Sajam Tries BlazBlue Central Fiction | Step 1: Character Select

[@Sorrelhas]

Sajam picking Nine is the biggest declaration of war against Jiyuna

[@uncreativearro]

I mean, Jiyuna is a Ram player, so he's the enemy.

[@kennythekid130]

Why would Sajam declare war against himself?

[@Sorrelhas]

@@kennythekid130 He's going through his Spider Man 3 phase

[@LunaMinuna]

I was so pissed but I’m still rooting for him 😭

[@riastradh]

@@uncreativearro if I’m the enemy, does that mean I have to be more toxic now

[@TempestDacine]

"Oh the dead angle got low profiled" Welcome to blazblue. Where u have 10 options on defense and all of them are wrong.

[@SPZ-gv2on]

That's the fun part. Just gotta win before they get in

[@Sorrelhas]

Doesn't Guilty Gear have stuff like this too? If you get a read on a Dead Angle you can block and even punish it

[@plannedtuna8293]

@Sorrelhas yes, dead angle (aka counter assault in this game) works just like GG prior to strive, it’s a unique attack for every character

[@happycamperds9917]

I think most DA in +R are relatively easy to lp.

[@RycoreXIII]

@@Sorrelhas the difference is guilty gear has two or three answers on defense that are also all wrong.

[@GanguroKonata]

The story of BlazBlue is "Ragna will never be allowed a good day in his life and this will continue on loop for centuries"

[@JohnGlow2]

Worst part is for the most part all dude wants to do is just mind his business, but literal gods tell him to go fuck himself just cause they’re bored and don’t have anything else to do. Thats it, that’s the most simple way I can describe the blazblue story.

[@Zakaker]

@@JohnGlow2 Tbh the fact that a god is bored and doesn't have anything else to do is the reason why he exists in the first place

[@leithaziz2716]

Out of curiousity, is it over? I've been mostly on GG lore (and really like it), but I know that at the end of BB, Ragna apparently dissapears and everyone forgets about him? I think that was suppoused to be the end and people didn't like that shit. There was a similar dislike about Jin who seemingly gets worse with each new game? Kinda like a Reverse-Ky. What's that about?

[@BknMoonStudios]

@@leithaziz2716 I think Rachel is the only one that still remembers him and Tsubaki becomes the new Hakumen. BB lore is weeeeeeeeeird...

[@leithaziz2716]

@@BknMoonStudios Dude, I'm a GG-lorehead and it's my favorite story in the genre. If the lore makes me appreciate the cast more and has character depth to delve into through the plot music, or animations, I don't care how weird it gets. It's kinda like Daisuke is Hideo Kojima but anime if that makes sense. That's the vibe he gives me, but it works really well. It's more that I've kinda heard the opposite about how characters in BB are handled. I feel like people who actually keep track of the plot don't like what it's done to the cast. That's where the Jin example comes to mind. That's the vibe I got from Jiyuna's chat. Why is that? Feel free to correct me if im wrong as I like approaching things positively. Im the outsider here FYI so sorry if this came off as weird. I'm curious.

[@neruneri]

Look, we need to respect the speed of light.

[@NotFortheMoonay]

Fuck the speed of light. All my rollback homies disrespect the speed of light

[@absoul112]

I see you're a commenter of culture as well.

[@gabrielpozlotka3473]

7:15 it doesn’t matter if you won’t play him, you get Jubei so that you can listen to Stand Unrivaled on repeat

[@TempestDacine]

U get it

[@MadRavenOo]

This!

[@Skallva]

@Hunter Rayna He's a DLC on Steam

[@flipperflapper6682]

truest words never spoken before

[@midnighthawkshow]

I played BB ever since the Calamity Trigger, but never took it seriously. Then came the pandemic and I found an online local for my country, and have been practicing ever since. SO HAPPY, that i can now also play with people from other countries anytime i want.

[@crucialstormxyz9352]

Same here, starting with Continuum Shift. Never did it much because not much was happening that time. But with this, I can't wait either to into it again with Central Fiction with Rollback now

[@Cheezmonka]

I, too have played since the first game, but mever took it too seriously. I probably still won't because the skill ceiling for this game is NUTS and it scares me, but I will play online sometimes with rollback.

[@TrueAmmySensei]

Alright, Sajam, I'll give you the Nine BnB for every starter: Buttons > Rock > Buttons > Freeze > Buttons > Fairy. Nine's combo routes are like the saying "All roads lead to Rome". Almost all of her kit leads to the freeze route. Also, works on everyone and leads into oki. You can thank me later!

[@KarmaSpaz12]

The weird beeping noise is something you can turn on to get your combo timing right. With it turned on you can view the demo with the sounds of when the buttons are pressed and you can try and match them if sounds are easier than visual cues.

[@Rizvi365]

Wow. I would've never thought of something like that but that's incredibly helpful actually lol ty!

[@MoriBoita]

Sothe game becomes a rhythm game lol

[@Shining4Dawn]

Sajam in other games: How's this character? How's that character? Maybe this is a Sajam character...? Sajam in BBCF: I'll main Nine. Maybe try out someone else? Nah. Nine.

[@jonc8561]

Because he knows shes top tier

[@marrubium8559]

I would have bet on Mai, big normals is his stuff usually

[@Bigparr43]

I'm happy that more attention is finally being paid to Centralfiction. It's my favorite fighting game of all time. The characters are wild and inventive, the systems are deep and the basic gameplay isn't too difficult to pick up, especially if you play fighting games already. I'm subbing just to see you try out and comment on other characters. I hope you can bring more pros into this underrated gem

[@goodietankfunny]

The funny part is that Mori didn't put so much into balancing, kinda just went fuck it

[@Bigparr43]

@@goodietankfunny I mean the balancing is decent in Centralfiction. In previous games, not as much.

[@freshbroceries4601]

"Some people don't play the character for their normals and cool ass gameplay" immediately reminds me of skullgirls.

[@MFMagnus]

Wait until Sajam finds out ES means "Embryo Storage."

[@Yepmyaccount]

Active flow has a hidden bar (very dumb), that increases up to 1000, with each action giving a certain number of points toward it. Generally, offensive play will reward more points, EA rewards a lot of points and generally gets you the rest of the way there. CT is also a good way to get points.

[@yourbellboy]

i approve everything about u and ur comment 👍

[@carlossanchez5311]

There is an "attention" message poping out when you are about to hit active flow, the next clean hit activate it or during combo dumping meter, overdrive or extent the combo long enough activate it, but as you say several action increase the hidden gauge, blocking, teaching grabs and stuff

[@PatVX1]

I'm so stoked to play Blazblue again. Call me generic, but Ragna the Bloodedge is one of my favourite fighting game characters ever. I tend to be a little bit braindead and aggressive in my playstyle, so I'm not suited to technical or tricky characters. I also tend to be a sucker for typical edgy anime character designs, and I love characters that make use of both hand to hand combat and actual weapons simultaneously. As a result, Ragna is one of my favourite characters to play, and Blazblue Chronophantasma was my first fighting game I ever bothered to learn properly. Blazblue for life.

[@cspcchcody]

Hey, their is no characters call generic, if Ragna suit your playstyle, that's good for you BTW, Hibiki main here(training to be)

[@NoSmoke1]

Ragna and Sol are peak fighting game design period. Arcsys just can't miss

[@Micha-Hil]

3:14 hearing sajam saying "action!!" and "nice!! :D" is so cute

[@whizthesugoi]

Rollbackya always impresses when they announce a new treat with an old kingdom

[@PapaSmashySmash]

Theres something bittersweet about getting to see other people live your dream. BBCF is my favorite fighting game and I'm glad to see it grow, but I don't have a way to play on pc right now.

[@agaed7676]

It is on sale right now

[@the0therethan]

@@agaed7676 it’s possible they simply don’t have a pc lol

[@JohnGlow2]

That’s how I feel since the PS4 version has no rollback. I’ve just been labbing in case the time ever comes 😔

[@brianbonn5733]

I believe the rollback is coming to console, unless I misread it

[@agaed7676]

@@brianbonn5733 only for bbtag

[@walterburdzy5408]

I can only imagine the future of Nine's bathwater style comments. Twitch Chat have mercy on our souls.

[@gstellar96]

Honestly I've come to realize the characters and their combos are fun when you get to know them it's just EVERYTHING ELSE

[@corporealaegis9634]

Nine is one of the most fun and interesting fighting game character I've ever played. BB in general has some really awesome characters.

[@juno.2190]

When I checked the time stamps and I saw "Trying Nine" I died a little on the inside

[@AresGod0fWar]

3:18 Everyone’s reaction when we found out BBCF was getting rollback. “Niiiice!” Low key I have always liked the announcer’s voice.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Ah rollback, so that's why there was a sale. Now me and all my 0 friends who play this can brawl! \o/

[@Sorrelhas]

Where you from

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@Sorrelhas EU. I don't wanna play btw, no time. I'm just mooding. :P

[@cylondorado4582]

If you had friends that played it, it wouldn’t need rollback as bad.

[@kingbraxhii6091]

One of my favorite things about games like BB getting brand new traction is seeing Sajam play them and learn it

[@_Adie]

I'm so glad the intro skip is in this video. That moment legit took me out during the stream. Never in my life I've been so glad I said something in the chat.

[@Sorrelhas]

True heroes make Sajam skip the intro right before the best part of the song

[@karuiGaming]

Man, I remember playing casually with my friends way back. He uses Nine, and he was just a pain lol. Nine is really just hard to approach with her wide/long reaching normals and her Drive spells that span the whole screen.

[@Keihart]

Never played Central Fiction much despite playing a bunch of CT and CS. Yesterday i tried Nine, i have a new main, what a fucking fun concept for a character, Magicka like casting on a fighting game, never would i guessed it.

[@fernandaps2]

I like that you don't really have a go-to archetype your mains are like all over the place

[@DarkProdigy820]

Ngl I think that Sajam might like Es. Big buttons, neutral dominant.

[@FOGSHIE]

What does Es stand for? I keep trying to find an answer but no one will answer. They just get this weird look on their faces.

[@wannabewallaby3248]

yea figured she was a really Sajam-y character so i was surprised when he didn’t even mention her

[@RedheadedReaper]

@@FOGSHIE Embryo storage. Es is for ___

[@FOGSHIE]

@@RedheadedReaper Ayo? 😟

[@ParagonFury]

"Big buttons" and nothing else.

[@nhall129]

Just can through again cuz i forgot to mention how GOATed this thumbnail is

[@drantino]

theres about 3 things i would say going into this game compared to others fighters 1:this games hitboxes and most hurtboxes are accurate which leads me into point 2 2:a few moves have foot and head invincability, its to hard to find out what each move is considered since i know a few like kaguras 2C is considered foot so alot can beat it out. as for head invincability this isnt things you block high, its if there in the air. theres alot of ground overheads that cant be beaten out of the head invincability moves 3:challange mode is actually decently accurate, you do got to see some replays to see certain things like micro dashes(i know of a few that have them) and delays

[@riku582]

You know, even though the online crashed within the first hour, I don't think I've ever been happier to have an issue with CF's online. I have so many people to play with right now in comparison to 2 days ago, it's almost overwhelming.

[@kokujinn6970]

Nine is inspired by one of the best spell casting mechanics ever made. Dota's Invoker. How they managed to mash that system into a fighting game. Arcsys need more burn, what a fucking power play.

[@Sm1ttyBoyTellEm]

I've been waiting for Sajam Blazblue for so long

[@gekisage7448]

I hope there will be a lot of guides and begginer friendly support from the community, I am really interested in playing it better and there's just too much to learn and too many characters and specific mechanics, I used to play GG quite a bit and MB, not good on them but I understand how they work so...

[@leithaziz2716]

This reminds me of when I first started Guilty Gear with Xrd Rev 2 and there were almost NO good tutorials online. I learned it the hard way and it became my favorite fighting game of all time.

[@goodietankfunny]

Try joining the BlazBlue discord if you use it or havent been there yet.

[@Kool212]

I only played up to CS and to see what this game has become is absolutely nutty.

[@chicco5033]

Honestly Arakune is way crazier than Zappa. Arakune is a big constant "WTF?! Where did that come from?".

[@leithaziz2716]

Arakune looks like a sentient blob while Zappa's a guy who gets possesed Ring-style. I'm not suprised about that.

[@dravguitao7265]

Did you know that Arakune is the Blazblue version of Zato-1? In fact, BlazBlue was created by Arcsys because at the time; they could not make Guilty Gear games because they did not own the rights to the Guilty Gear franchise. Then as BlazBlue became more popular; they used the money from the BlazBlue franchise to buy back the rights from Sega.

[@leithaziz2716]

@@dravguitao7265 From what I understand, they had the rights to Guilty Gear, but SEGA gained the rights to several Guilty Gear characters. That's why when they were developing Overture, Dizzy is never directly seen normally, despite being pretty important to the overall plot and affecting Ky and Sin's character. They bought back the rights to the other characters and made Xrd.

[@Naota753]

@@dravguitao7265 Carl is more of the Zato/Eddie function. Play 2 characters simultaneously with their own separate attacks controlled at the same time with a meter limiting access to Eddie/Nirvana. Arakune is unique to BB. Doesn't really have a good GG comparison. Maybe a little like ABA with the whole 2 modes thing, or a little like Zappa with the whole "build up to a more powerful state (curse/Raoh)".

[@dravguitao7265]

@@Naota753 I can see that. I think that because nearly every BlazBlue character has a Guilty Gear color palette that the BlazBlue character is loosely based on. That is why I made that comparison, and knowing the history of those two franchises. Also, I think that Relius Clover is closer to Zato-1 because that the ability to overwhelm you with their combo potential and trickery with their puppets.

[@jakoski]

Honestly, I thought Nine would just go way over my head, but this vid actually made me realize how cool her spell mechanic is. Like, Nine is a really cool character mechanically and I see that now.

[@AbhorrentRose]

I've never played a BlazBlue game but for it being on sale and rollback I don't mind encouraging this with a buy. Also I'm kinda curious what the coomers in Sajams chat were saying lmao, shit had me rolling.

[@whizthesugoi]

Same stuff they'll say when Baiken is released

[@WarlockLov3]

I was watching live, they said all sorts of shit. Just horny posting.

[@Bigparr43]

Just wait until they find out that she had a kid with Jubei...the cat. Not a cat girl type of cat, a literal cat that walks on 2 legs. Or that Es was a man that was magically transformed into a woman because reasons. BlazBlue is really weird. Amazing game though

[@nicholaskarras2759]

@@Bigparr43 Mai was the one to got transformed into a chick not Es from memory.

[@AbhorrentRose]

@@WarlockLov3 Degenerates I swear, cannot contain themselves smh.

[@DjOneOne]

im so happy bbcf is getting the chance it deserves much love

[@kyl0ooart]

hope bandai namco taking notes

[@qthestruggler2715]

FighterZ and Tekken need rollback netcode bad. Like a thirsty man in a desert 🏜

[@Setteri_]

It's nice to see this game getting some love. I got it months ago just to mess with trials since the online was dead and still had a blast.

[@BloodyBulletShellz]

BB tag is amazing and I had to drop it because the online sucked and none of my friends wanted to play, this is amazing I cannot wait to play as blitztank again.

[@pauljung9620]

it feels like bbcf just released

[@slash5235]

Nice to see more people playing Blazblue, I wanted to take it more seriously years ago but gave up on that because Europe lobbies are always empty. hopefully it will improve. I just focused on the visual novel instead. I have been playing mostly Hazama, fun to use.

[@saadhasan2518]

As someone who played BBCT on Xbox 360 so I'm really hyped for BBCF getting rollback is great I can play characters like Hazama (Blazblue's Ash Crimson personality wise as both are trolls)

[@Viviantoga]

AFAIK the overall story for the franchise ends up something like "My imaginary brother time travels and transforms so I can become three piles of living swords, and not even the gods can figure out how to stop this infinite loop of destruction (the answer is suicide)."

[@goodietankfunny]

"But I too am a god and can only restart the world when something happens that I dont like"

[@Viviantoga]

@@goodietankfunny Continuum Shift right down to a T.

[@KWCHope]

YES YES YES YES YES, I joined BB back in CPE on Xbox and eventually came around to CF on PC and holy shit is it amazing, it was my first ever Fighting game too!

[@tommyc8006]

i think the trials in CF are very good. they are not as good as uni but they are pretty solid for giving you combos. not the optimal routes but not bad. for some characters their trials are close to what you actually want to do too

[@icwatch]

Susanoo mains rise up!

[@goodietankfunny]

This game getting rollback on my birthday was honest to god really damn awesome

[@BasedSif]

Just happy people playing CF. Love this game

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

12:35 "I don't care what you think about this character sexually,please leave my chat." Future meme material right here.

[@JohnGlow2]

Sajam prove you’re a man of refined tastes and hop aboard the Kagura train.

[@BrawlerGamma]

"Some people do not play the character for their normals..." --Sajam 2021

[@Aikrehn]

I never bothered learning BlazBlue because I had no one to play with. Guess it's finally time. Good shit Arc-Sys

[@ziggyberts]

I find it hilarious that of all characters in this game, Sajam decided to play Nine first of all of em lmao. She's such godlike fg character but holy shit she is hard as fuck

[@SingerOfW]

19:35 Honestly, has there ever been a Guilty Gear character who made people go "Oh, this is going to be a fun match-up, I can't wait to play against this character"?

[@leithaziz2716]

That was Potemkin for me in Strive. A really good Pot or just one that spams Megafist all the time is annoying, but otherwise, it's a pretty fun match. Faust and Goldlewis matches are usually ok.

[@mauricioadv451]

I hope Xrd rev2 gets rollback too. Pls arc make it happen.

[@IfWhatYes]

Pretty sure they won't because it's hard to do with 3d models if it wasn't designed around it. That's why they did +r instead

[@leithaziz2716]

@@IfWhatYes It's hard, but not impossible. I can see them working on it after Strive is done. If that's the case, I'll be patient.

[@goodietankfunny]

Unreal Engine 3 is more difficult to do it with, also they'd probably lose all their strive player base if they got rollback onto Rev 2 lol

[@auroricaura]

I LOVE how nine plays but ain't no way I'm playing her because I play small brain characters

[@DepressedMicaiahASMR]

I'm gonna throw every arakune player i know at you including myself. Your not ready

[@eduardoserpa1682]

It's been great to go back to the game that started it all for me. Until I played BBCF I was never interested in fighting games beyond playing MK/Naruto in parties once a year.

[@mamertvonn]

DID SHE JUST FIRE A LASER FROM HER HUHA?!!!

[@ryugalul3414]

i always thought blazblue looked fire but never played it because no rollback. Now it has rollback and i finally have an excuse to give it a shot

[@xiyalocan8535]

The only reason I didn't get this game is its freaking size, why that much tho? Edit: at 9:30 he says "the game getting smaller", does that mean it's smaller now, or that's what should happen?

[@Discotechque]

Mostly because of story mode dialogue being voiced, and BBCF has a lot of story dialogue. Remove that and you'll almost half the disk space necessary for the game.

[@MrSabnova3415]

Embrace the darkness within! Main susanoo, azrael, or terumi 😂

[@kyuurogane6254]

Sajam picking Nine is the best thing I’ve seen all year. Welcome to the witches, Sajam!

[@liamatte]

Cant wait to start screaming persona quotes again.

[@RagingFuryMC]

I'm not surprised that he chose Nine, so far.

[@Sonix07pr]

WOAH WOAH WOAH WAIT WHAT THE FUCK. I REMEMBER SAYING I’D CRY IF THEY GAVE BBCF ROLLBACK LIKE TWO YEARS AGO. IS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING??? TIME TO DESTROY MY HANDS ON NAOTO :’)))

[@c-love6753]

Now i want to see Sajam try out Hazama. Then my live will be complete

[@Mr.Faust3]

I’ve found love In Susanoo and possibly hakumen

[@LostTimeHero]

Nine has two big reasons why newbies play her

[@shinbakihanma2749]

The same two big reasons I pick Es😋

[@boredomkiller99]

Big hit boxes and conversions?

[@NotFortheMoonay]

The same reason people play Azreal

[@TempestDacine]

Kunzite and morganite

[@goodietankfunny]

wait until you find out about Mai and her spear Also Nine's 214D (or was it C) is sick

[@KenBladehart]

Cant wait to see Sajam get bodied in BlazBlue instead

[@dorianblegu]

I love Jiyuna!

[@Chris8763]

I hope you try out more characters than just nine in the future, not because i hate nine, because blazblue’s got a lot of really cool characters and they all feel really unique in their own way

[@GARMkidd]

"dude it's my house"

[@2ndai385]

This is Jiyuna's vision. Sajam playing anime

[@cylondorado4582]

12:29 Damn it guys, stop giving Big Tiddy Waifu Enjoyers a bad name. We’re not all pervs… that’s not true, but we’re not all spurgs.

[@fakeigniz13]

Perfect reason to bring back mvc2

[@Owl_Coup_Productions]

Majin Obama said to look up ES on Twitter and as a new BB player as of a day ago I'll never look at this series the same way again 😳

[@ehvaandal]

I looked it up but don't see what he's talking about, embryo storage? Like shes pregnant? Or the embryo is something magic related? What am I missing?

[@ES_Solace]

@@ehvaandal From what I understand she is Es is sort of a super soldier meant to be a vessel for a magical macguffin called the Embryo. I can't quite say for sure because most of this info is in a BlazBlue visual novel, and BB lore is a bit of a mess to understand, but no she isn't pregnant or anything its just magic stuff. Her name is funny though.

[@ehvaandal]

@@ES_Solace ah so it's just the name?

[@satin7659]

I was fairly hesitant to grab this game due to it looking far too complex but this doesn't seem too bad

[@PopstarDracula]

Its one of the smoothest feeling fighting games imo, if not the smoothest, as far as 2D goes and nine is easily the most complex character and is still not that complex. Every character has their own gimmick but 9's the only one who just gets like 10+ extra moves, most just get like 4 that do whatever their gimmick is, like steal meters.

[@SPZ-gv2on]

It has a really high skill cap and a ton of insane things to do, but it's not that hard to get into and it feels great.

[@AlriikRidesAgain]

As an Arakune main... Yeah, no, my friends hate my stupid warpy shifty floaty dashy buggy ass. Anytime I throw into distortion w/ bugs, they look at me like I committed some sort of war crime.

[@vroomvroom1627]

The way i chose a character is i will exclusively play characters with guilty gear pallet swaps

[@Grade3DrawTrigger]

Unless 1 or 2 characters are left out I believe every character has a GG color. They even re use some colors because Noel has had an I-No color forever, but then they gave Nine one as well when she finally released.

[@richman6974]

Yer a Phantom, Sajam.

[@bruhyote132]

So when is capcom going to give in and give us Street Fighter 4 rollback?

[@jeanschyso]

I'm so happy :D

[@thepear6684]

Looks interesting

[@Rotavas]

Play Naoto, and good luck 😂

[@Giraffinator]

glory to animeilluminati

[@kinginthenorth1437]

Ed Boons tweet about putting rollback into old NRS games (MK 9, Inj1) was trolling that Japan fighting game dev Zoom call the Japanese fighting game devs did where they all talked about the industry and refused to talk about netcode. He was just pointing out how old NRS games without rollback are. Also Ed Boon Tweets generally should not be taken seriously as confirmation of NRS doing anything in particular.

[@hazelv.a.7976]

If you don't 1v1 Jiyuna imma be disappointed.

[@dankmemesdonedirtcheap2714]

I really hope they put rollback on the ps4 version of bbcf

[@boofboofv2]

ps3 crossplays with ps4 so doubt it

[@fuckcontinentals]

@@boofboofv2 That wouldn't change shit lmao

[@guilty_neco]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing during his trials? I've been looking for it but can't find it :(

[@_Digishade_]

Sajam picking my main girl is fucking wack. He'd probably really enjoy Es and Kagura too, since I migrated from them to Nine. So sick that this game is back.

[@Finicky9]

This is my first time seeing bb, that character is cursed

[@kda4636]

Sorry I’m new to this, what are terms like rollback and netcode?

[@rasifurefodi8306]

Sajam playing best waifu?! Damn he has great taste!

[@heromedley]

holy shit its blazegear and its protagonist ragna bloodguy