amazing turn based strategy fighting game that also functions as a stick fight animation software somehow.
this easily should have won most innovative gameplay on steam, but starfield is starfield i guess.
this game manages to feel both completely overwhelming and also super understandable. the only way you will consistently win is by learning to read your opponent based off of the situation. there is almost always an effective counter that you can perform to any attack, and you just have to be right. there is a singleplayer training mode that doesnt currently have any ai, so the two characters in training mode are both controlled by the player. this can be used to script cinematic fights, or just mess around with different moves and see what they do. at the time of the review there are four characters, but a fifth is soon to be added. most achievements are just around little secrets you can find in game or milestones like fifty wins. there are also character specific achievements where you need to do specific things in a multiplayer match for the achievement.
ive gotten all achievements except for two that you kind of need to cheese, (kick them while they're down and evenly matched) both of which are extremely difficult and involve kinda being a dick to your opponent for most of the game. i'll probably just get a friend online to beat these. this shit is only five bucks and absolutely worth it. infinitely replayable.
very excited to see where this game goes and definitely going to keep playing it.