Straight from the horse's mouth, releasing April 23rd:
Features faster framerate and other improvements:
Features faster framerate and other improvements:
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Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack announced for PS4
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Weird to bring up the additions like they're brand-new to the PS4 version, as they are already present in the Switch release, including the framerate bump.
But they are brand new to the PS4 version, whether they're in other releases or not.....
It's more amusing than anything else. Honestly, I'm surprised that they even bothered to run any kind of PR for this port, even if it amounted to paraphrasing the eShop description and replacing instances of Switch with PS4.
I thought they updated to 60 a while back on PC? I might have to redownload and check.
True. The graphics, sound effects, music, characters, and gameplay are also "new" lol
The one that's coming out in the blog post? I guess I'm confused? I know it's new games, but these are enhancements that got patched into other versions, too, so it would be "new" here as well, wouldn't it?
They're simultaneously the heir apparent to the Mega Man Zero/ZX series, for obvious reasons, but they also do their own thing in the gameplay department and they're especially big on the story. It's possible that you may not dig on them for those reasons, but if you're big into anything Mega Man-adjacent, they're absolutely worth a look.
If you own a switch, buy the switch version. I can't really imagine how they will be improved for the PS4 besides 4K.
Also, is Mighty Gunvolt in this collection? Didn't they give that game away at first on the 3DS? It'd be odd if it wasn't included.
Also, is Mighty Gunvolt in this collection? Didn't they give that game away at first on the 3DS? It'd be odd if it wasn't included.
Nope! They're something far more exciting. I like to think of it like anime Wild 9, if ya remember that game.
It's just very weird to highlight enhancements that already exist in other versions of the game on other platfoms, and say that therefore " the PlayStation version is the ultimate way to experience the original Azure Striker Gunvolt games", as if they were some exclusive feature to that version.
As for my response to your post, you said they are new to the PS4 version, which sounds like there is already a version on PS4 that these features are being added to, when there isn't. So, they're not new to the PS4 version. They're just IN the PS4 version, same as the others!
I get the confusion. i definitely could have worded it better :P
Ever since they brought over Gunvolt chronicles to ps4 I was expecting this to eventually come too.
Going by that description, I would most likely enjoy the series. Thanks!
Some people more hung up on the innocuous description of a game than the game itself. This forum man...
I'm gonna hace to read about these games because I've seen many in the series and I dunno where this one sits at. Would I be fine playing this as my first one?
I'm gonna hace to read about these games because I've seen many in the series and I dunno where this one sits at. Would I be fine playing this as my first one?
Mighty Gunvolt has been on the PS4 for years. Burst, in the other hand, is still on just Switch and PC, though I expect that to change in the near future.
It's literally the first two chapters of the series, so you're good to go.
Three main entries: Gunvolt, Gunvolt 2, and recently Luminous Avenger iX. The Striker Pack is a collection of the first two games. There is also the 8-bit crossover spinoff Mighty Gunvolt (also known as Gal Gunvolt on PS4) and its sequel Mighty Gunvolt Burst.
Yes and no. The main character, Gunvolt, "tags" enemies with his gun, and then you press another button to use your electric powers to destroy the enemy. Gunvolt only has other movement abilities that X has (like air dash, double jump, etc) under very specific conditions, even though he can kind of hover normally.
Gunvolt feels like a half step between OG Mega man and X from a gameplay standpoint sometimes. And to be honest, I ended up not liking it nearly as much.
Now Copen though... Copen is pretty ace and has his own twist on things (very, very powerful and long air dash and flight options, gun isn't useless on its own and you tag enemies by crashing into them with air dashes).
Okay cool. Thanks! As a Mega Man fan I've wanted to get into the series but I didn't wanna miss anything thus far. I played Mighty Gunvolt since I got it as a freebie with Mighty No 9.
Trophy support plus cheaper, if you live in brazil like I do.
Should also be mentioned that the ranking system takes cues from the Mega Man Zero games insofar that perfect runs = better rank.
That's fine and not your fault in the slightest, but I feel that they may have been better off with a setup that ties it more to folks that enjoyed Luminous Avenger Xi and wanted to see where it all started.
This is the best Mega Man content since well before the lazy offering that was 11. The gimmick to each of the playable characters may not appeal quite as much as the more straightforward content in Zero, but all the good stuff from that series made it over here.
Great gameplay, great flavor.
The games are pretty much a spiritual success to the Mega Man Zero series. If you like Mega Man then you will enjoy these games.
Pretty much my thoughts. I couldn't gel with Gunvolt, and yet, Copen's gameplay was pretty much exactly what I wanted.
I don't see that, art style is different, music and gameplay too, the only thing that is similar is the effort they put building the world and the characters background.
This games are nothing like Mega Man, I know plenty of Mega Man fans that didn't like it because how different it is.
Burst was released on PS4 too.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the name change because, uh, actually, I don't why they changed it from Mighty Gunvolt in the first place.
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I've been kind of enjoying Luminous Avenger iX. More then OG MegaMan but less than X or Zero/ZX. Since Copen apparently plays very similarly in GV2 I might pick this up tho I'm not sure I enjoy hearing how it's base gameplay is more like OG.