This game is amazing, but so easy to hate on, which gets it a bad rap. In spite of the fact that it's been negatively reviewed by people who simply don't like the "direction they took the main character," the game itself is a dream. The animations and combat are perfectly designed to the points that, if you are a "skill gamer" you'll be playing the same levels over and over, pushing for more and more stylish and perfect combos. Not only do you have a huge number of moves available to you, but they all look amazing, and are easy to pull off. The trick isn't complicated input; it's doing the right thing at the right time. And "right thing" refers to one of ~20 or so of the moves in your arsenal, and "right time" refers to a single digit number of animation frames. If journalists didn't have a problem with rebellious teenage boys wearing eye shadow, this game would not have received so much hate from the media.

This game is amazing, but so easy to hate on, which gets it a bad rap. In spite of the fact that it's been negatively reviewed by people who simply don't like the "direction they took the main character," the game itself is a dream. The animations and combat are perfectly designed to the points that, if you are a "skill gamer" you'll be playing the same levels over and over, pushing for more and more stylish and perfect combos. Not only do you have a huge number of moves available to you, but they all look amazing, and are easy to pull off. The trick isn't complicated input; it's doing the right thing at the right time. And "right thing" refers to one of ~20 or so of the moves in your arsenal, and "right time" refers to a single digit number of animation frames. If journalists didn't have a problem with rebellious teenage boys wearing eye shadow, this game would not have received so much hate from the media.