SEQUEL TUESDAY

I'm curious to see what happens with the story in this one (yes I enjoyed the story in the original)

MY CHAR

You guys have it so rough there with releases

I need to play this game more, but they reaaaaaaaaally skimped on production values this time around. Skimped in really really weird and disappointing ways that make you scratch your head and go W-T-F. Like the menu system that was pretty solid in the first one has just been scrapped for some piece of garbage numbered list?! It looks so awful. Don't even get me started on the book included with the game either. It's about 2-3 pages long.

The whole game screams "We didn't make enough money last time around, here's what you get because of that"

Hell, I'm just going to get into this aspect of the game right now:

THE ANNOUNCER: is reaaaaaaaaally horrible and annoying. They even make it obvious that they KNOW the announcer is annoying. There's coincidently DLC for alternate announcers (WHICH YOU PAY FOR). Not only does the announcer sound annoying, but how often she speaks is just overboard. Everything you do basically she says "counter, counter, counter, counter" Holy shit, I want to shoot myself.

DLC in general. There is A LOT of dlc for this game already. They've essentially taken a lot of the game and allowed you to circumvent unlocking things, you can just buy it all now. Like Ultimate forms, or MU (one of the 3 new chars currently available). MU can be unlocked via story mode though.
While playing story mode, I started to notice what is going to happen. Makoto was within the story even though she hasn't been released as DLC yet. There was A LOT of new characters in the story that I presume they're going to release over time. I count at least 3-4 more characters they will just cash in on. These new chars look cool, but it is painful that everyone will have to wait for them to be released over the course of months. It makes the new content in this game pale in comparison to something like the SSF4 upgrade. Also it sets a new precedent for fighters. Releasing characters as DLC.

Story Mode: I am maybe half way to getting MU unlocked right now. The amount of shit you have to sit through in this mode is annoying. The text you're required to read for each character is just too much, especially when you are playing with the goal to get the new character that should have just been available from the start.
I enjoyed the story from the first one, and I maybe would enjoy this too, but I find myself just getting through the text now as fast as possible. I just want the new character unlocked it sucks.

There are a few new modes I haven't fully explored yet. Like Legion mode, the challenge mode, or training. I haven't gone online yet either.

Versus is still great, and the tweaks they made to combat and character moves/inputs are nice.

There is also a new shield breaking system. Similar to Smash Brothers. If you block A LOT, you will pay for it. They had something similar in the last game but it wasn't too prevalent.
You can also Barrier Burst twice now, so you aren't instantly vulnerable after just one.
Inputs are different like I said, so it will take getting used to if you played the original a lot. They seem to be improved inputs though.

I'm really confused as to the reason behind replacing v-13 with an older version called Lamda? or some shit. She's essentially the same character with tweaks just like everyone else. (also lame, I hear v-13 is just going to be released with Makoto as dlc anyways)

After everything I described above I'm surprised it's getting as high of reviews as it is over at Ign and 1up. Granted the core game is still there and has gotten some upgrades, but how can they ignore everything else? I only played it a day and I found so much that makes me feel like the original was just made so much better.

SO continue to these impressions from me:

I do not like how I am having to slave away to unlock MU. I have learned that all characters and story arcs must be 100% complete. This is going to take SO goddamn long to do. Meanwhile she is just in the DLC for 8 dollars just like Makoto is (lame)
I've also learned that there are two new chars on the way too. Rachel's Butler and this other character named Platinum, who looks pretty cool. Both probably 8 bucks as well. Original V-13 is getting released at some point too.



This character is in several of the stories in the game, and is described to have a split personality (both male and female). So I'm curious as to why these pictures of Platinum clearly appear to be female.

I'm also waiting to see if Carl's father will be released or not, with what's shown to be Carl's mother as his puppet

Yeah it's pretty shitty.

I also don't understand why they didn't just carry over their menu system from Calamity Trigger. This new one in Continuum Shift looks like absolute shit and laziness.