Fighting EX Layer is making the dramatic leap from PS4 to PC to problem Street Fighter as soon as extra. Lesser-known preventing devs Arika (creators of the underrated Street Fighter EX games) just lately whipped up a little bit of hype with this all-new game and its mostly-fresh forged, plus the shock return of a number of Street Fighter EX characters. In somewhat teaser video posted to their YouTube channel final night time, Arika let slip the existence of a Steam-bound PC model. They don’t know if it’ll be out this 12 months, but it surely’ll undoubtedly be 4k – go take a peek beneath.
I’ve not performed Fighting EX Layer, however my brother (preventing game knowledgeable of the household) has. He reckons it’s a non secular successor to Street Fighter EX, minus the Capcom characters. Cast-wise, the fighters are an fascinating and enjoyable bunch and it’s good to see Street Fighter’s Skullomania again in motion. Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury can be as a result of make a visitor look. The game does have some concepts of its personal, particularly in its “Gougi” system – by choosing particular perk ‘decks’ with circumstances for activation, you add one other layer to your character’s choices in a battle.
And right here’s the most recent trailer, recent from the Tokyo Game Show final week.
As with Street Fighter 4, the game places 3D character fashions on a 2D airplane, however the really feel of the fight is somewhat twitchier, with characters in a position to cowl lots of distance in a short time. Aerial assaults additionally transfer in unusual physics-defying arcs. There’s one thing very old-school concerning the design of all of it. The previous couple years have been a bit surreal – after a long time of the PC being a wasteland for preventing games, now it’s a universally shared battlefield. We’ve even bought Soul Calibur (now that includes Geralt from The Witcher) headed to PC. Fighting EX Layer has some stiff competitors lined up.
There’s no retailer web page or PC launch date for Fighting EX Layer but. The game launched on PS4 again in June, albeit relatively bare-bones. Unless Arika plan on rolling out DLC characters a second time (unlikely), the PC model needs to be a considerably beefier package deal at launch.
