Feels familiar to Guilty Gear, but does things its own way, still, it is just as incredible as its sister franchise.

Characters are even more unique due to them having a button that does something exclusive to them, and a universal mechanic that powers up the character specific trait, Guilty Gear characters tend to be very different from each other, but Blazblue takes it on another level, each character is pretty much its own game, which makes even harder learning multiple characters, but strangely refreshing.

Blazblue has amazingly detailed pixel art for the characters and certain background elements blending with the 3D stages, and since Central Fiction is the final part of the series, has a lot of stages, some even come with variations.

The game may also have my favorite OST in Fighting Games, character and rivalry themes are on par with Guilty Gear XX themes, and some other themes are out of this world, Hakaishin is an incredible song that you'll never hear in full on a match due to its 7 minutes and 20 seconds of pure awesomeness. People credit Daisuke Ishiwatari for Guilty Gear Overture as his best work as a composer, but Blazblue takes this spot for me.

Just like Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, this game is a full package, has a functional online, has some single player content, and plenty to explore due to the bizarrely unique characters.

Also, obligatory praise to the Dustloop Wiki editors for the best in-depth wiki on the FG space.

Reviewed on Dec 11, 2022


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