Granblue Fantasy: Versus Review

Granblue Fantasy: Versus, reviewed by Mitchell Saltzman on PlayStation 4.

Following in the footsteps of BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Granblue Fantasy: Versus is one of Arc System Works' most approachable fighting games yet. It smartly balances considerations for more casual fighting game players without ever stepping on the toes of its hardcore audience. The result is a more grounded and neutral-heavy ArcSys alternative with all of the usual ArcSys flair, which is a fantastic breath of fresh air. Its RPG mode is dull, and its 11 character roster is way too light, but all things considered, Granblue Fantasy: Versus feels like it could be the start of another special 2D fighting franchise.

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[Maxx-Oblivion]

I'm surprised how thorough and honest this review was. Even mentioning things like the netcode. But yeah, I'll be waiting till more characters are out. Game looks great though

[CherryJuice]

100 ranked matches? My boy actually played the game. 10/10

[martinzhang]

GBF does not have 24M active players. That's the total number of created accounts. Active player base is around 1 million which is still a huge number.

[brianwaterman]

March 3rd the game is out in the US and Narmaya is scheduled for March so..

I'm pretty happy about that.

[NexLevel]

I'm playing the game currently and while I agree the RPG mode could be improved, I really appreciate that fighting games are trying something different with their story modes. RPG mode reminds me a little of Tekken Force

[OmkaraHellcore]

I think this artstyle would look extremely sexy on a new megaman-x game.

[cireezekielfiesta]

For peeps waiting till it gets cheaper, just wanna let you know it's coming to ps plus on september

[SimplicityMarx]

> GBVS review
> Paradise Lost plays in the background

Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

[nuggethead]

11 characters is honestly fine. 90 percent of people don’t even know 10 match ups in most games

[lolndir]

This reviewer actually reviews the game! He's not whining, he's playing!

[svaibhav]

You are here because this is game of the month 🤣

[GhengisJohn]

It's honestly nice to hear the english speaking actors from the anime are back for the game's dub. I appreciate that they went to that level of effort for the western market. I hope this Arcsys/Cygames joint venture continues long enough to see a Blazblue CF number of characters. I like the look and Katalina is of course, best girl, but man I definitely want to see more fighters and waifus in there.

[auron]

literally every other fighting game coming out these days "it's easy to get into, but difficult to master" 8D

[TheBatosai]

This makes me even moar hyped for Guilty gear: strive

[reptylus]

I feel you missed something important by not mentioning the Mission Training mode. Easy alternate inputs are cool and all, but the real hurdle for beginners will always be the fundamentals. And this mode covers this issue really well, with explanations of all the common situations in its main goals, and bonus objectives that provide an incentive to learn how to make profit from these situations.

[valpro]

POV: You came from the PS Plus announcement

[Drukzul]

A legitimately fantastic review. I'm only barely interested in the game, but the review itself was thorough. Certainly a surprise from IGN. Kudos.

[stonerdemon]

IGN reviews have been getting better recently.

[chocobanana]

The CD on the skills make it feel like an you're playing an RPG as well instead. Other fighting games have certain restrictions that prevent certain attacks/attack effects from being done in more than once on a single chain combo. In Granblue, if it's off cooldown, regardless if you've used it earlier on the start of the combo you can use it again and the effect such as knockback or launcher would still be there.

[isaiahtorok]

I'd like to see arc sys make a fire emblem fighting game