Who will be picking this up at such a low price point? Who just wants to support ARC System Works?

Budget my ass. Chaos Code is the best anime fighter on the market. It’s an anime fighter but plays closer to KOF and has some of the best character designs for a fighter I’ve seen since Darkstalkers. If only the music didn’t fade loop ☹️

To give more context and also elaborate/correct upon some regards: Future & Knowledge Digital (FK Digital) is an ex-Australian/Taiwanese developer that started out life as Team FK, a doujin dev who are known for the likes of Super Cosplay Wars, Fighters Kyodotai, etc. with Chaos Code being their first commercial project. A few years back, there was a split in the company's staff where a portion of them wished to return to doujin developments and thusly branched off into becoming Border Violation and subsequently developing the doujin fighting game, Angels of Battle. Chaos Code actually began development back in the 90's, hence its old-school aspect ratio & animation style, under the direction of the company's second-in-command/co-creator, Michael Lin (RIP), and took until August '11 owing to development hell with office relocation, loss of sprite work & the general difficulties of being an independent developer. I believe the publishing deal with Arcsys was a later thing and admittedly, these guys are Arcsys fanboys so it's not a surprising turn of events. There was a sequel in the works for a while but was cancelled after Mickey Lin, the creator/first-in-command of FKD, closed up shop owing to depression/grief over his brother's death. Despite that, a new version - Exact Xeno Attack - is intended for the Exa-Arcadia hardware when that releases. As an actual game, there were a few things that went unmentioned here: - The game's chaining system ("Chaos Combo") goes A > B > C > D > Special > Super - Chaos Cancel is the act of cancelling a special into a super at the cost of 2 bars, overall, whilst also restoring damage scaling back up to 70%. - Chaos Shift is a pseudo-RC that's available during supers; it can be a bit specific as to when one can use it but it - Exceed Chaos is an additional mode, where at the expense of all 3 bars, grants you health regen, freezes the clock and also unlimited EX Specials/supers (at cost of the timer) for a total of 15 seconds where it'll be temporarily met by an Overheat state in which no meter can be gained. - To give more clarity on the extra moves, there are two specials & two supers with all of them being personalised to each character alongside a Run (a la KOF) or Step (a la SF) movement option. Run provides more mobility and flexibility whereas Step brings slightly faster meter build and dash cancels to compensate for mobility (Celia and Cthylla withstanding.) For a brief synopsis of the characters: - The shotos are Hikaru (rushdown-oriented with a counter hit/whiff punishment element) & Kagari (ninja and more akin to traditional shoto) - The rushdown characters are the Hikarus, Celia II Kai (or simply Kai), Rui, Ray & Lupinus. - The grappler is Bravo. - The puppet character is Cait & Sith. - The zoners are Hermes, Celia, Cthylla & Kudlak-SIN. - Catherine's the setplay monster of the game. - Vein's the midrange monster of the game with slight zoning/setplay prospects to boot. As to the game's scene and matchmaking, here is where one can find its players: discord.gg/GUBw4mv It's predominantly played via the Steam version therein but there are people with the Switch version also, of whom can be netplayed against through the use of XLink Kai (a LAN emulator you can run that works for the OG Xbox all the way up to modern hardware.)

Glad I stumbled across your review. I will be picking this up it has an Arcana Heart look to it. Always on the hunt for new and or different fighting games to test and play. You got a sub from me here, looking forward to your future content, have a great weekend.

great video! i been playing the aca waku waku 7..its a sleeper! as for this will wish list it.

Bought it last year as a little fighter to play while I'm on the countryside, never heard of it before, wasn't expecting anything and sure was surprised, it's a great game.

I have this on switch and PC. Despite not having online on switch, I play arcade mode and practice a lot in my countless hours in public transport. Just can't get enough of this game.

Thanks for telling me the details about this game switch corner!

Thanks Man for this content keep doing more stuff on new releases. You’re helping nintendo fans like me to check on this games. Subbed!

I want to know is how difficult is the control and execution for beginners?

Can the image be stretched to fit the screen?

i didnt know there was a switch release. this game was always fun and under rated. to be critical about the combat system, one thing I find kinda odd from is that sometimes you trade hits and theres enough hitstun that you get full combos off a trade at times. the main thing is it's odd playing a fighting game with a lot of combos, and air dash pace gameplay, but no burst mechanic, and dizzies, as well as chip kills. it can lead to some bullshit sometimes. its possible to get TOD combos from dizzying opponent and having meter.

Trying to decide between this and under night. I do find the chunkier pixels really charming and the lack of online while a little annoying isn't a deal breaker. They both look so good tho.

Just picked this up on sale for less than $6. Thanks for the review. It helped me make my choice.

I just played it and tried it and I must say I love it I'm kinda addicted to it. hope they make more!!😌😊☺😉😁😛😝😜😘😀😃

I'm getting a lot of Melty blood vibes from this more than anything, I'll add it to the video game bucket list

fantastic fighter, sad the switch version didnt have the online :[

I never heard of this game but i might look into it

Now here's a problem do I get this or bbct

How are the controls is it like undernight inbirth?

I dont mind the lack of online play, because there would likely be no one to match up with anyway, since the game is so obscure. Now, local 2 player however, that is a must. It looks cool. I like what little story there is, and the designs look nice. I also appreciate them using the side bars for move inputs. Genius

what song is playing

Chaos Code is publish by ArcSystem and is not a ArcSystem ip.

Oh my. This game looks gorgeus but no online? Cheap as it is, I think I'll wait for a pricecut on this one :/

The characters are so high school anime like. No Shotos or Terry Bogards here huh? Lol But I'll probably get it

The character models look really blurry in my opinion so much better experience to actually see the characters fighting instead of the blurry decision so I'm pretty sure to pass on this one 😥

As a fan of guilty gear This is not even a budget. Chaos code has what Guilty Gear lost long ago.

I enjoy your channel’s content but I’m so sorry, I really can’t keep quiet. The words said on this videos thumbnail has me furious. “Budget Guilty Gear”? Come on now! Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe is not a budget Guilty Gear! It’s one of the few great traditional 2D anime fighters on switch. It’s not as good as Under Night In Birth Exe Late CLR or Melty Blood: Type Lumina. But it’s surely much more enjoyable than any title in the Guilty Gear or BlazBlue series! That’s just my opinion. I respect the people who stick with Guilty Gear and BlazBlue as their main fighting game title but for me I just couldn’t get into them no matter how much I try. Comparing any Anime Fighting Game to an insanely complex series like guilty gear just isn’t fair. I might try getting into BlazBlue Central Fiction again. Man it’s so hard. Thanks for giving CHAOS CODE some attention. It is highly underrated and needs more exposure! This game is not a budget guilty gear but it’s a great anime fighting game!!!

Good click bait title again 🤣🤣. This isn't a budget anything. This was a huge hit in Japan originally as a SEGA arcade machine.

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So its good game

You really overemphasize Arc System Works. I get that they're the publishers, but you barely mention the actual devs, FK Digital. It doesn't feel right to brush FK D aside when they're the ones that actually made this game just because ArcSys is more recognizable.

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