Yeah, the online beta is over.
There's currently a free demo on PS4 with 4 playable characters and 1P vs CPU. And if you've pre-ordered, that demo has the 20 characters from the base cast as well as 1P vs 2P (offline only)
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BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Demo |OT| Open Beta for PS4 and Switch
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There's currently a free demo on PS4 with 4 playable characters and 1P vs CPU. And if you've pre-ordered, that demo has the 20 characters from the base cast as well as 1P vs 2P (offline only)
This game is super fun. I like it so much more than most current fighters. I'll have to pick it up. Amazon says it releases end of the month.
The switch version has the 4 character demo, but not the 20 player version. So you can still mess around with some stuff.
And the game is releasing in NA on 5th June.
This wasn't on my radar at all and now I'm day one! So glad I made a US eshop account to play this on my EU switch.
I'm new to anime fighters and pretty new to fighters in general, any tips on what and how I should practice vs the cpu for the rest of the demo?
I'm new to anime fighters and pretty new to fighters in general, any tips on what and how I should practice vs the cpu for the rest of the demo?
I suggest spending entire matches practicing air dashes, instant air dashes, and jump cancels until you can do them naturally.
Practicing your movement options including dashing, air dashing, jumping, high jumping and jump cancels are key in anime fighters. Learning advancing guard helps a ton when you are backed into a corner.
I didn't know this. So you can air dash with two buttons as well? I've always preferred doing it with the d-pad but the option is nice.
A+B in air. I was working on forcing myself to use it instead of habitually doing it with the stick. Its so fucking easy to be consistent with the button presses
After finally learning to backdash cancel in tekken last week, I feel like im in heaven moving around in this game.
I really want to get this on the Switch, but with the recent hacking and exploits on the system should I be worried about being matched against people who do?
It seems like a silly question but I don't want my time with the game ruined by people who can modify shit in the game and take it online.
It seems like a silly question but I don't want my time with the game ruined by people who can modify shit in the game and take it online.
Great, thanks all! Can someone now kindly tell me how to do some of these so I can try them? Thanks!
As we were saying airdashing in this game is cake. Try it out by just pressing up forward or up back and immediately pressing A+B. High jumping is just down then up, up back, or up forward. Its a key combo tool in blazblue for some characters, and could be important here for that or for getting around or in on some characters.
Jump Cancelling will be the hardest to actually learn. I would try it by comboing with a character. This is off the top of my head, but I believe ragna solo air combo is 5AAA > 5BB > jump cancel > j.AA > jump cancel > j.AA > j.C
something like that. I didnt actually play ragna so thats vague memory from my friend that was trying him. If you are new enough that you dont understand that combo notation, I can explain that too.
Cheers man thanks. I actually don't understand that notation, I get a b etc but what's the 5?
5 is neutral. Look at the numpad on a keyboard and that is what the numbers mean in relation to directions. 236 would be down, down forward, forward
Q went into it but here is a fuller run down
Think of your stick (or controller but this will be closer to stick and using my layout) as:
789
456 ABC
123 PD
The numbers refer to all 9 possible positions of the stick, reflecting a keyboard numpad. So quarter circle forward can be writting 236, so a super would be 236B+C, 5 Then means neutral, no direction.
Other things that play into this style of notation are prefixes, mainly j. for example j.A means jumping A. Most other prefixes would be character specific like Noel has d.5A for drive 5A, meaning her chain revolver "stance" 5A
Jump cancel is also usually written as jc, or just with either 7, 8, 9. jc is the most common, but if a jump cancel has to be performed as a jump cancel back you might see someone write 7 instead.
Ok awesome! Thanks, that's actually really clear. I can follow that no probs. What exactly is a jump cancel though, cancelling the jump animation with a move?
Canceling the (recovery) animation of an attack with a jump, right after the attack connects with the opponent (hit or block). This is usually used to chase for followup hits after they are launched into the air, extend an aerial combo by a few more hits if you're already in the air, etc.
I was wondering, if i import the ps4 US/JP version, will i be able to buy the DLC in my own store? (eu)
Gotcha, sounds like going for the digital deluxe edition would make things easier
Only if both version share the same path to DLC folder. Not worth the risk to test it out.
You still have time to familiarise yourself with the cast before the games come out. One thing I love doing is looking into the mechanics of fighting games I've never played. There's websites like the Dustloop wiki that have pretty extensive guides on characters and mechanics, if you're so interested.
I appreciate most people wouldn't be interested, but on the off chance that you are, it's pretty fascinating the stuff you might find.
Have they said if DLC pack 1 will be a day one dlc or have they mentioned a release timeframe for it yet?
DLC Pack 1 (Kanji, Orie, Platinum) and Blake are all avaialable Day 1.
DLC Pack 1 is free for a limited time, but Blake is free permanently.
Is PS+ required? I have the US demo but im so thirsty for more Cross Tag that I want in on the EU beta.
It seems to be the offline only demo with just Versus and Tactics mode, and with only 4 characters (Ragna, Ruby, Yu, Hyde).
No idea when or if we get the online beta with 20 characters. (for that you probably nees PS+).
Pretty sure it's only gonna be the 4 characters for EU I'm afraid.
Edit: Never mind it's all 20
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Try searching "cross tag" or if you're on a PS4 go on the demos section of the PS Store, should be the latest one.
Has there been any news on them revealing character pack 4? They've done the last few around this time of the month
Blake's Astral: https://clips.twitch.tv/SarcasticConsiderateAlbatrossRedCoat
When Yang activates her semblance - I Burn starts playing: https://clips.twitch.tv/BlazingFilthyAirGuitarChefFrank
When Yang activates her semblance - I Burn starts playing: https://clips.twitch.tv/BlazingFilthyAirGuitarChefFrank
I guess Bang's chances of getting in got slimmer now--Yang took his theme song power up gimmick!
It's referencing Adam's finisher in the Blake Trailer as well as one of the moves that Blake does on the Robot in her trailer
Oh. I never saw those trailers so it's no wonder I didn't know. It seems like most of their moveset is taken from those.
A good deal but not all.
Ruby's pyscho crusher distortion is from volume 2.
Her command dash is from volume 4
And her astral is from volume 1
Blake's clones and blade beams originate form volume 2
Weiss' dash astral is from Volume 2
Her Ice astral is from volume 1
Her DP is from volume 2
Her finisher is a combination of stuff from the trailer and volume 3
Yang's pretty much all Yellow trailer, but that's largely due to the fact that that's basically her entire move set. She hasn't actually gotten anything new until volume 5. With Yang, what you see is what you get.