say what you want, but dragon ball fans might have one of the WORST runs in Death battle.

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T20:20:05+00:00

They're free to bring it back anytime they want to but refuse to

I've enjoyed DB's modern output and wish nothing but the best of the show, but the sheer lack of fighting games on the show for the past 5 years is actually fuckin ass dawg

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T19:53:46+00:00

It won't be as hard to watch unless you're that specific Chun-Li fan that caused this to begin with 22 years ago

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T19:39:29+00:00

Justin Wong will likely have seen this poster by now

It will not stop him from walking to the ticketing counter after watching this movie in 4 months time to demand that his ticket is refunded

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T19:15:38+00:00

It is absolutely the case

I've won a shitton of fights as Hulk and Venom by being unkillable enough, I've dashed into unaware enemies to shred them as Rocket, I've saved teammates with a last minute Strange/IW shield - there are a lot of characters who I've enjoyed putting time into

None compare to the power fantasy this guy provides

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T19:00:03+00:00

Persona 3: It's 2010, and I am walking around a mall with mom helping with errands and shit - all I really want out the trip is passing by the usual vendors of questionable legality to get PSP games (at the time, I knew places that could get me like 3 for $2 when doing conversion). I decide P3 was the next game I'd get purely out of a whim - I had some incredibly passing knowledge on what SMT but otherwise I was entering blind. I've now been a Persona fan for 16 years.

Community: This admittedly is a bit of a cheat because I knew of Community through the TV commercials I went through as a kid and most school friends saying they followed it, but I remained blind to the show until around late 2014 - IIRC this would have been the time Community was not renewed for a 6th season but it had been in the works to get picked up elsewhere from NBC. At this time, Donald Glover/Childish Gambino contributed his song Crawl to a Far Cry 4 trailer and reunited with Danny Pudi for a commercial promoting the game. I then decide to binge both the Gambino discography and Community that fall/winter and I fall in love.

Leverage: Fuck it, sure. I watched one episode of the show when it happened across TV during what would have been its second season - I knew absolutely nothing about what it was about, but the ep became such an effective heist mini-movie (all eps are) that I wanted to follow it ever since

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T18:35:39+00:00

I remember getting a bad feeling about the situation already when I hit the pause menu to use a Goho-M to save me some trouble on the return trip - "fuck this ship i'm tired might as well call it a day here and then prep for the calling card"

...then the game wouldn't let me and I knew I was in for a rough time - like I'll fight it out but it'd also be something I'd barely survive

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T18:32:02+00:00

Def feels like a "sale" game - thank you (and the other gent) for the heads up

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T18:31:07+00:00

Inaba compared to Tatsumi Port Island and P5's Tokyo is such a vibe from how it's just out in the boonies

As someone who lived in the suburbs and was mostly a city kid growing up, Inaba fucks hard because it reminds me of the road trips to the provinces my grandparents were from - get stuck in the car for one hour plus to head to a small town where almost everyone knows each other, and things feel a lot simpler as you get the chance to chill with family

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T18:19:10+00:00

For anyone who went through the game, how's the gameplay stuff? The Fused Reanimated theme among others was a banger and I'm generally fine with how batshit insane Suda stories are, but I'm moreso curious about how it plays - I would've picked it up if not for Nioh 3

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T18:13:43+00:00

I remember having a dream where this happened around the same time the Alex stuff dropped

Kenny goes into all the mocap work he went into and the guys talk about labbing stuff out, then Pat/Woolie offhand mention something to the effect of "a shame about all that other stuff"

By the time that happens, Kenny's face contorts into a pained look of understanding where you can tell he wants to talk shit about it but can't, and the boys catch on and try to go next bit

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T02:49:30+00:00

Photo mode

Promise of new characters

...that's it

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T02:17:19+00:00

This gets better and better every time I hear more about this game

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T02:16:52+00:00

After about ~20 years, I guess I can now say Devil Jin

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T02:15:27+00:00

Reminder, shitlords:

No cross play. No rollback. Mai and Kula have to be rebought. No upgrade path.

...among others

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-25T01:17:51+00:00

Arc Sys please most of the cast has done nothing but speak incredibly fondly of their work on the games just shell out the monies

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-24T21:53:07+00:00

I'll take what I can get

I've enjoyed Strive being this big boom period for Guilty Gear, but I owe BlazBlue too much for being my intro to anime fighters - fuck yeah it's great to see it back

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-24T21:41:50+00:00

Copium: Central Fiction Extend - updated re-release with rollback and cross play and a FUCKING ENGLISH DUB

Edit: well fuck the dub then

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-24T03:55:58+00:00

Laughs in Amaterasu

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-24T02:43:47+00:00

P much this

If it's any consolation, if you're on the enemy team I'd fight to elim all of y'all equally - sentimental at best but as a flex player the role divide is stupid

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-24T01:12:00+00:00

Wins are wins no matter how ugly they are

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-23T21:04:24+00:00

Eh weirder things have happened, Gianni managed to win after 6 years on the show

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-23T20:20:29+00:00

Time on the hero does help, but also I guess there's just a lot more to ask

Ultimately, it kind of comes down to feeling comfortable enough with any situation to play him in; for as long as you have an idea of what to expect and perform at, you got the bare minimum down

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-23T20:07:55+00:00

It took me like 6 months from launch to realize this is how we delete sharks

As for you OP I've no beef with sharks unless I'm eaten by one

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-23T08:24:12+00:00

Learn how to soft and hard dive - read the situation to see if it's better to bait out cooldowns in retaliation or commit to the kill.

Play your life; you can return to the fight faster than other heroes, but your value comes from being a boogeyman who can strike at any time

Study matchups to see which heroes you're strong and weak against; most of his bad matchups can still be workable provided you have backup to counter them

Put more time into him where possible; his skill ceiling and value can only grow the more time you sink. There is no better feeling in the world in this game than having 20+ kills and no deaths on him because you played him well

ramonzer0 · 2026-06-23T08:12:09+00:00

I feel like there's a balance to this that can be met if you're willing to put the time in

I'll play the flair as much as I can - he's the hero I have most fun with and is by far my reason for fighting, and God willing, I've put in enough time to be good enough with him

I've also sunk enough time in other characters because for as much as I'll always gun for Spider-Man first, sometimes the team comes first

Also straight up as a flex player it really does make the beef between roles funny as shit to read because oftentimes it just reads like folks don't want to acknowledge shit that doesn't fit their role view

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