this is my favorite fighting game of ALL TIME.
i'll get it out of the way right now and say i'm a huge fighting game versus fan; casual players admittedly might not get a lot from the experience apart from pretty art, music & animations since the story modes are fun, but kinda barebones. this game doesn't have much of a singleplayer experience. i won't be rating it on that, as my experiences with fighting games revolve entirely around the versus modes & community content created around the game & it's world-- i just don't play the singleplayer modes. if you love this game's atmosphere but prefer singleplayer content, the mobile version of skullgirls might be right up your alley! it's got loads more story content and lots more casual-friendly stuff while keeping the same beautiful art, animations, music and characters.
now that THAT'S out of the way...
THIS GAME'S MIXUPS ARE BASED ALMOST ENTIRELY OFF OF HOW CREATIVELY YOU CAN DROP YOUR COMBOS. HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT? WHEN PEOPLE TALK "SELF-EXPRESSION" IN FIGHTING GAMES THEY TEND TO BE REALLY VAGUE. BUT WHEN SKULLGIRLS ENCOURAGES DROPPING YOUR COMBOS AT ANY POINT YOU WANT FOR NASTY RESETS, ALLOWS YOU TO PICK ANY NUMBER OF CHARACTERS & LETS YOU USE ANY MOVE IN ANY CHARACTER'S ARSENAL AS ASSISTS, YOU CAN'T DENY THAT WHATEVER THE FGC THINKS "SELF-EXPRESSION" IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE PEAK OF IT
THE PERSONALITY OF THE ENTIRE CAST IS OFF THE CHARTS, EVERY CHARACTER IS SO CREATIVE IN THEIR DESIGN, STORY AND GAMEPLAY. I FUCKING LOVE BIG BAND & BEOWULF. PEACOCK IS AMAZING. I LOVE BREAKING ANKLES WITH FILIA. MY BRAIN IS TOO SMALL FOR MS. FORTUNE. WHY DID THEY GIVE DOUBLE A POLITICIAN VOICE PACK. FUCKING AWESOME
THE OST IS FUCKING AWESOME AND FITS THIS GAME'S HECTIC PACE PERFECTLY. THIS IS THE BEST USE OF JAZZ IN A FIGHTING GAME SINCE MVC2. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT JAZZ IMPROV IS KINDA LIKE DROPPING YOUR AIR COMBO TO RUN UNDER THE OPPONENT AND THEN DOUBLE CROSSUP BY AIRDASHING OVER THEM AGAIN AS THEY FALL
AS SOON AS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW OTGS IN THIS GAME WORK YOU CAN MAKE SHIT HAPPEN FROM LITERALLY ANYTHING AND IT'S AMAZING. THE CONVERSIONS YOU CAN GET IN THIS GAME ARE SO SATISFYING. EVERY TIME I GET A COMBO OFF A SUPER THE NEURONS IN MY BRAIN THROW A FUCKING PIZZA PARTY
THE SKULLGIRLS LAUNCH PARTY IS STILL GOING STRONG BABY. AS OF THIS REVIEW IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 13 DAYS SINCE SKULLGIRLS' RELEASE AND WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN SEASON 1.
I FUCKING LOVE SKULLGIRLS
SKULLGIRLS FOREVER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i'll get it out of the way right now and say i'm a huge fighting game versus fan; casual players admittedly might not get a lot from the experience apart from pretty art, music & animations since the story modes are fun, but kinda barebones. this game doesn't have much of a singleplayer experience. i won't be rating it on that, as my experiences with fighting games revolve entirely around the versus modes & community content created around the game & it's world-- i just don't play the singleplayer modes. if you love this game's atmosphere but prefer singleplayer content, the mobile version of skullgirls might be right up your alley! it's got loads more story content and lots more casual-friendly stuff while keeping the same beautiful art, animations, music and characters.
now that THAT'S out of the way...
THIS GAME'S MIXUPS ARE BASED ALMOST ENTIRELY OFF OF HOW CREATIVELY YOU CAN DROP YOUR COMBOS. HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT? WHEN PEOPLE TALK "SELF-EXPRESSION" IN FIGHTING GAMES THEY TEND TO BE REALLY VAGUE. BUT WHEN SKULLGIRLS ENCOURAGES DROPPING YOUR COMBOS AT ANY POINT YOU WANT FOR NASTY RESETS, ALLOWS YOU TO PICK ANY NUMBER OF CHARACTERS & LETS YOU USE ANY MOVE IN ANY CHARACTER'S ARSENAL AS ASSISTS, YOU CAN'T DENY THAT WHATEVER THE FGC THINKS "SELF-EXPRESSION" IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE PEAK OF IT
THE PERSONALITY OF THE ENTIRE CAST IS OFF THE CHARTS, EVERY CHARACTER IS SO CREATIVE IN THEIR DESIGN, STORY AND GAMEPLAY. I FUCKING LOVE BIG BAND & BEOWULF. PEACOCK IS AMAZING. I LOVE BREAKING ANKLES WITH FILIA. MY BRAIN IS TOO SMALL FOR MS. FORTUNE. WHY DID THEY GIVE DOUBLE A POLITICIAN VOICE PACK. FUCKING AWESOME
THE OST IS FUCKING AWESOME AND FITS THIS GAME'S HECTIC PACE PERFECTLY. THIS IS THE BEST USE OF JAZZ IN A FIGHTING GAME SINCE MVC2. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT JAZZ IMPROV IS KINDA LIKE DROPPING YOUR AIR COMBO TO RUN UNDER THE OPPONENT AND THEN DOUBLE CROSSUP BY AIRDASHING OVER THEM AGAIN AS THEY FALL
AS SOON AS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW OTGS IN THIS GAME WORK YOU CAN MAKE SHIT HAPPEN FROM LITERALLY ANYTHING AND IT'S AMAZING. THE CONVERSIONS YOU CAN GET IN THIS GAME ARE SO SATISFYING. EVERY TIME I GET A COMBO OFF A SUPER THE NEURONS IN MY BRAIN THROW A FUCKING PIZZA PARTY
THE SKULLGIRLS LAUNCH PARTY IS STILL GOING STRONG BABY. AS OF THIS REVIEW IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 13 DAYS SINCE SKULLGIRLS' RELEASE AND WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN SEASON 1.
I FUCKING LOVE SKULLGIRLS
SKULLGIRLS FOREVER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO