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Mentioned in the upcoming (unreleased at time of writing) Famitsu 360 release.
HYPE! Gonna beast this shit.
okay great so one other person in the entirety of nz is interested
guess everyone's still obsessed with having bad taste in games, sigh
Have a cry dude.
I wouldn't mind playing giving the game a go, though would it be region free for 360?
Pedos ITT
Quote from: Elixir on August 02, 2010, 02:04:25 AM
okay great so one other person in the entirety of nz is interested
guess everyone's still obsessed with having bad taste in games, sigh
NEVER FEAR! TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND ARE INTERESTED!
I'm keen to play this game.
wheres the tentacle action at ????
Quote from: [FSR] B1ackstar Ninja on August 02, 2010, 02:57:44 PM
wheres the tentacle action at ????
The single most valid point in this entire thread so far, IMO.
Quote from: [â,,¢Âªv]OLEET on August 02, 2010, 09:26:07 AM
NEVER FEAR! TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND ARE INTERESTED!
good, good
are you getting the ps3 version? i could go for either
I may look at importing it but I am more than likely going to wait and see. Have Arcana Heart 1 for my import PS2. Wasn't too bad overall but the one thing that I didn't quite like about the game is actually the character design. The whole loli theme didn't do anything for me hence I didn't really pay too much effort in learning the game.
Is this going to be a disc or download?
probably wont get this since im poor and barely have time for anything else as it is
disc, obv.
Comes out in 4 days.
Arcana Heart 3 - PS3 (region-free) (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ip9m-71-bp-49-en-84-j-70-3zpz.html)
Arcana Heart 3 - 360 (possibly region locked) (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ip9m-71-br-49-en-84-j-70-3zq2.html)
Along with the limited editions:
Arcana Heart 3 Limited Edition - PS3 (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ip9m-71-bp-49-en-84-j-70-3zq0.html)
Arcana Heart 3 Limited Edition - 360 (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ip9m-71-br-49-en-84-j-70-3zq1.html)
Hmmm not sure about this ay. I want to play the game but I'm really just sinking my teeth into BB:CS. With MvC3 about to drop I don't think I would find time to play it.
If anyone is gonna do a bulk order or something I might be keen otherwise I will just wait and see if First Games or Mightyape get imports.
I'm gonna get it if nz shop has it.
Agree with both Weazzy and Graeme.
Been reading up more about the game and it sounds to be a much more polish game compared to the 1st one I have. Getting the game from Play-Asia. Not sure how much effort and time I am going to put into it but hey, can't say no to fighters especially ones that sounds alright to play.
Looks like my copy shipped yesterday. Will give a brief write up once I have the game.
I could do a bulk order if 5 people are interested (excluding myself). Otherwise it isn't worth it.
Someone I know managed to get the game earlier today in Japan, and they are claiming it's arcade perfect and has netcode very similar to BlazBlue.
Quote from: Elixir on January 13, 2011, 02:03:50 AM
I could do a bulk order if 5 people are interested (excluding myself). Otherwise it isn't worth it.
Someone I know managed to get the game earlier today in Japan, and they are claiming it's arcade perfect and has netcode very similar to BlazBlue.
Good hear in regards to the port and the net code. Not like I will be online much anyway. Time to relearn my swimming, grappling, bubble girl.
Netcode from America to Japan is about 3-4.
Is anyone getting this besides one guy?
I want to, I don't care which platform, but I don't want to play against other Japanese endlessly (I'm terribad and I'll get used for free kills/kicked due to lag).
The game arrived yesterday (PS3 version of course). Feels like a total handicap learning a new fighter from scratch. Will play and learn through the basics and will write an impression, mini FAQ type thing.
Haven't play vs online yet. Went on to check it out and pretty much the setup is almost identical to Blazblue. Saw a few EU and US rooms too amongst all the JP and Asia rooms. Will go on and see how well I fare after a few practice rounds offline.
*ahem* it's been dumped for pc too
Quote from: ROCOABC on January 20, 2011, 01:32:00 PM
The game arrived yesterday (PS3 version of course). Feels like a total handicap learning a new fighter from scratch. Will play and learn through the basics and will write an impression, mini FAQ type thing.
Haven't play vs online yet. Went on to check it out and pretty much the setup is almost identical to Blazblue. Saw a few EU and US rooms too amongst all the JP and Asia rooms. Will go on and see how well I fare after a few practice rounds offline.
So how is it?
Hey guys. Oblivion GoTY have been taking up most of my life. Even the wife is not amused. So I have only officially played this game for no more than 3 hrs.
A small rundown of this game. Here is a basic wiki for the game - http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Main_Page (http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Main_Page)
All female cast figher. Some weird some not so some really bizzare. Game feels like a mixture of Blazblue and Melty Blood. Essentiallythe setup is per below -
A - Light Attack
B - Medium Attack
C - Hard Attack
D - Dash
E - Arcana Button
The game centers around dash cancelling, homing dash cancelling as well as the usage of Arcana.
Pretty much after selecting your character you will get a chance to pick out of a list of 23 Arcanas (Lest think of them as Spiriits). The Arcanas effects your Arcana attack essentially. Your basic E attack doesn't change too much but but doing QCF or QCB with the E button, depending on Arcana you will perform an Arcana specific attack. Eg, Rock Arcana allows you to summon a giant Rock fist to stun your opponent or Water allows you to generat shield bubbles or Metal allows you to generate a Shiled or fire Metallic Spears, etc. Some Arcanas are used for traps instead such as Time. Arcana selection is important as well depending on your main. The CPU will suggested a recommened Arcana based off your character selection but it isn't always teh best choice. Arcana selection also increase or decrease your defend and attack. Gets pretty technical so check the wiki out.
As for the dash button, the game is played in a rather "TALL" stage. All stages are at least 2 screens tall. This is where dash comes into play. During mid moves, etc you can press the dash button to cancel into a dash to further your combos or to escape. You can dash in any directions so for example after an attack you press forward+dash you will dash forward, Back+dash will dash backwards, etc. Now most characters have a move or attack that will knoc the oppents way up in the air. After such a move you can hold dash and you will do a homing dash towards the opponent to further your combos. You can practically homing dash wherever. Some moves will knockback your opponent to a wall splat (Usually the E attack, you can hold down E to charge a strong attack or Forward +C with some characters will do a knockback attack. Again I believe its character dependant) and you can cancel straight after the attack to a homing dash to chase the opponent for further combos.
Other mechanics present are clashing, chains, teching (Wall, Air, Ground) and jump cancelling.
The game plays superbly actually. Game feels fast, very responsive control wise and character variety is amazing. Think Blazblue as some charatcers have their own special bar to manage. With 20+ characters, there are loads to learn. I am currently using Kira the girl who swims and fight in a giant puddle of transforming water. Also learning another girl that pilots a giant robot. The swimming girl is a grappler so think Potemkin and Zangief with a spinning pile driver 360 move and a final atomic buster 720 super as well as air grabs, anti-air grab, running powerbomb, back breaker etc. The water puddle will morph into giant muscular arms and giant muscular legs for drop kicks, power punches, grabs, etc. The Robot piloting girl feels like like playing Sentinal with zoning projectiles that locks you in the corner and then rush down with some intense hard hitting moves. There will be a character for everyone regardless of how bizzare some of the designs are.
Graphically the game holds up. Doesn't look as sharp as BBCS though. You can select wide screen mode as well. The game also have animated bars for those who wants to play using the original 4:3 aspect. Good idea but I hate it. The animation is actually distracting so I turned it off and am using just standard wallpaper for the side bars. Sound needs adjusting as the default setting makes it hard for you to actually hear the sound effects and the hit effects. Pump the sound effects volume way up and that will sort everything out.
So, if you get a chance to import the game. Do it, especially if you love fighters and if you enjoy BBCS or the Melty Blood series. It is a great game to play. Some may think other wise though with Marvel just around the corner but Arcana Heart 3 is definately a welcome addition to my fighting game library. Feel free to ask anything and I will answer to the best of my ability.
LIVEWIRE GAMES has Arcana Hearts 3 on shelves now. its a pretty sick game.
do you recall the price?
Quote from: [SAS]xkheretic on February 07, 2011, 09:46:26 PM
do you recall the price?
Yer i am interested too. It's not on the site. And it says BB:CS is $108 at livewire lol.
i think its like 158 cause its a japanese import. hit up the kid jimmy there i think he can knock a few bux off it and the blazblue they had was a while back but it was a limited edition one not a normal version.
I wouldn't pay $158 for the game. You can import it for way less than that through Play-Asia and thats including shipping.
But in saying that, I am pretty sure I've read somewhere that the game will be getting a PAL release which means some time this year the game will be out for both Aus and NZ. So if you guys are willing to wait, save up, play Marvel and pick this game up when it finally does show up.
Finally had the chance to play some online matches and they were pretty smooth. Played around 9 matches against some US players and lag is barely noticeable. Not to say its 100% offline smooth but man its awesome enough for it to not hamper the matches.
The game is getting better the more I play. To put it simply the game is just bloody fun. I would not hesitate recommending this game over BBCS.
IMO unlike BBCS where I feel each character can really only be played 1 way effectively, this game keep things up with the Arcana selection/combination that truly changes the way you would approach certain match ups and changes the way you would think about using the same character. As I found out, each Arcana has their own moveset as well. Most will give you 2 more specials and 2 more supers as well as activating some sort of power up status by pressing A+B+C. You can also pull off a level 3 Arcana attack by doing QCF+ A+B+C. This of course differs from each Arcana.
Eg - With Kira the grappler, if I pick Metal Arcana I can generate a shield in front of me to take additional hits and allow me to get in. On top of that I am given slightly better attack and defense. So I can take some risk in getting in. The down side of Metal for example, my super bar charges slower but I can manually charge it SNK style by pressing and holding back+E and my E attacks have more recovery to them. Now I can go on and select the Love Arcana. This then gives me 2 projectile attacks. A slow energy ball or a fast beam and also two projectile supers to boot. Now I can use the projectile attacks to keep away or to lock my opponent down while I close the gap. To me its pretty cool for a Grappler to have the ability to fire projectiles as well even if its not too strong. At least it gives you something else to utilize as well and not just trying to constantly jump, block etc just to close in.
Oh, just found something cool while mucking around in training. Was playing as Catherine the Rabbit ear girl piloting the Giant Robot. I picked the Wind Arcana (As recommended by the Arcana 3 Wiki) and it gave me the ability to triple jump, double air dash and jump cancel more moves. Interesting.... So, now I have a giant robot with awesome mobility.
So a single person bought this huh?
I'm still curious to know which version will be more popular here. I do understand that the 360 will receive a localization, but only in Europe. Chances are it will be released here then.
Well did you get it?
Lol do you know Kevin? Aka Leoninhunter? He plays.
No, I didn't buy it. I figured there would be no point, with no scene and nobody to play with. ROBOABC did but as I don't have a PS3 and only have 360s, I can only get the 360 version.
I'll break down and get a PS3 soon though, if only because everyone here seems to use PSN for BBCS.
I don't know that person.
The game is now available on the US PSN store.
Well, when the PSN store is not down.
European LE looks good.
(http://media.mightyape.net.nz/images/products/10433980/Arcana-Heart-3-Limited-Edition-Xbox-360-3641171-5.jpeg)