The tutorial makes the game seem vastly more complicated than it actually is despite the fact the game works more or less the same as any other fighter. So many rules as to when this or that can be activated, health must be at x percentage, meter at y, can be activated only once per match, etc. etc. The tutorial doesn't even mention which button does what up front. So I'm pausing the game to see the buttons WHILE DOING THE TUTORIAL.

Once done with the tutorial I'm booted out to the main menu where there's nothing left but arcade mode. But the goofy, balloony looking characters, art style that's simultaneously garish and dreary, and samey roster ("weirdo with sword" done nineteen different ways) leave me completely uninvested. It should also be mentioned that trying to select any DLC character redirects you to the PSN store where you may download that character, even if you own all the season passes. Those characters become free, but you still have to download each and every character one by one which is pretty gross. On top of that some characters still require that I pay such as Mina- wait, wasn't she included in one of the passes? If I buy her wouldn't I technically be buying her twice? I honestly don't know.