Month: April 2016

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General: Battleborn Beta Weekend Impressions

While I’m a huge fan of what Gearbox has done over the years, particularly with the Borderlands series, the muddled messaging on Battleborn had me sort of write off the game up until now. Thankfully, I finally had a chance to sample Battleborn this past weekend and figure things out for myself.

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See a Sonic Hurricane in Action in this Street Fighter V Clip

We caught our first (almost) full glimpse of Guile today in the form of some screenshots showing him waving around his Sonic Booms and Flash Kicks like he may, at one point, have owned the place, but screenshots can only do so much. Moments ago, CapcomChannel uploaded a quick clip of the returning fighter’s Critical Art that offers a much needed look at how so much Boom looks in motion.

But that isn’t all the clip reveals; on top of a fantastic light show, we can clearly see that Guile sports three bars of V-Meter. We can also see, through the brief backward step he takes before the Sonic Hurricane activates, that his Critical Art may involve a more traditional charge input.

Does Guile seem worthy of his sunglasses so far? Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: CapcomChannel, with a special thanks to The Turbanator for sending in the tip

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Wakeup Jabs, Creating Setups and More Fill Viscant’s Most Recent “Hit the Ground Running”

Anyone who has strolled into the Shadowloo Base or toured the New Zealand countryside looking for a brawl in Street Fighter V has encountered the wakeup jab. The wakeup jab–or short, depending on the character in question–is a great defensive answer to many offensive options available in the game, but it’s not the perfect answer. In his most recent “Hit the Ground Running” article over at BROKENTIER, Jay “Viscant” Snyder discusses these quick buttons, what makes them good, and how to work around them.

In this act, Viscant demonstrates just how difficult creating the Perfect Setup can be, especially considering that “the game was designed to reduce the role of setplay and okizeme.” On top of Capcom’s deliberate efforts to reduce the effectiveness of setplay, there’s the tight timing required for each button press used to kill frames, there’s the guessing game often involved with how the opponent will tech to recover, and so on. Sometimes, if the setup in question beats a wakeup jab, that may be the only thing it beats, which calls into question whether or not the setup is worth using (or learning) at all.

If you’re looking to break new ground when it comes to proper okizeme in Street Fighter V, you’ll definitely want to check out Viscant’s post in full by following the link below. Do note that it is positively laden with frame data talk; this is a good thing, but some of us are more fond of numbers than others.

Source: BROKENTIER