#being blunt

The Open Beta is a lot of fun, actually! 

Sadly, the servers are down at the moment, which I’m a little upset because I wanted to practice Nagoriyuki more!

Anyway, The Open Beta....I’ll list pros and cons. 

The Pros:

The animations are just amazingly beautiful, it gives more of an anime-cinematic feel to the gameplay. The stage transitions are pretty awesome, it really gives you more depth and detail on the world of Guilty Gear and its setting.

I used the stage transitions to explore the place, Arc Systems seriously put in a ton of effort into creating the stages. Not only that, but it really shines light on how strong and dangerous powerful the GG fighters are for certain characters could do a number on the environment like Sol Badguy for example. 

Characters introductions looks pretty neat, it resembles a story mode scene. Almost reminds me of the intros from Mortal Kombat 11 and their epic entrances into battle, but the difference is that there is a quiet intensity in Guilty Gear as the two characters are getting ready to face off. 

Gameplay is a bit easier than the previous games, no surprise given Daisuke’s intention on making it more ‘newcomer-friendly’. I’ll be honest, the main character that took me by surprise in gameplay is Ramlethal, her play style is vastly different. The swords aren’t used for pressure, instead she launches them at the corner and they explode like bombs, so you can tell she is making good use of them than before. Heck, she was difficult for me but I’m getting the hang of her a lot! 

The Cons:

I love the new game, but it isn’t without its flaws in my opinion.

While I did say the gameplay is easier, the combos feel restricted and there is a lack of options in being creative compared to XRD. The combos are almost based on juggling similar to Mortal Kombat or whatever. Even when you somehow adapt to Strive’s system and try to get a good combo in, the stage transitions can interrupt your momentum. 

Again the stage transitions are good, but I feel like I’m tripping over a shoe lace whenever I try to do an awesome combo. 

The damage output from certain attacks needs to be worked on. The Potemkin Buster could potentially one-shot you in a match and Nagoriyuki’s Zanzetsu is WAAAYYY too overpowered, despite being fun to pull off. I don’t want my matches ending too quickly, that is why I pick the option of 3 rounds instead of 2. 

The texts that appear in gameplay are a little....too much. The most annoying one is the COUNTER word that appears across the screen. I’m probably being nitpicky but the font and sizes of the texts can be extremely distracting for me, especially when I’m playing Nagoriyuki lol no lie, sometimes I enter Blood Rage by accident! 

The layout of the options menu and the stage/music selection was confusing for me. It’s just...too extra and all over the place. 

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In conclusion, I’m giving the Beta a solid...B-.

It’s great and addicting, but they need to work on the damage and that text. Also, I hope in the final version, we might get something to help make the combos feel more satisfying to pull off. 

The only and main redeeming qualities of the game that makes me  very lenient of it are the animations, the intros, and the stages. 

Great game and possibly the best Guilty Gear game in terms of animation and cinematic moves, but it feels incomplete. 

So apparently the death of Splinter is April’s fault....and Apriltello is dead....oh the people in this fandom....

Okay, since Im calmer, I can rant more appropriately.

Lets take in onto why April didnt save Splinter...shall we?

Remember back in the chompy episode they talked about the Aeon made April’s powers a little weak? ((I cant really remember what exactly was said.)) Well theres one of the reasons. 

Another reason is, she used up most of her levation during the Shredder fight.

Oh and after you just witnessed your Sensei getting gutted, then Im pretty sure you’d be paralyzed and shocked. After Splinter had fallen, April summoned enough of her last bit of powers to try to end Shredder once and for all. Hear me out, when you see someone die in front of you, something just snaps inside you making everything you do is beyond your bounds. Meaning when April blasted Shredder off the roof, she wasnt in her right mind. That or she didnt know she could even save Splinter, let alone shove Shredder off the roof. 

In the second part of the Finale, SPOILER ALERT!

She stopped Donnie from falling probably to his death since he was gonna land on his head, when he was on his feet, he told April he needed to get back up there. She told him she couldnt levitate him. Which makes me think she has limitation to these powers of hers.

Shes not an all magical goddess who can save people just whenever. She’s also still young, the death of splinter shocked her, she tried to save him by warning him, but sadly that wasnt enough. I mean look at these faces!

 These two were witnesses to this

Now of course she’s not gonna think “Oh let me use my unlimited use of powers to levitate this heavy pound rat to saftey” Plus even if she did, she wouldnt of saved him from death. Look how deep those blade are?

Those blades come out of his back!! They went into his stomach and out of his back. I may not be a doctor but Im pretty sure that would kill anyone. 

Not only the stabbing, but Shredder holds Splinter high, making the blades go deeper into the body. Making the wound worse.

Then theres the fall.

That fall was in slow motion for us audience so we could grasp what was happening. But in reality, it was in a blink of an eye moment. There was nothing April nor anyone could of done. Knowing April, she would of used up so much of her powers to save Splinter. But with those wounds, and the impact a fall can have, he was already dead. That fall from a building that high would of killed him during his falling Im sure. ((Dont quote me on that))

Now lets talk about April’s sudden powers when she puts down shredder.

Right here is where I think she’s gathering all of her powers that she can, her eyes becoming murderous in the process, 

You can see it in her eyes, shes going to take this guy down, shes gonna avenge her sensei, shes gonna make him feel pain and die for what he’s done. You see that murderous look as I pointed out above.

This is probably her last bit of power she has in her before she collapses from using up so much of her powers already.

And dont forget again, the crystal weakened her. So this might be at her most powerful? Maybe. I could be wrong.

With Casey’s help she, they achieved something, at that time. They  avenged Splinter, their teacher, so they thought.

Lets talk about the wound.

Yes, Leonardo’s hand is soaked with blood. It this was on another network, this would be the gory. Im glad this show doesnt show much blood cause I wouldnt be able to stomach it. But Splinter’s top half of his robe would be covered in blood. Mikey probably would have some on him 

As the picture says, notice how Mikey is positioned, he isnt on top of Splinter like he was back in season three, hes holding his father’s hand and laying his head on it, it could be that theres so much blood he doesnt wanna get closer to it. That or, something else I cant really theorize it properly. 

What Im trying to say is, blood. LOTS of it.

Donnie and Leo would at least be sitting in the pool of blood of their fathers, meaning levitation or not, he would of died from the amount of blood. And the impact of that fall.

I do close this subject with this... APRIL IS AND WILL NEVER BE AT FAULT FOR OUR PASSING SENSEI. So whoever started this frenzy need to just really speculate before just blaming.

APRILTELLO IS DEAD SUBJECT

So is this why April is being blamed? Cause she’s apart of a ship that some dislike? If so, thats obserd! This person who started this was obviously a Capril shipper.

Because gosh forbid, one cant comfort another and not be tied into stupid romance.

Is this why Apriltello is dead? Cause he comforted her? I mean, I dont care either way, Capril is adorable and I do like them, Like all ships. I honestly dont care. What Im getting at is its pretty immature that you try and rub this in Apriltellos face claming that ship is dead.

Apriltello will never die, as long as it has shippers, it wont ever die, just like the ship Capril. That ship wont die cause it too has fans. Do I ever claim that its dead, hell no, cause that would be incredibly rude to the Capril shippers, like its rude to Apriltello shippers.

Most of dont like Caprils cause fans like the ones who are immature ruins it, well atleast that goes for me, I dont mean to speak for all. Its just....incredibly offensive is all.

Ships never die. Canon or Fanon, EVERY ship will live on. Cool it with the immatury, it makes you look like spoiler kid. 

I know im gonna get a lot of flack from this, but this needed to be said before this crap grew worse and more irritating.

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Be mature, please, I dont babysit. Also feel free to add onto this. But be respectful to one another. I dont condone with jerks.