Wishmere

Wishmere is a hybrid beat-em-up/fighter that tends more toward the fighter half. On the scale of the simple yet effective Fight N Rage to the technical Streets of Fury EX, it stands a few steps beyond Streets of Fury, probably even more technically minded than Guardian Heroes. To construct your combos you need to figure out which of your moves link together through study of the exhaustive move-list of various normal command moves with various chaining properties. The movesets of singular command moves end up feeling like DMC or Smash Bros on some level. Combos do not usually run long, usually three hits, reset, three hits, ult, but those three hits are all different moves. It was only late in development they added just an XXXX combo. That tells you how much they want you exploring the movesets rather than mashing X. I have seen a lot of KoF comparison but I have never played KoF so I cannot speak to them. And these movesets deserve exploration. A half dozen characters each with wildl...

What?? no review?? Oh well here goes. For a first run picking the fighter, i must say that i'm pretty impressed!! The story (which you don't have to pay attention to really (sorry devs, not hating :) ) i find it rather cool for now. I for a long time have been waiting for some type of beatemup/rpg skill building that is actually worth it and with the team up skills and all, wow keep it up please! Do put online co-op please please please pretty please!!!!! If you have a controller and want to play a type of river city ransom meets rpg kind of game and have 10$ to spare, do yourself a favor or send it as a gift to someone you know who would love it :) Happy Holidays y'all Cheers!

Eh you're better off playing one of the classics like Streets of Rage or Final Fight. The game's inputs are crazy imprecise, and the bindings for attack keys don't really have any forsight and trip over eachother leading to failed hits / inputs. I'd leave this one on the shelf, it's just not polished enough.

I'm only reviewing the versus part of the game since I have not got to the single player yet> its a really fun fighting game. Its simple and easy to pick up, but theres some hard to execute combos if you really want to put the work in. Pros: -Fairly Easy -Things for both fighting game beginners and veterans -every character is very different fun to play around with -a unique and satisfying combo system -familiar fighting game mechanics -A great training mode -up to 4 players if you want. not common in fighting games Cons: -Controls are a bit strange. theres not really a super comfortable way to set up the buttons on a arcade stick. having jump bound to a button instead of up takes getting used to. sometimes the buttons seem unresponsive -Not a huge roster -taking a life or round feels a little unsatisfying sometimes because the lack of effects at the end. -Soundtrack is lackluster for a fighting game (seems it would work better in the beat em up part of the game) overall score: 7...

One of the Early Access games I supported since day one. A gem of a brawler, totally recommended for anyone who loves the genre. There's a good choice of characters that each has their own sweet abilities/moves/combos which adds some freshness to the game. It also has replay value as well.

A brawler with a heart and brains. The combat that rewards you the more you put into it. I feel like you can really express your own style in this game. Pros: - characters with very different movesets - open-ended combat and combo system - good lore/story driven: if story is your kind of thing, there's character building in quotes and interactions when they win or lose, story mode is really fun. A lot of heart went into character lore - many types of modes to play with some stuff to unlock Cons: - controller recommended - going through the tutorial is a must: you can play out straight out the gate, but I'd recommend tutorial mode as it really teaches you what sort of game this is - some bosses are difficult (maybe too difficult) At first I played this game casually, but then when I brought this out to hang with friends this game became a competitive blast. This makes for a great party game and a versus game due to its versatility and drop-in-and-play factor.

Did not enjoy. Lack of polish. Controls not precise for what it is trying to be.

Tons of ways to play it. That’s probably the first thing I noticed when playing it. You’ve got a Story Mode and a Free Mode (without story like Dynasty Warriors) which plays like a sidescrolling beat’em up. There’s also a Versus Mode, where you can face your friends and an “Arena” like mode where you fight waves of enemies, which can keep you busy for a while. Really like the Skill Trees (like Borderlands) which are unqiue per character and something I didn’t really expect out of a beat’em up. You can do some crazy stuff like execute bosses in one hit or give your character lifesteal at the expense of your health. A lot of the skills do pretty complicated things so there’s some learning involved in what your skills do, but I can definitely see myself messing around with Skill builds to become unstoppable. Overall the game’s a lot of fun, I dig it.

As a mix of a fighting game and a beat 'em up, Wishmere has something for everyone. It plays at the speed of a fighting game like Street Fighter, but has an open-to-casual low barrier that kind of feels like Smash or like Pokken. With a large nice fighting game esque moveset (there's some learning involved), you can play versus friends like a fighter or play a mode that allows you to scroll right like a brawler, both which is fun to play with a group of friends. There's a story mode that is quite unique because in a genre like this, it totally comes as a surprise. From witty dialogue to some (but rapid) character development, the characters all have their own personalities and have their own little stories. Button layout might take a little getting used to, as it's a little unconventional, but if you can get used to it, the game has some deep mechanics and content in a package that's rewarding to play as you learn new things. Overall, this game has been worth my time, I hope they add ...

Sorry, making the first boss on free play a powerhouse of utter BS. yeah, you can block but umm, fuck trying to actually hit him. Or, you get knocked clean across the board...so no, you can keep this game and ill take my money back thank you