This game is good, but... the roster ruins it for me.

[Baalf]

I don't own this game on Steam, but I have played it on the PS4. The gameplay is pretty good and the AI is surprisingly fair considering ArcSystems is known for their brutally hard fighting games.

...But, just, every time I see a fantasy universe that could have such a diverse roster of likeable, unique characters ranging from all different kinds of forms like lizards, avians, eldritch horrors, etc... only to find the ENTIRE @#$%ING ROSTER is humans and nothing else, that kills my interest and mood every time. Just, humans, humans with pointy ears, humans with cat ears and a tail, humans with horns, etc. Just, the insane restriction of the characters just HAVING to look like humans because "It's relatable and marketable and familiar and grounded in reality (in a FANTASY universe)" just drains my interest in a world every time.

Not to mention, most of the characters are either bland and forgettable or super annoying. I don't know what my friend told me about Ladiva, but she acts like a gay stereotype, and I can't help but be offended by her a little bit. But Lowain and his crew? @#$% them! They are some of the most annoying characters in a fighting game ever. Frankly, I liked NONE of the characters in the game.

In Street Fighter, I can sorta forgive the roster for just being humans since that game is supposed to take place in the real world, albeit an exaggerated cartoon version of the real world, so it makes sense they're all humans. In a fantasy universe, though? No. There's no reason the human-with-pointy-ears race or the human-with-animal-ears/tail race or the human-with-horns race couldn't simply be a different species. These kind of races don't even make logical sense, and they're ALWAYS immersion breaking for me.

...And yes, I have an easier time buying Watson from Battle Fantasia than Kemonomimis.

So, good game, but the roster is a killjoy for me.

[Frank]

We're locking this thread as it has devolved into non-productive argument. Thanks for your understanding.