Since so much of the game was created in favor of simplicity and action, there’s a bit of a lapse that occurs between choosing new characters. However, this also begins to outline one of the weaker points of this title. The choice of characters for this game was honestly good, though many of them seem to follow a similar trend of being a ‘cute anime girl’ which somewhat takes away from their presence. Some of the stages look a bit off, but that’s hardly a detractor given the justice done to each character. Additionally, and unsurprisingly, the graphics and art design of this game are fantastic.
DBFC manages to retain the finer points that make it an innovative title while also enabling wider audiences to play with a smaller learning curve. Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is a 2D arcade fighting game developed by Ecole Software and French Bread and published by Sega. With such a focus on simpler gameplay, many titles fall into the trap of becoming button mashers, which can still be fun but lack nuance. This change was quite significant because it was done effectively instead of being reductive. DBFC takes a different approach entirely, opting for a simpler battle scheme by removing subtle/difficult to pull off combos and instead inserting the ‘climax arts’ system. This is also the result of them coming off their previous projects, Guilty Gears and Under Night In-Birth ExeLate, which are both well known for being intricately crafted 2D fighters. A Dream Crossoverįighters for this game were chosen from a wide variety of popular animes, notably from the Toradora!, Sword Art Online, and The Irregular at Magic High School.Īlready, it becomes clear that the developers were aiming to attract a wider audience, as there are nearly 20 different animes represented here. It is a bit out there compared to traditional fighters but doesn’t totally breakdown the genre with new ideas.
Even if, like me, you previously had only some interactions with other 2D fighter titles – namely the Guilty Gear or BlazBlue series – or perhaps none at all, what makes DBFC special is newcomers can quickly get invested too. For the most part, it is widely accessible through these mechanics despite having what it likely a small Western audience. This game is honestly a lot of fun for what it offers and a few of the mechanics that it uses, which was quite relevant for me since I have limited experience with this genre. I, myself, have likely only played a couple over the past few years aside from Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax but without nearly as much enjoyment. From the second round on, if the same Ignition on the team’s character from the previous round is reused, it gives an “Extra Ignition”.In the realm of 2D fighting games, notoriety is relatively limited. A new system called Ignition is introduced, giving one character in each team a power-up after each round. In the Ignition update, it adds another assist character slot, but for Blast only instead of Assist. Samples from the represented light novel series are also included as unlockable content.
The home version features an original story campaign, Dream Duel Story, and online multiplayer, and supports cross-save functionality between the PS3 and Vita versions. By building the Climax Gauge with attacks, players can perform powerful Impact Skill attacks, and can also use Blast Icons to perform Blast Attacks, allowing them to escape from combos. After an assist character is summoned, players need to rebuild their support gauge before they can summon them again. Fighting uses three main attack buttons: weak, medium, and strong, along with a support button used for summoning a player’s assist character. The awesome Teknoparrot just gets better and better, with more and more arcade dumps being playable all the time – one of our playable faves is Dengeki Bunko (Fighting Climax) – demonstrated in the video below by YouTuber Pla圜lassics BR.Īlso available on the PS Vita and of course the Sony Playstation 3, this awesome 2D Fighting game is now playable from Arcade dump.ĭengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is a two-dimensional fighting game, in which two players fight against each using both a playable fighter character and an assist character. Daytona Championship USA Classic Edition