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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Fate/Unlimited Codes

I got this game because:

1. I know Winger and Retarded Bunny will like it
2. The other games I wanted were not there and I didn't want to go home empty-handed from a game store if I could help it.
3. I had the money.
4. It was there.

Aftre playing the Arcade Mode using Saber, Shiro and Beserker, I realised that this game is.... BLOODY BROKEN, in gamer terms. For those non-gamers, this means that the game is imbalanced, or rather, imbalance makes the game.

Why?

Fact #1: AIs read your every move, especially Beserker's AI.

Beserker is insanely overpowered. He has mad range, mad speed and mad power. Imagine if he can read your every move.

When I pull out Avalon, they automatically stop attacking (If they hit Avalon, they get bashed by Excalibur).

Castor is a range fighter and can paralyse you, warp you and blast you with insane magic. If she can read your every move, you won't even be able to get near her.

Fact #2: Most characters are overpowered.

Let's see. Saber pulls out combos so fast, you can just sit and wait until she finally decides to throw out Excalibur as a combo finish.

Lancer and Assassin has mad range, speed and can combo just as well as Saber.

Archer has delayed range attacks, so he'll break you out of a combo een if you hit him.

Beserker has mad range, does mad damage, and has mad speed. What's more? He has super armour. That means when you have to hit him a number of times before he flinches, which is stupid. His grab attacks are also quite long-ranged and are unblockable. Jumping seems to be the only solution.

Castor bombs you far away using magic and makes sure you stay there.

Rin and Kirei will trap you to a corner and bash you with combos that are endless as long as you don't touch the ground.

Gilgamesh can pull out high-damage, high number combos and finish with Gate of Babylon.

I haven't really observed the others.

Fact#3: Supers and Grail Supers are no different in terms of damage.

Grail Supers just look more showy.

Fact #4: Combos are easy to pull, but Supers are painful to use.

Supers require a lot of directional pad pushing.

In other words, it's gonna be a long time before I can excel in this game.

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