I am interested in easy (to remember) tips on how to play either Galahad or Shadow.
Greetings, fellow users of Starward/Xīngzhīyì/Hoshi-no-Tsubasa. I've found this game not too long ago and have been playing intermittently for a good while. Unfortunately, while I was admittedly first drawn in by the appearance of the Black Rock Shooter characters in the game's roster (which I had completely missed the event that featured them, as well as being surprised that there was anyone left in the world that still remembers that particular part of my late teenage childhood), and have been a bit discouraged and turned away from all the gacha mechanics and microtransactions in the game, having to remind myself that those are simply a normalised part of Asian gaming culture compared to the West, that's all besides the point of this thread.
I've managed to get mad lucky and scored a Galahad and Shadow at the character recruitment section. I've tested them a bit, and I am interested in the combo-chaining potential of both; Shadow in particular seems to be very fast-paced, sophisticated, and combo-friendly. Both of them seem to be heavily melee-oriented, with relatively poor stamina. As I'm aware that the gameplay seems to be closely inspired by, if not outright identical to, the Gundam Extreme VS arcade games (something that while I do have fond memories playing as a young lad, it has been way too long ago for any form of instinct or muscle memory to happen immediately), I am currently under the assumption that they play quite similarly to the Mobile Fighter G Gundam units from that game, such as the God, Master, and Spiegel Gundams, so that probably translates to a high-risk, high-reward powerhouse whose main gameplay difficulty is closing the gap between me and my target due to lacking in ranged options. Is this way of thinking helpful for me to do? What are combos, attack patterns, or habits that are reliable and would be easy for me to remember?
I am sure that the moveset upgrades ("Talents", as the game calls them) would improve on their overall performance immensely, but I've considered myself uncharacteristically favoured by luck already in getting a hold of these two powerful babes; I hold no hope or expectation whatsoever in receiving a copy of them in order to convert the copy into a free upgrade. And purchasing a Talent-unlocking item from the store page is not a viable option for me either, as the in-game currency price for one is outrageous.