Here we are with your Beginners Guide to Under Night In-Birth 2! The classic franchise returns with New Characters, New Moves, New Mechanics, oh and rebuilt from the ground up to support rollback netcode! In this video we will be covering all the main mechanics of the game so you understand how everything works and flows together. So give a watch, leave a like if its not too much trouble, and enjoy! ***edit*** at the start I say there is crossplay, apparently there is not I have been informed, my bad :(

@swerse

5 ай бұрын

Is it crossplay? Everyone tells me it doesn't have crossplay

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

@@swerse There is no crossplay the pinned post is changed to reflect that. My bad

@swordchronicle

5 ай бұрын

I may have detected a minor error in your video, you state earlier that you need a lead of 6 GRD blocks for Celestial Vorpal but at 20:37 your lead is at 5 blocks and you still gain Celestial Vorpal???

@ThundagaT2

5 ай бұрын

@@swordchronicle To be specific you dont need a lead of 6 blocks to gain celestial, you just need to have 6 blocks or more when the GRD cycle finishes (the clock in the middle). It doesnt matter how many the opponent has at that moment, as if you have 6 or more blocks, you will always have more than your opponent, thus always winning the vorpal cycle. Celestial behaves as if you have 12 blocks initially (you can still lose the blocks gradually through the normal methods) and when chain shifting with all 12 it will give you a TON of meter, more than the max you can hold actually. Just keep in mind that like normal vorpal, if you chain shift, or use the combo veil off (the red one), you lose the celestial state. You CAN however use normal veil off and celestial at the same time, giving you a MASSIVE 40% damage boost.

@swordchronicle

5 ай бұрын

@@ThundagaT2 Thank you!

So yeah, I wasn't expecting this either! Apparently it was very poorly advertised the fact that on console if you pre-order the fancy edition you can get it a few days early, so that means i actually have time to make this guide before Tekken drops lol. Ideally tomorrow expect a Choose a Main video(couldn't get that one done first, just not enough time so enjoy the beginner guide for now!) and we will go from there!

@zerdodylan

5 ай бұрын

THANKS MR. ROOFLE

@nicorubio1504

5 ай бұрын

looking forward to it! preordered and no idea who i'll be maining yet

@sladevalen2120

5 ай бұрын

Ah finally now I know why I'm seeing people drop videos. I was so confused how people were playing and thought it was leftover beta stuff but I guess console player are lucky

@kode-man23

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your Choose A Main guides. I always end up watching them several times haha

@Marthroy9000

5 ай бұрын

I preordered the physical copy and got it today. I was so salty that people got it online the day before. I thought i wouldn't be able to play until launch day, but i got to play this monday.​@@sladevalen2120

The horrible irony is that despite considering it my favorite fighting game, my favorite genre I've been playing for literally decades... ... I.. haven't actually played UNI against another player. I just couldn't get into it online, and the nearest local was a 2 hour train journey away. UNI2 is more than I could have asked for, I'm going to get trounced.

@TheSweetSpirit

5 ай бұрын

if you got it by PC you certainly got trounced by the crashing I bet.

@AnthanKrufix

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSweetSpirit I.. haven't had any crashes?

@TheSweetSpirit

5 ай бұрын

@@AnthanKrufix Have you tried playing online? That's where all the crashes are on PC right now. You said you were looking forward to playing online, so that's why I memed about the crashes. The actual experience playing online seemed great, I was able to play at 0 input delay with no (visible) rollbacking, but matchmaking and the lobbies themselves are prone to crashing right now. Training mode and other gameplay is stable as far as I know, though. But, I have not been able to figure out how to get uni2 to understand I want to use my keyboard to use Dummy Record & Playback keys.

@connectthedash

2 сағат бұрын

@@AnthanKrufixLate comment, but same. I got into UNICLR as my first fighting game around 2020, and I couldn’t play against anyone, so I just played… and played… and played. Here I am, four years later, having beaten the entire mission mode of UNICLR without having played much at all against other people. This game is magic, and I’m also happy to get trounced.

I was literally just thinking "I need rooflemonger to explain this game to me" and here you are! amazingly quick work as always!

We are literally in the golden age of fighting games

I want this game just because of the music

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

Music still rips in this game hard as ever

@soulshock210

5 ай бұрын

Did you buy yet

As someone who was new to this series during the beta, I couldn't understand the mechanics of this game to save my life. This video perfectly explained everything and now I'm excited to give it another shot.

Most satisfying and freeflow combo system out there. And without going overboard with combo length. Took me multiple iterations to click with the game, but I’m finally fully on the Uni train. Choo choo!

@Marthroy9000

5 ай бұрын

That is a unique take to me. I've definitely heard people say that combos are too long and hard in this game. I love this game and i don't mind longer combos because the first fighting game i actually learded is Umvc3. I'm glad to see people jumping into this game.

hey roofle, you actually missed one more important part about the vorpal buff: every single character gets their kit enhanced in some way when they're in it. the simplest example I can think of is merkava. when merkava uses his EX worms, he plants 3 worms on the ground that attempt to attack you. normally, if you can force merkava to block, the worms will immediately die out. however, if merkava is in vorpal, *those worms are active unless you actually hit him.* so his oki becomes significantly more dangerous when he is in vorpal!

You're honestly the best man. You helped me fall in love with Strive, and now I'm actually educated and excited for this game. You really do help open the door. Thank you and keep up the amazing work. 👍

Thanks for this Roofle! Played the beta as a first time player, didn’t understand ANYTHING. Can’t wait to see the choose your main vid. I had a lot of fun with Shield Boy. 🛡️

As always an excellent beginners guide on day 0, great summary to get people started! UNI is an amazing game and I really hope the community will give it the love that it deserves.

I'm so happy that you were able to make an Under Night guide, thank you for all the hard work to get this out before Tekken drops! I may not be into Tekken, but I'll definitely keep watching even the Tekken news and guides because I respect all the effort that you put into getting information out there!

You are my hero! I really was waffling about getting this game, but I think with this it pushes it over. Thank you so much!

Another fantastic video! Thanks for the warm welcome and kickass tips 😊

I really appreciate you making this video. This is the first in the series for me and jumping from MK1 for this and I love it so far. Some of the stuff is really weird but I am enjoying so far!

I recently got into this game back in July last year your beginners guide for this game is insanely well done 👍 I’m confident new players will feel less overwhelmed after watching this.

You are everywhere mate! Thanks again for the videos and all the work it represents!

I was literally waiting for you yesterday glad you posted it today

Hes actually the goat with these uploads, 1 hour after I pre-order, he drops the guide! its GBFVR all over again. Love you Rooflemonger

I’ve gotten so accustomed to seeing these vids early tht I was surprised when Diaphone started streaming this yesterday. I thought tht I had somehow missed the vids

I was waiting for this, Roof

Man i love these beginners guide videos! this makes me feel good i don't know why 😆

If you're watching this and considering getting the game. I assure you, it is 100% worth. Been a big fan since [st] a year before it got announced for EVO for the first time.

Appreciate this. It really helped me understand the Grid

Thank you! I appreciate you and all the FGC creators. I bought the previous title to see if I would like it. I did enjoy the little I played and might buy this. I just hope others see how cool it is.

thanks for covering this game, i know you're probably busy with tekken but i really appreciate it!

I'm so hype for this one. 2024 is shaping up to be another banner year for fighting games

Thank you, our primate master guide. I never tried UNI, but im thinking about getting UNI 2 this time. The video was very helpfull

Great guide! Just got the game last night, played it for a bit. And I learned so many things, things I didn’t know. Great video! I come from BBTAG & Smash ULT.

Actually super useful. Still not 100% sure i'm done to buy the game but it's still really cool to watch. Having a better understanding of the game mechanics really helps to appreciate the gameplay

This guide was 200.00% great!

Just so you know in this video rooflemonger said there will be cross play, it will not, the director of the game has said that currently there are no plans for cross play because it costs no money and they don't have enough, this means that it could be added later if the game does well, but i wouldn't really get my hopes up

@zerdodylan

5 ай бұрын

he atleast said he knew it was important to everyone, i’m getting my hopes up a little 😢

Nice can’t wait till the choose your main.

I’m so happy this game didnt get the Type Lumina treatment. They didnt make the whole game only autocombos. Undernight has been my favorite fighting game/game in general for about 5 years now and I cant wait to try out the new characters.

Everyone who loves fighting games and wants tor reward a fighting game dev that has great dlc principles, support this game! Their last game had all free dlc for its players. We should reward this kind of behaviour as passionate players. Sorry for the rant.

🦍🦍🦍 MY MAN BACK AT IT AGAIN!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK

Super excited for this game. I did order it physically for console so I have to wait until release day to play it. But I need to own these fighting games physically for my collection. So for me it's worth the wait.

“Titanically much more damage” I’m stealing that 😂

Thank you for covering this game a little bit! Your videos are always my favorite!!

While the tutorial for uniclr was really good for a lot of mroe genre fundamentals, I was definitely overwhelmed by all the system mechancis and only played the game a little bit with friends barely understanding more than my character's moves, it was a lot of fun, but this explanation of grd/vorpal and veill off, probably somewhat enable dby me having played a good chunk more games since then so I have more to compare to, makes a lot of sense its very helpful thank you.

Visual style is pretty cool Looks straight ripped from an anime

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

Indeed it is what the kids call, a japanimation

@happyphiri4237

5 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger these types of anime fighters are different from GG and DFz right?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

@@happyphiri4237 yes this is a much different style of game than guilty gear or dbfz. The common call was always that Uni was the "Street Fighter of Anime" as in while its still certainly a anime fighter, its a bit more grounded

@Wolfedge75

5 ай бұрын

Well, this _is_ practically an urban fantasy light/visual novel in fighting game form.

Thanks Mr monger!

It's insane to me that they are releasing this game at the exact same time as Tekken 8. You would think that releasing it earlier/later would be better for sales.

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

Mannnnn don't I know it. I would give Uni some real proper coverage but like... this is a business I guess and the business Demands we go into full Tekken mode when the time comes. If im forced to pick and choose I gotta go with the bigger game, it only really hurts them to go up directly against Tekken. Either go a month earlier, or a month later. Same week = you gonna get swallowed up

@icyjules

5 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger Exactly! Definitely a huge blunder from their side.

@animaIpath

4 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger so you’re willing to cover things you don’t even like as long as ur getting paid? lol

Nice to see Roofle covering FG's other than just SF, Tekken, and MK again.

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

I have always covered everything under the sun, but a lot of the time there's only really stuff to talk about on the big game front

I didn't really care enough in the first game to learn the grd system, so I usually just went ham on Phonon's force function, but I do love this series. It's what I wished Melty Blood was.

Fighting game im most excited for this year

HE DID IT! HE REALLY DID IT!!

Nice guide. Hope this video does well

haha: about a year ago, when I was deciding whether to get into UNI or Type Lumina, I didn't truly grasp the foundational system mechanics (GRD, Moon Gauges, Blood Heat) of either. I feel accomplished now that I have watched this after time has gone by, and I understand how it all works. Don't decide on whether to learn a game based on how hard other people say something is--make decisions based on when your instincts guide you. I didn't buy Strive at release because XRD didn't click with me in 2020, but I now wish I had.

It's finally time.

coming from tekken and ggst this is certainly a new experience had me struggling for combos

probably one of the hardest parts about UNI is that when you get stuck in the corner its theoretically possible you'll likely never get a turn again depending on match ups, even with chain shift- I experienced this quite a lot vs my friend who's an amazing Hyde(we always Hyde mirrored cuz we played him a lot)- Creeping Edge's a good mechanic to avoid the "it'll never be your turn" part of Uni when in corner, yet what makes it interesting is while it could save you from the corner, its punishable. so its a choice to keep blocking so you hopefully find one small opening to breathe or risk a roll that could be punished. Chain shift's also very interesting cuz while it pauses the game and can help(not always) to escape corner, certain interactions make it possible chain shift will fail. Take Hyde's Dash C for example. apparently its legit a true cross-up vs a wake up on the ground, to the point chain shift doesn't work well vs it. even if you try to use your own Hyde's DP(even reversing the control direction to account for Dash C cross up) or Gyre vortex, you just get hit by Dash C. its really menacing. but these type-a things, while its deff frustrating, I think thats what makes Uni have a lot of charm and great gameplay with all the technical aspects-

Didn't know about the force function moves or the creepy roll thing

I'm glad to see you got the chance to cover this game! Are you thinking of making a Waldstein guide or will Tekken eat up that time?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

id love to put out a wald or gordeau guide but Tekken is right around the corner and unfortunately it just has to take priority

We are spoiled for choice of fighting games this year I love it

Every Arcsys game is damn near exactly alike… they need a DBFZ 2 like ASAP

@rachetmarvel931

3 ай бұрын

This ain't a Arcsys game smart-ass.

Got super intimidated during the open beta by legacy knowledge in the few games I played. I did not know anything about the GRID though... Presentation in the game is great, I'll keep an eye on it and see when the "local" scene builds around and make a decision, should still be a good time as a spectator at least

@myquietreviewsfeaturingc.t9354

5 ай бұрын

I've been playing this off & on for a few years now & I still don't understand the "GRD" system 😂😂😂🤦🏿🤷🏿

Hinestly, props to French Bread for essentially REMAKING THE GAME just to include rollback

no mention of the weird A+B move? I have no idea what it does and can't find it in the games tutorial. It seems free and gives a knockdown, don't really know the uses of it though

Kuon just randomly starting to fly made me die

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

yeah first time I saw it I was like, lol, ok

Good game

I do have a question about this game since you mentioned it said A B C D as attacks, can you change it to where it says like the buttons on the controller or does it just tell you that already? Nvm i found out already that it actually tells you in the game what does what, one thing I didn’t like about Melty Blood Type Lumina was that it was just letters and stuff ❤️

Hope this game does well

Tip: while pressing jab repeatedly activates an auto combo, pressing b+jab repeatedly allows you to jab repeatedly.

How do they come up with the names for these anime games, holy moly

0:53 - I haven’t heard about Uni2 having crossplay between PC and Playstation, did you mean between PS4 & 5?

I haven't seen anywhere that the game has crossplay. Thats awesome if true

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

it does not, my mistake and changed the pinned ocmment to reflect it

Yay

Under night is the most legit anime fighting game out right now it actually plays like a fighting game and has fighting game principles don't let this game down streets...

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

I can confirm it is indeed a fighting game

@GS_CCC

5 ай бұрын

Other than Melty and the shield mechanic the rest are pretty legit.

@gallonthegreat7036

5 ай бұрын

@@GS_CCC Never heard of the shield I'll look into that and yeah melty blood is legit too

Great vid! I was wonderin what all the defensive options the game has cause pressure is hell to deal with...So i have a question, ive seen the grid meter be "broken" like a shattered glass effect on your grid meter, how does that happen?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

now that II think about it I think i missed covering that in the video, but the main reason is when you are shielding and you get thrown, that will break your grd

@RedLineOneGC

5 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger ohh ok, so for guard breakin?

@cheeseitup1971

5 ай бұрын

Shield also locks you into stand or crouch. If you get hit by an overhead/low while shielding wrong, you get GRD Broken. In short, don't get mixed, shield predictable attacks

I'm not sure if I missed it but do you still get GRD broken the same as you do in UNICLR?

Bruh I'm pretty much a casual FG player, but if maining a hard character feels like a full-time job, learning the GRD feels like taking on another full-time job. I'm glad to hear it explained though. With these understanding it'll improve my enjoyment of watching tourneys.

@wiegraf9009

5 ай бұрын

Ehh it's not that complicated. Maining a character is a LOT

I wish they would of pushed their release date for this game. I'm afraid it's going to be overshadowed by the release of Tekken 8.

How do you break someone’s guard? Every time I hit someone and I string combos they just block ALL of it but when I block the grd gauge shatters and I can’t block anymore

@minhajshad2534

5 ай бұрын

When you block using the D button, it becomes a Shield. Shield can block chip damage as well. However, if you get hit by an overhead attack when crouch Shielding, or get thrown when Shielding etc, your GRD breaks. Also, getting hit with your opponent's Veil Off activation will break your GRD.

Nine hours after release on PC, trying to play casual or ranked online just crashes to desktop. I would like to play!

Can't decide between this or T8. Want to get into an anime FG, but T8 sure looks nice and kinda worried about longevity.

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

people will be playing uni for years to come, as they already have. If you want something a bit more mass market though that would be tekken

Looks exactly like melty blood interface. I wish they would have gone more hard on this

Can you get stun locked into neverending combo streak till K O just like in Blazblue on this game? Does it have somekind of combo limit like Granblue?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

Uni uses the standard hit-stun decay model, where the longer the combo goes the more likely it is to drop and the opponent can get out. There is no infinites or anything like that.

🤓🍿 ty.

I want to play the game but im still playing Granblue and tekken 8 is also coming ahhhh

Why oh why does this game have to come out at the same time as Tekken 😭. I want to play both but I don't have the time. I hope this game is still active when I hop into it in a few months!!!

Blessings friend.

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

🙏

For some reason I thought French bread was saying crossplay wasn’t in? But I’m glad to know it is! Edit* guess not lol

I am paralyzed by the Jan25th decision. I really want to play Undernight because anime fighters are my deal, but I also want to try 3D fighters because Tekken 8 looks cool. I'm already playing Granblue and there are not enough hours in a day for much more!

@zerdodylan

5 ай бұрын

between this, p3, tekken, and like a dragon it’s so joever

My says comes middle of February...

Wow, graphics wise it's significantly better than Unist.

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

yeah sprites look up-ressed a bit and everything looks just a bit sharper

@androtaz2621

5 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger Yeah the shadows and color blending looks almost like kof13.

Respect for not using numpad notation.

I’m new to this series so I have a question do I have to play to first one to enjoy this series or can I just play this and it would be just as fun

@rooflemonger

4 ай бұрын

you might wanna catch up on the story of some of the older games as this is a direct continuation, but other than that you can easily start from here

@Queen-Bubbles32

4 ай бұрын

@@rooflemonger oh okay cool

Wait, crossplay between consoles and PC? Didn't French Bread say that wasn't possible for them?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

There is no crossplay thats my mistake. Pinned comment changed to reflect that

so many games so little time

Look awesome, but to memorize all mechanics lol. Getting closer my 40s I'll stick with kof and sf ,but still look so exciting like kof series

I hope that under night 2 brings this goated series out of Discord fighting mode, but I don't think it will do to lack of advertising and that people who know about how good this game is are veterans fighting game players

Is there an English dub? It would be weird not to have one when there was a full English dub in bbtag

So Veil Off is kind of like KoF Max mode

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

sorta, yeah. Not exactly 1:1 but there's a lineage there

Choose a main coming as well? Please? :)

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

tomorrow

damn I wanna play this but its not on Xbox..

are you going to make a char overview?

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

yes

Since you were dwelling on it for a bit, I just want to point out that the super gauge does not say 200%

I really hope this game does well but it really was unfortunate timing with tekken

@rooflemonger

5 ай бұрын

frankly its not the smartest release window. Like if you wanna put out a new shooter would you release directly against the new call of duty?