Idol Showdown

Idol Showdown

Rally Rat May 8, 2023 @ 5:51pm
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garbage Kusoge
this is a 2 touch game with combos that you have to sit thru and have only a mediocre burst as the only defense option, as instant block does nothing to help the defender. hitboxes and balance are completely busted to the point where most matchups are not even worth trying in (botan/ ayame are too dominant).

There is no room for intelligent play and with a magic series system, identifying times to take your turn back either are nonexistent or immensely ambiguous. This leads to the attacker continuously taking turns over and over without ever having to return to neutral or deviating from their flowcharts.

The modes are also terribly implemented. Whatever form of rollback is in here is embarrassing to see and matchmaking and lobbies are a sad display. Training mode also has many issues, without neccessary information being not included or tucked away in menus.

I applaud the team for making a game that is visually beautiful and their passion for the Hololive talents is evident, but the game needs a deep and thoughtful look into its systems in order to make it into a piece that evokes more than a facepalm the moment you go against another player.

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Deathraven13 May 8, 2023 @ 6:40pm 
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Just don't get hit.
KingDragoon May 9, 2023 @ 3:14am 
Originally posted by Rally Rat:
this is a 2 touch game with combos that you have to sit thru and have only a mediocre burst as the only defense option, as instant block does nothing to help the defender. hitboxes and balance are completely busted to the point where most matchups are not even worth trying in (botan/ ayame are too dominant).

There is no room for intelligent play and with a magic series system, identifying times to take your turn back either are nonexistent or immensely ambiguous. This leads to the attacker continuously taking turns over and over without ever having to return to neutral or deviating from their flowcharts.

The modes are also terribly implemented. Whatever form of rollback is in here is embarrassing to see and matchmaking and lobbies are a sad display. Training mode also has many issues, without neccessary information being not included or tucked away in menus.

I applaud the team for making a game that is visually beautiful and their passion for the Hololive talents is evident, but the game needs a deep and thoughtful look into its systems in order to make it into a piece that evokes more than a facepalm the moment you go against another player.
Il be sure to add the salt to my chips
Megu May 9, 2023 @ 4:05am 
ogey rrat
Blanche May 9, 2023 @ 4:12am 
Yeah defensive options in this game are pretty bad. We only got an IB that negates chip and that's about it. Being trapped in a blockstring with no sure way to get out other than mashing in their blockstring gap if they somehow ♥♥♥♥ it up. For example botan's 5MM > 5L/2L is pretty busted.
I wish we had some kind of pushblock or something would be nice, but idk how the devs want to work around this system they have rn. Maybe it'll get better in future updates we'll see. Game's only been out for a few days.
Last edited by Blanche; May 9, 2023 @ 4:13am
McJanglesworth May 9, 2023 @ 5:01am 
The hololive fans with no fighting game experience will tell you its completely balanced but the top tier characters are so ridiculously broken over powered if someone picks one you might as well not play because their blockstrings are near impossible to escape. Not to mention botans combo route leaves you half screen so you cant burst 99% of the combo which makes the burst mechanic completely useless. The game is fun but the balance is not there.
Winter Knowledge May 9, 2023 @ 8:06am 
"Visually beautiful" nah there's way too many attacks that have a single frame of animation for the game to look good. I press Fubuki jH 20+ times a match and every time I see her get stuck in that stupid pose I think about how this might be one of the ugliest games I've played. The quality of animations is extremely poor.

Yeah I hate fighting Botan as well but the game is still fun. Just relax it hasn't even been a week. It's a dumb game some people made in a basement that costs 0 dollars, I'm surprised it plays as well as it does. There's a lot of adjusting to be done but that's true of every game on release.
RobDeLaMorte May 9, 2023 @ 12:09pm 
OP has never played Tekken 7 (50% combos into walls anyone?) or Mahvel Vs Capcom 3 Ultimate. I suggest playing a simpler game, like Barbie Horse Adventures, or Smash Ultimate. :D
Low-tier Arc May 9, 2023 @ 2:04pm 
Wow that a lot of skill issue
Just A Box May 9, 2023 @ 3:01pm 
Don't forget Burst exists, though I do agree that this game is very offense based. Which does mean that blender tactics work great. However I've found that sometimes it's not impossible to do some plays if your character has a dp of some kind. Whilst I do agree that the balance isn't the best, I'd say that it's not that bad all things considered. Botan is undeniably broken, but I feel like making her moves have more scalling could help that I think. Maybe some characters like Coco could get buffed too, as she does tend to struggle a little as I've experienced. But hey, I'm just an Aki player who's having some fun, so there may be some things that I am not the best one to talk about it.
Mr.Boldov May 9, 2023 @ 4:03pm 
I meen i wouldn't call it "bad" but that's definitely the most boring fighing game i played
Its just doesnt have anything interesting outside of "its FG about Vtubers"
Kusoge games at least really fun with a friend,but this game... nuh
PC-Lidia May 9, 2023 @ 4:13pm 
Just because you don't like a game does not make it bad. There are other fighting games out there for you to try
Project_Igra May 9, 2023 @ 4:20pm 
Skill issue 😂
HAACHAMACHAMA May 9, 2023 @ 7:20pm 
Imagine veteran fighting game players expecting a free game made about vtubers to be a masterpiece. Bruh. It's been out for a week. Give the three guys working on it some time.
76561199187943745 May 10, 2023 @ 6:01am 
What's more confusing is that the burst can only be recharged by getting hit instead of having it recharge during the course of the match on top of getting hit.
.:SeeD Squall:. May 10, 2023 @ 6:22am 
skill issue
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Date Posted: May 8, 2023 @ 5:51pm
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