happened to the three of us when we choose Sir Dan.
But I've also encountered that, the invisible enemies, 3-player match with invisible fourth player, random teleporting, and more.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Casual Smash Fan Opinion:
I disliked the Beta, because it was wild and chaotic being thrown into a FFA match after a basic non-character specific tutorial, but I gave in and bought this game...as well as the Prima Strategy Guide! Good thing too since the game lacks a manual...not even a new-style flip-out with the basic controls. What the fuck?
I played through Arcade with Spike, possibly the only character I have any familiarity with...and had A LOT of fun. Seriously. And I won every match with little issue, and picked up the controls for Spike extremely quick. The only major issue for me was that during the Polygon Fight at the end, it really dragged on. Not looking forward to doing that with every character. I like the little movies and rivalries though in Arcade, give the game a bit of an extra sense of charm.
I skipped the Credits. I wish they had unique Credits like Smash does, with the character's theme playing over each, and possibly some form of interaction would be cool.
Speaking of charm, while I've played a LOT of Playstation 1 and 2 in my life, I've barely touched any of the games represented here. I've played all the Ape Escapes (well, the main three), MediEvil once or twice when I was young, and a bit of Jak/Ratchet/Sly as well. But even though there's no nostalgia like there is for Smash for me, I find the game pretty charming. In particular, the little introductions to the stages are really neat, and something I hope Smash reverse-copies (yes, I'll admit, when I play this game I constantly compare and contrast it to Smash and what things work in one game), and the character models are brimming with personality.
The biggest downside in my opinion is how...generic it feels sometimes. The Main Theme is kind of bland, the menus are plain and with boring text, and there's just some plain "Character Profiles", and no in-depth database like Smash had. That's the main thing the next Playstation All-Stars needs to work on, the overall presentation.
I disliked the Beta, because it was wild and chaotic being thrown into a FFA match after a basic non-character specific tutorial, but I gave in and bought this game...as well as the Prima Strategy Guide! Good thing too since the game lacks a manual...not even a new-style flip-out with the basic controls. What the fuck?
I played through Arcade with Spike, possibly the only character I have any familiarity with...and had A LOT of fun. Seriously. And I won every match with little issue, and picked up the controls for Spike extremely quick. The only major issue for me was that during the Polygon Fight at the end, it really dragged on. Not looking forward to doing that with every character. I like the little movies and rivalries though in Arcade, give the game a bit of an extra sense of charm.
I skipped the Credits. I wish they had unique Credits like Smash does, with the character's theme playing over each, and possibly some form of interaction would be cool.
Speaking of charm, while I've played a LOT of Playstation 1 and 2 in my life, I've barely touched any of the games represented here. I've played all the Ape Escapes (well, the main three), MediEvil once or twice when I was young, and a bit of Jak/Ratchet/Sly as well. But even though there's no nostalgia like there is for Smash for me, I find the game pretty charming. In particular, the little introductions to the stages are really neat, and something I hope Smash reverse-copies (yes, I'll admit, when I play this game I constantly compare and contrast it to Smash and what things work in one game), and the character models are brimming with personality.
The biggest downside in my opinion is how...generic it feels sometimes. The Main Theme is kind of bland, the menus are plain and with boring text, and there's just some plain "Character Profiles", and no in-depth database like Smash had. That's the main thing the next Playstation All-Stars needs to work on, the overall presentation.
Funny story, the one time I've had this bug happen it was with Dan. Got Parappa instead though, so everything was fine.
The Grim Heaper
Member
That marks 4 people that got the error after choosing Sir Dan. What the hell?
LightofRohan
Member
Yea that quick-look is kind of annoying. They really want to not like it, espcially Patrick. And people really got to stop going off on the roster because Big Daddy is in it... they talk like every character is a 3rd party character. Big Daddy is the only one that doesn't really fit... and we got it, Sony doesn't have a Mario. Because they don't reuse the same characters every generation constantly...
Also, they go and rip on two Coles. When there is so many duplicates in Smash Bros... people are so not consistent with comparisons.
Ok there's definitely something weird with picking Sir Dan online.
Superbot, get your ass to work!
And while you're at it, add some matchmaking for 2v2 and 1v1.
also an option to turn off the stage mash-ups and the announcer spouting "level 1/2/3" all the time 
I don't see why you have to judge the game separately from smash bros. it obviously the same type of game so comparisons have to be made. Don't know why so many here are so quick to defend it. I'm a Sony fan, but I can see this is not a perfect product
Acquiescence
Member
For anyone who has been playing online today, who are the more popular characters picked now that Kratos and Radec aren't the only cast members anymore.
We need more iconic characters like tech demo T-rex instead of Killzone guy.
Knux-Future
Banned
uh.....this isn't for me....lol
I respect what they tried to do but not my cup of tea.
I respect what they tried to do but not my cup of tea.
Because at this point its annoying as hell.
Some reviews already judge it in comparison Smash Bros instead of its on merits.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm definitely interested in playing the game at some point, but holy crap the UI is incredibly ugly. I get that they're trying to go for a Playstation flavor, but man...
For the record, I'm not a huge fan of the Smash Bros UI either, but the UI in PS All Stars seems a lot uglier.
it's a small thing, though. I'm sure I won't notice it after playing for a while.
For the record, I'm not a huge fan of the Smash Bros UI either, but the UI in PS All Stars seems a lot uglier.
it's a small thing, though. I'm sure I won't notice it after playing for a while.