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IT'S MELTY BABY.

Pros:
-Fast as ♥♥♥♥ (if you like that kinda thing)
-Gameplay tighter than a nun's ♥♥♥♥
-Diverse and creative combos
-A parry system
-Parking lot grand finals

Cons:
-Almost everyone who still plays this has been doing it for the better part of a decade so good luck winning
-20 dollars

An amazing fighting game!

Rest in peace, Miyu Matsuki.

Optimally played in parking lots outside of majors.

I play a lot of fighting games. But if there's one game I will take to a deserted island, it would be Melty Blood. Me and my siblings have been playing this for ~13 years.

Originally released in December 2002, this is a visual novel that happened to have a fighting game minigame. This was long before BlazBlue introduced the idea to the mainstream. The game's story is a continuation of Tsukihime and (surprisingly), is canon and explains how dead characters returned to life to fight with the small roster.

The original game was broken. A lot of moves have shield frames (meaning, if this move hits another move, no damage is done but you can cancel to a different move) which lead to anime-esque fights with freeze frames everywhere as players switch moves to try to break through. Also, the post-victory screen will not end until the defeated character is on the ground. Meaning, if you killed your opponent while they're on the air, you can juggle them almost infinitely before the round will officially end (like other airdashers, the longer a combo is, the heavier the opponent becomes).

Regardless, this game has a lot of innovations. Some of them are:
- This game has 3 buttons and a dedicated shield button (think of it like Street Fighter V Ryu's parry but you can cancel to other moves) - which makes each character easy to play.
- Melty Blood has no chip death making to exciting matches.
- Characters can use their meter to gain a new gauge (called HEAT) that slowly goes down. During this time, the character regenerates life AND stops the clock. This makes the timer an important resource to manage. It is common for a player to stop the clock when its almost over and run away (or rushdown) to maintain the lead.
- Super moves on a successful parry during HEAT.

Later expansions in the series include Re-ACT (PC), ReACT Final Tuned (PC), Act Cadenza (Arcade), Act Cadenza Ver.B (PS2), Act Cadenza Ver.B (PC), Actress Again (PC), Actress Again Current Code (PC). ...if you think Street Fighter's naming convention is crazy, French Bread has taken it to the extreme.

The game released on Steam will have the following features:
- More characters! There are now 31 characters.
- Each character have 3 different fighting style which each plays completely different. Effectively, this game has 31 multiply by 3 characters
- Balance
- Updated story (very important for those who wanted more Tsukihime)

This game is so popular that it was referenced in the Type-Moon fan-service OVA, Carnival Phantasm.

The Melty Blood fighting community love this game so much, that we have no problem playing the grand finals at a parking lot or airport lounge. This is how dedicated we are to this game.

If you haven't played this gem and you love fighting games, give Melty Blood a shot. Who knows? Maybe you'll be airdashing with the rest of us for the next 13 years.

Better late than never.

I mean, really, really late, but still, an official English-language release. Yay.

I've owned every entry in this series, and already imported the PS2 and PC versions of this game years ago, but being able to buy it without all that importing business... I feel like I'm dreaming.
And they FINALLY figured out an elegant way to account for widescreen aspect ratios with they totally-not-designed-for-it game instead of just stretching everything out.

Speaking of this first ever official English translation... it's scary how close to my old amateur fan translations from 8 years ago this is. I almost feel like I might have actually known what I was doing when I made them.

Alright, I'm gonna take my glasses off and go stab some vampires to celebrate.

P.S. So yeah, about these achievements (which feels weird since this franchise has never had them before)... There can't be this much fanservice packed into these achievements!