Plus, this entry introduced the brilliant Darli Dagger, which is reason enough to belong on this list. The high damage, high intensity gameplay that the series is known for creates an experience that’s still distinctive within the fighting game genre, despite the series being over 25 years old at this point. Not when the formula is this good in the first place. Release Date: June 25th, 2019 (PS4, XB1), November 19th (Stadia), December 12th/February 25th 2020 for Japan/rest of the world (NS), June 11th (PC)Īnother legacy franchise that’s reached newfound strength recently, the 2019 iteration of Samurai Shodown doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel for what it means to be a Samurai Shodown game, and it didn’t really need to.

If you have even a passing interest in fighting games and are yet to experience Guilty Gear, check out Rev 2. The second refinement of Xrd, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, added a couple of new characters, additional Story elements and rebalanced the entire roster, making for a more refined version of an already brilliant experience that should tide you over until Guilty Gear Strive, scheduled to launch in 2021 for PC, PS4 and PS5. The beautiful visuals, the fantastic gameplay and the awesome rock soundtrack combined to create a new kind of fighting game magic. Release Date: May 25th 2017 (Japan), May 26th (North America & Europe)Ī fighting game mainstay, Guilty Gear has been around since the late 90s, though it was arguably Guilty Gear Xrd that truly put the series on the map with regards to the fighting game mainstream. Great gameplay, beautiful visuals and excellent character design combined to create something fantastic. The most recent version, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, takes everything that worked about the previous version, Under Night: In Birth Exe Late(st) and adds some new updates, including balance changes, a new character and plans to implement GGPO netcode in the future.įrom our Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late review:ĭespite having no prior knowledge of Under Night: In Birth Exe Late(st) before being handed a review copy, this iteration represents the perfect jumping on point. Ecole Software and French-Bread’s Under Night In-Birth has been around in some form or another since 2012, combining excellent 2D fighting game mechanics with a visual novel to really appeal to all kinds of anime fans. We’ve now reached that part of the list where all the entries have viable reasons to be number 1, but they can’t all be winners.

Release Date: February 20th/21st, 2020 for NA & Japan/Europe (PS4 & NS), March 27th (PC) Publisher: Arc System Works, Sega, Aksys Games, Nippon Ichi Software

Honourable Mention: Dong Dong Never Die.

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