Warriors of the blood moon gather for brutal battle this #ScanlineSunday in Weaponlord for Sega Genesis ⚔️ Counter your enemies slashes, thrusts, and strikes to grasp victory in this beautiful weapon fighter. Complex special moves and unique controls make this a game for real sickos of the genre!!
here are some of the special move inputs in Weaponlord, taken from the manual note that all of these are negative edge moves, so you have to hold the button during the motion then let go
I don't have a source for this, but I heard years ago that the moves were designed this way because they required fewer distinct states of input to be read and sent; the reason this was an issue was because Weaponlord was designed around the XBand modem, and they needed to take latency into account.
that's the only way i can explain some of the input choices, like Bane's moves for example seem very specific
iirc it was a combination of XBAND considerations & an attempt to make inputs more "intuitive" by having the directional inputs mimic the trajectory of the move animation
the first one is basically a DP and you think it'll be normal from there. then they hit you with the 894 motion.
sheesh it was easier to play this with an Activator
Oh God That makes my thumb hurt just looking at it.
At 1st I thought that this game maybe came out when people were worried about copying Capcom's command inputs but this shit came out in the PS1 era, so I guess the devs were just unhinged lunatics?
Isn’t this literally the control scheme for Primal Rage?
Not one I ever played but apparently the commands are pretty ridiculous
The unreleased Primal Rage II was going to have a Killer Instinct-style six button setup with dial-a-combos, would have been a joy to play.
If skate. was a fighting game.
what the hell was their problem
We used to be a real country
Good grief, no wonder I could never figure out how to do anything in this game.
most bizarrely of all is that fact while they are the majority, not all moves are negative edge with odd inputs characters also have charges, direction taps, and traditional motions where you hit the button at the end. there are still some exceptions
I suppose now that I know it would probably be a bit more manageable, but those sure are /unique/ motions.
so basically two slightly different DPs, one sideways DP, and an upside down DP?
Weaponlord is like "Perform a Fatal Fury Special Desperation move to do a flying uppercut."
This art style goes so hard
they put so much effort in! it's like an Image Comics page brought to life
Oh hell yeah Weapon Lord, a game that was almost great
