Why are people playing this over Melty Blood Type Lumina?

[miata]

THIS GAME IS OLD!

[Meseki]

Whether it's old doesn't mean much, especially since for many it may as well not be old, since it didn't have good netcode until recently, so the match stability wasn't necessarily good enough to reliably do the difficult stuff in the game.

Also, Melty Blood Type Lumina has controversial system mechanics that many don't like, so for some of those people, this game is the next best choice that has official rollback netcode.

[UrbanMech]

Put it simply: a lot more people prefer the gameplay of this game than Lumina.

Who cares how old it is. It's about whether or not it is fun. People still play really old games.

[FlyingTorcensoredWhale]

Next question will be why people still play 3rd Strike if there's SFV I guess?

Figure it out :P

[Dodowingster]

why do your mother prefer your brother over you? He's so old!

[FireBlack85]

that's easy to answer, bbcf doesn't have author forced combos, it has an option to have autocombos if you wish, melty blood doesn't, forcing you to play the same way over and over again, its network code isn't very good let's say, I like the rest of melty, his music is very good, his graphics and sprite are very nice to see and the game is entertaining to watch but unfortunately not to play, if the autocombos were optional and the netcode was like this ,it was a very excellent and well-played game, most people who played melty blood before (including myself) do not forgive that netcode or that too forced autocombo, pressing the same button twice leads you to raise the character and that is not good, you can't be creative and you can't create new combos because of this limitation, in bbcf, you can improvise whatever you want and you can create almost infinite combo routes, the mechanics of the shield in melty blood is not that much of a problem for me, but it needs to be nerfed

[Meseki]

Originally posted by FireBlack85:

that's easy to answer, bbcf doesn't have author forced combos, it has an option to have autocombos if you wish, melty blood doesn't, forcing you to play the same way over and over again, its network code isn't very good let's say, I like the rest of melty, his music is very good, his graphics and sprite are very nice to see and the game is entertaining to watch but unfortunately not to play, if the autocombos were optional and the netcode was like this ,it was a very excellent and well-played game, most people who played melty blood before (including myself) do not forgive that netcode or that too forced autocombo, pressing the same button twice leads you to raise the character and that is not good, you can't be creative and you can't create new combos because of this limitation, in bbcf, you can improvise whatever you want and you can create almost infinite combo routes, the mechanics of the shield in melty blood is not that much of a problem for me, but it needs to be nerfed

MBTL does not stop you from doing creative combos, it just takes more precision than usual to avoid locking yourself into the auto combo.
While the input method for MBTL's auto combo is definitely bad, that's completely different from claiming that 'you can't create new combos' because of it; I actually feel more confident in doing varied combos in a match with DA Noel than with anyone in BBCF other than Mai (though I think the only other characters I've put a decent amount of time into since rollback were Es and Lambda).

[Quilldriver]

The one thing that draws me to the BB series over others is the cast of characters. Every single one is just so cool, unique, and interesting - not only in backstory, but in appearance. For me, nothing beats a hybrid of sci-fi and fantasy elements (is sci-fantasy a word?).

Giant red android with magnetic powers?
Professor Layton's estranged son, accompanied by a somber animatronic?
Gothic vampire child with an entourage of familiars?
Yes, yes, and yes please!

It is not my intent to disparage MB or its fans, as I know its cast is rich with depth and backstory. But the surface level matters to me, and on the surface, the majority of Melty's characters strike me as generic and uninteresting. I don't want to battle as - or against - most of them.

Girl in T-shirt and jeans?
Multiple dudes in plain school uniforms?
The reincarnation of King Arthur?
No thanks, no thanks, and oh... not bad!

There are other aspects that differentiate the games, and many reasons to like one or the other. But just because one is "old" isn't enough to disregard everything else.

[gigaturok]

Because this is a new game for most people. Majority of the people playing right now, didn't play BB before the rollback.

[The Wok]

because its more fun and faster to find a match

[Urufi faux champion]

Why are people having fun reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Machina X Flayjam]

bruh who cares what people play
people still play ds2 and ds3 and thats old

reason why I play this over tl? TL forces autocombos, which doesnt really allow me to be creative with the autocombo compared to say, persona 4 arena where I can jump and immediately get my brain working and do whatever feels right.
TL also has a super, SUPER strong shield. Like legit, I play og melty and shield wasnt this strong. yes, I know, I should get with the times, og melty was 2009, but still it at least felt more of a parry button, which was super fun to use.
It does have the same melty "Air neutral", same fun old characters, but the autocombo and shield kinda throw it off for me

Bbcf is just a solid ass game i dont care what people say if its old, I dont care if no one plays it, I dont care if i get beat 24/7, I'm having a blast. Yes, keyboard players have a harder time doing 41236. yes, its got a very high learning curve. Yes, it doesnt have piss arakune nor Takemikazuchi fight, but it's still a solid game. Its also got abyss mode which is hella fun. And with improvement mod you can make your own colors its nice.

tldr: autocombos and weird shield in tl, i prefer aacc or uniclr, and bbcf is a fun game

[BetterLovely]

I mean people still play MBAACC over MBTL so...

[Sauvagess]

People still play Street Fighter 2.

[Imōtaru Bureikā]

Nice bait, lol

[Sopadefideos]

Bait