It always feels weird reviewing a fighting game because it's entirely up to the player what counts as 'finishing', what counts as a complete enough experience to review, and what stones can be left unturned.

I have put in the time, finished the extensive turorials, built up a nice win/loss record, finished arcade mode, and done a bunch of fishing. I have not played story mode, or played as a single character other than I-No outside of the tutorials.

So... not a complete experience. But what I got to enjoy instead was a fantastic guitar witch simulator, with chunky hits and simplified mechanics that make for the best I-No experience I've ever had. An absolute joy, and a wonderful way of getting all up in gender feelings because who doesn't wish they could become a beautiful witch with an angry hat.

Highly recommended if you have femme-oriented dysphoria, enjoy chunky feeling fighters, or hated how it was a half-circle input to stroke in Xrd.