Here we are with the "Choose a main" video for Darkstalkers(specifically Vampire Savior!). As always with these style of videos I give a brief overview on every member of the cast, let you know some of the aspects of what they are about, and hopefully armed with this knowledge you can make a decision on who you might want to play! Thanks to the Capcom Fighting Collection for giving Darkstalkers a big breath of fresh air putting it on modern consoles and PC(outside of emulation). Its a great franchise and all the characters are true all time greats!
@@Guitar-Dog Calling a content creator who makes you videos for free 'sellouty' for... making videos that are timely and relevant and yes maybe might make him a few dollars so he can continue to do what he does is a garbage move, friendo. If you wanna point people to your high level Darkstalkers content that you were making out of your heart and goodwill, you should do that! But something tells me you aren't doing that for some reason.
@@Guitar-Dog This is why I don't have respect for fightcade people. I may be old, but I refuse to be an old dinosaur like the rest of you. Its ok for people to have new experiences and enjoy new things. I wish all the best for people playing Darkstalkers for the first time on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, and Switch and its why these videos exist. Go back to your grumpy old cave fightcade man.
Extra note about B.B. Hood, the butterflies landing on her indicates when she's held a direction long enough for her charge moves to come out. It's a really neat indicator for learning her timings
"Victor, he's the big boy" *listening* "He can grab you, sure, but he's more about his big, beefy normals" *even more listening* "And he's got an ass-based offense" *...confused, but still listening*
16:26 So Lilith’s super “Gloomy Puppet Show” is basically a rhythm mini game where you have to follow the rhythm (which should’ve been instructed in some way) and once you do that get basically some points after the game is ended and increase damage depending on how many points you have. It was weird at first on my end but after that I understand what that super is for. Here’s a 6-button layout which was shown in the mini game: 1 = Light punch 2 = Strong punch 3 = Fierce punch 4 = Light kick 5 = Strong kick 6 = Fierce kick
Lilith's Gloomy Puppet Show is a 'rhythm minigame', you have to hit the right prompted buttons to the beat to get 100 pts. And just like certain rhythm games, you can hit hidden predefined buttons at times to score over 100 pts. There are a few set rhythms and some are easy while others are difficult. With a real training mode, this will be much easier to practice.
For those of you who are new to Darkstalkers as a whole, the game is 25 some years old right now and yeah there's a pretty strictly defined tier list and all that, but don't sweat it. Tier list only matters for the grizzled vets, for now play who you find fun because every character is wildly unique!
I never really pay attention to Tier Lists myself anyway (even in games that I wanna go pro in), so that's good to know. This is coming from someone that picks Ryu in the MvC games.
I am an old guy (mid-forties), and I have been a fighting game fan since their very start. My memory had clearly failed me concerning this game. Thank you for reminding me why this is such an amazing classic. There is so much about this which really looks to stand up to the passage of time. I would love for Capcom to put their fighting game A-Team on a modern Darkstalkers iteration.
The right adaptaion IMO would be a 2.5D *stylised* art style. Darkstalker would lose a lot of its charm if turned into the 3D "salami" style of recent SF.
Crazy how we have Darkstalkers to thank for all the crazy character archetypes we have in fighting games especially anime fighters yet Capcom still refuses to make a new one... Heres to hoping that the sales for this collection fund a new Darkstalkers.
When B.B. Hood first came on screen I was 100% expecting her to transform into an eldritch horror, but a badass murder child works just as well for me. Thanks for the great guide, I can't wait to dive into this series as a walking armory disguised as a kid!
22:56 little known darkstalkers fact: this move is a guaranteed combo into sweep! if you see anyone on the internet talking about "more bees sweep" that's where it comes from :)
I’m so happy you make these “choose a main” and “beginners guide” vids. They’re so helpful, a joy to watch, and I don’t feel you get enough recognition for them so I just wanted to say keep up the great work!
It's amazing that when I searched for "darkstalkers character overview," the most relevant video was published just three hours ago. Thanks Rooflemonger! You've helped me get a foothold in a handful of fighters now.
Went into this video expecting to find some badass monster character to play, then ended up laughing my ass off at BB Hood and going “yep that’s my character”
Awesome man I just did a 5 hour drive to Louisiana from Dallas and this was easily the best 45 min during it. Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort of making a guide for a decades old game. Kudos to my wife and son too for never caring what I make them listen to through our car speakers, they’re doin their own thing ; )
I love how you absolutely hid Victor's butt moves until towards the end LOL "Oh, you thought he was cool because he had moves with variable properties? Check out his ass...." LOL
Hey just wanted to add some more supplementary info I think is important: Demitri: has a level 2 command input super that's a grab with 2 frame startup. Good thing he builds meter really quickly! Zabel's damage output comes from confirming into a super that does 30-40% total and sets up for oki Bishamon can do his dp but only as a reversal or guard cancel. His unblockable is because of a proximity guard glitch. His charge slices get more range the longer you charge Sorry if I missed you mention it, but Anakaris can't pushblock. And his guard cancel is unsafe on hit so he is cool and fun but that's why specifically he's low tier BB Hood's offense is super good even without the infinite; tons of frame traps and instant overheads Hsein-ko has even more movement control with her pendulum swing that she can cancel and keep momentum Please go out and keep playing ^_^
Wow! It's fascinating how many things originated from Darkstalkers! We have a lot to thank them for! By the way, in Skullgirls, Peacock's taunt uses the same exact motion for Hsien-Ko's super (LK, HK, MP, MP, up), and after using the taunt, the next large item she drops with qcb+P will now become Hsien-Ko's Tenraiha! As for the characters I'd like to try, I still stand by trying out Sasquatch and B.B Hood first, but wow! I thought KOF was crazy for giving a lot of characters command grabs, but in Darkstalkers, EVERYONE has at least one command grab, I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this! Lots of characters can get instant overheads via hover dash/leap dash too, so I gotta look out for those! :O
Although Demitri was a no brainer for me as a shoto player back in the 90s, Rikuo and Sasquatch are the ones I enjoy the most playing with, they have plenty of resources and are so much fun. Never managed to understand how to play BB Hood and Hsien Ko though. lol
The fact that Talbain still hasn’t been playable in any game since the Darkstalkers games makes me so sad. Bring back our kung-fu wolf husband, Capcom!
Felicia has always been my main character to play as in the Darkstalkers games, most notably in "Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge", since she's pretty quick and agile for a fighter, and it's also really hard to resist her cute-looking design and fun-loving personality that makes her one of the most appealing characters in the series. ^^
I'd say that Darkstalkers - maybe more than any other game - is a game where you should just pick whoever you think is cool. You think the kung-fu werewolf is cool? Just play as him. You'll figure it out. You think the vampire with the DBZ ki aura is cool? Just play as him. You'll figure it out. You think the zombie rock star is cool? Guess what you should do.
Still Maining Felicia B.B. Hood & Lilith. Felicia I've just always used since the first game. I love the fact that Bulleta is twisted little red riding hood. Lilith idk why but i enjoy the uphill battles with her more compared to joke characters in other games
I am 100% maining Jon Talbain because I honestly just love the character to death. I especially love his sprite and his animations. They look so damn cool.
3:50 all chars have a whiff throw animation, but is something special to get, boot up the game and do Morrigan's command throw and jump with the other character at the same time. A pretty funny animation were she stumbles flails her arms and does a expression of surprise will trigger, B.B. Hood snaps her fingers and grunts. For competitive play I don't know how much these animations affect, they have a little length to it, but I don't know if they have enough cooldown to get punished, and besides they're extremely rare, the evasion and command throw have to have like in the exact same frame
I've always been inclined to play B.B. Hood since I love her design & personality, but this guide really makes me wanna try out every character for a change, really good video! 👍
For Lilith gloomy puppet show, you have to input the right button and strength on the beat to increase the damage. Kinda just frame-y like Lucky Chloe rage art on Tekken 7. And there are a few different random presses the game throws at you but the button set won't change once the game picks one
it always confused me with how the buttons worked when it says 1st punch on the top row then 2kick on the bottom is that light punch to light kick? I believed so but it always gave me low points
@@trevorpgamer1936 each 3 punch and kick correspond to a Light Medium and Heavy. So if the 1st 👊🏽 lights up then the 2nd 🦶🏽 pops up that would be LP->MK LP MP HP👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 LK MK HK🦶🏽🦶🏽🦶🏽
16:28 This super works similarly to Rise's Dance Super in P4AU where you have to press the buttons in time with the background music and it even shows the buttons on the screen the one that turns yellow is the one you have to press. However I have never in my 3 years of playing this game gotten more than 5 or 6 notes during that super. The song that plays and when the buttons change for you to press them are not synced up correctly essentially making it impossible for you to successfully do the super. The fact that it also costs 2 bars makes it even more useless when she has a Luminous Illusion and a pseudo DP super which can be done with 623KK you actually get more damage with this than Luminous Illusion though you have to hit a link into the super rather than canceling to Luminous Illusion or just do button into super.
Timing is definitely picky, but the text box next to your opponent is blue when you mistime, and orange when you correctly time it, so you can practice and perfect it. I have seen someone actually get a perfect 100 score in tournament (blew my freaking mind when I saw it). In fact, the Play Station port of Darkstalkers 3 had an option in training mode to select which of the 6 different button sequences you would get, so you could practice each one as much as you want. Hopefully this new collection retains that option. The best way I have performed it is to just mash every button on the controller simultaneously and hope for the best. You can kinda get a rhythm going and land a moderate score that way. I've still only managed a perfect score this way once during training mode, though. And since you need a perfect 100 to do more damage than her LI, it's still not really worth spending two meters to do it. The move does have some value, though. It has a really weird trajectory that protects from both air and ground approaches, so it's a good move to use with backdash to safely deactivate darkforce. And if that darkforce was mimic doll, you get two projectiles to cover your retreat.
@@japanimationman4442 Yeah as soon as I wrote this I went into Training mode and landed most of the super first try, but yeah it does have use with Dark Force and as keep away tool and I’d be lying if said that I haven’t used that super the most in matches of her 3 supers. I think my thought of it being not synced up correctly is due to fightcade having a slight input delay when playing online.
Please do a short followup with Donovan, Phobos and Pyron. Even if they didn't make it into Vampire Savior they are still part of the main Darkstalkers cast and would be nice to know more about their playstyles.
awesome vid, thanks for making it! I got this game in the capcom fighting collection this summer and it got me into fighting games... I'm a Hsien-ko and Jedah main and yeah, all the points you made were accurate. I just really like to fill the screen with my attacks LOL
Also darkstalkers had death animations bishamon if the pursuit is last hit they remain cut in half alot of little details including Jedah hurting himself to hurt u
so much flavour, so much character. i first saw this game in the arcades on a bc ferries ride way back in the day, crossing between vancouver and v. island. was love at first sight.
Fellow Canadian here. I love that Sasquatch being Canadian was just as important to you as it is for me. Main reason I want to main him as well. Love the content!
Still wish Lilith got into some more fighting games. There’s some moves from the manga that are definitely worth of being in Lilith’s in-game series moveset (such as her Golden Arrow attack, which is basically just Mystic Arrow but she CREATES THE ARROW). Also, Lilith is my main in Darkstalkers 3 for the exact reasons you described and because she has the Tatsumaki (which Morrigan doesn’t).
Man I love these capcom collection's. All I need is this one and the mega man zx collection and I'll have them all. Man, a new darkstalkers game would look sick with graphics like Dragon Ball Fighter Z.
its so funny hearing Demitri described as the ken, considering *he* was the protagonist of the first game, but Morrigan was so much more popular that they went fuck it and essentially made her the protagonist of 3
I've just started playing on the recent Fighting Collection. I'm accustomed to games like DBZ Tenkaichi, and like all -rounders. Can't believe it took so long for me to play these games.
Fun fact! Darkstalkers is my 2nd favorite fighting franchise right under Guilty Gear! I sadly never got into Street Fighter (even though I own most of them). I really only played the first 2 then never got back into it. Darkstalkers just took such a hold on me as a kid. I always was attracted to dark things and horror, plus I love how it doesn't take itself to seriously. I've always wanted them to make a DS4, but with the way they are doing some of their franchises, perhaps it's best if they don't 😅. Just like I would LOVE for them to at least remaster all the Onimusha games and maybe come out with a new one.
kind of unrelated to the video but I love the way they achieved the illusion of transparency on the scarves and dresses of the women in the background during the beginning of the Sasquatch segment.. they most likely didn't have the ability to make it truly transparent, so instead alternated frames with and without the parts they would want to be see-through. if you press comma and period on your keyboard you can scrub by frame and watch them become fully opaque/disappear!
Roofl, no one touches the quality and variety of coverage you put out here when it comes to fighting games. I appreciate it so much! I hope the launch of SF6 will assist this channel to blow up signifantly. I wouldn't be surprised and you truly deserve it.
I have NEVER Seen Viktor sheer Cake command grab. What the hell? I always skimmed past him for Morrigan, Lilith, Jedah. Game is amazing in a lot of ways fr fr. Nice video and thank you sir.
As others have noted, there's some advice in this video that, while good for attempting to simplify things for new players, tends to misinform on the functions and playstyles of some characters. I think a collab with players in the VSAV community would be very much worth it, thanks!
Love these videos of yours and love the fact Darkstalkers is getting some love definitely the most underrated Fighting game series ever next to Virtua Fighter. Any chance we'll get one for Pocket Fighter?
i remember when this series came out. i immediately discarded it since it was not street fighter. (i was a simple kid) now i think this game is awesome because it's so off the wall and unique. you can tell capcom wasn't afraid to experiment and be creative.
I only took interest in vampire savior because of a manga im reading and your vid is great example to get an idea of it, good job on the entertaining narration as well ty very much :)
Bruh if you're recommending Morrigan as a basic character to learn the game with I don't think you did enough research on her. This is massive misinformation that I'm thankful for since you've created a subclass of Day 1 Morrigan players that are going to get steamrolled by Day 1 Sasquatchs, Demitris, Zabels, Viktors, Felicias I barely play VSav but even I knew this right away
Here we are with the "Choose a main" video for Darkstalkers(specifically Vampire Savior!). As always with these style of videos I give a brief overview on every member of the cast, let you know some of the aspects of what they are about, and hopefully armed with this knowledge you can make a decision on who you might want to play! Thanks to the Capcom Fighting Collection for giving Darkstalkers a big breath of fresh air putting it on modern consoles and PC(outside of emulation). Its a great franchise and all the characters are true all time greats!
@@Guitar-Dog he makes fg vids my man, he has to make em now(again), because of the algorithm,and get more views and subs.
@@Guitar-Dog Calling a content creator who makes you videos for free 'sellouty' for... making videos that are timely and relevant and yes maybe might make him a few dollars so he can continue to do what he does is a garbage move, friendo.
If you wanna point people to your high level Darkstalkers content that you were making out of your heart and goodwill, you should do that! But something tells me you aren't doing that for some reason.
@@Guitar-Dog This is why I don't have respect for fightcade people. I may be old, but I refuse to be an old dinosaur like the rest of you. Its ok for people to have new experiences and enjoy new things. I wish all the best for people playing Darkstalkers for the first time on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, and Switch and its why these videos exist. Go back to your grumpy old cave fightcade man.
@@Guitar-Dog go back to fightcade and never venture forth, just stay there stuck in the past where you belong.
@@Rooflemonger I want to play Virtua Fighter 4 and Capcom vs SNK 2 online with a friend, tell us how we can do that without using fightcade then?
Extra note about B.B. Hood, the butterflies landing on her indicates when she's held a direction long enough for her charge moves to come out. It's a really neat indicator for learning her timings
Godlike small details like that are what made Capcom the face of the fighting game genre.
Praying that SF6 restores their image. 🙏
That's incredibly useful information!!!
i never knew this and i’ve been playing for a whole day
That is so damn cool
Hopefully one fateful day, when the time comes, you'll make one of these for Darkstalkers 4😌
hopefully im still alive by then, im almost 40 now 👴
@@Rooflemonger
Avarege lifetime is about 80 years soooo... maybe? I'm not really shure...
@@Rooflemonger I have faith you’ll be fine
I have a pretty solid feeling that Darkstalkers is coming back sooner than later.
Possibly after the inevitable VS. Collection of games
Yeah. I mean, Capcom needs to mix things up with their fighting games. Either make a new installment of an old, forgotten IP or make something new.
"Victor, he's the big boy"
*listening*
"He can grab you, sure, but he's more about his big, beefy normals"
*even more listening*
"And he's got an ass-based offense"
*...confused, but still listening*
16:26 So Lilith’s super “Gloomy Puppet Show” is basically a rhythm mini game where you have to follow the rhythm (which should’ve been instructed in some way) and once you do that get basically some points after the game is ended and increase damage depending on how many points you have. It was weird at first on my end but after that I understand what that super is for.
Here’s a 6-button layout which was shown in the mini game:
1 = Light punch
2 = Strong punch
3 = Fierce punch
4 = Light kick
5 = Strong kick
6 = Fierce kick
Lilith's Gloomy Puppet Show is a 'rhythm minigame', you have to hit the right prompted buttons to the beat to get 100 pts. And just like certain rhythm games, you can hit hidden predefined buttons at times to score over 100 pts. There are a few set rhythms and some are easy while others are difficult. With a real training mode, this will be much easier to practice.
How I chose my main:
1- See Hsien Ko.
2- Say "Yup, that one."
3- Select Hsien Ko.
Correct
Simple as.
Step 1- Play Faust
Step 2- Profit
I saw her idle animation and was sold on the spot. Love everything about her.
Chinese Character? Check
Chinese Vampire(Jian Shi)? Double check!
For those of you who are new to Darkstalkers as a whole, the game is 25 some years old right now and yeah there's a pretty strictly defined tier list and all that, but don't sweat it. Tier list only matters for the grizzled vets, for now play who you find fun because every character is wildly unique!
And it sometimes doesn't even matter for them! One combo breaker had Lilith and anakaris in grand finals
From what i know that zabel is also pretty execution heavy too so its not someone you can just pick up easily and win
I never really pay attention to Tier Lists myself anyway (even in games that I wanna go pro in), so that's good to know. This is coming from someone that picks Ryu in the MvC games.
Lord Anakaris >>> Tier Lists
@@dESTRON76 we who have been cursed by Lord Anakaris
The character variety is wild AF, you dont see many fighting games that have such varied designs anymore
I am an old guy (mid-forties), and I have been a fighting game fan since their very start. My memory had clearly failed me concerning this game. Thank you for reminding me why this is such an amazing classic. There is so much about this which really looks to stand up to the passage of time. I would love for Capcom to put their fighting game A-Team on a modern Darkstalkers iteration.
Bengus's art can't really be duplicated by anyone.
The right adaptaion IMO would be a 2.5D *stylised* art style. Darkstalker would lose a lot of its charm if turned into the 3D "salami" style of recent SF.
Crazy how we have Darkstalkers to thank for all the crazy character archetypes we have in fighting games especially anime fighters yet Capcom still refuses to make a new one... Heres to hoping that the sales for this collection fund a new Darkstalkers.
When B.B. Hood first came on screen I was 100% expecting her to transform into an eldritch horror, but a badass murder child works just as well for me. Thanks for the great guide, I can't wait to dive into this series as a walking armory disguised as a kid!
A fellow soon to be B.B. Hood main lmao you love to see it
@@goldenlightning8842 same here man!! make sure you fire misses and pet her dog harry (start button taunt)
I laughed out loud when she pulled out an uzi
This video made me realize how dark stalkers and killer instinct drank a lot from each others pool. It's nice to see so many parallels.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Darkstalkers content. Keep it up, friend.
22:56 little known darkstalkers fact: this move is a guaranteed combo into sweep! if you see anyone on the internet talking about "more bees sweep" that's where it comes from :)
"There are two good reasons why morrigan is known" 😂👀 u are right
Q-Bee main here, been playing very VERY casually since Darkstalkers 1, and this list still showed me cool stuff I'd never seen before! Thank you!
When you're straight up the Iron Maiden mascot, you deserve to be S tier.
"perhaps the most curiously attractive....for a fishman" I see what you did there, hahaha! Nice, obscure reference XD
Great guide too, btw!
I’m so happy you make these “choose a main” and “beginners guide” vids. They’re so helpful, a joy to watch, and I don’t feel you get enough recognition for them so I just wanted to say keep up the great work!
Thank you for the kind words!
It's amazing that when I searched for "darkstalkers character overview," the most relevant video was published just three hours ago. Thanks Rooflemonger! You've helped me get a foothold in a handful of fighters now.
yeah same lol the timing is insane
Thanks for the Darkstalkers coverage. It has always been my favorite fighting game series.
Went into this video expecting to find some badass monster character to play, then ended up laughing my ass off at BB Hood and going “yep that’s my character”
Awesome man I just did a 5 hour drive to Louisiana from Dallas and this was easily the best 45 min during it. Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort of making a guide for a decades old game. Kudos to my wife and son too for never caring what I make them listen to through our car speakers, they’re doin their own thing ; )
I love varied casts like this. Man, imagine them in a modern game
I love how you absolutely hid Victor's butt moves until towards the end LOL
"Oh, you thought he was cool because he had moves with variable properties? Check out his ass...." LOL
When i saw Jedah's airdash i thought "oh cool its like Raven's" and then I saw the pinwheel.
Hey just wanted to add some more supplementary info I think is important:
Demitri: has a level 2 command input super that's a grab with 2 frame startup. Good thing he builds meter really quickly!
Zabel's damage output comes from confirming into a super that does 30-40% total and sets up for oki
Bishamon can do his dp but only as a reversal or guard cancel. His unblockable is because of a proximity guard glitch. His charge slices get more range the longer you charge
Sorry if I missed you mention it, but Anakaris can't pushblock. And his guard cancel is unsafe on hit so he is cool and fun but that's why specifically he's low tier
BB Hood's offense is super good even without the infinite; tons of frame traps and instant overheads
Hsein-ko has even more movement control with her pendulum swing that she can cancel and keep momentum
Please go out and keep playing ^_^
Hell yeah! I tried to fill in some more info about bb hood / bulleta as i've been researching the crap out of her since I started learning VS.
Wow! It's fascinating how many things originated from Darkstalkers! We have a lot to thank them for!
By the way, in Skullgirls, Peacock's taunt uses the same exact motion for Hsien-Ko's super (LK, HK, MP, MP, up), and after using the taunt, the next large item she drops with qcb+P will now become Hsien-Ko's Tenraiha!
As for the characters I'd like to try, I still stand by trying out Sasquatch and B.B Hood first, but wow! I thought KOF was crazy for giving a lot of characters command grabs, but in Darkstalkers, EVERYONE has at least one command grab, I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this! Lots of characters can get instant overheads via hover dash/leap dash too, so I gotta look out for those! :O
Although Demitri was a no brainer for me as a shoto player back in the 90s, Rikuo and Sasquatch are the ones I enjoy the most playing with, they have plenty of resources and are so much fun. Never managed to understand how to play BB Hood and Hsien Ko though. lol
This game just oozes with personality and creative movesets. I'd pop off if they would make a new darkstalkers man
The fact that Talbain still hasn’t been playable in any game since the Darkstalkers games makes me so sad. Bring back our kung-fu wolf husband, Capcom!
Yes, Jon Talbain, easily the winner of Capcom's "WHY HASN'T THIS GUY BEEN IN ANYTHING ELSE?!" award.
The last time we saw Jon Talbain, B.B. Hood was holding him at gunpoint in front of a shopping mall.
He's your husband. He's just my third favorite character, but he's awesome.
He’s not your kung-fu wolf husband.
He’s MY kung-fu wolf husband!
Unfortunate that the NA releases of Vampire Savior censored Jedah's moves. They look so badass with the original blood red.
Felicia has always been my main character to play as in the Darkstalkers games, most notably in "Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge", since she's pretty quick and agile for a fighter, and it's also really hard to resist her cute-looking design and fun-loving personality that makes her one of the most appealing characters in the series. ^^
I'd say that Darkstalkers - maybe more than any other game - is a game where you should just pick whoever you think is cool.
You think the kung-fu werewolf is cool? Just play as him. You'll figure it out.
You think the vampire with the DBZ ki aura is cool? Just play as him. You'll figure it out.
You think the zombie rock star is cool? Guess what you should do.
Still Maining Felicia B.B. Hood & Lilith.
Felicia I've just always used since the first game.
I love the fact that Bulleta is twisted little red riding hood.
Lilith idk why but i enjoy the uphill battles with her more compared to joke characters in other games
It’s crazy how much this game pioneered and how detailed it was for its time and capcom just lets it float in the clouds and not follow it up.
I can see a massive inspiration from Darkstalkers in Arc System Works games and characters 🤔
a lot of the original arc sys team worked on darkstalkers
@@Rooflemonger wow, this one I didn't know, thank you!
I just recently picked this up after trying out the first Darkstalkers and I’m obsessed with this game
I am 100% maining Jon Talbain because I honestly just love the character to death. I especially love his sprite and his animations. They look so damn cool.
3:50 all chars have a whiff throw animation, but is something special to get, boot up the game and do Morrigan's command throw and jump with the other character at the same time.
A pretty funny animation were she stumbles flails her arms and does a expression of surprise will trigger, B.B. Hood snaps her fingers and grunts.
For competitive play I don't know how much these animations affect, they have a little length to it, but I don't know if they have enough cooldown to get punished, and besides they're extremely rare, the evasion and command throw have to have like in the exact same frame
I've always been inclined to play B.B. Hood since I love her design & personality, but this guide really makes me wanna try out every character for a change, really good video! 👍
I was waiting for this one since yesterday! Thanks for the upload.
I'm a simple man, i see werewolf Bruce Lee, i pick werewolf bruce lee.
Thank You so Much Man, I already created a Playlist just for your Darkstalker guides..! Keep up with the great work...
For Lilith gloomy puppet show, you have to input the right button and strength on the beat to increase the damage. Kinda just frame-y like Lucky Chloe rage art on Tekken 7. And there are a few different random presses the game throws at you but the button set won't change once the game picks one
it always confused me with how the buttons worked when it says 1st punch on the top row then 2kick on the bottom is that light punch to light kick? I believed so but it always gave me low points
@@trevorpgamer1936 each 3 punch and kick correspond to a Light Medium and Heavy.
So if the 1st 👊🏽 lights up then the 2nd 🦶🏽 pops up that would be LP->MK
LP MP HP👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
LK MK HK🦶🏽🦶🏽🦶🏽
@@cmar601 yeah i figured ill try it again maybe i got the timing wrong
@@trevorpgamer1936 yeah, the game has a few different rhythms and you have a small window to hear it and copy it
I appreciate this and yesterday's guides. I've been hyped for this game since the collection announcement.
16:28 This super works similarly to Rise's Dance Super in P4AU where you have to press the buttons in time with the background music and it even shows the buttons on the screen the one that turns yellow is the one you have to press. However I have never in my 3 years of playing this game gotten more than 5 or 6 notes during that super. The song that plays and when the buttons change for you to press them are not synced up correctly essentially making it impossible for you to successfully do the super. The fact that it also costs 2 bars makes it even more useless when she has a Luminous Illusion and a pseudo DP super which can be done with 623KK you actually get more damage with this than Luminous Illusion though you have to hit a link into the super rather than canceling to Luminous Illusion or just do button into super.
Timing is definitely picky, but the text box next to your opponent is blue when you mistime, and orange when you correctly time it, so you can practice and perfect it. I have seen someone actually get a perfect 100 score in tournament (blew my freaking mind when I saw it). In fact, the Play Station port of Darkstalkers 3 had an option in training mode to select which of the 6 different button sequences you would get, so you could practice each one as much as you want. Hopefully this new collection retains that option.
The best way I have performed it is to just mash every button on the controller simultaneously and hope for the best. You can kinda get a rhythm going and land a moderate score that way. I've still only managed a perfect score this way once during training mode, though. And since you need a perfect 100 to do more damage than her LI, it's still not really worth spending two meters to do it.
The move does have some value, though. It has a really weird trajectory that protects from both air and ground approaches, so it's a good move to use with backdash to safely deactivate darkforce. And if that darkforce was mimic doll, you get two projectiles to cover your retreat.
@@japanimationman4442 Yeah as soon as I wrote this I went into Training mode and landed most of the super first try, but yeah it does have use with Dark Force and as keep away tool and I’d be lying if said that I haven’t used that super the most in matches of her 3 supers. I think my thought of it being not synced up correctly is due to fightcade having a slight input delay when playing online.
Yeah it's a bit useless and difficult but goddamn is it not a fucking statement when you land it
I didn’t know that! Thank god I never use that Super. XD
Jon Talbain & B.B. Hood will always be my favorites! I love the DarkStalker games and this collection.
Please do a short followup with Donovan, Phobos and Pyron.
Even if they didn't make it into Vampire Savior they are still part of the main Darkstalkers cast and would be nice to know more about their playstyles.
That could be covered in a potential, shorter “Savior 2” video (along with some system changes).
awesome vid, thanks for making it! I got this game in the capcom fighting collection this summer and it got me into fighting games... I'm a Hsien-ko and Jedah main and yeah, all the points you made were accurate. I just really like to fill the screen with my attacks LOL
Also darkstalkers had death animations bishamon if the pursuit is last hit they remain cut in half alot of little details including Jedah hurting himself to hurt u
so much flavour, so much character. i first saw this game in the arcades on a bc ferries ride way back in the day, crossing between vancouver and v. island. was love at first sight.
With Lilith's Puppet Thingamabob, you have to hit the corresponding button. It's pretty cool. 😘😘
I was looking for this type of video yesterday. Thanks for the content.
I had this for the Saturn and you just taught me all kinds of stuff I didn't know. Dats why I come here Roof! You da man!
As a metalhead, I'm totally picking Lord Reptar
Fellow Canadian here. I love that Sasquatch being Canadian was just as important to you as it is for me. Main reason I want to main him as well. Love the content!
I was focusing on BB Hood but maybe I will give Hsien-Ko a try (though Q.Bee's moves are fun looking)
Keep up the great work! Amazing overview of the cast.
Want to play Demitri and Hsien-Ko but this vid also got me interested in Bishamon. Can't wait for this Friday!
Yooo I’m so early and to the video I awaited the most!
Morrigan is probably my favorite because of her voice
Still wish Lilith got into some more fighting games. There’s some moves from the manga that are definitely worth of being in Lilith’s in-game series moveset (such as her Golden Arrow attack, which is basically just Mystic Arrow but she CREATES THE ARROW).
Also, Lilith is my main in Darkstalkers 3 for the exact reasons you described and because she has the Tatsumaki (which Morrigan doesn’t).
Man I love these capcom collection's. All I need is this one and the mega man zx collection and I'll have them all. Man, a new darkstalkers game would look sick with graphics like Dragon Ball Fighter Z.
Been waiting for this one!!
its so funny hearing Demitri described as the ken, considering *he* was the protagonist of the first game, but Morrigan was so much more popular that they went fuck it and essentially made her the protagonist of 3
Just got the game, omg what a beauty, from the title screen’s music, they know wtf they doing
You must be stoked man. I'm looking forward to some DS guides
I've just started playing on the recent Fighting Collection. I'm accustomed to games like DBZ Tenkaichi, and like all -rounders. Can't believe it took so long for me to play these games.
Fun fact! Darkstalkers is my 2nd favorite fighting franchise right under Guilty Gear! I sadly never got into Street Fighter (even though I own most of them). I really only played the first 2 then never got back into it. Darkstalkers just took such a hold on me as a kid. I always was attracted to dark things and horror, plus I love how it doesn't take itself to seriously. I've always wanted them to make a DS4, but with the way they are doing some of their franchises, perhaps it's best if they don't 😅. Just like I would LOVE for them to at least remaster all the Onimusha games and maybe come out with a new one.
Im sooooooooooo glad you did this!!! So many more people are gonna pick this up hopefully...
Felicia’s stage is literally giving me a fear of heights 😭
Bro fr me too now. I thought it was like a space station or something it now I'm shook
kind of unrelated to the video but I love the way they achieved the illusion of transparency on the scarves and dresses of the women in the background during the beginning of the Sasquatch segment.. they most likely didn't have the ability to make it truly transparent, so instead alternated frames with and without the parts they would want to be see-through. if you press comma and period on your keyboard you can scrub by frame and watch them become fully opaque/disappear!
Rooflemonger : “Two good reasons you know Morrigan” . *me nodding in agreement as I look at her two barely covered airbags*
Roofl, no one touches the quality and variety of coverage you put out here when it comes to fighting games. I appreciate it so much! I hope the launch of SF6 will assist this channel to blow up signifantly. I wouldn't be surprised and you truly deserve it.
It'd be nice haha! I will absolutely be coming at Street Fighter 6 with everything I have
The game I most want that would never exist is a Guilty Gear VS Darkstalkers game.
It’s so cute that victors portrait under his health bar gets electrocuted too
This game’s animations are next level
Another excellent video. Love this franchise. Great in-depth analysis as always!
The curiously attractive joke for rikuo did not go over my head 😌
Definitely trying darkstalkers out. Thanks for the vid Rooflemonger. 👍
All the characters are much fun I'm so excited to be able to play this again, most likely BB Hood and Felicia will get a ton of playtime
i will probably never play this game, but this was super fun to watch, thanks for the video dude you are super entertaining
I used to play BB Hood, Q Bee, and Anakaris in the arcades as a kid. Excited to say hello to my old anime goth friends again.
This game has so much personality its insane.
Hey canadian! Your videos are always so helpful man. Really appreciate what you do.
32:40 That’s a building??? I always thought it was a space station, I never tried to look at this perspective. Great video btw
I can't believe u remembered the "Curiously Attractive" catch phrase from the 90's 🤣🤣
"This isn't about the baby, this is about Jedah" 🤣
I'm learning B. B. Hood and having a blast with the character and game in general.
I have NEVER Seen Viktor sheer Cake command grab.
What the hell? I always skimmed past him for Morrigan, Lilith, Jedah.
Game is amazing in a lot of ways fr fr.
Nice video and thank you sir.
As others have noted, there's some advice in this video that, while good for attempting to simplify things for new players, tends to misinform on the functions and playstyles of some characters. I think a collab with players in the VSAV community would be very much worth it, thanks!
Love these videos of yours and love the fact Darkstalkers is getting some love definitely the most underrated Fighting game series ever next to Virtua Fighter.
Any chance we'll get one for Pocket Fighter?
Darkstalkers I have a understanding of, pocket fighter I got literally no idea lol
most underrated? did you actually forgot Rival Schools exist? along half of SNK franchises
@@Kurumisama dark stalkers is most underrated no contest
i remember when this series came out. i immediately discarded it since it was not street fighter. (i was a simple kid)
now i think this game is awesome because it's so off the wall and unique. you can tell capcom wasn't afraid to experiment and be creative.
Great video very well in depth and most important importantly entertaining.
I only took interest in vampire savior because of a manga im reading and your vid is great example to get an idea of it, good job on the entertaining narration as well ty very much :)
I forgot, I also loved Jon Talbain and Felicia.. they're both adorable.
Wow such a 2 videos about dark stalkers thanks so much never playing this alot you broke down everything so helpful
Bruh if you're recommending Morrigan as a basic character to learn the game with I don't think you did enough research on her. This is massive misinformation that I'm thankful for since you've created a subclass of Day 1 Morrigan players that are going to get steamrolled by Day 1 Sasquatchs, Demitris, Zabels, Viktors, Felicias
I barely play VSav but even I knew this right away
i almost forgot that lord raptor's name is zabel, i got REAL confused wit u for a second