An Unironic Review of Blazblue: Centralfiction 

After watching this, I am finally convinced: BlazBlue is in fact a real videogame

Ok but does Ragna know how to make a grilled cheese?

it's so strange to watch a blazblue video without several inhumanly growling creatures

Snind the Snalbinauric Snoman. She hides in a snave to the swest of the Snaskyar Snuins which snut from the snist-snouded snake of Sniurnia. Sne snows the snocation of the snedallion's counterpart, I am sure.

Your 'chill' voice has such a different vibe than your hyena-laughing 'fun with friends' voice that it's almost like hearing another person if I didn't already hear it every now and again via streams.

For the funny neco-arc guy, your writing is shockingly intelligent and concise. This is a great video. I gotta give this game another shot.

The price thing is absolutely right; Me and my brother wanted to try DBFZ and holy shit, the base game+Entire DLCs is worth like 2 months of our electricity and water bill (In my country; It's just not worth it).

Never did I think the thing that would make me want to actually play this game would be a review from the guy who was forced to play with 20 overlays by their chat.

You're kinda lucky on the DLC front, since CentralFiction was basically released on Steam as the "Extend" version that already had all DLC characters in (Except for Jubei). In the vanilla CF release, Es, Susano'o, and Mai were also DLC, at the same price gouging of Jubei. But regardless, this was one of the most concise and in-depth reviews I've seen in a while. You didn't go out on tangents, you didn't devolve the video into becoming a guide, and you kept everything easy to digest, barring a few bits of fighter lingo that people new to the genre might struggle to understand, but those didn't make your points harder to understand. Kudos to you, Nick!

As someone who has played the 4 mainline games and kept up with the story and lore via other content, you're absolutely right about it, it's long and can get pretty complicated. But the only thing you need to know is Taokaka is just a funny cat lady that gives people funny nicknames and that's all that matters

20% of the Jubei playerbase reporting in. I always enjoy watching your BBCF videos. The funny editing really makes them pop.

the fear and hunger bit hit me like a truck

The price aspect is so true. This game is worth every single cent

The VA work in BB is so good, that I normally play female characters in fighting games, but when I heard Terumi I was like "Oh yeah, that'll do."

I was one of the ones that got scared off by how complex this game is but maybe now I'll give it another try. thank you mr skoriath Edit: i am now a certified blazbluer woukd recommend 100%

cool vid, only point I kind of disagree with is the DLC. BB slogged through a bunch of rereleases and DLC up until CF. Basically BB old heads paid for DLC so you didn´t have to (you´re welcome). Jokes aside, glad you loved the game!

Watching this after neco arc is some serious whiplash

7:04 Fucking hell man, susano’o’s va absolutely went hard as hell for the character.

Blazblue wasn’t my first fighting game, but it’s definitely my main one. When I first played it, I wanted to play Izanami because I thought her astral looked cool, dropped her due to the execution barrier, since my only fighting game experience was abusing Xrd Ramlethal sword normals, picked up Terumi, and never looked back. It’s been six years since I started playing, and BBCF has got to be one of my favorite games ever made. I’m glad your videos randomly appeared in my recommended section, because you and your friends are hilarious.

The fact that sometimed this game goes on sale for like a third of its og price is insane for how much content it has

GGXX was my first fighting game and the matchup-specific character intros were dope then Blazblue implemented matchup-specific sound effects sometimes like Tao yelling about 'the squiggly' whenever she fights Arakune or Noel v Litchi "hands off the panda" move callouts, pain sounds, the line that plays when you tech sometimes changes there's something very special about arcsys games to me

Great video, funny cat doing carnage scissors never ceases to entertain me. The whole DLC talk just reminds me how we took the steam version for granted. Back then it says not only do you need PS+ to have the DLC but there's also 4 characters locked away (Susanoo, Mai, Es and Jubei). System voice were also paid DLC that almost costs like 30 dollars to get all voices. Not as absurd as most modern Fighting games DLCs nowadays still.

i especially loved the part where ragna said its blazblueing time and blazblue'd all over these guys

I'm very shocked to see a bbcf review in 2023 but am very glad to see. Every point you made is why I still play this game with my 1000hrs of playtime. Great video o7

I kid you not. Earlier last night (today) at 2AM in the morning, I bought it while it was on sale after watching it and waiting for a while. And then I just end up seeing you upload this video.

Absolute banger video, amazing job skor, would love to see more reviews in the future

as someone that stumbled upon your channel out of pure chance, bought the game on sale due to how fun it looked in your first video and invested over 200 hours into it i genuinely, genuinely cant express how grateful i am that this silly little game managed to restore my interest in a genre ive loved since i was 4 years old thank you skor 💛

I love your editing style, the small details like cutting off the clip with Ragna and Makoto just before the OD activate and then reusing the clip later in full is rad.

Really good review! I feel like you covered all the bases, including things like the backgrounds and music in greater depth than other reviewers. I also really appreciate that you stay focused on highlighting Blazblue's strengths instead of trying to rag on other games to make this look better. All in all, you knocked it out of the park with this one and I hope some folks hop on Blazblue coz of it

This was the first thing I woke up to after a nap. I have never been so happy to see a premiere for something lol.

I love the goblin content, but I adore your more thoughtful reviews. I've rewatched the Dishwasher video like 20 times in one week just because it's nice sound. You have a great timber, you put so much love into every video, and I think you completely deserve the community that has bestowed upon you so many memes. Thank you for this, and I eagerly await whatever else you've got in store (Blasphemous 2)

I literally JUST convinced my friend to get BBCF as his first FG!! Perfect timing! I'll reccommend this to him thank you so much!

More of this content please. this was a refreshingly calm video from you, which I think is good considering most of your vids are super high-energy so a break once in a while is good.

I literally just got into this game last week and i gotta say, it might be one of the greatest fighting games i have ever played. I think you did this game justice in your video.

6:38 This sound right here, as Hakumen readies his sword with his EA. FUCK.

Blazblue is definitely one of the best fighting games of all time for me

Yo I kinda miss these reviews its nice to see you still make this type of content

I love how you explained everything I loved about this game with great detail and made me love it even more. Great work mr skoriath

I helped push Skor to be insane with a candy during the editing of this stream

this is definitely me when i the when the i see that the i do the see you playing the blazblue

You’re gonna make me go watch your other analytical content now Fug Anyways, I honestly love the review. Im loving the reactions of my friends that only know you as “haha funny glue DP man” as you break down all these concepts I’d love to see more of this kind of content. I can tell you put a lot of work into this, keep it up fren

i subbed to this channel because of the dishwasher vid, happy to see you do this sort of thing again skor

The voice acting gains a whole new layer of beautiful when you know japanese. I was so fkn happy to learn Sugita the legend himself was the voice for Ragna.

I had a great time watching you make this video on stream and it wasn’t ruined at all knowing what would happen Thanks skor for a great video

When ever this guy posts my day gets a tad bit better.

That was really nice review, great video enjoyed it all throughly.

Was not expecting a piece from Ender Lilies in this! Had to check the description to make sure I was hearing that right

I won't mention the story or anything but Terumi needs to be in every game. Literally everything.

You're totally right about the look of the game; I am colorblind and have photosensitive epilepsy so I have trouble when there's a billion sparks or stupidly themed colors throughout. This colors and vfx in this game pop like no other fighting game out there and it's not a stuck to the ground footsie game. I can 6a anything as Terumi cos I can actually react. I first saw the manga, then the anime, and then I got to know that it was a fighting game series. I was jumping all hyped up when I saw that CF was so cheap. It was a great alternative for when DBFZ was not available in my region, and guess what? A few weeks later, rollback update, it was perfect. I kept playing the game, finding all the music, going through combo trials, looking up mixups & combos and oh... the game is so freaking entertaining to watch in a competitive venue. Tons of tourneys passed by and I'd just watch them all the way through. Then I saw that its community was even cooler, I mean, people who got the sauce and know tons of memeing are cool enough for me. I could play with anyone SEA, mainly Indonesia. I couldn't take a break from the damn thing. The ost is like Dante's unintelligible mixtape. Every time something stupid or amazing keeps happening each session. Talking of stupid, I'm very much into your content and others like Acme Arsenal and Maximillian Dood. It's as if I'm destined or some sh|t to keep playing this game, I love it.

Thanks for video pal! Duke was here

damn this was such a good video, imma go play more blazblue after this

Very well made review! Personally for me I would say it's the best fighting game ever and my favorite too as it's great for both people who want some crazy stuff to do or just mess around with people who've never played fighting games before as they can just mash away with stylish mode. That's what my brother, cousins, and some of his friends did when they played it for a bit and they had fun when there was a party at my house. I'll always love this series and game for what it is and will continue to play and support it!

Japanese major, here! From 7:18, the interactions roughly go as follows: Kagura (sword guy): "huuuh...this person's looks a little off...HEY! You're a guy, aren't you?!" Amane (femboy, I think?): "Yeah, it's that kind of hobby, soooorry!" Hibiki (cloaky guy): "Lord Kagura?" Kagura: "WhOOah!" Hibiki: "Seems you've brought another woman to your room again, huh?" Kagura: "W-wait, I can explain: she is..." Ragna (our boi and saviour): "You f*cker...that body is--" Yuuki becoming Susano-o: "Show me whatcha got...!" [transform] "...THIS is the power of a God."

I love this content. keep it up

Nice Video. As a dedicated Kagura main I have to thank you for showcasing Kagura that much. Also make sure to join a community near you to enhance your experience even further. ( eg. BB EU Open Regrown, Hardedge and Salty EU for Europe) Don't be shy if you are a beginner there are beginner events available.

THE RETURN OF THE SKORIATH REVIEW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to the skoriath review of paint drying :)

Really well constructed and honest review. Honestly one of the best I’ve heard. You really did it justice and have a knack for this. I’m okay though if you don’t do this often or at all again. Cheers! Long live BB.

This game has the coolest grappler in gaming the dopamine i get from command grabbing a magnetised opponent from full screen is pure crack

Banger video

This game has changed my life for the better. Please play BBCF. You won't regret it!

Honestly would love that you do more reviews, this was very good and insightful. Hopefully on other fighting games.

fear and hunger cameo bangs.. just subbed...

Thank you for the music credits, Scor.

" I have purchased Blazblue: Centralfiction" * bad to the bone riff plays*

Your thumbnails makes me regret getting glasses, or even having eyes in general

Banger

I hope we get more amazing videos like this and your normal funny videos and stream edits

This was a really interesting video for me personally, and I think it fills a very unique gap in the discourse around Blazblue as well as modern fighting games as a whole... despite Blazblue being older than shit XD I've recommended Blazblue to many MANY friends who love fighting games only for them to bounce off like it's made of rubber, and this video both helped me realise why but also that Blazblue was never really FOR them, if that makes any sense? For context, I love this game. I love this series of games, I've been playing Blazblue since I was 14 years old and saw a dual wielding gun kata girl in Calamity Trigger and have been rocking up to tournaments since one long summer getting callouses in CSII. Conservatively, I've been playing for 15 odd years now, and CF is without a doubt my favourite fighting game of all time. With that out of the way, while I concur with this video, I have to offer a warning: this game is NOT for everyone and it can be played 'wrong'. If you want to quickly jump online and start having deep and meaningful mind games with another player... this is not the fighting game for you. It just isn't. You will get hit, confirmed into a short combo, will try and roll and loss half your health bar and then you will try and block and get mixed up 9 ways to Sunday by a character specific mixup and die without ever making a meaningful choice. And that will happen many MANY times to you. If you have friends the same level to play with, this will NOT happen to you. You will marvel at the insane bullshit this game allows you to do, constantly fuck up and have a great time doing so. But trying to jump online with randoms and you will die in horrific, shameful ways. But... that isn't why you should play Blazblue. This video is why you should play Blazblue. Because if you are the kind of person who simple wants to be rewarded for time and money invested and has plenty of the former and none of the latter, you simply cannot do better. The man here said it best, this game never stops giving. There is simply no other fighter I could or would have invested 15 years into as a series, there likely never will be again. This game doesn't care about giving you a fun experience for a few hours before another price tag rolls around, or even 20-50-100 hours of fun. This game wants every second you spend with it to be a new experience, a chance to learn something cool, try something unique, find some way to challenge yourself. And it doesn't care if you do that for 5 hours or 15 years, it will never stop living up to that promise. There is no other fighting game that rewards you quite the same way for what you put into it, that is flexible enough in its style and design to fit quite so many aesthetic tastes whilst still being clear and readable for a newcomer to understand. So yes, if you are looking for quick mindless fun Blazblue may not satisfy you, but if you are looking for a game to give as good as you give it... well you've watched the right video. Skoriath, even if you never make another review, I will always be grateful for this one. You did my favourite game proud. Keep doing Ragna 5B resets, you glorious bastard.

Absolute W of a video. Well done, Venerable Catboy

I have a killer headache right now, but watching this made me forget about it for a while, thanks

Important note: DLC in PS4 are way more Es, Mai, and of course Jubei and Susano'o for some reason are DLC Susano'o you can get from story mode, which is 20 hours long lol but you can skip all of it if you use the skip button (R2 I thinnk, idk just press all the buttons until the do you want to skip the current scene appears with the skip all text option set) Also some colors... But thta doesn't matter that much The announcers aswell but that doesn't matter much either just put the Susano'o announcer and watch him scream every time someone chooses him There's no rollback on console either so don't fall for that trap Also no instant rematch on console which is kind of annoying??? Still I played 400 matches to 3 rounnds with my friend Max sooo The game is VERY MUCH worth giving it a try, I don't know where I would be right now if I didn't play it If they update it on ps4 in the future immediately pick it up omg, or buy it in pc, or idk do it like me who just bought it because I didn't have a pc IT'S GOOD Also, CARNAGE SCISSORS

one of the othe reasons why i like blazblue CF over most other fighting games is its combo degradation system. this lets a tone of combos to actually exist and lets you switch to what different combo you might need based on the situation, but doesnt let characters effectivly loop infinitly. infact attempting some of the more loop like combos even if they have there limits are normally not really good combos anyways because of when the opponent can drop out

Wow, really good video. Very honest about what’s to your taste and what most people can get out of it, and straight to the point

That was a great review. I really forgot how good this game is, thank you Skor

I can't believe you're almost at 20k already Also, fear and hunger Nice

Ok this is different. Nice vid

i just cleansed my brain of fear and hunger.....why did you bring it back into my life

I'll be taking my paycheck for my work as Hazama's stunt double thank you

I had this playing in the background and had no idea what you were on about, but as soon as 3:31 started the dopamine that filled my brain possesed me to like and subscribe

you know the review gonna be good when its starts with "i dont vibe with most of this game, and here's why its the best"

blazeblue vids are the only thing i watch on this channel. the most informative content on RU-vid

When you were talking about the music and brought up "Awaken the Chaos" I remember when i first heard that against V-13 in Calamity Trigger.. It has such a slow build and I always thought "Oh this isnt that great for a final boss arcade theme.." then you actually survive long enough against her and that guitar drops and it's a fucking BANGER. Oh and that bit you played with Kagura looking at Amane intro, the other games that have english va's explain that. He sizes up every match against a woman by inspecting her (including Platinum) and then he follows it up with a line. For example: Noel "If i win, im taking you on a date." Platinum: "Uh...oh no...." Or in the case of amane he realizes it's not a woman (couldnt remember the exact line since i havent played CPE in forever) lol I'm honestly awful at blazblue but this video kinda made me wanna devote more time to get into it again. Great review video man. You got a sub from me.

First, it’s great to see some analysis content from you again. In streams I had wanted to ask if you would ever bring this back but always forgot to ask, although I did find your channel through the BB sessions and went back to your older video essays (I always check through and make sure I enjoy all of a creator’s output and not just the one or so things cause otherwise I don’t feel like I’m genuinely supporting them) and really enjoyed them. Even if we don’t get these as frequently compared to what you upload now I’ll be patiently awaiting a vid on Blasphemous II. Second in regards to the dlc thing I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS. I feel so bad trying to get friends into this genre sometimes cause I can’t count on my hands how many times I’ve introduced one to a game and either a character I know they’d love is locked behind a paywall or just the sheer amount of dlc content makes them feel like they’re missing out on stuff and feel pressured to buy it. It also REALLY doesn’t help when the game is 4-5+ years old and it’s only us playing it so it’s not like they need it anyway. I hope that Lumina sets an example of how to do dlc from now on though I doubt it. I really wish that this was brought up more often in the fgc cause it’s so daunting seeing ‘Bum Fuckler EX^4 @Unload Premuim’ for 4 ugandan shillings then the dlc for it requiring me to sell my kidney, arm and first-born son to have the other half of the roster and stages.

you should've mentioned the small modding scene, where you're allowed to put any colors you want, and if other people have the mod, they can see your custom colors the mod also has an in-game currency editor

This honestly puts a lot of my feelings for this game in words. BBCF and Killer Instinct are the 2 fighting games i constantly feel myself coming back to personally for so many of the reasons in this video. To bad it feels like BBCF came out to soon (or maybe thats why its a good product and isnt bogged down in its overall mechanics and presentation)

Pretty good video man. I wanna play this and yet I know I've forgotten everything I learned about playing Izayoi and can't main anybody else because I'm a sucker for her back and shoulders. Take my comment to help appease the unknowable algorithm in the hopes that you do in fact pop off.

Yo, this was genuinely a fantastic video! Totally fair if you wanna steer cleer of this content, it's so much work. I enjoyed your insight on the music in particular as it's something that my analysis tend to fall apart on. Entertaining video as well. If I had to point out a critisism, your voice is very monotone in reading this but that's pretty much a problem with everyone starting out with analyitical content. Reading scripts is really hard to make sound energetic and such. Don't let that take away from this video, you blew my expectations out of the water how you managed to say so much without it becoming an hour long video essay

I made Skor laugh while he was editing the vid :D

I never thought i'd hear you make a FaH2 reference. Shit caught me off guard😂😂😂😂

I've bought all of the blazblue games in a sale and never tried one, I'll give it a chance now. Thx for the video

GOATED

Im probably gonna get Blazblue sometime soon, a good part thanks to this video, if i did what should i play, in Strive I play Sol & Baiken and in P4U2 Adachi & Narukami. Would it be safe to assume I'd like playing the protag character in this game as well?

There are a lot of things I want to say, about various things such as DLC (devs have to eat too), and minor corrections. But I will just say, glad to see someone enjoying one of the games that first got me into fighting games, I need to get back in there and actually play some matches. Just not sure if I can find the time for it with the other hobbies I have and the fighting game collection that is my Steam Library.

Okay FINE I'll start playing Blazblue again. Everything you said is spot on correct and bless you for making this video.

Great video, it was a really informative video. A game I recommended is under night in birrh. I think you'll really like it!

I 100% agree on the music fitting the characters and to me one of the best examples is relius clovers theme. Especially the ii version of plastic night it makes it sound like your fighting a literal super villain who's beyond redemption. And after playing the story mode of all the games it 100% fits he doesn't even view people as people just assets

Wouldn't want a review by anyone else, thanks Skoriath

Good video!

Don't worry for the story, to understand it fully you would need to play at least from CS. Plus there are light novels that add more explanations regarding the universe, aaand XBlaze and Lost Memories which are actual 100%vns. Though one thing I know you would enjoy are the voices, especially Yuichi Nakamura who went above and beyond to voice Hazama/Terumi. Unfortunately some other talents who voiced Kagura and Valk died about a few years back. Never watch Blazblue Alter Memory unless you care for other remixes of already existing OSTs. Btw Awakening the Chaos is largely considered the main theme of Blazblue, also by Mori, and you would actually hear it while scrolling on gallery mode in the previous titles.

One pretty important thing about dlc in bbcf is that the extra content is only free on the steam version. Console version still has a fuck ton of dlcs