New Releases for the week of Daventry and Revelations

CB Droege 15 Feb, 2011 at 11:07pm ET Article published in Gaming

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   15 Feb 2011 ~ 11:08pm primesuspect You morose bastard! MvC 3 is awesome. I am SUPER excited for DQ VI, since this is the first time it's been released in the US! How can you call the remakes of Final Fantasy "Lackluster"? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
   
   I agree with you about Chun Li, by the way.
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   16 Feb 2011 ~ 1:38am Chooch I think Chun-Li looks fine. She has been that way for years.
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   16 Feb 2011 ~ 1:40am Thrax She looks fine. As Binh says, been that way for a long time.
   
   /shrug
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   16 Feb 2011 ~ 4:44am Jingalls Amnesia is a new release... again?
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   16 Feb 2011 ~ 1:34pm Garg Many of the FF remakes are lackluster because most are just ports with an extra feature or two tacked on.
   
   The FFIV remake for DS wasn't exactly what I wanted it to be, but at least it was more than a port (I mean, it was actually 3D). If they made a similar incremental improvement in FF7 and released it on PS3, fanbois around the world would need new pants.
   
   Of course I'd rather see what people these days are calling reboots - a rewrite to fix all of the issues in any given FF game.
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   16 Feb 2011 ~ 2:33pm UPSLynx Argh! Rage induced by CB is the worst rage! All my hate this week, man!
   
   Chun Li did get a little bonus in the breast size this time around. Kind of annoying. Her legs have always been XBOX HUEG though. I think the worst thing Capcom ever did was give her an alternate costume in SSFIV that was a modern fancy dress thing. Total fan service, and she looks... just.... bleh.
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   20 Feb 2011 ~ 5:07am Cliff_Forster When you have a elementary school aged kid that just discovered how cool playing fighting games are with Dad, the Capcom vs. series is pretty much what the Doctor ordered to keep things competitive. Tap, mash, roll, smash. My six year old daughter played it with we standing around in a Gamestop today, and she was not bad.
   
   DOH! Now I'm seriously considering buying one of those $199 Xbox consoles essentially just so she and I can play this damn game. FFFUUUUUUUUUU SFIV for not faring better on the PC.
   
   Anyone play Tatsunoko vs. Capcom for the Wii? Is it pretty much the same gameplay wise?
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   20 Feb 2011 ~ 1:09pm primesuspect I'll page Perry to this thread. He owns both, he'll tell you the differences.
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   20 Feb 2011 ~ 8:28pm rolleggroll

   Cliff_Forster wrote:

   [...]
   Anyone play Tatsunoko vs. Capcom for the Wii? Is it pretty much the same gameplay wise?

   
   I've played both extensively.
   
   On a casual level, both games play very similarly. You can pick a team (three in MvC3's case instead of TvC's (USA) two). You can chain-combo (mash buttons in ascending order). You can call out your partner to assist you during battle. You can tag your characters in and out of battle. You can jump really high and continue your combos. If you played TvC (USA) on the Wii, you will feel right at home with MvC3. Only glaring difference on a casual level is the loss of a universal airdash (almost every character in TvC [USA] can "run" in the air).
   
   On a more competitive level (I'll keep this short): TvC's Baroque system is much more bland and offense oriented when compared to MvC3's X-Factor system. MvC3 has a deeper combo system. MvC3 is significantly faster paced than TvC. More random "shit" on screen to deal with in MvC3.
   
   Marvel vs Capcom 3 is very fun. Is it worth getting a new console to play? If you are a hardcore fan of the fighting genre then yes. If you enjoy fighting games but are on the fence then maybe you ought to try it out first. Bestbuy's and Walmarts have booths in store where you can try it.
   
   If you really want a more indepth comparison you can PM me.
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    20 Feb 2011 ~ 8:53pm FreshyP What Eggroll said.
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    20 Feb 2011 ~ 10:37pm Pacifisto On the bright side, The Silver Lining will not be the only King's Quest game in the running for long, since Telltale is rebooting the series. I liked what they did with Monkey Island, so I'm pretty excited about their take on the classic series!
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    21 Feb 2011 ~ 2:25pm Cliff_Forster Thanks rolleggroll,
    
    I have a Wii, and whats even more tempting is my local MicroCenter has the Tatsunoko fight sticks for $39.99. I might go that route, heck a pair of sticks, the game, that will cost me less than a new console that I have very limited interest in. My daughter and I play SFIV on PC together, it is fun, but I really have to dumb my play down or give her a bit handicap to even it out. For a few minutes playing the Vs. game, I was brought back to that time I spent in the arcade on MVC2 where it was all about mashing fun. She was actually keeping up with me pretty nicely.
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    21 Feb 2011 ~ 3:05pm rolleggroll

    Cliff_Forster wrote:

    Thanks rolleggroll,
    
    I have a Wii, and whats even more tempting is my local MicroCenter has the Tatsunoko fight sticks for $39.99. I might go that route, heck a pair of sticks, the game, that will cost me less than a new console that I have very limited interest in.[...] MVC2 where it was all about mashing fun. [..]

    
    Avoid the Wii TvC stick. Unless you have plans to "mod" it with real arcade quality parts. The TvC stick will break in 2-3 weeks of light play. It is a terrible quality stick by itself. You can use UPSLynx's Madcatz SE mod video since the stick is very similar.
    
    MvC isnt about mashing fun. Its srs bzns.
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    21 Feb 2011 ~ 4:53pm UPSLynx Too scrubby for you?
    
    
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    21 Feb 2011 ~ 4:53pm UPSLynx (I'm hardcore scrubby at MvC3 right now. My first serious entry into the VS series)