I don't really watch a lot of anime, but Kill la Kill was one of my favorites for the longest time (thought I totally get if people dislike the overall ""satirical"" comedy and story so focused on clothes and lack of clothes)

So when I heard that ArcSys, creator of Guilty Gear, were making a fighting game abround it, I was really really excited.

... only to find out that it didn't came out as well as I hoped for.

First, the positive: The style of the anime is recaptured almost perfectly, and the action packed energy of the battles, coupled with amazing music and voice acting, leads to a great time whenever you battle someone.
Every character is so unique in their playstyle that they almost play a different game on their own, and trying everyone on rotation allows you to experience gimmicks and mechanics always new. I am not a fan of most arena fighters, but these factors made me enjoy a lot from this title.

"Wow that is amazing, I wonder how many character we got".... just 10 (12 if you include two final alternate forms), two of them being free DLCs

That's kinda too little, espeically considering how bigger roster are one of the selling points for Arena fighters. Arcsys is also notorious for adding their own "OCs" to franchises they make games for, but nothing original or experimental was added here, not evenin the form of alternate costumes or big levels of customization.

The modes of the game are also kinda lacking, especially with the addition of a story mode that tries to retell the events of the anime in a really.... confusing way (and doesn't even let you play as every character).

It's a shame honestly: luckily the anime is popular enough that TRIGGER may give it another shot in the videogame market (they better not treat the developers like trash next time though), but as a first result, IF is not the best they could have done. Sorry.

I bought this game due to a great discount in the store, then I had to watch the show. I didn't feel like jumping into an anime game without enough context. I have no regrets, the anime was great.
The game is fine, it has cool animations for the 1 vs 1 encounters and some arenas suffer from the force of the fights.
Playing it with the Japanese dub is more enjoyable, but I'm not demeriting the job with the English dub. It depends on how you watched the show.
You shouldn't play this game if you haven't watched the anime series.

I really wanted to love this game but to me it screams all style, no substance.

The visual presentation is a love letter to the series and it's fans. It's got all the voices and music and style like giant text appearing and stuff like that. All the UI is styled after life fibers and it looks super cool.

Unfortunately the gameplay is so whatever that I don't even wanna get into it. It's an anime arena fighter and it's got all that stuff and to be fair I was never a fan of that style to begin with but in this game it feels even more half baked. I get through by button mashing and there is probably more in depth tech but why even bother because button mashing works so well.

The unique thing is this bloody valor mechanic and it's basically rock paper scissors for a buff in battle but more than not I end up losing so I try to ignore it as often as possible.

The creators of this game were obviously fans of the series because it's got so many cool references and tons of care and accuracy put into the presentation but the gameplay just isn't good enough to warrant playing it.

I adored the original anime of Kill la Kill, but this game was a bit of a letdown for me. to start, the positives were that they brought back the entire voice cast from the anime, which I was glad about. the artstyle was replicated quite well in game, despite the slightly janky animation at times. the story had a relatively interesting premise, and was broken up midway by fights. however, my praises end there unfortunately, as the story mode fights were very repetitive, no doubt in part due to the game's small roster. the character alternates were not great either. I found it enjoyable for a while, however it was unfortunately a bit of a letdown.

Fun fighter where you play kill la kill character. Pretty usual for animes so kill la kill beein that popular as it still is it gotta have at least one game. Sadly like most anime based games this one is also mediocre. Its nothing bad i can point out really rather than it doesnt stand out or at least doesnt do something really good. Just well enough to be a braindead fighter which is easy to master and power through. Its often in sale for super cheap so if you like just mashing attacks onto your opponent like a gattling gun go ahead.

It’s as aesthetic as it can get from going to the show to be made into a video game. It’s fun all around for what it has going!

The big no no of locking content behind story mode and game isn’t aimed to be sweaty in it, which has to be great factors to why the game always been dead. I definitely recommend this game if you love the show.

If you any of y’all wanna play this game with someone, hit me up on Twitter, I’ll be down to play!