Actually discussing the game at hand

[Hayatemaru]

So since every other thread just devolves into people who can't hold a conversation without insults, I'm making this thread to actually discuss the gameplay.

Who thought auto-regen of chakra being that fast was a good idea? Why would you replace tilt with another U1, which is usually just the tilt? What's the purpose of removing chakra kunai?

[zyggy]

Thing is, deep down everyone already knows the answers to these questions. It's what they do with every instalment; change a few mechanics so they can reproduce the same game at heart. And personally, I don't mind this. It's one of the few games series' I enjoy nowadays so, obviously, I'll play the newest iteration because all I really care about is having fun. And this game (to me) looks like it's going to be fun. I don't see the mechanical changes as an issue yet, but if the game sucks upon release, I'll let you know.

[Crono1000]

I haven't seen much on this, but what does the game offer as far as single player content goes? Is there anything worth grinding in the game?

I saw the History mode showcase and I wasn't impressed, but I'm hoping there is something else beyond the Boruto storyline and just single match Vs. mode.

[zyggy]

Originally posted by Crono1000:

Yeah, I wouldn't buy this game for any of the single player aspects. They'll make us online players go through it just to unlock some minor costumes and accessories and that's it. The History mode looks like a worse rendition of story modes from Storm 2-4, and who really wants to see more Boruto filler.

[AwayStrawberry]

Originally posted by zyggy:

Originally posted by Crono1000:

who really wants to see more Boruto filler.

Maybe alot of people as its the 5th most popular manga in the world atm and has been the 2nd most profitable anime for TV Tokyo. is it naruto good? No but it does sell half what DBS does currently so it isn't as bad as a lot of people like to make it out to be. and this isn't filler is original story which is hype for me as im caught up on the manga and anime. and as for the game-play looks fine to me but i also not a big online player, i do it here and there so i probably not the best person to chime in on that part.

[PFrenegade]

Maybe i'm misrembering, but didn't most of the non mainline Storm games tried to do weird things with the gameplay too? I remember at least Revolution to have it's own quirks. I assume this is the same case here.

A lot of people don't seem to realize that this game isn't a mainline game, maybe due to the franchise not getting any spin off entry since the 360/PS3 generation.

[MonkeyBone]

Originally posted by zyggy:

Originally posted by Crono1000:

Yeah, I wouldn't buy this game for any of the single player aspects. They'll make us online players go through it just to unlock some minor costumes and accessories and that's it. The History mode looks like a worse rendition of story modes from Storm 2-4, and who really wants to see more Boruto filler.

I do. I quite enjoy Boruto so I'm hoping for more Boruto-focused content down the line like the recent versions of New Team 7.

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by zyggy:

Thing is, deep down everyone already knows the answers to these questions. It's what they do with every instalment; change a few mechanics so they can reproduce the same game at heart. And personally, I don't mind this. It's one of the few games series' I enjoy nowadays so, obviously, I'll play the newest iteration because all I really care about is having fun. And this game (to me) looks like it's going to be fun. I don't see the mechanical changes as an issue yet, but if the game sucks upon release, I'll let you know.

That's not true at all.

Storm 2 added back dash, removed combo after chakra dash whiff, fixed a lot of hitstun issues, revamped the entire roster, added support actions, added unique charged U1s, added air U1s, made U2s shorter, made ninja dash faster, fixed chakra kunai tracking, and added U3s

Storm Gen added jump cancels, added ninja move cancels, added dash cancels, added back dash cancels, added the sub bar, brought back all the storm 1 roster and still added a ton more unique characters, added custom ranked, added online replays, added tournament mode, added endless mode, added the ability to guard out of chakra dash, and added new dpad ninja items

Storm 3 refined the gen cancels entirely, added directional subs, added support combos, gave supports health bars, removed invincibility in supports, removed tilt->ninja move, added secret actions to story mode, increased the roster by nearly 1/3, added the ability to have DLC costumes, and added ninja dash->kunai

Storm rev added the counter, separated ultimate/awakening/drive types, rebalanced the entire roster, added the orb game mode, had THREE story modes (and none of them were dlc), increased the roster significantly AGAIN with unique characters, added a ton of movement options (r2 ninja move, ninja move jump cancel, back dash nmk cancel, etc), added the ability to cancel U1 with a spark guard, and added the ability to chakra dash out of an ukemi

Storm 4 removed kunai cancels, added leader switch, re-merged ultimate/awakening/drive, made each character have their own support actions, removed instant awakening, added more unique actions to dpad, made the counter return to neutral instead of guard break, gave more characters the ability to spark cancel U1s, and added the most characters of pretty much any storm game period

What did connections do? It made chakra auto regen 5x faster than normal, made dpad items infinite, removed tilt and chakra kunai, added a second U1, made leader switch take a full support meter, and added 5 rehashed characters. Wow, such changes clearly.

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Crono1000:

I haven't seen much on this, but what does the game offer as far as single player content goes? Is there anything worth grinding in the game?

I saw the History mode showcase and I wasn't impressed, but I'm hoping there is something else beyond the Boruto storyline and just single match Vs. mode.

It offers the story mode of 1-4 and then a fanfic boruto story

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by PFrenegade:

Maybe i'm misrembering, but didn't most of the non mainline Storm games tried to do weird things with the gameplay too? I remember at least Revolution to have it's own quirks. I assume this is the same case here.

A lot of people don't seem to realize that this game isn't a mainline game, maybe due to the franchise not getting any spin off entry since the 360/PS3 generation.

You are misremembering. See my post above.

The "filler" games added more than the mainlines always, and this game has the least changes of the entire series.

Even other fighting games release this stuff as a free patch, not entirely $60 base game ($120 for all the content wtf)

[Donte]

I like the idea of containing whole story of naruto and naruto shippuden into one game but the way it's being approached by cc2 and bandai namco is simply pathetic.
Instead of using cutscenes/animations they've already made and creating new ones for extra story bits (for example half assed storm 4 story mode) they straight up replace all of it with slides and remove content .
Nah,screw this. For 60 euro? Put some effort first

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Donte:

I like the idea of containing whole story of naruto and naruto shippuden into one game but the way it's being approached by cc2 and bandai namco is simply pathetic.
Instead of using cutscenes/animations they've already made and creating new ones for extra story bits (for example half assed storm 4 story mode) they straight up replace all of it with slides and remove content .
Nah,screw this. For 60 euro? Put some effort first

To be fair CC2 isn't making this. Their names only on it for making the originals. Qwant is making this port

[Alice Descartes]

The reason for the game is simple. Customization = credit card. DLC = recurring customer/consumer. Money makes the world go 'round.

Connections allows you to customize your character more than any previous Storm game. On top of the usual, we now get different winning poses, alternate costume colours, accessories are coming back from Revolution and maybe more. Pre-orders and higher tier editions offer more costumes, more accessories, more substitution items. And you can bet they will heavily monetize all of these with DLC drops every now and then to keep you spending on cosmetics.

And then of course, new characters DLC. Which will obviously be the main selling point of the game. People love the Naruto series, and especially its characters. Watch them sell us Shizune, Anko, Kurenai, Mirai for $25 and we will eat it up.

Is it dumb? Yes. Will I still buy the highest edition available of the game? Yes. Because that's the world we live in.