may not be the most polished thing around but the sheer idea of producing something like this in any way is inherently endearing to me and the wow of it all helps me look past the rather dull game play segments which i wish carried it's mishmash experimental nature further into being a favorite. however i am happy with this and would gladly play anything that even vaguely approached the idea of making a game in this way at all

falsely attributed as being the "definitive" version of sengoku basara 2 due to having the biggest roster, however i don't think it really justifies itself as a stand alone expansion of the base game given it removes All of the story content from the first, so i can't really in good faith recommend this over the base game and would probably only say to play it if you're playing through the HD collection. it's a serviceable game tho.

this one is still a little pink in the middle. while i feel the story mode generally and battle system have improved from the last one, the "master battle" system is god awful and they make you do wayyyy too much of that instead of the actually good combat, and as nice as the story mode here is the fact it is only half an arc with such a sudden ending is really disappointing along with the fact so many characters are just utterly missing from the world map because their shippuden designs hadn't dropped yet, it's really noticeable and disappointing. maybe they should waited like .. the tiniest bit more. other than that i had fun.

oh and hero mode is a total snooze

simple, effective and gorgeous!

gameplay wise this doesn't hit quite as well as anodyne 2 did (altho it came together nicely in the end once you reach the individual character centered levels) however i still wholly recommend this game just based on it's emotional core which is extremely strong. truly some beautiful writing and visual design here. excited to see how Angeline Era turns out in the coming year!

0/10 for game

10/10 for Willem Dafoe's Screams

they truly had 5 dollars and a dream.. . rukia is the only character i enjoyed playing as and i couldn't figure out how to unlock the only unlockable character after beating all the stories so

basically the standard of what a single player experience for a fighting game should be to me. i love revisiting this one and getting the the gold title screen each time this time finally entering it here. a forever favorite