The first time I booted up the game I wen´t straight for the story mode. I had the setting on "normal" which was the easiest one as I am not that good at fighting games. This still vas a very big challenge for me as I found out the block button has virtually no effect and the computer makes a lot of 6-10 combos. Needless to say this was very frustrating, but I already paid for the game and decided to have some patience. After an hour of play I started to go tru the story modes with all the characters and the game became much more fun.
Then I decided to try out the online part. It was a very nice experience, lots of great options. The best one for me was the gamer grading system so you can find players no problem that are on your level.
The graphics in the game are pretty good, some glitches now and then, but it does look great, especially the locations as mentioned in the gamespot review.
If you get easily frustrated and are not a hardcore fighting gamer RENT THIS GAME FIRST, because the singleplayer part kan get really annoying. When the computer hits you once you can expect a 10 combo and more.
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