BlazBlue Centralfiction

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7.9

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  1. Pigmachine
    Oct 19, 2017
    10
    It have become my all time favorite 2D fighter game. it still stands firm with it's 2D, when KoF dives into the grave with it's PlayStation 1 3D style attempt.

    Brilliant characters and wonderful game-play.

    I rated GGXRD-REV2- a 9 or 10 I think. It's more polished, even too polished and perfect. While it's roster is.. well. I just like 2½ of the chars there.
  2. Phuz
    Dec 22, 2021
    10
    Imagine Street Fighter, or KoF and upgrade everything, add an animated film and buttery smooth controls and you have Central Fiction.

    This is one of the best and most underrated fighters ever.
  3. Shurath
    Mar 18, 2020
    0
    I put Zero on that game.
    Firstable, when calamity triggers was out, I felt in love with the franchise. I bought an xbox 360 from USA especially to play that game (I live in france)
    Blazblue is an awesome fighting game.. Later, few days ago, I tried continum shift on steam... It was ok for 1 hour, then i got some troubles with all pads or stick that I was plugging: SOMETIMES, THE GAME    I put Zero on that game.
    Firstable, when calamity triggers was out, I felt in love with the franchise. I bought an xbox 360 from USA especially to play that game (I live in france)
    Blazblue is an awesome fighting game..
    Later, few days ago, I tried continum shift on steam...
    It was ok for 1 hour, then i got some troubles with all pads or stick that I was plugging: SOMETIMES, THE GAME CAN T FOUND MY PADS OR STICK ARCADE.
    Then about 3h or gaming, the issue came back, and the game can't recegnized even xbox 360 pad or arcade stick TE 2. (works for kof13 usf4, emulators, other games, no problem, just blazblue continum shift got issue)
    I tried contact support, no response. in definitiv: blazblue is good for console, but for pc arc system does realy cheap portage. I evenly tried DRAGON BALL Z HYPER FIGHTERZ, and i encountered the same shiet. Stick or pad need tier software to be setting up, while all other steam games got no problems at all.
    This mean arc system does good game for CONSOLE, but not for PC, they just does randomly port with no test at end.
    I advice your to FEAR ARC SYSTEM ON PC and never buy it.
    (to try avoiding my issue, I tried all usb ports of my pc, reinstall the game (20 go) reinstall drivers for stick and xbox pad, everything that i can do i have done it, but the game still don't see any pads on my pc)    … Expand
  4. Tohtori_Jamba
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    I've played a lot of fighting games over the years and I have some really fond memories about playing Street Fighter 2 Turbo back in the day with my Nintendo. To mention some of the more recent titles that I've played there are Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5, Soul Calibur 6, Guilty Gear 3rd Rev (Ver.2). I always knew about Blazblue as a series of fighting games, but never had the time orI've played a lot of fighting games over the years and I have some really fond memories about playing Street Fighter 2 Turbo back in the day with my Nintendo. To mention some of the more recent titles that I've played there are Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5, Soul Calibur 6, Guilty Gear 3rd Rev (Ver.2). I always knew about Blazblue as a series of fighting games, but never had the time or chance to pick it up, up until now.

    For some reason or another, I've felt that that most recent fighting games lacks that certain something for long term appeal. Not to mention that trying to learn up character combos after basic strings is an exercise in frustration. There's either some trick about timing, as in you do the inputs perfectly but you missed the timing by 0,5 seconds, or attacks require way more delay to execute. Often times I've felt that there was more downtime writing down combos to my sketchbook than actually learning by playing.

    So where I'm getting with all of this? BlazBlue Centralfiction is without a doubt the best out of the bunch, by the mile. I can't really put in the words, but everything with this fighting game seems to "click" right away. There's no imminent disgusting feeling about jankiness of not able pulling anything other than basic combo strings. Executing smaller combos are easy enough, and for some reason controls feel way tighter than in other titles that I've mentioned.

    Lets talk about characters vs to other fighting games. I've tried 3 different characters so far by random out of entire roster, and I felt instantly that each of them would be fun to play with each 3 having unique play style, with already few more that I'd love to test. In other fighting games, picking up character that you'd actually want to learn there's only maybe 1 or 2, and even then often times it feels like trying to swallow spoonful of rusted nails.

    It's a damn shame that (at least on steam / PC) it seems this game doesn't have that big of a player base anymore. I've heard that console population seems better but overall, this game needs to be praised for what it's worth, and here's hoping that it would get new spike in player base.

    Here's hoping that that this review at least bumps it in right direction. Even as small bump as it may. :)

    TLDR: 5/5, I'll keep on throwing nuts with Makoto for times to come.    … Expand

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  1. Riot Pixels
    Jul 5, 2017
    85
    There is no universal formula, a sure-fire method that allows you to instantly master any character, and this is why Central Fiction is so fun to play.
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