Alright, yoda isnt as bad as I thought, in both ways. He doesnt entirely break the game - high (not mid) horizontal swings do go over his head, so you'd be best advised to not even try them against him. But he is incredibly slow, and he has a very short reach. And many of his attacks cause him to jump up, so he is still somewhat vulnerable to high attacks. A good player could keep him out of range for most of the match. Still, he doesnt feel like he entirely belongs thematically, but he's done so well that you cant help but enjoy his presence.
I havent encountered the apprentice in arcade mode, so the SW characters arent completely on the sidelines, but I havent seen them in story or tower mode.
I'd also like to reiterate the almost uselessness of the online mode. Its an *entirely* different game, because even with a perfect, almost lag free connection, you wont be able to respond to attacks that youve blocked faster than your opponent can whip out another quick attack. So its seriously button mashing beyond belief, a lot of throwing, a lot of the same move over and over etc - its somewhat amusing, but its really not all the fun because the game becomes just one "wtf!" moment over and over. Its not as if they didnt program it well, the lag is minimal, they did as good a job as realistically can be done over the internet, but it needed to be non-existent for this game to work properly.
The customization only affects stats in story mode and tower mode. In arcade mode, its purely cosmetic, and online, you have the choice of whether or not its cosmetic or functional. So yes, you can fight with a naked ivy online and not be at a disadvantage - I've already seen it twice. You also cant customize any of the "guest" characters - the star wars and anime ones. And speaking of out of place - yoda and the apprentice mesh mostly well, but angol fear looks completely out of place.
Theres a ton to unlock, but its not entirely clear how to unlock it all, so hopefully some faqs come out soon. Most of the characters you can get really easily, you just buy them for 4000G - you start with 20000G so you can buy 5 extras off the bat, and each win in story mode gets you another 10k. Not sure how to unlock the apprentice yet, but as far as I can tell, theres a space in the character select screen thats unaccounted for right between yoda and the apprentice, so its even more obvious that vader will be DLC. Hopefully, there will be other DLC characters as well.
I havent encountered the apprentice in arcade mode, so the SW characters arent completely on the sidelines, but I havent seen them in story or tower mode.
I'd also like to reiterate the almost uselessness of the online mode. Its an *entirely* different game, because even with a perfect, almost lag free connection, you wont be able to respond to attacks that youve blocked faster than your opponent can whip out another quick attack. So its seriously button mashing beyond belief, a lot of throwing, a lot of the same move over and over etc - its somewhat amusing, but its really not all the fun because the game becomes just one "wtf!" moment over and over. Its not as if they didnt program it well, the lag is minimal, they did as good a job as realistically can be done over the internet, but it needed to be non-existent for this game to work properly.
The customization only affects stats in story mode and tower mode. In arcade mode, its purely cosmetic, and online, you have the choice of whether or not its cosmetic or functional. So yes, you can fight with a naked ivy online and not be at a disadvantage - I've already seen it twice. You also cant customize any of the "guest" characters - the star wars and anime ones. And speaking of out of place - yoda and the apprentice mesh mostly well, but angol fear looks completely out of place.
Theres a ton to unlock, but its not entirely clear how to unlock it all, so hopefully some faqs come out soon. Most of the characters you can get really easily, you just buy them for 4000G - you start with 20000G so you can buy 5 extras off the bat, and each win in story mode gets you another 10k. Not sure how to unlock the apprentice yet, but as far as I can tell, theres a space in the character select screen thats unaccounted for right between yoda and the apprentice, so its even more obvious that vader will be DLC. Hopefully, there will be other DLC characters as well.
