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Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« on: October 27, 2010, 02:02:20 PM »
 :o <-- MFW seeing a ps3 friend playing a demo for Fist of the North Star. Downloading now. Will update this topic later.
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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2010, 03:25:27 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2010, 04:56:19 PM »
Whoops, accidentally posted it in the wrong forum XD. Anyways, this game seems friggan awesome, if just only due to it being Fist of the North Star. In the demo, you can play as either Kenshiro or Rei (Ken, you just face a boss with no instructions on how to play. Rei is the tutorial character).

It's a fighter game (duh), with a dynasty warrior-esque style. Square is your normal attack and triangle is your strong attack. L2 initiates your 'power up' thing, where you can use a special attack by pressing O afterwards. So, its some pretty basic stuff, but it isn't a terrible game from what I have so far seen. The regular gameplay seems to have mission objectives and the like, and you encounter other characters from the series and play out the dialogue.

I think I'll probably buy this when it comes out, lol.
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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2010, 06:14:12 PM »
Feels like Dynasty Warrior with a new skin to me.

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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2010, 07:47:03 PM »
That is how Koei is making it's money at this point, reskin an old concept and beat it like a dead horse.

Which I don't really mind I like the grind.

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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2010, 09:49:24 PM »
That is how Koei is making it's money at this point, reskin an old concept and beat it like a dead horse.

Which I don't really mind I like the grind.

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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2010, 10:53:03 PM »
Feels like Dynasty Warrior with a new skin to me.

It isn't. It's much worse.

The Kenshiro stage of the demo is frustrating because it's a boss fight and they are all about cheap hits in the boss fights.

The Dynasty Warriors portion wasn't as cheap, but it just wasn't very fun.

Still, it's Fist of the Northstar, so I'll play it.
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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2010, 12:29:18 AM »
It isn't. It's much worse.

The Kenshiro stage of the demo is frustrating because it's a boss fight and they are all about cheap hits in the boss fights.

The Dynasty Warriors portion wasn't as cheap, but it just wasn't very fun.

Still, it's Fist of the Northstar, so I'll play it.

I know, I've played it. I personally think it's terrible but I don't want to start a flame war. The animations is clunky and lack polish, it doesn't control very well and although the textures are nice, I'm pretty sure the game could've been done on PS2. Speaking of dead horses, I've honestly had more fun with the demo of Dragonball Z Raging Blast 2. (and I really am sick of dbz)

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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2010, 12:30:00 AM »
I knew when I played the demo that this game was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . already dead.


http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1132605p1.html
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Re: Fist of the North Star ps3 Demo
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2010, 01:17:31 AM »
I knew when I played the demo that this game was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . already dead.


http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1132605p1.html

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Also, I cannot refute that article at all. But I still love the game, simply due to it being FotNS. I just recently got past the first Toki arc (that's the last dubbed episode) and I'm working on the 100+ more episodes to go...

I'll wait till the game drops in price after it bombs its initial sales, lol.


Ah, as an additional service, the key to beat Jagi:

In the first tri-period of his HP, you want to keep some distance while he uses his attacks and run in arcs in order to dodge his long-distance energy shots. Get a feeling for the time delay between shots. Once you've done this, get to a distance that you can reach him after he fires but before he is ready to fire another shot. You will find that you can still quite easily dodge his attack (and if you find yourself still in the line of his shot, hit R1 in order to roll away from it). Once this is done, head straight for him and press square.

Since you were running around so much, Kenshiro is going to do a power drop kick on the guy and send him flying. This will lead to one of two things; Jagi will get hit back by a quarter of the stage, in which case chase after him and hit him with a straight square combo. Or Jagi will have hit a wall that you land right next to, in which case start a straight square combo to hit him while he is down and combo him.

At any point in time, feel free to break the boxes around the stage in order to obtain max energy or max hp (there are 2 max energy, and 1 max hp). While having the energy, you can press 'O' at any time in order to initiate the special attack that is selected at the time (I prefer One Hundred Crack Fist). Normally I wait until the very end of my straight square combo before initiating it in order to get the maximum out of the stun duration that attacking him gives you (a very useful thing when fighting him in second stage).

In second stage, the arena changes and there is a huge oil spill in the middle, with cages that pop up. The key here will be avoiding the oil, and the edges of the oil. You want to stick close to the metal cage that is near Jagi and wait until you see him throw his firebomb (remember, avoiding oil. This means we are still on a dry strip of concrete, close to Jagi). When you see it, run. In that location, the firebomb explodes as an area effect, rather than a curve effect that is a bit more difficult to dodge.

He will always throw 3 firebombs, so rinse and repeat last step.

As he leaves from the protected area and back into combat, the camera angle changes. It actually centers on where he is going to land. Use the running drop kick on him as soon as he lands and follow the advice given before; run after him, start a straight square combo and then a One Hundred Crack Fist (or other, if you prefer something else). At best, I think you can take him out with him only using those cheap firebombs twice. You should be able to take him out after he uses it three times.

The third part of the stage is pretty straight forward. When he has red energy, keep distance and dodge his long range for about half a minute. Repeat first stage steps in order to win. For the lulz, press 'x' and then '▲'. You will be brought to a new part of the stage. This only works in the third tri-period of his hp.
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