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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#39776: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:18:31 PM

[up]Nevaaaaaa, long hair down is best

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39777: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:21:26 PM

The only thing I found really weird in the trailer was how Ruby apparently split into three at one time to dodge in the air, and then came back together.

As for the fight scenes, they can be cool, but a lot of the time I felt like they were going too fast to really let you absorb what's going on.

And I'm also someone who generally doesn't care that much, so long as the actual story is good and going.

edited 5th Oct '16 6:22:51 PM by LSBK

drac0blade Since: Jan, 2015
#39778: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:27:10 PM

It is true that the story was way better in vol. 3 then any other point, but I would like to point that this isn't necessarily a trade-off. Apparently, Monty had this outlined from the beginning, and there's no reason to believe it wouldn't have been the same if Monty was still alive.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39779: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:31:51 PM

There would've been some differences...

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EviIPaladin Some Guy Or Something from Middle-Of-Nowhere, NS Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
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#39780: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:39:52 PM

[up][up]Well, I mean the Maiden plot was explicitly said to have only become a thing around Volume 2 and not the original plot.

Which makes me wonder what Cinder's original plan was pre-Maiden plot.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#39781: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:00:13 PM

I'm pretty sure it was laid out for us already.

  • Chaos
  • No hugs
  • And a minimal amount of puppies?

Some women just want to watch the world burn.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:00:49 PM by Soble

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#39782: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:01:01 PM

I really loved Monty's fight scenes, and I honestly don't feel that V3's are noticeably worse. The choreography is excellent, blur is well-used to make them feel even more fluid, they're creative as hell. I usually tend up replaying them a couple of times just to enjoy every little detail.

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#39783: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:04:48 PM

As far as a story for a RWBY fighting game should be, a Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm styled extreme cinematic story is something I'd think would fit the best.

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#39784: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:07:20 PM

[up][up][up]And lots and lots of grimms (sic)

edited 5th Oct '16 7:07:28 PM by VutherA

TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Craving for fish
#39785: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:07:28 PM

I guess to expand on the BB thing earlier, there is a Blake palette.

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#39786: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:08:40 PM

That one's kinda hard to say, I'd have said it definitely is supposed to be so if they made the primary colour of the shirt white instead of black. Probably is though considering leaving out Blake would have been weird.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:09:10 PM by VutherA

Emperordaein Grant us eyes from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Grant us eyes
#39787: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:10:51 PM

Honestly, Makoto would have been a better choice for the Blake palette.

A corpse should be left well enough alone...
Prime_of_Perfection Where force fails, cunning prevails Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Where force fails, cunning prevails
#39788: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:15:15 PM

@drac0blade I based the plotting is better without Monty belief on the fact that he twice snuck in things I consider not the best of ideas, the fact he didn't use storyboarding at, what we've heard about his ideas for V3 (though to be fair, that could have changed regardless), that dumb dance scene, and how much he leans more towards Rule of Cool as opposed to logistical plotting.

I'm just of the opinion that Monty wasn't a good plotter. I've not received any evidence to suggest he was and enough clues from his work style, the products he's made and where his focus was, the results of creators similar to him who follow the same patterns and experience with similar people with his approach to base it off of. I could 100% be wrong, but it's not a blind assumption.

Also, when it comes to weapon designs and all that, don't they have notes for later? If not, that is a shame.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:16:12 PM by Prime_of_Perfection

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#39789: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:16:05 PM

Wait, how was the dance scene dumb?

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#39790: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:16:14 PM

[up][up][up]But Taokaka is the Cat Girl

edited 5th Oct '16 7:16:22 PM by BlackSunNocturne

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39791: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:19:36 PM

[up][up]I think it's because opinions.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39792: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:19:52 PM

[up][up][up]How was it not? It was incredibly cringeworthy and didn't make much sense coming up there.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:20:11 PM by Saiga

Prime_of_Perfection Where force fails, cunning prevails Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Where force fails, cunning prevails
#39793: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:21:06 PM

[up][up][up][up] That scene with JNPR where they just busted out into a random choreographed dance is what sequence I'm speaking about. It's a huge Big-Lipped Alligator Moment. Of course, YMMV on if it was a good idea or not, but I see it as just one of the many symptoms of Monty's style which I'm not fond of.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:27:42 PM by Prime_of_Perfection

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39794: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:21:29 PM

It was cute, but it felt really out of place.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#39795: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:22:05 PM

...it neither contributed, or took away, from anything in the story. It was honestly a fun thing that Monty wanted to do, and they were already at a dance; why wouldn't a large dance number happen there?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39796: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:23:57 PM

It wasn't large, it was just team JNPR randomly doing a ridiculously choreographed dance number we have no reason to believe they ever actual practiced or even talked about.

Like, it doesn't take away from anything, but it's still pretty silly.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#39797: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:24:02 PM

Actually, yeah.

Complaining about a random dance number while there was a dance going on is kind of stupid.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39798: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:26:13 PM

Yes, go right ahead and ignore the explanations for the problem with that. It might get in the way of your strawman.

Prime_of_Perfection Where force fails, cunning prevails Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Where force fails, cunning prevails
#39799: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:26:56 PM

It was a random thing for fun that didn't contribute anything to the story while taking up time that could be allocated elsewhere. It just felt like out of place the second I saw it. But anyway, that's why I call it a symptom. Monty liked random shit for fun without any logical considerations of it or how it contributed to the plot whenever he can find a way to fit it in. And sometimes just snuck it in even if others were against it, so there was nothing they could do to stop him. All that stuff adds up and creates a less cohesive and focused plot. And the fact that Monty saw no problem with this at all meant that the behavior would have likely continued.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:28:28 PM by Prime_of_Perfection

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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#39800: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:27:10 PM

Their dance didn't even mesh with the kind of dance party they were at. It was pretty jarring.


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