JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Update 1.60 is out now for PC and consoles. Details on the patch notes can be seen here.
The update includes several general changes that aim to standardize certain mechanics in the game. One such change involves the backstepping technique, where the hurtbox area around the feet has been standardized. This modification eliminates differences in characters’ ability to avoid certain deployed projectiles by stepping backwards, thus removing imbalances in different characters’ ability to escape deployed projectiles while getting up from being downed.
Another notable change is the direction of counter HHA flying. The force that sends opponents flying will now be adjusted to the direction the initiating character is facing. Under certain situations, when performing a successful counter, the target would go flying in the opposite direction from that suggested by the attack animation. This change aims to make the game more intuitive and improve the gameplay experience.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Update 1.60 Patch Notes
The update also introduces damage reduction to combos that start out of guardbreak. This addition reduces the reward for performing a guardbreak while maintaining the ability to pursue that guardbreak.
Further changes include allowing damage taken during rebound protection to receive damage reduction during skills that don’t cause the victim to recoil. The update also changes counterstrikes to not occur while taking damage from attacks that do not cause rebound, thus improving usability in neutral.
The update will also resolve inconsistencies between characters’ positional pivot lines and the center of their collision detection when characters swap positions in the air. Additionally, the update will remove Stand collision detection during standing and crouching recoil animations and fix a rare issue where being hit during the Stylish Guard’s recovery would cause the crouching recoil animation to trigger.