Pestilence Report post Posted March 27, 2012 looks cool. would be more excited if it was GuiltyXBlaze. Heres hoping it ends up being a FG & not a VN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSHKN Report post Posted March 29, 2012 lol shout outs to this being on SRK front page next will be some other V.N.:http://shoryuken.com/2012/03/29/arc-system-works-reveals-new-project-xblaze/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orihalcon Report post Posted April 1, 2012 Glad they don't use the 'x' as a way of calling it something like 'CrossBlaze.' The whole x = cross lazy bullshit with Japanese games lately is really annoying, so it's nice to see it be 'ExBlaze' instead. Male lead looks generic and boring as all holy crap. Character designs are kinda meh. I'll probably be getting it anyways if it is indeed related to BB. Yet I'm still going to be pissed because it isn't BB3. Though it'd make me die laughing and have to commend Arc Sys if this was some silly April Fools shenanigans. Most posts here made me lol. also lol Circ edits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rishtopher Report post Posted June 2, 2012 Male lead looks generic and boring as all holy crap. Character designs are kinda meh. I'll probably be getting it anyways if it is indeed related to BB. Yet I'm still going to be pissed because it isn't BB3. Yeah I agree with all of that. The fact that the male lead is in some kinda school uniform has me slightly reluctant to indulge in this. If he's 15 too, then I'm pretty much done. The girl with the Christmas eyes (aka "Noël", sorry I had to lol) kinda looks like Noel/Saber which doesn't do much for me. Like you said though, it's related to BB so I'll get it. The only "adventure game" I've ever played was 999, I hope this can measure up because that was one of the best things I've ever played. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star-Demon Report post Posted June 5, 2012 moved to guilty pleasures since this game isn't actually about BB That's frigging ridiculous. The text mentions the Azure. The trailer has music that is a variation on Awakening the Chaos. The Cauldron is shown. 'No, it's about Guilty Gear." You guys are being dumb as hell. Anyways, anything new on this project? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hecatom Report post Posted June 5, 2012 lol snip japanese game done by a japanese company where japaneses work and design the games that use archetypes that are common taste for the japanese market that without adding that mori likes certain things on the characters that he designs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rishtopher Report post Posted June 6, 2012 japanese game done by a japanese company where japaneses work and design the games that use archetypes that are common taste for the japanese market that without adding that mori likes certain things on the characters that he designs It's seems to me like you might be you're assuming that just because I'm not Japanese, "the right target demographic", I can't criticize? Chances are that if I play anime games and watch anime, I'm close to their target demo, even if I'm not native to Japan. Just because tropes and clichés are overused, it doesn't mean that they're necessarily good, just that they (devs) want a safe bet that appeals to everyone to make money. And Mori can design his characters the way he wants to. I didn't say anything had to be changed for me (or for my "Western sensibilities", if that's what you were hinting at?), just that I didn't like any of it. It's not bad to want originality. It's a visual novel, do I want to read/experience something I've seen everywhere else already? I get what you're saying, but c'mon. Like I said before though, it's BB so I'll play it if it expands the story of BlazBlue (which it should since I heard this wasn't a gaiden). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainbow Mash Report post Posted June 20, 2012 Glad they don't use the 'x' as a way of calling it something like 'CrossBlaze.' The whole x = cross lazy bullshit with Japanese games lately is really annoying, so it's nice to see it be 'ExBlaze' instead. You do realize this is nothing new, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MacArthur Blunts Report post Posted June 22, 2012 God no one cares about storylines! Discuss gameplay. Everyone knows it's the typical jp story of 15 year old kid has superpowers and there are chicks around him who have superpowers. A few may be his love interests (MAYBE A CHILDHOOD FRIEND?) but it will never turn out to anything because the main character is clearly homo. There will be some other dudes who also have powers and some badguys. Fights will ensue, innuendos will ensue, shitty story will ensue and we all have a merry fucking christmas. Why is this in guilty pleasures when it has nothing to do with GG by the way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rishtopher Report post Posted June 22, 2012 God no one cares about storylines! Discuss gameplay. Everyone knows it's the typical jp story of 15 year old kid has superpowers and there are chicks around him who have superpowers. A few may be his love interests (MAYBE A CHILDHOOD FRIEND?) but it will never turn out to anything because the main character is clearly homo. There will be some other dudes who also have powers and some badguys. Fights will ensue, innuendos will ensue, shitty story will ensue and we all have a merry fucking christmas. Why is this in guilty pleasures when it has nothing to do with GG by the way? Dude, it's a VN, there's probably not gonna be much gameplay to discuss other than story branches. It's all about the story. That's why we all want it to not suck as much as possible lol. Also, I don't know why this is here, it's BB related... :\ I wonder if they even have plans to localize this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Report post Posted June 22, 2012 as long as rachel makes an appearance, its worth watching. btw is it likely that she will? since chances are she's (still) alive during this story cause you know... shes forever years old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star-Demon Report post Posted June 25, 2012 as long as rachel makes an appearance, its worth watching. btw is it likely that she will? since chances are she's (still) alive during this story cause you know... shes forever years old It's not likely that she's that old. If we consider that time has been looping for a while, and Valkenhayn has since gotten old out of this time, (is he outside of time, too?) then I think it's more likely we'll be more likely be dealing with Rachel's father, with whom valkenhayn was involved. Even then, this probably takes place before the Dark War. We just don't know who among the oldest of old are going to be around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzaku Report post Posted July 4, 2012 Valkenhayn isn't outside of the loop, he's just really old. Beastkin have extremely long lifespans. My impression is that the game will probably be about the origins of the Takamagahara System (with the three chicks being tied into that, perhaps as representations of past, present, and future) and the Original Units. It might be so far removed from the BlazBlue timeline that there won't be much direct crossover. If anyone, I'd expect to see Clavis Alucard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha152 Report post Posted September 20, 2012 New PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGkuoJk7R4Q&feature=player_embedded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kosmos badgirl Report post Posted September 20, 2012 I don't like the character design or the music in the trailer, at the end of the trailer, it's that a murakumo unit?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma Report post Posted September 20, 2012 Are you referring to Es? At the end of the video, she says 「対処の殲滅開始します」, meaning "Now commencing termination," or something along those lines. Add to the fact that her hair's similar to Lambda's, that she's wearing mostly blue and has a little red tie, she probably has something to do with them, yeah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoWL Report post Posted September 20, 2012 The tsundere got Stroheim as the family name, this game is now God tier to me. Kinda weird that they decided to show us the girls before the finalized name. Talk about getting your priorities straight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokkan Report post Posted September 20, 2012 Es is clearly a Murakumo. Kinda weird naming since Es is a Cyrillic letter, not a Greek letter like all the established Murakumo characters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calamitus Report post Posted September 20, 2012 Looks like another mediocre random anime stuff. Guess arcs completely lost their touch in creativity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MetalMaelstrom Report post Posted September 20, 2012 They are the first Japanese company (that I know of) to actually use WUB to market a VN. Arc = Gods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agni Report post Posted September 20, 2012 If this is the game I think it is, then it's not related to BB at all--it's based off of a novel written by Ragna's Seiyuu, Tomokazu Sugita. Nevermind that's another game ArcSys is making. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hakimiru Report post Posted September 20, 2012 Art style reminds me of Propeller's Evolimit. Still nothing so far to draw my interest~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hecatom Report post Posted September 21, 2012 Dubstep :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agni Report post Posted September 21, 2012 The song wasn't that bad, the WUBWUB was kinda iffy though. Otherwise, looks kinda generic anime, but I'm a sucker for anime and that twintailed girl is DAAAAMN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rishtopher Report post Posted September 21, 2012 Anyone know who designed the characters? I thought they'd be more...inspired? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites