#ocg konami killing me with the new cards

[unfunny-ness]

Ok ok ok so yesterday they announce new synchron and signer dragons stuff and today they hit me with a new flame wingman. I'm actually gonna go insane god I love it so much and it makes it easier to search favorite hero or favorite contact and also the artwork and name are so freaking good I think konami wants to murder me lol

[darkzorua100]

Geez, I’m starting to think I might be psychic. Second time now I’ve hit the nail on the head when it came to the summaries. At least for 56 anyway. 57 I didn’t see coming at all since we already had this duel and I didn’t think we were going to get a rematch for Playmaker vs Bohman at all unless it was going to be a tag duel with Playmaker and Soulburner vs Bohman and Haru. I mean, it makes sense in a way since Playmaker thinks that Bohman still has Jin’s consciousness, which he doesn’t, but it still seems way to soon for a rematch. Playmaker has only had two duels this season: Bohman, then Blood Shepherd, and now Bohman again. Really don’t know how to feel about this in terms of dueling action but I think we could be learning more about Bohman during this episode and 58 if this duel continues into that episode which is going to be interesting just to figure out how screwed up his mind truly is because of all the memories rewrites. Plus, if he is one of the Lost Children, I can see it being confirmed during this duel. 

Now onto the big topic: Soulburner vs Blue Girl confirmed for 56 with my guess it is going to start at the end of 55. Yep knew this was coming a mile away with how Soulburner has been following Playmaker’s season 1 pattern. If the pattern continues to hold true, he should be dueling Revolver next or one of the big bads of the season. Maybe Haru or the shadow guy maybe?

However the thing I wasn’t expecting is that Aoi, as Blue Girl, is still using Trickstars. Okay, I knew it was a long shot on her using a Water archetype but I was convinced she was going to be using a new archetype because of the whole new Blue Girl identity. In my opinion, this is just really stupid. I get it from the card game perspective. Trickstars are the top deck at the moment in the TCG when they are combined with the Sky Striker archetype and I believe they are still doing well in the OCG as well regardless of the fact that Trickstar Reincarnation is at 1 for them. There was no way in hell Konami was going to allow the writers to have Aoi switch archetypes considering she is their cash cow at the moment but when you are looking at it from a writing standpoint, what was the actual point of her assuming the Blue Girl identity in the first place? Blue Girl was made for her to go under cover but she isn’t actually hiding the fact that she is Blue Angel when you allow her to keep using the same archetype!

I swear to god, if Soulburner figures out that Blue Girl is Blue Angel just because of the fact that she is still using Trickstars, I’m going to face palm so hard because Aoi, you walked right into that one.

Other then that stupid complained of mime, I have been looking forward to this duel for a while now and I can’t wait to see how it plays out. Of course, we all know Soulburner is going to win because as long as he has Flame, he can’t lose unless the plot is heading in the direction where the Ignises are starting to get captured for something, but I am very interested to see how he is going to bullsh*t his way out of this. We have a Fire deck vs the literal burning you to death deck and when you really think about it, Soulburner shouldn’t be able to use his Skill. Burning Draw drops his life points to 100 and if Blue Girl has Lycoris on the field for example, he literally is going to lose just by using his Skill. Just anything he is going to do is going to burn him so unless he pulls out a monster that negates Burn Damage or instead makes him gain Life Points instead, in RL, Takeru should honestly lose this duel.

Well calling it now, Soulburner is going to summon a Fusion Monster that does one of those two effects because there is no way in hell he can use Burning Draw without it killing himself.

As for Blue Girl’s side of things, I can’t wait to see how the writers are going to make Trickstars lose again. Again best deck for a reason and all the writers are doing is showing that Aoi is a terrible Trickstar player for anyone that plays the game competitively. Geez, if they are just making Aoi continue to play Trickstars as Blue Girl just for the card sells, they aren’t doing a very good job of convincing people to play them if she continues to lose with them. The summary did however say that Blue Girl is going to be using some new tactics so maybe she is going to using a different Extra Deck summoning as well. I can see Trickstars getting any of them besides Xyz since they don’t have many monsters that share the same levels.

Or, you know, Aoi finally got herself a play set of Droll & Lock Bird during the three month time skip and is now putting them to use. Very doubtful but I would laugh my ass off if she actually did pull off the Reincarnation lock. Soulburner’s reaction to that would be gold XD

The interactions between these two is what I’m really working forward to. If Akira told Aoi that Soulburner is one of the Lost Children, I wonder how she is going to react to him considering her reaction when she found out about Playmaker’s backstory. Then there’s Soulburner and once he finds out about Blue Girl being Blue Angel, this guy is just going to be fanboying like crazy. I feel like this duel is going to be something similar to Selena vs Yugo and that’s just going to be amazing.

There’s also the fact that they could be Speed Dueling in a windstorm still because of Windy and considering from the preview of 55 showed that Blue Girl looked to have fallen off her board already because of the wind, I can honestly see if happening again dueling this duel with Soulburner saving her. Does that look good on Aoi’s character? Nope but that would still be adorable regardless. However that might just me being biased because I’m really liking the idea of Aoi/Blue Angel/Blue Girl x Takeru/Soulburner.

And speaking of the whole Aoi situation, I seen some people not happy about this duel since Aoi is definitely going to lose and that just goes back to the whole females getting terrible treatment in Yu-Gi-Oh. However, I look at it this way. After this duel, Aoi has officially dueled three of the Lost Children: Yusaku/Playmaker, Spectre, and Takeru/Soulburner. No one else at this point has dueled all of the confirmed Lost Children (Jin doesn’t count until he duels). I feel like that’s an accomplishment on its own and she did put up some memorable fights against them, regardless of the fact that she did lose to Playmaker and Spectre. Plus, look at it like this, if something should happen to the boys, like they go hivemind for example because of their Ignises, Aoi has the connections to them to at least free one of them from their control, giving her the big win she truly deserves. Of course, that’s just speculation at this point, who knows if that plot line will actually happen, but she does have the connections to do something. But no seriously, if she doesn’t get her rematch with Spectre, I will be very disappointed and I will so be fixing that in my Dark Signer AU for sure.

So yeah, I’ve got a lot of expectations for this duel and I can’t wait to see it play out next week. Same for what is going to lead into this duel during episode 55 which I’m very much looking forward to that as well. 

[entergamingxp]

Link Evolution’s New Content Makes the Series’ Best Game Even Better

April 2, 2020 11:30 AM EST

With the console release of Link Evolution and a new content update on Switch, Konami has made one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! games even better.

The problem with Yu-Gi-Oh! games, generally speaking, is that they always get outdated a few months after release, due to new content being added to the card game on a regular basis. Because of this, these games can launch without up-to-date content, which is sorely missed by the community. The new update for Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution is looking to change that. The developer has, seemingly, attempted to make the most up-to-date version of the game possible, and for all intents and purposes, they have succeeded.

After the new free update for the Switch version and the game’s release on other consoles, Link Evolution now has a ton more content than it did before. First and foremost, not only are there more duels in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS campaign, but EVERY duel from the show is there (as far as I can tell). From Playmaker’s first duel with Revolver (I refuse to call him by his English name) to Soulburner’s introduction (my favorite character in the show by far) all the way to Playmaker’s final duel with Ai: everything is seemingly here and it’s a blast to play through.

“Link Evolution now has a ton more content than it did before.”

That being said, there are definitely some difficulty spikes. The duels against Ghost Girl are notoriously hard. It took multiple attempts for me on both the PS4 and Switch versions of the game to beat her and even then, I barely scraped by. I even used decks that have the potential to FTK (First Turn Kill) to no avail. These duels are the only REAL difficulty spikes, but they are certainly worth noting.

The only major complaint I have when it comes to the new VRAINS duels is the fact that just like before, there are absolutely no cutscenes to speak of in this campaign, even though every duel is here. While this isn’t a huge loss, it just makes VRAINS stand out among the other campaigns. While it was more understandable when there were only three duels in the game, the fact that every duel from the story is here makes it less excusable.

“Having access to all these cards allows for a ton of freedom when making your deck.”

In terms of actual cards and content, there’s a lot here to enjoy in Link Evolution. After the new content was added, there are now over 10,000 cards in the game from both the OCG and the TCG, which is just…amazing. Playing an official Yu-Gi-Oh! game with what is essentially the most up-to-date version of the card game is really nice. I can make whatever deck I want to make with little to no restrictions. While there’s not much to go in-depth about here given the absolutely insane amount of cards in the game, just know that having access to all these cards allows for a ton of freedom when making your deck.

I was able to play this update on two separate consoles. For the PlayStation 4 version of the game, the game ran pretty much flawlessly. Aside from the fact that there were few people playing the multiplayer, the game ran buttery smooth and looked great. It’s not really that hard to screw up given how simplistic the game is when compared to other titles, but still; credit where credit is due.

After playing the PlayStation 4 version for a while, I switched over (ha!) to the Switch version of the game to see how the new additions hold up. While that version is the same content-wise, there are some major problems with it. The application itself seems to have a major problem with crashing. At several points I would be in the middle of a duel, about to win, and the entire application would crash back to the home screen. I wasn’t doing anything insane or crazy, just in the middle of a duel, playing as I normally would. I’m also not sure if it’s a bug related to a specific deck or card either, because it’s crashed on me while I was using a variety of different decks and characters. While it hasn’t gotten to the point where it’s ruined the game for me in any regard, it is extremely annoying to being on the comeback of a duel, only to have that comeback be ruined by the game crashing.

All in all, however, this new update is amazing. Having all the VRAINS story missions available at my fingertips, as well as the slew of brand new cards, makes for an absolutely wonderful Yu-Gi-Oh! experience. While the game crashing on the Switch version and the lack of cutscenes in the VRAINS campaign is unfortunate, there’s no denying that this is still the best and most complete Yu-Gi-Oh! experience you can find right now.

April 2, 2020 11:30 AM EST

from EnterGamingXP https://entergamingxp.com/2020/04/link-evolutions-new-content-makes-the-series-best-game-even-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=link-evolutions-new-content-makes-the-series-best-game-even-better