(PS4) ACA NEOGEO Sengoku 3 - Kurenai play-through (diff 4)
6Play-through of ACA NEOGEO Sengoku 3 (this was the Japanese version--I bought this a few weeks ago to play with a friend, when the North American version still wasn't out--but you can still play the US version in it; the only difference is the X and O buttons are swapped in the config menus) as Kurenai, the kunoichi.
Time stamps:
0:30 - settings
1:01 - game manual
2:58 - game intro
3:43 - How to Play
5:02 - Kurenai play-through begins
Noise Factory took over development in this outing; the previous games in the series, developed by SNK, were weird, fast affairs; this one, on the other hand, is much more polished, with an actual combo system and elaborate special moves, but enemies take so much damage (to be fair, I was using the lightest-hitting character) that the game becomes a real grind! It doesn't help that the stages are incredibly bland, and most of the enemy character designs are none too thrilling.
(So, looks like the mistake I made was playing single-player on the default difficulty, 4. On difficulty 1, which I have tried since I recorded this, the enemies have not ridiculous amounts of health--you still take the same damage when hit and stuff, but the game is no longer a grind! So if playing single-player, I strongly suggest playing it on difficulty one, at least at first! Don't make the mistake I made here and play it on 4! : o)
But, I made it! Whew! Two hours. : ooo I *have* played through the game co-op with a friend and it went much faster; it almost seems like the game is balanced for co-op rather than single play--for instance, while you can do long, elaborate juggle combos, in single-player, after the first few stages, the juggles take so long that you'll usually be knocked out of them by another enemy.
Recorded on a PS4 with an Elgato Game Capture HD60. (The internet at my new place is too low-bandwidth for streaming, so I'm just recording locally and uploading the video to YouTube--so no watching live on Twitch, but on the plus side, the video and especially the audio quality is higher! : )