As of writing this I’ve got like 30 hours in this game. Given how fucking weird GRD is I’m definitely not an expert on the systems yet, but I think I understand enough to have a coherent review. Anyway, Uni is really great. I didn’t play the first one and was worried I’d be getting steamrolled, and I did. But the tutorials and training mode are great so it didn’t too long before I could actually put up a fight. After playing a lot very offense oriented games in the past few years (Strive, BBTAG), it’s refreshing to have a game with some really thoughtful defensive mechanics. Being good at defense in Uni feels like more than just whether you can block high low mix and tech throws, and after dealing with Nago and Giovanna endless blockstrings, I really appreciate that. Oh also GRD is pretty cool, yeah it’s really complicated and kinda disconnected from the actual fighting but I like playing to it. Man what else is there to say? The visuals are great, so is the music I like Nanase’s theme, I miss the old CSS though. Idk there’s a lot to like in this game for me, I wish I had more people to play it with but that hasn’t really affected my enjoyment yet so who cares.
TLDR:
Good game.