Also playing BlazBlue (Limited Edition preorder) for the xbox 360. I was very happy to hear it went dual platform.

I've been sticking mostly with Litchi and Noel, but I want to learn to use Rachel.

I really like Litchi's Drive mechanic, the staff makes for some good pincer moves, but I'm not really good with the Four Winds move yet (the Sonic whirl) or the Reach moves as well as I would like. She's faster and a lot more maneuverable than Carl.

Carl reminds me a bit of Zappa from Guilty Gear XX, but relying more on splitting your concentration.

Noel is easy, she's a lot like the kickless EX mode Jam from GGXX, with a bit of Ciel/Sion from Melty Blood. She's fast like Millia Rage, but has ranged attacks with some odd hit zones. Rachel is like Testament and Dizzy together, but with only his traps and her summons. Her drive is a lot like the movement and placement game you need to master with Dizzy's Air Dashes. Her walking speed is pathetic, just like Dizzy's. Dizzy had a very powerful close combat game, but Rachel is weak. She's so unorthodox that you could be very nasty with her if you master her.

I'm really impressed how well the game works with the controller and analog sticks. I wasn't meeting with a lot of success on my Arcade Stick, but the game does have an Arcade mode as opposed to the Controller Mode, so I might see what that does.

The LE came with the same stuff Marik mentioned, but the Gamestop preorder got me an artbook too.


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