

While it’s not the most flushed out story there is some merit to it especially if you are familiar with the characters that you choose like Kirito which was my obvious first choice. Arcade mode is the main act of the game where you find out why all these characters are in the same place forced to fight each other. Utilizing Impact Breaks to break your enemies guard and using recoveries if your own guards are broken are only a few things that with keep things in your favor or help turn the tide if things aren’t going so great especially in the main story modes.ĭengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax unlike most fighters features two story modes: Arcade and Dream Duel. There are easily 3 or 4 characters that you absolutely want to stop dead in their tracks before they can attack no matter what character you’re playing. Mastering your combos regardless of the ease of controls is crucial to keeping your opponents from dishing out their own combos. That doesn’t mean that Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is a breeze to play though as the computer players won’t go down without a fight. This probably won’t appeal to the hardcore fighting fans due to its simplified controls but for me I liked the option even as I tried to play it by hitting the proper button combos the old school way. Things are even easier of newcomers as button combos like activating your Blast or Trump Card abilities can be executed with a single button press. The number one reason for this is that every character regardless of their move set is executed exactly the same way. For starters, it is one of the most accessible fighters that I’ve ever played to date. One of my favorite things about Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is that it has the obvious Super Smash Bros inspiration behind it but still is a completely unique approach to it to make its own. Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is a 2D fighter comprised of 18 playable fighters from several of Dengeki Bunko’s light novels. The publication just hit its 20 th Anniversary so what better to do than to bring some of the most popular characters into one place. This is not the case with the western release of Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax for the PlayStation Vita.įor those who don’t already know Dengeki Bunko is a Japanese imprint by ASCII Media Works that puts out light novels some of which have become popular animes worldwide including the likes of Sword Art Online and Durarara!!. It’s an odd statement to be honest but as a reviewer I constantly get exposed to titles that I probably never would have tried or knew existed until long after their release.


This is probably the only time that I will ever say that I absolutely wanted to play a game that I’ve never heard of five minutes after I found out about it.
