Possibility of having Copen & Lola DLC?

[Ace_crimson]

That would explain their absence in the main game

[mdesaleah]

Maybe.

But I think the better path would be to make a Copen sidegame that occurs in between 2 and 3.

The ATEMS update seems to be the last one, unless they plan on more.

[Ace_crimson]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Maybe.

But I think the better path would be to make a Copen sidegame that occurs in between 2 and 3.

The ATEMS update seems to be the last one, unless they plan on more.

I thought those were just the free updates, there could still be ones that charges

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Ace_crimson:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Maybe.

But I think the better path would be to make a Copen sidegame that occurs in between 2 and 3.

The ATEMS update seems to be the last one, unless they plan on more.

I thought those were just the free updates, there could still be ones that charges

There could be more after, but its better to assume that the image pulses are the only paid ones after they stop being free.

Could be more after ATEMS but nothing on that

[momo]

I hope the next game is iX 3

[Lancer]

Not happening. Copen is dead and gone, and his gameplay wouldn't work in this game since it's so reliant on Arc Chain. Unless you want him to be an Arc Chain spammer like Kirin, GV and Zed...

[Ace_crimson]

Originally posted by Lancer:

Not happening. Copen is dead and gone, and his gameplay wouldn't work in this game since it's so reliant on Arc Chain. Unless you want him to be an Arc Chain spammer like Kirin, GV and Zed...

they don't have to be usable, a boss battle with a few Lola's song image pulse would do for me

[Crasher TN - gB]

Originally posted by Ace_crimson:

Originally posted by Lancer:

Not happening. Copen is dead and gone, and his gameplay wouldn't work in this game since it's so reliant on Arc Chain. Unless you want him to be an Arc Chain spammer like Kirin, GV and Zed...

they don't have to be usable, a boss battle with a few Lola's song image pulse would do for me

Isn't GV3 decades after the second game? That kinda explains why Copen isn't on the game anymore. Too old or he already died. The only reason he became a robot in Luminous Avenger was for him to save his sister.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Crasher TN - gB:

Originally posted by Ace_crimson:

they don't have to be usable, a boss battle with a few Lola's song image pulse would do for me

Isn't GV3 decades after the second game? That kinda explains why Copen isn't on the game anymore. Too old or he already died. The only reason he became a robot in Luminous Avenger was for him to save his sister.

They are kind of unspecific with time.

He could still be alive, but as an adult, or he could just be dead.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Ace_crimson:

Originally posted by Lancer:

Not happening. Copen is dead and gone, and his gameplay wouldn't work in this game since it's so reliant on Arc Chain. Unless you want him to be an Arc Chain spammer like Kirin, GV and Zed...

they don't have to be usable, a boss battle with a few Lola's song image pulse would do for me

Perhaps but we already know who the next two bosses are, and Zed being made playable will be the last of the content we get.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Lancer:

Originally posted by Ace_crimson:

they don't have to be usable, a boss battle with a few Lola's song image pulse would do for me

Perhaps but we already know who the next two bosses are, and Zed being made playable will be the last of the content we get.

I think the OP was meaning that the phrasing of "5 months of free updates" means that there could be paid updates afterwards.

Which is possible, but I wouldnt expect something that was never promised.

[Lancer]

I thiiiiink it was confirmed that we're not getting anything after. ...And I don't think they'd be so keen on selling a boss fight again after the ix2 debacle.

I personally wouldn't expect anything either. I'm honestly shocked they're sticking to the update plan after all the blowback the game got. They're at least stalling for time to add the totally-a-new-character-but-not-really I guess

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Lancer:

I thiiiiink it was confirmed that we're not getting anything after. ...And I don't think they'd be so keen on selling a boss fight again after the ix2 debacle.

I personally wouldn't expect anything either. I'm honestly shocked they're sticking to the update plan after all the blowback the game got. They're at least stalling for time to add the totally-a-new-character-but-not-really I guess

I dont think they're really stalling, just finishing it up. The early footage could have only been showing what they have done and nothing else (unless the entire epilogue leaked and i dont know). That and fixing up some things, like maybe the jump animation for Zed that still looks rough in the early footage.

In terms of gameplay, everyone can easily agree that they know what they're doing with 3, so give them as much time as they need. Its the story where its more mixed.

[VALKYRIE PROFILE]

Originally posted by Lancer:

I thiiiiink it was confirmed that we're not getting anything after. ...And I don't think they'd be so keen on selling a boss fight again after the ix2 debacle.

I personally wouldn't expect anything either. I'm honestly shocked they're sticking to the update plan after all the blowback the game got. They're at least stalling for time to add the totally-a-new-character-but-not-really I guess

I don't know how that's shocking. The game is by and large very well received (not even close to polarizing like iX2), and most of the "blowback" is just complaining about the dropped plot threads from the last game, so of course they'll stick to the schedule with story content.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Originally posted by Lancer:

I thiiiiink it was confirmed that we're not getting anything after. ...And I don't think they'd be so keen on selling a boss fight again after the ix2 debacle.

I personally wouldn't expect anything either. I'm honestly shocked they're sticking to the update plan after all the blowback the game got. They're at least stalling for time to add the totally-a-new-character-but-not-really I guess

I dont think they're really stalling, just finishing it up. The early footage could have only been showing what they have done and nothing else (unless the entire epilogue leaked and i dont know). That and fixing up some things, like maybe the jump animation for Zed that still looks rough in the early footage.

In terms of gameplay, everyone can easily agree that they know what they're doing with 3, so give them as much time as they need. Its the story where its more mixed.

I don't think so... I've been seeing a ton of disappointment from all kind of players for a multitude of reasons. Chain retention getting axed (making GV's scoring potential zero), the whole character swapping thing being reduced to a crutch, them abandoning the melee focus on Kirin and her becoming Copen 2.0, melee doing ♥♥♥♥ for damage even on bosses, the Skill Image Pulses being almost entirely dead weight, the dedicated GV modes encouraging him to play like Kirin anyway, the score requirements being either absurd without Zonda and a joke with, level design generally being obnoxious, the camera being questionable in several spots, Kirin XX getting kneecapped by not being able to use passives, Kirin XX not making it to trial mode, Zed also being a total Kirin clone with seemngly no stage layout or boss changes, trial mode making the terrible requirements even worse... It goes on and on. Even on the gameplay side people aren't happy.

I'd of rather they just crapped Zed out and skipped the story and extra bosses. Hell, reports indicate he's just gonna be a handicapped Kirin because of course he is.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Lancer:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

I dont think they're really stalling, just finishing it up. The early footage could have only been showing what they have done and nothing else (unless the entire epilogue leaked and i dont know). That and fixing up some things, like maybe the jump animation for Zed that still looks rough in the early footage.

In terms of gameplay, everyone can easily agree that they know what they're doing with 3, so give them as much time as they need. Its the story where its more mixed.

I don't think so... I've been seeing a ton of disappointment from all kind of players for a multitude of reasons. Chain retention getting axed (making GV's scoring potential zero), the whole character swapping thing being reduced to a crutch, them abandoning the melee focus on Kirin and her becoming Copen 2.0, melee doing ♥♥♥♥ for damage even on bosses, the Skill Image Pulses being almost entirely dead weight, the dedicated GV modes encouraging him to play like Kirin anyway, the score requirements being either absurd without Zonda and a joke with, level design generally being obnoxious, the camera being questionable in several spots, Kirin XX getting kneecapped by not being able to use passives, Kirin XX not making it to trial mode, Zed also being a total Kirin clone with seemngly no stage layout or boss changes, trial mode making the terrible requirements even worse... It goes on and on. Even on the gameplay side people aren't happy.

I'd of rather they just crapped Zed out and skipped the story and extra bosses. Hell, reports indicate he's just gonna be a handicapped Kirin because of course he is.

Of course he’s gonna retain some Kirin abilities, the levels were designed for the arc chain. Changing enemy positions would only alleviate so much, so characters have to retain the main mechanic at minimum.

Reason they even came up with the Arc Chain is due to not being able to figure out how to make tagging + sword slash interesting and fun. So they made the arc chain as a main mechanic. That’s why the old teasers for 3 never showed it.

Level design is pretty subjective. I’d say it’s fine, probably the best out of all the games in the series, but like the other games they are built around the character gimmick. If you don’t like flashfield tagging, GV stages will be worse, if you don’t like enemy chains and floor/ceiling bounces then Copen stages will be worse. Kirin is similar but the gimmick is arc chain

Kirin XX being able to use all pulses would be incredibly broken, so that was probably a way to nerf her slightly. She should still be usable in Trial Mode as a separate category though.