Today Arika released an video update detailing more about their plans in the first half of 2019, along with showing Sharon's gameplay:
The remaining two characters are most likely Area (free character) and Terry Bogard (the paid one).
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Fighting Ex Layer - Sharon will come in March as a free update, two more characters coming in May and more
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Today Arika released an video update detailing more about their plans in the first half of 2019, along with showing Sharon's gameplay:
The remaining two characters are most likely Area (free character) and Terry Bogard (the paid one).
Sharon and Area being free is very generous, I am happy to see that they will be free. Terry could be $10, and I'd gladly pay that price to support ARIKA.
I'll be excited to play them all this year!
I'll be excited to play them all this year!
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Volcano Rosso and Pullum, Terry will be released in May most likely.
I really gotta get round to picking up the physical release of this, if only I didn't have a few other big releases this month/next month to grab. Maybe Feb... glad to see even more characters coming, even if I was never a fan of Area in the EX series. Hopefully if we get more characters after this they either start doing ones from Fighting Layer or maybe (in my dreams) make good with Capcom and get a couple of the OGs in this (I really loved Blanka and Bison in the EX series)
And yeah, absolutely cannot wait for Terry.
And yeah, absolutely cannot wait for Terry.
Honestly, this is the kinda support I'd like for all fighters. Only difference is I'd like to know upfront what support to expect. But paying an early premium for months of "free" new additions is great to me.
Sharon looks nice and fun from that bit of gameplay. I've little attachment to her classic self, so this is solid, even as a stand alone. I've always had a predisposition for the "nerdy" types in stuff, so also happy on the Area update. I wish Terry wouls stop by SMASH ULT on his way here too, but 1 outta 2 ain't bad! 2 out of 2 is best though...
ANYWAY, it's so nice to have a stream of ARIKA support like this. Whenever FEXL updating ends, I hope they can carry this type of support and communication forward. I'll always keep a ticket for a possible "Tecnicbeat" revival around...
Sharon looks nice and fun from that bit of gameplay. I've little attachment to her classic self, so this is solid, even as a stand alone. I've always had a predisposition for the "nerdy" types in stuff, so also happy on the Area update. I wish Terry wouls stop by SMASH ULT on his way here too, but 1 outta 2 ain't bad! 2 out of 2 is best though...
ANYWAY, it's so nice to have a stream of ARIKA support like this. Whenever FEXL updating ends, I hope they can carry this type of support and communication forward. I'll always keep a ticket for a possible "Tecnicbeat" revival around...
Only thing keeping this from being a bigger hit with me and my friends is the lack of lobbies. Such a baffling omission to me - don't they know that a lot of people prefer to play fighting games with their friends???
It really sucks - because I think it's one of the best fighters to come out this generation - which is saying a lot considering how many fighters came out this gen!
It really sucks - because I think it's one of the best fighters to come out this generation - which is saying a lot considering how many fighters came out this gen!
Well, the game does have private 2 player lobbies.
But yeah, it would be great if it had multi player lobbies with spectate.
How is the online these days?
I bought the more expensive version on day 1, loved it, but stopped playing after 2 weeks, because it was soooo hard to find some online matches. I can handle 1 or 2 minutes of waiting, but it often took 30 minutes or even longer to find a player.
The game is really good and incredibly fun besides that!
I bought the more expensive version on day 1, loved it, but stopped playing after 2 weeks, because it was soooo hard to find some online matches. I can handle 1 or 2 minutes of waiting, but it often took 30 minutes or even longer to find a player.
The game is really good and incredibly fun besides that!
Be glad you didn't get the PC version, with it's 15 players playing right now.
Like most niche fighting games, you should seek out forums or Discord to find matches with other people for online.
The post-release support has been absolutely phenomenal. I'm still hoping they collaborate with Capcom to make a true Street Fighter EX 4, though. FEXL already shares a similar aesthetic with SFV, and I think the models from both games would mesh well together.
Are Sharon and Area the last SF EX characters left to implement? It's kind of funny that aside from Blair and Allen, none of the new Fighting Layer characters are actually in the game. I kind of want them to make the Shark playable again. I guess there's also the Cycloids. I honestly wouldn't mind them incorporating them into the game with cloned movesets like before.
Are Sharon and Area the last SF EX characters left to implement? It's kind of funny that aside from Blair and Allen, none of the new Fighting Layer characters are actually in the game. I kind of want them to make the Shark playable again. I guess there's also the Cycloids. I honestly wouldn't mind them incorporating them into the game with cloned movesets like before.
The first song is "Bloody Sluice Gate" from the FEXL OST. Apparently the OST was only available as part of a 7 CD + 1 DVD set comprising the entire SF EX and Fighting Layer series: https://sweeprecord.ocnk.net/product/3
It's awesome to see Sharon back. Her redesign looks great. It also surprises me that they keep adding free characters.
I'll support them by buying the paid one if it's $15 or less. I don't care if the paid character is Area (character I hate), but I assume it's going to be Terry because they'll need to pay royalties to SNK so it's better to pay them only from that DLC than from the entire game.
I'll support them by buying the paid one if it's $15 or less. I don't care if the paid character is Area (character I hate), but I assume it's going to be Terry because they'll need to pay royalties to SNK so it's better to pay them only from that DLC than from the entire game.
MvC:I actually has 2 less players right now
Also MKX has a decent population since they fixed it with MKXL (decent by PC standards)
Uh no.
And I meant literally 15 people. I wasn't exaggerating.
14 now.
I doubt the console version is really any different, for an indie fighter you'll always have go to your friends/discord for matches online.
Eh, Ranked is generally dead in a month in anything that isn't a big name.
I had hopes this one would have done better. I didn't expect to see such low numbers this soon after release.
The game has sold well enough to convince them to keep persevering with it but they're pretty much treading water, from the looks of things. I think they have the right idea by adding more free content over time but there's just so much competition that it's hard to bring people on board once a game's been out for a while, especially a smaller game like this one.
There's also Ace, the custom-moveset character from EX3, but I can't see him coming back.
There are a few FL characters I'd like to see back but I'd also like some brand new characters at some point.
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Only Bandai Namco's fighting games are doing better on PC, for some reason.
It's not as if they've been working on Terry and only Terry this entire time, between the announcement and May they'll have also released four other characters, plus the arcade & PC ports, the disc release, etc.
Terry may end up giving this game the last surge of interest it'll ever get, so it makes sense to leave him til last--the majority of complaints about this game are related to content/value-for-money, so it's to their benefit to put as much additional content into the game before Terry shows up so that newcomers are less likely to write the game off at a glance.