now i am not a fighting game guy by any means - or at the very least have never thought myself one. a good friend and i decided to give this game a try, and we just played matches together for like 3 hours straight and it was awesome. i sucked ass and lost a bunch but i was still having the time of my life. even if, like me, you are abysmal at fighting games, there is so much to appreciate here it's ridiculous. the spritework and the soundtrack are phenomenal. it felt like a pretty good introduction to fighting games, too. seemingly simple on the surface but actually has a lot going on under the hood. ive even enjoyed playing arcade mode over and over which is something i thought would never be the case. b jenet for life