Naruto Storm Connections is Terrible 

We deserve another clash of Ninja. Its a damn shame that not that many people got to experience those games due to them only being out on GC and the Wii. They were basically marvel vs capcom but with naruto characters. As a person who has played all the ultimate ninja's and the storm games except for connections, i can honestly say they just don't come close to how fun clash is. So many times me and buddies have literally screamed at the tv because of how close matches get. Would love nothing more than to get a new one on the switch at least with all the new characters up until the war arc. There are still people keeping the game alive on discord with tournaments and stuff but it needs more attention

Storm connections is a spammers wet dream. It doesn't take skill anymore just abuse the most broken characters for easy wins. Nearly every change they did makes the game less fun: Auto regen chakra, super armor on nearly every jutsu, overpowered supports, no chakra loss when spamming counter, being able to combo off of anything including jutsu and even when they are knocked down... I could go on for days. The game's becoming tiresome having to constantly sweat against cheesy players.

Support characters should have a health bar like in Storm 3. It would make people think twice before mindless bringing them in

I genuinely want to know who thought armored Rasengan and Chidori were good ideas.

Genuinely impressed at how you approached this set and analyzed patterns and used that to your advantage

Y'all notice how the removal of tilts and chakra shuriken completely butchered Tenten's awakening? She can now only use 3 out of the 5 chakra natures, since CC2 couldn't be bothered to reasign lighting and earth to different inputs.

One of my main issues with this game is how much chakra you auto regenerate. I think the auto rate is too fast and the rate that occurs when you're preforming actions is too slow. I would try to look for a middle ground so that the gap between the unpaused and paused auto chakra rates don't have this big of a gap while not feeling like you're running out of chakra too many times. The next thing I would do is make counter cost a resource but use a new ui gfx for where you can manage your counters and how you build up your counter resource would follow its own rules. The reason being after playing Storm 4, counters sharing the same resource as your chakra gauge would negatively limit your chakra usage for the entire match which would cause players to spend more time trying to get their chakra back. This issue with counters in the past was the equivalent of stalling the match to get your subs back after 14 seconds but more harmful to the gameplay. If you played Storm 4 then it's obvious that this kind of mechanic being in the chakra gauge negatively impacts your full potential amount of chakra in a match and it would work out better if counter resource belonged in a new UI gfx gauge similar to the sub gauge. Next is to not let your support gauge be refilled to 100% when you get Max Storm Gauge. This is more braindead and unfair than select armored jutsus because you could be making a comeback vs another player, bait both their supports, then they get back their supports for free from getting Max Storm Gauge causing you to lose the match in a very unfair way. Extra obnoxious things right now is how much guard damage actions do to your guard, how fast you recover out of a guard break stun to the point there's no reward, and the Chakra Spark Dash the one that has a yellow effect on it should not cost the same as a regular chakra dash. There's a lot more I'd like to see happen with the gameplay but these are the most crucial issues right now after playing Connections.

I already gave up on the game. I played Storm 4 until release date but this game is unplayable, it's for noobs no doubt. Just pick Minato, any rasengan user, Sasuke, Sarada or Neji and get an autowin. I have a 90% win rate on past game but I can't compete with kids on this one? Lmfao nah son it's the new genre for games like COD with SBMM, if we can make everyone play at the same level no one can complain and they'll buy micotransactions.

This Minato plays like that one tryhard in any anime fighting game. Just makes you feel like you cant touch them. Anyways seeing you beat him felt so satisfying to watch Edit: I would like to say this comment is joke and it's not even that deep lmao. It was a sweaty match with a bit of cheese I'll say that

“Killer bee’s in my face, now I’m racist” lmaooooooo

They need to take out armoured rasengan and chidori and give Gard more HP it breaks way to easily like if someone gets one touch on it. It’s getting broken

The "that was not fun" at the end is kinda heartbreaking

now i haven't touched storm in a good few years but watching connections, dear god, i can't help but notice how much of an assist clusterfuck it is tbh, i think the cooldown should be way longer, and if they are on cooldown they should not be able to block for you or do anything tbh

There should be a hard knockdown feature instead of being infinitely combo’d off the ground. Auto chakra regen and infinite ninja tools should’ve never been a thing

i think the main thing is mostly the those s or jutsu armors that need to be changed, they also need to remove that naruto clone support tracking. movement in the game is also alot more rigid due to some a bigger input lag and the removal of the ability activate your chakra aura when knocked down.

Chakra replenishes passively and I think that’s a problem. Chakra being more passive encourages players to use jutsu more without as much of a punishment. Properly using, conserving, and charging chakra is supposed to be strategic. The game is constantly giving out stimulus chakra

I honestly think this game was dropped before it reached its full content potential and that hurt it BAD

Afro was giving me Nameless King flashbacks with these matches. Much love Afro 🤝.

Great video, Afro! Reminded me of the great days of Storm with Generations!

One thing about this man I can appreciate he shows the good and explains the good and he shows the bad and explains as well 😅 keep grinding the game brotha would love to see u come back to the pro scene in this

They NEED to bring back the mod solo online ASAP for those who don't want to play with support from time to time. 1v1 is so good and more pure especially since the supports in this game are even more busted than before and can carry a whole match! I don't even understand how they didn't thought about this... Like seriously the more the time passes the more the gaming devs become lazy.

Im still waiting for Tsunade to get her marks when she awakens like Sakura. I guess I was asking too much 😢

Yo Afro the chills I got towards the end when that music started to hit !! Amazing brother !!

legendary commentary outta afro! especially towards the end 🔥🔥🔥

when you ragequit or someone leave they should lose points and the person that stayed should receive point, no armor on supports or jutsu, more game modes such as tournament mode, king of the hill, private match to go against your friends etc. Also you shouldnt be able to call supports while your getting hit, and to be able to switch your characters if you rematch someone in rank

The only problem I have with the gameplay right now is supports having armor, and that they come back from filling up the storm gauge fully.

I haven't played this storm yet and I have never been super competitive with others but I am loving these videos regardless, feels like I am watching Naruto for the first time not knowing how the fights are going and how you learn to counter and adapt to win, really good videos man.

Mane, the FFXIV Music on Deck had me HYPE watching your matches~ Loved it!

Things need to be changed , armored jutsu , better sub functions cuz it doesn’t matter how much u mash ur sub button 9/10 on close encounters it wouldn’t register and lastly the customization adding on to another character and causing the game to crash since the customization on your character isn’t yours , forces u to the lobby

That disrespect technique is top 1 my guy 😂 it’s sad you’re not having fun in post commentary tho. We love the content regardless bro. ❤

That last match was hype asf 🔥 nice work Afro

Yoooo this whole video was inspiring 👏 from beginning to end afro never give up

I think Chidori/Rasengan shouldn't have invincibilty frames and supports need to be able to have bigger hitboxes or something so that they can be hit out of their attacks more.

The spin into the grab was too devious 😂😂😂

I enjoy this analytical video, would love to see more!

I love these commentary videos!

It's like watching a legit anime!!! It's so satisfying when you found out his weakness and took advantage of it... It's like killing fire with fire

I'm here as always and while connections looks... alright. I might give it a shot bc you got me missing the storm series.

Afrosenju you got so good in commissary it's been years since you been doing this and you are a legend in commentary and games you play

Gotta love the P12 music playing in the background. Hope you enjoyed EW as much as I did

the reality is this game wont be balanced much especially once the season pass is done, glad i dint pay for it also 100+ chars in this game and 60% all you see is minato and pain gets boring

You made a great video Afro I enjoyed it. The number 1 most important thing is fixing the net code to have roll back. On My Hero Ultra Rumble I play with 2 other people on 2 different Continents and it never lags. On a storm game I play my next door neighbour and I'm missing 50/60 of my frames at times. It's impossible to play like that. I think Connections Minato is super toxic but the main reason why he kept winning was the broken Pain jutsu / Shinra tensei needs to be nerfed like how it was in Storm 4 at the very least and they should probably give him a weaker version of all mighty pull . In storm 4 you had counter play with the counter but since it's a jutsu now it really messes you up. Luckily this player didn't know how to use that or just used push on you. The push in connections makes it so you can't play a pain player straight up. When you combine that with Minatos mobility you have a close to unbeatable strategy. Saradas kunai in her combo should be modified to not stop dashes or jutsus. The reason why armoured jutsus is a good thing is that a projectile always trumped them in the past so now they are balanced. It's annoying but I think they need to balance the mechanic it feels too absolute. There are very little defensive options in this game. The guard is a bit too weak it's like it's made of paper. It breaks instantly. The game also feels very restrictive like your on train tracks instead of free to move around like a real ninja would be able to in the Narutoverse. Pain / Sarada / Kiba should be nerfed and maybe the poison. And maybe Ashura and that Naruto arrow support. Loved the video keep up the great work.

Bro. Awesome cotent. Nice when you smoke a bit for a little extra drama, great commentary.

Afro always got me getting hype with these plays bru

Wish storm content creators would talk more about the server issues on other platforms to hopefully get cc2 and Bandai to put effort in the game

I grew up on your Naruto Storm 4 and Dark Souls 3 content so happy to see u back on storm again (even though its basically just a rehash of Naruto Storm 4 with slightly more characters) 😂

Dude keep making videos like this!

You could've leveled the playing field w/ Mizuuk by feinting your pressure. Feinting people who run away alot is to dash at them and then dodge out or block, the real goal is to get them to use their assists or chakra. Either or leaves them open, and it felt good to see you MILLY ROCK HIS BUSCUIT BUILT FOREHEAD.

one thing that would fix a lot of the issues that ive been seeing is maybe jutsu damage and knockback being reduced for every successful hit (kinda like how smash bros does) so that like after being hit by like 3 chidories/rasengans from a character it doesn't knock back anymore and does very little damage

Seen the rest of the video.... THE ADAPTATION I'M HYPE FOR YOU!!!

I wasn’t ready for the twinning ost, nice 😂

Its only when Afro really enjoys the game he's playing that people realize he will, in fact, get REALLY good at it.

Man this game looks like the biggest mixed bag Because the improvements to the combo system make me want to play it badly. But then there is everything else

Afro that last match was INSAAAAANLY GOOD

Love this video format!!!!

Can't wait for the "Naruto Storm Connections Online Matches are Hard" title.

i love this type of video style, ive been playing storm my whole life.. but never got into the multiplay competive scene. please keep up the video type with explainations.. im slow. ty afro

Great video ion like this game or watching gameplay from it but man this was entertaining

That was NASTY bro I loved watching this fight. That spin at the end would have had me waiting outside of your house ngl that was so disrespectful😂

I said it once before and I’ll say it again hopefully they learn if there’s a storm 5 in the future. * This game is not better than storm 4 for gameplay they shoulda just kept s4 mechanics this game feels like the demon slayer version of naruto just spamming jutsus for the most damage like demon slayer and hitting people on the ground already was a terrible idea same with weak guards too like the guards should be buffed, casuals literally rule this game with armor supports and spamming. * They should remove picking people off the ground and add back to the rebounding from s4 especially when rolling on the ground, decrease sub timer, bring back storm 4 counters where they take chakra and push you back and then the counter parry mechanic could still be activated only if you switch after the counter like how counter switching is in storm 4 and get rid of damage scaling and armored supports to stop the spam meta and bring back switching to how it was in s4 it’s not even valuable in this game when that’s literally what gave storm a unique fresh breath of air especially the advanced switch tec mechanics that had a big skill gap cause you could use switch tec in s4 and still be so bad if you weren’t actually good. * What they could do is just make a competitive slider for ranked with the changes I said then they could keep the connections mechanics for casuals in player match and tournament’s and stuff if they wanna play with this gameplay this way everybody is happy. * They honestly coulda just made switch tech in s4 a real mechanic even though they didn’t mean to put it in the game it was mad advanced and the skill gap made it fun if they ever make storm 5 they should just go from s4 gameplay and only take little stuff from this game like customization. * I don’t think the devs realize s4 mechanics were actually really already good tbh i would say peak mechanics for an arena fighter with the switch tec it was just the like the glitches like stun lock and kaguya that were never fixed but stun locks are basically the crumble mechanic they added now * Also they should add the option to choose different jutsus for certain characters that have multiple like in storm 4 six paths madara could have majestic flame and bring back itachi crows as a jutsu option and other characters that had moves removed from storm 4 and they should also get rid of forcing you to pick premade teams and premade maps and go back to how it was in storm 4 by choosing when the game starts and get rid of the multiple pages and make maybe 1 or 2 pages for character selection like how the map selection is then premade teams could be on a 3rd page as an option. Also, can they please fix the english dub voice lines because they completely ruined the dub on this game they can literally just copy and paste the voice lines from storm 4 I literally keep my game muted now because of what they did with the dub the best example is Pain like compare his voice on storm 4 to storm connections it makes me wanna throw up they sound nothing like there characters but I wish there was at least one dev that actually payed attention to the community. Something needs to be done with the gameplay or connections is finished and maybe if there’s a storm 5 the story mode side needs a whole new Open World Story from beginning to End that skips over nothing. Appreciate anyone that actually sees this and takes the time to listen.

I love how them making this game more dynamic has brought the scrub quotes out of everyone, lol 😂

Haven’t bought the game just yet, but I’ve been enjoying all of your videos brotherman. Can’t wait to try out my old main team( Tobi, reanimated Itachi, and Nagato).

That ramuh theme in the background keeps me calm and serene while watching you get folded like an omelette

Bro switched sides 💀

17:24 That is the cleanest shit I’ve ever seen

When that FFXIV music started you got me feeling hype 16:36

Man this feels like a throwback, THIS AFRO, I FUCKING MISS THIS SHIT, SUFFER MOREEEEE

The moment you see Minato with Pain support , that was the warning of a cancer

Just a tip if you switch characters mid combo after the sub it cancels more than half the jutsu’s in a way a free chakra dash with hyper armor.. which is very amazing against players who sub and jutsu for example chidori or a rasengan would be stopped

Bro this was soooo clean to watch gahdamn

sub recovery definitely needs a buff no matter what else they do. and a cosmetic thing is that for some reason the ult i select always reverts back to default on its own after a few sets

I like the idea of using Storm 4 as basis for Connections. My issue with Connections is it seems more things were taken away and replaced with gimmicky things. Such as these no skill and unnecessarily long combos Why remove the jutsu selection? Why remove tilts? Why remove chakra shuriken? The online modes? Things that made characters feel unique. For example, the multiple versions of Sasuke all feel similar now because a lot of them share jutsus now. People have been crying out for updated movesets on older characters. All they had to do was keep jutsu selection and tilts. Add second jutsu and keep chakra shurikens. Add support combos legitimately. Along with costume customization in there If you wanted to really spice things up re-add instant awakening while maintaining full awakenings later in the game as health decreases. Maybe a side combo? Like most mods. This would provide a fresh feeling to gameplay.

Dude has some crazy good movement, you really had his whole gameplan and weakness downloaded during that last match, good stuff!

My List - Bring tilts back - Bring that flash cancel thing back from Storm 3 - Take out super armor from both supports and jutsus - Add player matches so that we can invite our friends amongst other modes to make the game more interesting - Adjust the movement to be a bit more like Storm 3 / Full Burst (probably gonna get roasted for wanting this) - Take out infinite ninja / chakra tools - Take out auto regeneration for chakra - Adjust the OTG scaling so that it isn't abused. Don't scale it too much though because it should definitely hurt if the opponent is wasting subs.

I peeped that intro music lol my boy Afro still has that FFXIV addiction lol

There needs to be more chakra restrictions to prevent people from spamming AND to not give certain jutsu’s armor when in use.

you shouldn't be able to use supports while being hit imo -- you already have to win neutral 4 times to get a combo started, but currently the reward for taking your opponents subs is getting hit by Pain, Indra, and Air Rasengan supports using supports to escape/apply block pressure or establish keepaway is already strong enough

That was some tournament type of fight dude. That was sick.

"Now were twins" into the twinnings lol I feel like supports are a lot stronger in this game, considering two jutsus, you can be put in a situation where that is now a combo extender instead of just a "get off tool" I feel like their needs to be a slightly quicker way of the sub gauge to go up, such as the amount of damage taken

If I remember correctly, doesn’t CC2 tend to ignore these types of problems until the NEXT game?

Hopefully the Devs listen to content creators like you.

Ngl this minato's movements and cancels were insane well played to counter it at the end sir, props. Update to this day i still cannot find my first ranked match on EUW

Afro you are COLD my boy🎉

Crazy how yall couldnt figure out the game was trash before it even came out 😂

the amount of things that need to be fix in this game is high as hell, so its gonna be interesting seeing that rant video coming cuz this game is...wow

crazy how we still dont have forest battles where you can fight within the trees or at the very least arenas the incorporate wall running

LMAO THAT LAST MATCH WAS LIKE A DAMN ANIME EPISODE

Afro played like a true Naruto character. Went from how do I beat this? Analyzed the fight found a weakness and exploited it I love it. Also the “that was not fun” had me dying😂

Super armor and sub recovery timings should be turned. Everything else is fine. Honestly this match you showcased, I see nothing wrong. The opponent plays really well into his comp (utilizing Minato well and pain sub in first two matches at least was really well timed from him)

16:57 this whole last match had me dying😂

Definition of never give up! 🙏🔥

Super armor on jutsu needs to go

OK I know it may be a wild take but honestly, I feel like if they decided to make countering more prevalent as in being able to do it in between combos(and justsu as well), not just at the beginning or chakra dashes it could help with the sub issues tbh I also feel like subs take a little bit too long to come back other than that my same complaints are that of everyone else supports too strong and super armor justus

i was waiting for a video with this title.😭😭😭

17:26 the spin was OD 😭 you started COOKIN

That Minato is insane. Learning to beat that is what makes the game fun imo. Huge fan of connections, my biggest thing is I miss tilts.

I dont feel like every change should be reverted but all of the changes they did made spamming a bit TOO viable. They need to revert the chakra charge rate, the super armor, the extremely short time on guard breaks and they need to tune a few characters (new Sasuke and Chidori: A thousand birds users)

16:30 these last few minutes felt like a movie😂

This game is busted all around 😂

-Tilts need to come back. -Rasengan needs to consume more chakra -Item customization needs to be a thing. -Two assists can't be active at the same damn time -If you parry and the opponent uses ult the parry player can't sub. -Ults should have higher priority over regular jutsu.