DAMN fine little anime air hockey thing. Feels great in the moment just wackin the ball around all MOBA game/arcade like, but its ALSO got cool PROGRESSION MINUTIA to think about for upgrades and blocking guys off from getting the things they want type fun. Good, simple fun!!! We like it.

Oh HMMM IT DOES have your token, 'FUNBUCKS' ridden microtransaction shit for outfits and other superfluous things that IS deserving of being made fun of though. Let's go over that for a bit:

I TOTALLY GET IT like - I'm sure these teeeny tiny little indie devs or whoever wanna easily keep their lights on and pay for their COOL ANIME OP BY STUDIO TRIGGER™ that you only ever watch once. I GET IT! ...But I don't like it >;)

Like - $10+ for a single skin tho? ALONGSIDE that BATTLE STRIKER PASS you can already buy??? AND you can't even just buy the outfits outright, you have to buy higher priced SET AMOUNTS OF FUN BUCKS FIRST?? What is WRONG with video games these days...... Those beach outfits they made don't even play the 'BEACH MUSIC' variants of each character's theme song they bothered to make for the summer event when you wear them! What a WASTE..... WHO IS ACTUALLY GONNA FEEL INCLINED TO BUY ANY OF THIS SHIT IF IT AINT IN A MEGA GAME LIKE FORTNITE. WHY IS IT LIKE THIS??? ARE THEY STUPID????

ehem ah I JEST. It's CORNY, but I'm at at least thankful the bulk of that stuff is obviously just for silly cosmetics you don't need. In the beta you had to buy the GEAR UPGRADES for your characters, and there was this overcomplicated 'deck-building before a match' aspect to it all.
Good riddance I say! The way things turned out ended up being faaar more intuitive and naturally engaging.

For giving me a smart grind-y game to get absorbed in and for getting me to finally quit what remains of fuckin OVERWATCH, I give this one crazy props!! And also for the lack of voice chat! Surprising props for that too! I LOVE not having to talk to bratty people in my competitive video game settings, yepyep! A thumbs up emoji to project my sportsmanship is ALL I NEED..

OOHH~ It's COOL to appreciate corny live-service moba things when you know they're not super popular and are as good as DEAD cuz the devs are bouncing off to other things~~ We had a good run!!

Reviewed on Nov 04, 2023


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