Game Reviews7.7/10
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Review: A Tornado of Ninja Action
Review of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, CyberConnect2's 2013 fighter with 80 characters, boss battles and the Ultimate Decision system
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: fighting games
Game Reviews7.7/10
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Review: A Great Fighter Buried Under DLC
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle review: Arc System Works' 2v2 crossover with Persona, Under Night, and RWBY has tight tag fighting but a pricey DLC roster.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Skullgirls’ hand-drawn fighting still holds up, but its small roster caps the ceiling
Skullgirls review: the 2012 hand-drawn fighting game's tag-team combat, Dark Deco world, thin launch roster, and long life across ports and DLC.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Tekken 6 put a war on the character select screen
Tekken 6 launched in arcades in 2007 with Jin Kazama declaring world war, a Rage system, breakable floors, and a 41-character roster.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 ends the fighting series on a high note
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 ends CyberConnect2's series with 106 fighters, fixed wall-running, and the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax’s Two Halves Still Earn Their Keep 13 Years On
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax review: Arc System Works' fighting game with a visual novel attached, its two campaigns, Shadow Types, and 2022 ports.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Dead or Alive 5’s fighting engine holds up, but its story mode buries it
Dead or Alive 5 review: Team Ninja's 2012 fighter keeps the interruption triangle, adds Power Blow and Cliffhanger, and buries it in a tangled Story Mode
Game Reviews8.1/10
EA Sports MMA Review: Rule-Set Variety and Two Submission Systems That Still Hold Up
EA Sports MMA shipped in 2010 with Strikeforce, Japanese and Vale Tudo rules, two submission systems and a career mode. The online servers closed in 2012.
Game Reviews8.6/10
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Review: A 37-Fighter Finale That Earns Its 40 Hours
BlazBlue: Central Fiction closes Ragna the Bloodedge's story with 37 fighters, Active Flow and Exceed Accel, and a 40-hour campaign — but no English dub.
Game Reviews8.2/10
The King of Fighters XV Review: SNK’s Most Confident Fighter in Decades
KOF XV review: SNK's 2022 fighter brings Unreal Engine 4, GGPO rollback netcode, Climax moves and a 39-fighter roster — a confident 8.2/10 return.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Mortal Kombat: 8.4/10
Mortal Kombat's 2011 reboot rewound the timeline, added the X-ray move and super meter, and gave the series its cleanest fight in years. 8.4/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Nidhogg’s real subject isn’t fencing — it’s the argument after the touch
Nidhogg review: Messhof's two-player fencing duel is fast, funny and merciless, with a single-player mode best left alone. Score: 7.7/10.