GameXplain Writes: "And it is those more casual fighting fans that this feature is meant for. It's possible that some gamers missed out on Blazblue: Calamity Trigger even though their friends raved about it. Now that Continuum Shift is out, those same gamers may be interested in picking it up. The game does try to catch new players up in its Story Mode to what happened before, but I feel that more detail is necessary in order to truly prepare casual fighters for what the story is about. To that end I will describe the original game in three features."
"Getting into a long-standing fighting game series is always a challenge for new players. There are so many characters and different versions to go over for many of them and going up against seasoned players who’ve been with the series for years is one of the biggest barriers. BlazBlue, however, has something a lot of other games don’t have; a ton of story. The series is known for having a lot of story content, which can make that initial barrier even harder for new players because if they jump into a new game and play the story mode, they aren’t going to be able to follow it." -- PlayStation Enthusiast
The 'visual novel' is a rather unknown videogame genre. Or is it? Professor Layton, Phoenix Wright and many other games are sneaking into the limelight by combining traditional visual novel storytelling with innovative gameplay elements. Do they have the potential to go mainstream?
Although I love them, I don't really consider pure visual novels like Higurashi or Umineko to be games... however I like that there are more and more games nowadays that use visual novel aesthetics as their story telling device
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One version is enough for me. If they change everything I'll buy it.
Great article!