Neutral Game Episode 49 – Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Part 1)

About this episode

The episode discusses the shortcomings of the original Granblue Fantasy Versus and explores whether its successor, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, addresses these issues.

The original Granblue Fantasy Versus, high-budget fighting game adaptation of the popular gacha game Granblue Fantasy was... imperfect, to phrase it kindly. Netcode, balance, systems, there were some shortcomings that could use addressing. Unfortunately, the game hit at the worst possible time, and its life was squashed out of it- not given a chance to grow and realize its potential. I for one mourned the loss. Fast forward to 2023, and a successor is announced- the Super Street Fighter to GBVS's Street Fighter. With the number of things that could use changing, does Rising fix this fighter? Or do its changes move us further away from the goal, instead of closer? Let's find out, together. Our artwork for the show is drawn by @WistWhistley! You can find both our cohosts on Cohost- Six is @sixdettmar and Kyrie is @KyriePage.

People in this episode

Hosts: Six, Kyrie

Topics covered

• Granblue Fantasy Versus
• fighting games
• game adaptation
• game balance
• netcode

Keywords

• game development
• gacha games
• game mechanics

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Granblue Fantasy, the Super Street Fighter, GBVS, Street Fighter, Rising

Books & works: Neutral Game

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