It is rough around the edges, and can be even rougher at times, but it is undeniably a good fighting game, considering the whole package.
Having been on dustloop for so long and with so many resources makes it a very good game to dive deep into, however, its overwhelming character strength creates a gameplay that will be defiant of common and basic fighting game knowledge. For example, you're not anti airing Sol's j.H. That is a thing, and many tools/normals of this game will be unsolvable problems or be so incredibly strong that there is absolutely no way to deal with unless avoiding the situation entirely. Mixing that up with the fact that you can be barred by tricky execution and the lack of buffers, you can feel pretty discouraged from continuing your journey.
But it's not all lost; You have unending ways to interact with the game, even in a single matchup. You can experiment and you may find many niche situations with even more niche answers, or you can bulldoze your way through to make them play your game. Neutral is a spectrum; There's decisions that you can make, and they may seem good in paper, but the match always plays differently from what you can think of. That freedom, the lack of constrictions can be a very experimental ground, and if you like not being held by anything whatsoever to freely express your own will, this might be one of the best fighting games to do so. However, that is my review and I don't like this shit. haha. Lack of boundaries means that you can hardly talk to an opponent if he wants to stay in his own world, and his character (any character can do this, this is not exclusive) is perfectly able to sustain his gameplan by being so hard to constrict in any way whatsoever that you can feel like you're playing against brick walls.
The roster is one of the best, all of them are unique and beautiful in their own way, supporting almost every playstyle even if their archetype is not supposed to do so. Good music and rollback netcode, to top with some of the best features in a fighting game: Replay takeover and the quick match lobby, makes the whole package of GGXXAC+R something worth trying out, at least once.
Having been on dustloop for so long and with so many resources makes it a very good game to dive deep into, however, its overwhelming character strength creates a gameplay that will be defiant of common and basic fighting game knowledge. For example, you're not anti airing Sol's j.H. That is a thing, and many tools/normals of this game will be unsolvable problems or be so incredibly strong that there is absolutely no way to deal with unless avoiding the situation entirely. Mixing that up with the fact that you can be barred by tricky execution and the lack of buffers, you can feel pretty discouraged from continuing your journey.
But it's not all lost; You have unending ways to interact with the game, even in a single matchup. You can experiment and you may find many niche situations with even more niche answers, or you can bulldoze your way through to make them play your game. Neutral is a spectrum; There's decisions that you can make, and they may seem good in paper, but the match always plays differently from what you can think of. That freedom, the lack of constrictions can be a very experimental ground, and if you like not being held by anything whatsoever to freely express your own will, this might be one of the best fighting games to do so. However, that is my review and I don't like this shit. haha. Lack of boundaries means that you can hardly talk to an opponent if he wants to stay in his own world, and his character (any character can do this, this is not exclusive) is perfectly able to sustain his gameplan by being so hard to constrict in any way whatsoever that you can feel like you're playing against brick walls.
The roster is one of the best, all of them are unique and beautiful in their own way, supporting almost every playstyle even if their archetype is not supposed to do so. Good music and rollback netcode, to top with some of the best features in a fighting game: Replay takeover and the quick match lobby, makes the whole package of GGXXAC+R something worth trying out, at least once.