to preface, this is the first fighting game i've put a lot of time into competitively rather than just for fun, i've played 200+ hours of this game, actively joined tournaments, host my own tournaments, play a lot with friends and with randoms and reached VIP in oce. i will only talk about gameplay, because thats all i care about in this game.

the game is great. having played a lot of xrd and some of accent core in preparation for this game's release, not quite what i expected but was pleasantly surprised. theres a good balance between accessibility and freedom of expression, and is great for new frogs or people moving from different games. the balance in this game is tight, and you can tell arcsys really knows what their doing and knows what they want, especially after the releases of jack-o and gold lewis, arcsys games age like fine wine so i have high hopes for this game. theres not much i feel the need to go into that aren't just nitpicks, its honestly the best fighting game to come out in recent history and would 100% recommend for those wanting to get into the game competitively.