{"id":869,"date":"2020-07-04T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/?p=869"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:08:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T21:08:34","slug":"dengeki-bunko-fighting-climax-3q2020-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2020\/07\/04\/dengeki-bunko-fighting-climax-3q2020-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax \u2014 3Q2020<\/span> issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ani\u00adme fight\u00ader cre\u00adates clash of titans<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a fight\u00ading game enthu\u00adsi\u00adast like myself, you\u2019re hap\u00adpy to see the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty enjoy\u00ading main\u00adstream suc\u00adcess now in the esports land\u00adscape. For many years, it was rel\u00ade\u00adgat\u00aded to a fringe activ\u00adi\u00adty, some\u00adthing only nerds with noth\u00ading else bet\u00adter to do and a lack of hygiene were known for enter\u00adtain\u00ading. Now, it\u2019s all over the place and there\u2019s mon\u00adey to be earned. But this is now a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal-grade enter\u00adprise and ani\u00adme games are tak\u00ading cen\u00adter stage. One of the best? Denge\u00adki Bunko: Fight\u00ading Climax.<\/span><\/p>\n

The game series that I lov\u00ading\u00adly refer to as that \u201call-star ani\u00adme fight\u00ading game\u201d is a blast to play. You choose from 19 playable and 30 assist char\u00adac\u00adters from var\u00adi\u00adous ani\u00adme series who team up in duos to fight each oth\u00ader. Even if you\u2019re mild\u00adly into ani\u00adme, there are some well-known stars of the medi\u00adum and some obscure names that will make you do a lit\u00adtle research. For instance, your favorite edi\u00adtor is an ani\u00adme junkie and has seen or heard of most of the series with some stand\u00adout selec\u00adtions that she\u2019s per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly watched: Oreimo, Boo\u00adgiepop Phan\u00adtom, The Dev\u00adil is a Part-Timer and Torado\u00adra. There are oth\u00aders like Sword Art Online that are main\u00adstream enough to draw in even the newest ani\u00adme watcher. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, how does it play? Much like you\u2019d expect an ani\u00adme game to play: Super floaty physics and off-the-wall attacks that feel like they do a ton of dam\u00adage but prob\u00ada\u00adbly don\u2019t in terms of fight\u00ading games. The game feels good once you start play\u00ading, and like most games of the genre, there are lev\u00adels to the play sys\u00adtem. You can come in on the ground floor of fight\u00ading game knowl\u00adedge and be able to play and then there\u2019s com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive fight\u00ading game-lev\u00adel of play that requires inti\u00admate knowl\u00adedge of the game\u2019s sys\u00adtems. That range serves the game well as a draw for mul\u00adti\u00adple groups and it\u2019s a tes\u00adta\u00adment to Sega\u2019s devel\u00adop\u00adment prowess.<\/span><\/p>\n

The voice act\u00ading, a major part of a project like this, must be top notch and it is. Because Sega gar\u00adnered most of the ani\u00adma\u00adtions\u2019 voice actors, there\u2019s a high lev\u00adel of con\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adcy and gloss over the game\u2019s audio. The back\u00adgrounds are also faith\u00adful to the dif\u00adfer\u00adent ani\u00adme series, so expect to be wowed with the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion values.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over\u00adall, if you\u2019re into ani\u00adme enough to go to con\u00adven\u00adtions reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly or just hav\u00ading a pass\u00ading inter\u00adest, Denge\u00adki Bunko: Fight\u00ading Cli\u00admax is a good buy. Yes, it\u2019s got that \u201csuper ani\u00adme\u201d feel to it, but there\u2019s a sol\u00adid engine and mechan\u00adics wrapped up in an extreme\u00adly gor\u00adgeous pack\u00adage that deserves to be played here. This fan\u00adcy fan-ser\u00advice fight\u00ader is enough to make an otaku like myself sit up and take notice.<\/span><\/p>\n