I've got it in Fantasy Critics. Quids in

After watching the IGN review I'm gonna need a good few weeks understanding fully the Drive system.

Fucksake am I going to have to buy this then never play it?

I don't suppose a 360 arcade stick would work on the SX.

Yeah Dave, elf, that's mostly just wordsoup to me. I'll get there with a run through World Tour.

nick_md wrote:

Fucksake am I going to have to buy this then never play it?

I don't suppose a 360 arcade stick would work on the SX.

Highly doubt it.

Okay, the Drive system.

You start with Six bars in the drive meter.

EX moves (OverDrive) use two bars.

The drive meter refills over time.

Chip damage comes from your Drive meter.

If you completely run out, the bar turns grey, and you go into burnout state. You can't use anything that uses the drive meter, and chip damage now comes from your health bar. Once the bar refills, you're back to normal. Staying on the ground, and moving forward refills it quicker.

Drive Impact (HP + HK) is a big move with two (I think) hits of armour. If it hits, it causes a stagger state in the opponent. If someone presses this, and you haven't committed to anything, you can just Drive Impact back, and you'll beat theirs. Pretty sure it loses to throws.

Drive Parry (MP + MK) is a parry that can just be held down to parry indefinitely. Loses to throws. Uses some Drive meter, and each successful parry restores some Drive meter.

You can dash cancel forward out of it in neutral or on a parry, and it gives the normal you use forward momentum, and adds +4 to the first normal used out of it.

Drive Rush is the dash cancel part of a parry, but can be done from any normal that can be special cancelled. Performed by just dashing forward on hit or block.

Drive Reversal (Towards and HP + HK when in blockstun) is your classic Alpha Counter. This will beat any Drive Rush from a medium or heavy button.

Super meter is just for supers.

Can be filled to three bars. Each character has three supers.

Level 1 Super uses 1 bar, and cannot be cancelled into from a special move.

Level 2 Super uses 2 bars, and can be cancelled into from an EX special move.

Level 3 Super uses 3 bars, and can be cancelled into from regular special moves.

When on low health, your Level 3 becomes a Critical Art, and has a longer animation, doing more damage.

Nice one, Chopper.  I also hadn't cottoned onto the chip damage to the Drive Gauge.

Also worth mentioning a couple of other points:

Successful DI in the corner pins your opponent to the wall for a juggle combo.  And if they're in burnout, it dizzies them.

@Dave: tomorrow?!

Also forgot to say that if you do a Parry within 1 frame (may be 2) of a move hitting you, it's a Perfect Parry which causes a huge slowdown, and lets you punish easily.

Ordered a new stick.

Let's goooo!

I'm on holiday from Friday until Monday...

Mini-retirement, indeed.

Drive meter is your most important meter. It is life, it is passion, it is art, it is expression, it is death.


If you block normal or special attacks, it will slowly chip down.

So if you have just a teeny bit left and the opponent attacks: DO NOT BLOCK.

Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive or Dodge but do not defend.

You will get chipped out into burnout.


INSTEAD: Attack, Move, Parry, or Drive Impact.

It's better to eat a small combo or trade with the enemy than go into burnout.


ALSO: When you are trying to build drive meter or get out of burnout:
DON'T JUMP. It's super slows down the recover speed.

Walk forward and attack is fastest.
Hold back is also fast
Jumping slows it down.

If you keep jumping it takes Twice as long.

Does this thing have cross play between xbox and ps5?

Does cross play mean you can communicate across platforms too, via mic? Can you create rooms or groups with a mix of consoles?

Not got into a beat-em-up for years, but I reckon my 10 year old will love the aesthetic of this.

I've just watched some gameplay and it took me right back to SF2 with some of the old stages. Love Dhalsim's floppy arms.

I'm in!