" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

" @lordofultima: Yeah i've always been kinda put off by that, I never understood why things had to explode to be cool, it's distracting quite honestly. "

" @lordofultima said:

" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

Yeah dude, the most epic of battles are always 1v1, and this gives you the ability to get really good at one specific character. Game looks really interesting, and even though I suck at fighters (but I still like them) I now think I'm gonna buy BlazBlue. "

" @The_A_Drain said:

" @lordofultima: Yeah i've always been kinda put off by that, I never understood why things had to explode to be cool, it's distracting quite honestly. "

@Red said:

" @lordofultima said:

" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

Yeah dude, the most epic of battles are always 1v1, and this gives you the ability to get really good at one specific character. Game looks really interesting, and even though I suck at fighters (but I still like them) I now think I'm gonna buy BlazBlue. "

Didn't you read what I just type? You have the OPTION  to fight one on one only. And Red, you're making it sound like that you're controlling/fighting three characters at the same time. Even when you pick three characters you're still fighting one on one at a time. I can't believe some people are put off by the three on three rule, relaying on three characters is better than one. And also, aren't a lot of people bitching about all those damn Ken players on SFIV? "

To be honest, there's something in the new character design in KOF XII that I don't like (maybe it's the size of the sprites? I don't know :S); but I am a big fan of the KoF series so I'm almost sure I'll buy it.

BlazBlue also looks interesting, I have played Guilty Gear and I do like it's gameplay; I'll probably end up buying it too.

In my opinion, If there is the chance, get both. They are different enough to guarantee completely different experiences instead of being a substitute of the other.

"Didn't you read what I just type? You have the OPTION  to fight one on one only. And Red, you're making it sound like that you're controlling/fighting three characters at the same time. Even when you pick three characters you're still fighting one on one at a time. I can't believe some people are put off by the three on three rule, relaying on three characters is better than one. And also, aren't a lot of people bitching about all those damn Ken players on SFIV?"