The main reason Darkstalkers is considered one of the best fighting game franchises.

THis title alone fro 1997 is able to compete with some of the best in the industry, including the beloved fighters released even today.

The amount of effort put into the presentatino alone is enough to sell you on this: it says a lot that the animations from this game are studied and used as examples in professional animation courses: the stile of Darkstalkers are straight up timeless, able to showcase an incredibly fast-pced combat smoothly, while also combining horror-themed brutality with hilarious Looney-Toons hijinks.

Each character is an homage to the classic representation of monsters in media (yes, even Felicia) but they are able to express so much personality in they expressions and moves that are able to result relevant to this day (seriously, every time I see Lord Raptor looking at Leilei or any of the trasformations and danc enumbers from supers like DImitri's or Lilith, I can't help but smile)

THe stages are also full of personality, so much that outshine environments from titles of so many other fighters, and able to convey joy, fun and also unsettlement.

Each match is able to make you release so much adrenaline and hype: you got ZERO pause between matches, you just go for it and try to pressure you opponent. It's so different to so many titles, where more methodical and "slower" approaches are often recommended.

For sure one of the best fighting games ever made. A must play even for people that are not fans of the genre.

Ok el juego es bueno pero ODIO a Anakiris con todo mi ser LE ODIO en serio no puedo con el.
Muchos de sus movimientos son asquerosos y rastreros como por ejemplo ese en el que literalmente el cabrón malparido se teletransporta de un extremo de la pantalla a otro, es en el que tumbas faonicas caen del cielo o sus estupidos agarres miserables. Esa mierda faraónica me ha hecho pasar por momentos MISERABLES mientras jugaba con mi hermano (el cual manejaba a ese excremento egipcio de personaje) y en todos los juegos de lucha que he jugado en lo que llevo de vida ningún personaje me ha hecho psar por un mal rato tan grande como esa rata momificada y miserable y para colmo en mi opinión tiene el diseño más genérico que he visto en cualquier juego de lucha. Como digo el juego no es malo es muy divertido sobre todo si lo juegas en multijugador y artísticamente es precioso pero mis partidas con ese mierdón putrefacto de personaje me ha hecho odiarlo de una forma única que no había experimentado antes sin exagerar al grado de que esta review del juego se basa casi enteramente en mi odio por el aunque bueno eso es en base en mi experiencia y si te gusta pues bien pero sinceramente a mi no me gusta nada. Pero si en general es un buen juego de lucha.

i used to not get what people liked about this game. that was when i was worse at fighting games. revisiting it years later, it's one of my favourites of all time, and i think it does things better than many modern fgs. most importantly, it keeps an extremely brisk and anime-esque pace of matches while still having very strong focus and emphasis on neutral. i'd compare it to kof in this regard, which i also think does that quite well—but there's so many other charming aspects of this game that makes it incredible both competitively and casually, as well as a huge target for a potential sequel (even if they wouldn't be able to capture the magic entirely). great roster, great mechanics, great pacing, the only standout flaw is the character balance, which is true of basically any old fighting game.