This in itself marks the game out from other fighting games on the market as even regular moves can do a lot of damage (one character can take away 1/3rd of their opponents life bar with well timed charge attack which is done by holding down a single button!) but there is still a lot of technical challenge in the game due to its other main mechanic, dubbed the Hougeki system.Īll characters have special attacks mapped to forward or down/forward+medium or heavy attack and if it connects cleanly, the opponent is put into a crush state which THEN allows for combos and all sorts of technical tricks. Every character has a universal anti-air attack to jumping in constantly is not a viable tactics for most characters so much of the game is also played on ground level. Long combos are near non existent in this game unless certain conditions are met so the focus is on careful spacing and distancing yourself carefully, or “footsies” to use a FGC term. People have likened it to an even more anime version of Samurai Showdown and that’s not too bad a description. Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai (PC, PS4)įor the uninitiated, Koihime Enbu is a 2.5D fighting game spin-off from a japanese adult galge which gained quite a large following in the Japanese arcade scene (Pro player Galileo famously dropped Blazblue for this game soon after his legendary EVO win back in 2014). Unlike other recent updates, like Streetfighter V arcade edition, RyoRaiRai is being released as a separate game (albeit with a very low price tag) but is it worth paying up again for?
KOIHIME MUSOU WALKTHROUGH BATTLE UPDATE
The big three of Street Fighter V, Tekken 7 and Dragonball FighterZ are doing pretty well and we have recently seen new games such as Blazblue Cross Tag Battle and Fighting EX Layer added to the mix which have been (mostly) warmly received.Īnd now Degica Games are trying to get a slice of the pie with the release of Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai, an update to the original Koihime Enbu game which was released in the west on steam in 2016. Super waifu wars 3 HD remix Arcade Anime editionįighting game fans have it pretty good right now.