Like Marvel vs Capcom, it's a 3v3 fighter where the object is to KO every fighter in your opponent's party, both players allowed to tag into their other characters or call the characters in waiting for assist attacks to synergize combos or open up the other guy's defense. The graphics for the game are brilliant and look near-identical to the anime, something Bandai has never really captured in their previous installments, and the in-battle cinematics are absolutely stunning.
This game, in fact, has everything to offer, even to players who don't play 2D fighters... like me! I did play Soul Calibur a bit in the past, but I never got into the mainstream series like Street Fighter and Tekken. It may seem a bit daunting to learn all the terms and combos, but once you master them you never forget! And if you're already a huge fighter game fan then obviously this won't be a problem. For the controversy over that Switch games are "inferior" to PS4 (such as lower frame rates, decreased graphics, etc.) I can say this game is the exception. It runs and looks the same much as the PS4 and I've no complaints. There is the topic of online, but only if you bump into someone with a crappy connection, which can be easily avoided.
My only quip? The game is VERY costly.
No, I don't mean the $20 price tag. That's an amazing deal, considering the digital version on Nintendo eShop normally sells for $60. I mean that several of your favorite characters (i.e., Broly, Bardock, Vegito, etc.) are paywalled behind DLC fighter packs for exorbitant prices, the most recent being $19.99, with others being around $24.99 - $34.99 per pack. Now it's totally true that you can buy each individual character separately for around $4.99, but if you want the full experience with all the characters, you'll need to dish out around $90 or so in total. And that's not to count the other DLC, such as custom stickers and additional music tracks.
Yeah, I get it. All games have DLC. But this game in particular feels almost a little slimy in that you have to pay so much to play characters that should have been included from the start of the game. Android 17, for example, exists in the original as one of Android 18's special attacks, but he himself was rendered non-playable until *gasp* a DLC for him dropped later. Maybe this sort of thing doesn't affect people who have been playing the game since season 1, since they would have incrementally bought each fighter pass as it came. But that's pretty irrelevant anyway -- if you already owned the game, you wouldn't be here, about to buy it, reading my review!
If I could suggest anything, play the game at its base, learn the mechanics, master combos, and just have fun. If you're serious about it and see yourself playing it all the time, then by all means, buy all the DLC you want! I haven't touched the DLC myself because I have my own expenses, and when I do game, I switch off between this and a few others, so it's not as though I can invest all my time into it. Realistically I can only see myself buying a few DLC separately, and were it not for this I would give it a 5 star.
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Damaged When Posted
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 18, 2020Platform For Display: Nintendo SwitchEdition: StandardVerified Purchase
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The case was damaged, and the cellophane was intact which means it was more than likely damaged when it was made. The returns procedure is a major pain because for some reason it's asking me to return to Las Vegas from Ireland....
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Ricardo Zavala
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Buen juego, llego en dos dias, valio la pena la espera. muy feliz. PAra obtener el dlc ir a detalles del pedido y ver Regalo y les llegara un mail con los dlcs
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El código de Budoten les llega por correo, no en el juego.
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