Skullgirls is a 2D throwback fighter featuring an all girl cast. It kind of visually reminds me of a cross between Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 and Dark Stalkers, which both were made by Capcom. Just as I've said in earlier posts before it seems like developers are having flash backs all of the sudden and are rolling out with all kinds of 2D games. They're back in again. Which isn't a bad thing. There are a lot of fun 2D games to play these days that are just as good as the featured 50 to 60 dollar next gen games that they have for sale at your local game shop. The good thing is that you don't have to get up from off of your couch to buy them anymore. They're all online for purchase via your current console.
The game is a fast paced combo tactical fighter featured in the fictional Canopy Kingdom. The quest and the goal is to capture the mystical and mysterious "Skull Heart". This heart once obtained has the ability to grant wishes but it doesn't come without a cost. If the female fighter's soul is not pure in nature her heart and her wishes will become corrupted. This event will turn the world as they know into a living nightmare thus transforming the fighter into a Skullgirl, a monstrous creature with unnatural power. Now isn't that just a treat. So if you're player is a bad girl she could single handily alter the state of the world from good to worse just by making a crazy wish. This reminds me of Ghostbusters when Ray accidentally wished for the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Yeah something like that can definitely change the fate of the world. lol
It's amazing how the characters look when you look at the game footage. The developers definitely took their time and care into making this game. The characters were sketched up on paper not created on the computer with software. That's really neat to see nowadays since most game creating these days is rendered with some kind of software on a PC. They really made this game from scratch. The creators are Alex Ahad, Art Director, and Mike "Mike Z" Zaimont. Their work has been featured in games such as Scott Pilgrim, and Lava Punch. The game also features real-time lighting and shadowing. I love the cartoony feel of the game as well. it really shows within the characters. Check out the clips.
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