Fighting games were never my specialty. My childhood best friend would always beat me at Soulcalibur II, no matter which character I picked — Astaroth’s axe could only take me so far, and Raphael could never save me from defeat. However, despite my struggles, I still came back to it… and many others like it.
HIGH Trampling enemies on horseback in a fighting game.
LOW Being expected to defeat a vampire with a constantly-refilling health bar.
WTF 30% of the battle pairings in All-Star Mode
HIGH The first fight I had online.
LOW Realizing I saw everything the game had to offer in less than an hour.
WTF I’ll keep playing if Crazy Steve from Drake and Josh gets added as DLC.
HIGH Almost all the content for one low price.
LOW Load times, especially when starting the game up.
WTF Receiving in-game ads for upgrading to Champion Edition.
HIGH The final spirit bomb is beautiful.
LOW Skipping over the journey inside Buu with a voice-over.
WTF Mr. Satan is so much more of a hero than I remembered!
HIGH Coming back from sudden death to win four fights in a row.
LOW The tutorial’s confusing commands don’t match the buttons.
WTF Lum, the gambling panda.
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HIGH Solange Blanchfleur de Lux!
LOW The lack of variety soon becomes pretty noticeable.
WTF Solange’s talk with her brother in story mode.
HIGH Arcade mode, at long last!
LOW Season Pass buyer’s remorse.
WTF The updated, overly confusing menus.
HIGH Hitting an enemy across the map with a perfectly-timed stun spear.
LOW The boss ship’s impossible-to-dodge laser attacks.
WTF Prestige suits cost seven real dollars each.