Meh... Reasonable PT...

Man, jumping seems safe as fuck up in this game.

Jumping is definitely a good strategy if, like me, you're not great - I suspect that's why you see a lot of people playing with Ribbon Girl (multiple jumps) or Ninjara (who has a warp jump thing).  There are some definite disadvantages though.  You can't guard at all in the air, so whilst you're harder to hit, you have no defence if they successfully predict where you're headed.  Equally you can't charge your strikes in the air (except for Twintelle), meaning that you can dodge well, but your attacks are pretty feeble.  

The result of that is people resorting to a sort of bounce and throw approach which I still struggle to counter (don't tell my kids), but which looks to be fairly easy to defeat once you get to a decent level of competence.

I like helixs blorb punch because it has the same feel as a spin bowler in cricket

Arms sold over 100k in its first week in Japan, beating figures from SFV and T7 soundly.

Oh and it looks like this has arrived at home. Yas.

Kernowgaz wrote:

Yay. Level 4 is a lot harder , it's a good challenge now

Yeah, different game entirely.  Played up until Max Brass last night, then had to stop.  Previously found him laughably easy, but at level 4 he consistently destroyed me once he'd powered himself up at the end of the battle.  (I'd usually win the first round, only to get obliterated subsequently.)

I should hold back sending Tempy his Switch until he sends me my Arms (it got posted to him cos I ordered same time as his MK8).

Ya hear that Tempy?! Sit and ogle at your Switch games for longer ahahhahaahahhaha

Diluted Dante wrote:

Favourite characters?

I have a preference for the more nimble characters.  Ribbon Girl is annoying, but is currently my go-to character purely because of the ability to jump around the stage with ease.  Min-Min's fun, but her power's not that useful once you're up against more difficult enemies.  I find Twintelle intermittently great, and suspect she's pretty powerful once you've got the hang of her.  (Charging in mid-air is very handy, the bullet-time stuff less so).

Just played a few games of party. Can see myself trading this in in the future so I can have it on the system.

It's really quite satisfying to play and enjoyable.

Ha yeah! its quite knackering. I used the find a friend thing which lets you see if anyone is in a party and join them.

Barely scraped onto level 3. This is hard.

I took him down but you need to be patient as fuck

I think you need to keep punching but not necessarily trying to hit all the time perhaps.

Also grabs are a seductive but ultimately dooming move.

tin_robot wrote:

Very quick go just now (its too hot), managed to beat Max Brass at Level 4 - was feeling very smug.

Spoiler:

Only to then be utterly destroyed by the unexpected arrival of Headlok.  That said, he doesn't seem totally indestructible, only had one attempt so far, and managed to win one round, so I'm hopeful that on a cooler day, with a bit more time, I can finally join the ranks of the ranked...

I struggled more on Twintelle than Brass man
I need to slow down my 1-2s as I'm grabbing more often than making them

I tried playing non motion again because I'm on the train and it feels much worse. The ability to dash-jump-grab is much easier with motion and muscle memorily more intuitive.