BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

Summary: For the anime fans that can either read Japanese or that do not mind watered-down translations & have tolerance for possible lack of balance. (Hakumen can do about 15 % damage with a basic, spammable Strong Attack.) Gameplay: 1. Very big hitboxes & some characters with uselessly short range moves. 2. Diagonal directions fail to register reliably with keyboard, though they do come out when trying to do something very different - a major newbie stumbling block. There are the one-button macros, though it is not the same & those don't work in ranked multiplayer. 3. It uses the Street Fighter style move priority tables to decide who hits who with simultaneous attacks. So basically even a faster jab can get ignored just because the game decides the other guy has a superior move. That and tons of incvincibility frame moves make the game look very stupid and feel unintuitive. For instance, you have Bang dashing through Hakumen's super long slashes. That gives the game a heavy rush-down focus. Even the biggest projectilist (Nu-13) has serious downsides (i.e. they are all situational) to its moves. Graphics: Brightly-colored comic book character graphics. Hit boxes tend to be bigger than the visible animation. Some similarities to SNK's KOF games, e.g. the menu engine is very similar to KOF XIII's. Story: GARBAGE. Too similar to the godawful FF 13 in style, with "quantum" technobabble and all. You are never told anything in a way to build intrigue. Instead you are kept in the dark and expodumped after the relevant moment is long gone. Sound: More melodic than GG. Plenty of heavy guitar riffs. Has ENG/JAP voices. English voices are bland and completely fail to express e.g. the insane energy of Nu-13 and Terumi. JAP-wise, Taokaka is probably the most well-devloped and developing character of the bunch. Overall, I would rather play most no-projectiles KOF games than this. No tech issues. Fighting, graphics, sound - it all feels mediocre and non-satisfactory.

Why should you get it? Because it's an amazing fighting game with awesome characters and has inspired some of the best troll laugh scenes on the internet. Just be sure to have a controller, this game isn't easy with keyboard.

I don't even like fighting games.

This game is very fun! It's a lot like Guilty Gear, except its not very balanced.

Best anime fighter for GOG, period.