Lets take a look at Phantom Breaker: Omnia! A fast paced Anime Fighting Game!

[@rooflemonger]

Hey so here we are taking a look at Phantom Breaker Omnia! This game is out as of today on basically all platforms so I figured why not take a look at it? It may not be a game with the budget like an NRS game for sure(although its not full price either! cheaper than normal), but I think for what is there, it has a lot of heart! So why not give a watch and see what the game is about!

[@YukonJack]

Let me ask, is having a lot of heart enough to move it along and see it be more than a flash in the pan? I love mashing as much as the next guy but I love having some degree of motion inputs. DnF, Project L, and I'm sure others will have controls that are somewhat similar. Do you think no motion inputs are how most fighting games will end up being? Part of me feels it's inevitable but I also think it can be alienating when people have spent 20-30 years in the genre, to then have it simplified. I'm open to try anything and I'm in no means a purist, but some things feel like they shouldn't be totally overhauled.

[@DankPit]

Not the budget of NRS but definitely the animations

[@GamesAndAnimes]

@@DankPit This is the only problem for me too and the missing rollback of course. I played it only a hour yet, but it makes so much fun to play.

[@rooflemonger]

For full transparency, I did receive an early copy of the game. However I am only posting this video today now the game is out to be full and in the clear of the embargo and any restrictions I had about talking about the game. I do think its pretty cool for what it is! Shame about the netcode though... :(

[@S_Boomer98]

I am actually having a lot of fun so far. While there are definitely some things even beyond gameplay that I find a little questionable, my overall feelings are quite positive. I am excited to get more deep into it. When it comes to online though, it looks like the game will just crash if there are disconnects. It hardly ever happened with me, but that doesn't make it less of an issue.

[@phdbot4483]

Hmm... I can't help but feel like I should give this game a chance even without the rollback netcode, since they said they couldn't afford to put it in, perhaps with enough support they could add it leter down the line or put it in their next game. The different "grooves" sound cool! I would have to figure out which character's right for me. I might start with Kurisu, but of course that's because I really loved Stein's Gate, lol!

[@dyldragon1]

I just got this vibe that this team is super small and they were almost sad that they couldn't implement rollback at that point. Even then, I also kinda get this vibe that they kinda aren't expecting this game to do too well. Even with rollback I don't think this game would be my thing at all, but I can't shake the feeling that this team really wants to just make a game people enjoy.

[@GELTONZ]

For whatever it's worth, this is probably the best delay based netcode I've ever experienced. I can't even feel the delay against US and French players (playing from the mid-west) and the lag versus Japan is...tolerable? About the average DBFZ level? Friend of mine is clocking it at 7 frames of delay against Japan.

[@BladeVll]

I've been waiting for this game for years. I remember going to Anime Expo a couple years ago and played the demo they had there. Supposedly, there was going to be a Kickstarter for localization but it never went live.

[@SwitchPlayed]

The game is awesome if I'm being honest. Gonna have a ton of fun playing this game for my channel. Only thing is I wish it had a proper netcode. The delay based crap is annoying. But it is fun to play. I'll just ignore the reviewers on Steam (I'm on Switch) because I'm having a ton of fun with the mechanics. Thinking I might main Sophia!

[@BruhChickenTho]

“Heeelllo aaand WELCOOOOME!!” Lolol makes my day every time

[@hudsonmazzanti117]

Is there any chance we might get a breakdown of your single favorite character? I think that the game looks like fun, but I have a feeling there won't be much content so I was wondering if perhaps you might give it 1 more video before bidding it adieu.

[@rooflemonger]

Favourite character is probably Ria, but I can't honestly say I've dump serious time into everyone. I got no offline people to play with so online is my only measure of competition, so I don't really have anyone to bounce off of considering the netcode issues. I can't promise more videos on the game.

[@jcminer8466]

I haven't watched the video yet but I like this game and I'm glad you're covering it!

[@paulnoell39]

I'm very excited to get this game but I won't have it for probably 5 months if I want a physical copy. Limited Run games drags their feet on these preorders.

[@dimensionalnemesis8636]

Welllll you definitely sold me on the game, you know like aside from the trailer, but im ashamed to admit i forgot about it until now.

[@Eis7]

It's a shame that the game got released 2 days after persona 4 arena releases on consoles. It not a bad game but is probably gonna get overlooked because of its timing.

[@derekf1283]

Thanks for the video, I never would have discovered this game otherwise. I'll definitely give it a chance 🤔.

[@AliceKazaki]

Ayyy I was so excited for this game and I copped it yesterday night I’ve had so much fun with it…… also the opening is a bop

[@Keezawea]

@Jordan Jay and who asked you?

[@shadowX50]

had no idea they were making a fighting game for this series. the only other game I played was phantom breaker battle ground which is the double dragon or streets of rage like game. it was pretty fun. this game looks cool but upon a closer look, the 3d models looks kinda weird. I am pretty new to fgc but I really enjoy fighting games so I am trying to build a good collection on steam and I might pick it up if it ever goes on sale.

[@faytelinegod9541]

This game has more drip than melty blood.👀

[@BeeLy1011]

Melty is amazing and I even like the designs, but I will say, this game does have some cool characters

[@SilentAndy]

Think I'll wait for this to go on sale tbh. Idc anything about online or ranked play, so that's not the issue. For me, there doesn't seem to be ANY type of grind which means I'd probably get bored really quick after a couple matches. Even $30 seems a bit much for this. $15 - $20 and I'd buy it. It DOES look good enough (visually), so that helps.

[@Lapis_Sheep]

big fan of how this video was made

[@absoul112]

A part of me want to get the game, to support it getting an English dub (I know they're already paid that's not the point). It still annoys me that Blazblue CF doesn't have one.

[@Cheezmonka]

Dude, me too! The English dubs for the previous BB games were uncanny and are still the "real" versions of the characters in my head.

[@strippinheat]

They could have used the money wasted on a dub to pt in rollback. Priorities.

[@Aripuni1]

as I remember they dont have enough money to give BBCF actual english dub, but you already know how long story mode is

[@Cheezmonka]

@@Aripuni1 That is correct. Would've been a cool DLC update for later though.

[@cavalryunits]

Tearring Saga enjoyer?!?!?!??! Didnt expect to see that in this comment section

[@Seph2079]

Im only upset there is no tutorial explaining all this or teaching basic combos. Ill wait for combo tutorials on youtube, but this game needs to implement these if this game wants to last. I also don't like how special moves are just a direction and A. I personally don't want fighting games to be made easier. I hope we get an advanced controls option. Online runs well, but im not sure how it is with varying connections. Im glad this wasnt a $60 game, but i feel like people are going to be turned off from it because there is no tutorial or a good explanation and tutorial of game mechanics. I was figuring it out on the way, with short KZbin explainings

[@g_CashMoney]

Unfortunate release timing with persona 4 arena coming out a couple days later. And persona 4 has rollback coming later this year

[@xtato01]

Seems kind of interesting, might buy it if it goes on sale

[@QuintessenceHD]

100 players on Steam, game looks fun but I'm not really into discord fighters... Also, it lacks rollback and lacking crossplay so it appears to be dead on arrival (on the PC side at least) which is always heartbreaking.

[@BknMoonStudios]

Hope the devs eventually develop a sequel with an improved artstyle, rollback netcode and hire the *_crazy announcer_* from the trailer with some EXTRA SPICY lines, lol.

[@rooksdoubleohseven9919]

That's cool that rooflemonger likes fighting game lore, I do too. In fact there was a channel that said we should expect a recap of the Ash Crimson Saga from KoF but unfortunately I can't link it because it has yet to be posted.

[@rooflemonger]

itll come, I have time now which I didn't before.

[@rooksdoubleohseven9919]

@@rooflemonger better had. Kappa

[@xaininpc5625]

It definitely feels fun for the price, good amount of comboability at least in quick mode. As long as you can stomach having delay based netcode instead of rollback. And we will have to see how the matchmaking is if the lack of rollback keeps the player base smaller than what it could be. Haven't tried online yet but from what I've been hearing the frame input buffer online is palpable, so you can definitely feel the delay but have also been hearing it's pretty constant at least during a match. Maybe that's not too bad of a thing given the easy directional special inputs. Though large significant set delay doesn't work out for other games like Tekken so I'm skeptical but will definitely give it a chance. The price is fair but also might bring in a more casual crowd, which is great but probably means encountering more wifi connections which can be pretty painful without rollback. BTW a bigger benefit to quick mode than run speed is that you can combo after the dash normals for a shit ton more corner carry/juggles.

[@MMINTELYT_MegamanIntellect]

I'm honestly so glad I got this instead of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. This game is just too much fun. It's a breath of fresh air after putting 145 Hours into Melty Blood Type Lumina. I Don't Think I would've gotten the same feeling of excitement and enjoyment if I got P4AU. I honestly see myself being a primary player for this and MBTL, and no other fighting game. An easy 9 or even 10/10 from me.

[@Aripuni1]

persona 4AU got rollback for better online experience + its fuc***g persona, just saying

[@MMINTELYT_MegamanIntellect]

@@Aripuni1 Yeah, I know... But, if I did play P4AU, I wouldn't have any kind of different experience with it, since it just feels similar to Type Lumina Gameplay. Other than that, it just looks uninteresting. This game, on the other hand, felt like a change of pace I really needed after playing Melty Blood Type Lumina so much that I forgot about other fighting games.

[@BeeLy1011]

@@Aripuni1 Will get rollback*

[@BzaafiedTheFerocious]

I have both and enjoy both, but Phantom Breaker feels much closer to Melty Blood than P4AU. P4AU is like a Jojo fighting game without Jojo characters. The Personas make for unique gameplay styles; if you were looking for a game that had diverse playtime either title should have checked that box.

[@MMINTELYT_MegamanIntellect]

@@BzaafiedTheFerocious Honestly speaking though, I feel like Phantom Breaker Omnia is actually a mix of Smash, Classic Melty Blood, Under Night In-Birth, and to an extent, Guilty Gear Strive. That's what I like about it, and why I think it has more diverse play time. It just feels nice to play a game that has a different pace and different aesthetic after playing nothing but Melty Blood Type Lumina, which is a generally fast-paced game with no time to think at all. Like I said before, I Don't think I would've gotten the same feeling if I played P4AU

[@FakeFlameSprite]

it might be just me but until I watched this I was saying phantom breaker omina lmao never the less it still seems interesting!

[@mrpinguimninja]

I can't quite put my finger on what, but there's something about the animations of the game that feel a little bit weird. I was hovering over it on steam considering adding it to the cart when you said it isn't rollback. It made the decision a lot easier

[@Raxyz_0]

Interpolated animation. A couple of keyframes with the movement smoothed out between them. It looks terrible on a fighting game, especially one with 2D sprites. The genre needs the anticipation and follow-through which aren't present in that method, and recent games have been going hard at it. Even indies like TFH. The visuals are functional but definitely on the "meh" side of things.

[@lidounai]

I bought it just to support the scene, but with p4u right behind it, I'll probably spend more time playing p4u.

[@ZaxFSO8083]

I was interested in this series because of phantom breaker battlegrounds: overdrive so I’ll stick around even if it turns out I’m not much of this game specifically.

[@thepear6684]

No Rollback is bad but easy inputs are great. That’s a tuff decision

[@Ramsey276one]

Oh It’s a new game? I saw a vid last night!

[@Ramsey276one]

5:25 oh THANK YOU for that

[@preposteroussvideos]

If they do my biopic I want you as the narrator

[@danielmakutamado-kuma6826]

Great video,glad you covered it since is a very niche game, even for fighting games standard I just have one question, does the game has proper online lobbies or it just a 1vs1 room?

[@rooflemonger]

Literally couldn't get a single game in during the early access period so who knows lol. I just picked bad times to try I guess, probably 20 or less people had it before it launched, just me, and some press

[@danielmakutamado-kuma6826]

I see, i'm curious since i heatd it doesn't have player match style lobbies for multiple people to hang out and instead it has a 1vs1 only room similar to KOFXIII I'm part of a Xbox FGC and we want to give the game a try (even knowing about the delay base netcode situation well in advance), however without lobbies it gets very annoying trying to play with everyone at once

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

I have both the collectors edition and digital editon.

[@TehDompie]

Down to personal taste for sure, but for me it is the first fighting game I haven't really liked since Fantasy Strike

[@Ramsey276one]

4:10 the Styles are pretty fun and interesting

[@huevonesunltd]

This game's average players per day on steam according to steamcharts: 7 That's crazy low considering that the launch of a game is most of the time the highest peak of players a fighting game will have. And netcode flatearthers still claim that rollback netcode doesn't contribute to sales. It might not be enough to keep a game alive but it is the thing that helps the most, the rest is up to the community.

[@roseorchid7981]

I may have to buy this game...🤔🤔🤔

[@CapcomSwagg]

Shame this and Persona decided to ignore the Rollback situation cus it looks like some good fun like Dengenki bunko FC.

[@Sonic171K]

This is the hardest fighting game I ever played. Holy shit is it pissing me off to no end already and I just bought it.

[@icemarvel0791]

Wtf how have i not heard of this game till now

[@preposteroussvideos]

wait is that Kurisu from Stein's gate???

[@rooflemonger]

yarp

[@GamersUniteYT]

Yep

[@corneliustoler7589]

I need you too quit getting me too spend my money lol

[@rooflemonger]

all money must be given to fighting games

[@angiestrowbridge2157]

Nah, i'm good, but commenting for the algorithm

[@eduardofigueiredo2491]

Interesting mechanics. It is a shame that probably only a few people will play this game.

[@Ramsey276one]

We got L M Infinity Sophia Okay XD

[@Deadmare]

Its actually a re release came out in japan only on ps3

[@guigeek1989]

After playing melty blood i feel more hesitant to try this one out.

[@davidnwanze6535]

Only one question who's the grappler

[@rooflemonger]

little girl with big orc man seems to fit the bill

[@GamersUniteYT]

Gaito & Rin is the grappler

[@squishyblock406]

Does anybody know the price of this game I was thinking about buying the game?

[@rooflemonger]

40 USD is my understanding, im canadian so prices a bit different here

[@GamersUniteYT]

It's $40 this is basically a indie game it won't be full price

[@danielwilliams3161]

I might cope this

[@Charagodslayer666]

Looks cool

[@gallonthegreat7036]

If you don't mind can you do Persona 4 Arena Ultimax ?

[@Kfo221]

Oof, no rollback and no big boy characters? Man that sucks.

[@GreetingsMortal]

Looks like a flash game

[@fgc_7433]

Feels like the only thing good about this game was the Announcer in the Trailer lol

[@sakano_uzuki1159]

Yo nice

[@ecanoya]

Glad to see this finally get an international release. I played the beat 'em up spin off of the original, but never got to try out the fighting game it was based on (original was released back in 2011!). I like that they put Kurisu from Steins;Gate as a playable fighter. Would've been neat to so more members of the Future Gadget Laboratory show up too, but just Kurisu is fine.

[@Xoltie]

Can I be TouHou in this game?

[@spazzyphantasm]

The problem that I've noticed with this game is that the animations are very rough as well as the vanilla anime art style they applied to all of these characters. Something else that is strange is this odd batch of characters that look like the digitized 3d models rather than sprites. Gaito is the most noticeable example but it would seem that almost half the cast is sprites and the other half are these odd 3d models. Small point, I don't know how they managed to make a unique character design like Kurisu look so generic and bland. They even got the hair color wrong here. This game is a pass, but don't take that as small Fighting games can't be of good quality. That is simply not true, for example Rival of Aether is one of the best example of a small team doing a great job.

[@absoul112]

Always happy to hear people talking about Rivals of Aether.

[@BknMoonStudios]

@@absoul112 Rivals is pretty great, and the new Community Characters are awesome. Love using Pomme. Also, shoutouts to Skullgirls. That game will _never_ die.

[@MexicoArcadeGamers]

This game have rollback?

[@rooflemonger]

no :(

[@mightyJudah]

WHO HAS ON PS4/PS5?

[@androidps1440]

It's just me or this looks very low quality for a 2D anime fighter

[@phantomcyrano]

Even at a lower price point I see no reason to give up my money for a game like this with no rollback, particularly when DNF duel is coming out in three months and will probably end this game's lifespan when it launches. I don't have the time to invest in every game but I'm making it a point to give dollars to companies that invest in rollback. A new fg ip is great. Interesting mechanics are great. But DNF is offering those AND excellent netcode, so they get my money and time.

[@condescending28]

So it’s easy input like Power Rangers? No quarter or half circle inputs? Ugh! That just put me off from the game.

[@Kanzuki]

This game looks pretty slow by anime fighting game standards

[@pauljung9620]

kinda reminds me of dengeki bunko

[@drowsyspook3455]

Sorry but im not paying for a one button special game with no rollback

[@BknMoonStudios]

I don't think there's anything wrong with one-button specials, but the netcode, artstyle, low player count and 40 USD price point means it's a pass from me as well. I'd buy it at 10 ~ 20 USD for sure, though.

[@mathieud1256]

My gosh too many female characters, where are the boys in this harem roster?

[@Seph2079]

What happens when you give noobs a one button special move? Spammer hell. This game is going to be dead faster than melty blood, its so bad. There's just so much wrong with this game, i wish i didnt spend money on it.

[@BeeLy1011]

Melty at least has history and a small but passionate community behind it. Unfortunately this game seems to not have much supporting it sadly. (110 player peak last I checked...man)

[@damianatwood9298]

Hard pass.

[@car-keys]

Those animations look pretty ugly, and no rollback. Hard pass for me

[@metalbusi]

Another game dead on arrival because of netcode. Will japanese developers ever learn?

[@shadowmaksim]

There was a full Q&A about it. They wanted to include rollback but couldn't afford it. "Omnia" is an update to a 10 year old game with equally old coding which wasn't compatible. To get rollback, they'd have to scrap what they had and rebuild everything from the ground up. So their options were to either release "PBO" without rollback or not release "PBO" at all. No need for the casual racism.

[@shiny_lunax202]

They were focusing on releasing the game first, one of the dev said they MIGHT add rollback post launch. They said to not jump into anything tho