Looks like this month is the biggest 2D fighting game month of the year, and that’s saying something considering Street Fighter IV’s console release back in February kicked off the year. Why is July 2009 so significant for 2D fighting game fans on the 360/PS3?
07/01: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition
07/21: King of Fighters XII
07/29: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Regular Edition
07/29: Marvel vs Capcom 2
I was on the fence about purchasing the recently released BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. While it’s scoring highly in reviews, I know that deep down I’m just not a hardcore fighting gamer. I tried for a couple months to get competitively good at Street Fighter IV, but as I expected, I just didn’t have enough patience or drive to learn it. And if Street Fighter can’t get me to want to play competitively online, can anything else?
Still, I like the fresh start that BlazBlue will give me: completely new characters so I won’t be stuck with a shoto or fighting shotos, a fresh new combat system to learn, and while 12 characters seems like a meager list to choose from, it should allow me to learn the game a lot quicker so it’s a boon in a sense. I am also digging the artistic style to the game – reminds me a little bit of Darkstalkers but of course this game is running on the Guilty Gear engine.
After reading Sirlin’s Playing to Win though, I was inspired enough to buy BlazBlue. Maybe this game will be the 2D fighting game that I can actually get into and excel at. Or if anything, it’ll at least be another game my younger brother can come kick my butt in when he visits next month.
