DNF would have been a hit in Arcades, but as an "at home, online" game it suffers.

I don't have much to say other than it's sad to see how this game is being handled so.... I've been loving Dissidia Duodecim lately.

I think the biggest obstacle in DNF Duels path is the original devs and license holders, Neople. From what I have heard everything about how DNF Duel has handled its communications is EXACTLY how Neople handles it. Yes, Neople themselves almost NEVER releases any communication about patches until they are done, even for the MAIN mmo game, and they do pretty much no PR work at all. But they don't need to since Dungeon Fighter Online is so strong in it's home market that thry have an intensely loyal fanbasd and make money anyway, and they apparently treat DNF Duel the same way- nothing is said or done without Neople's approval, so if they don't want the dev-team to say anything, nothing is said. But as one can see, you can't just transplant unicorn-behavior like that into the fighting game genre, or ANY other genre these days really, and expect to get away with it. Shame for DNF Duel, but that's how it goes...

I think what turned many people off after some time later. Was that the game had huge and high percent of comeback factors that were really easy to do. That and everything in this game feels like a 2 or 1 touch of death type combos.

DNF Duel was 20 dollars for like 3 weeks and ended right before evo! What a shot in the foot that was....

lol, many guys claimed it free and has no idea what is this game and came to see a review lmao just like me btw.

DNF duel is on discount just rigth now and is 20 dolars :D edit: nice video btw i been wanting to get this game but theres 60 to 100 players and is usually expensive

well i got for free on epic just wanna know if its worth playing

Would they really just stop support for the game tho? What about people who purchased the character pack 🥺 Will we get money back?

I'm debating myself whether i should buy this one or melty blood since they are both on discount, still can't decide

Brawler came out a bit ago, and in December, we're getting Battlemage.

Guys should I get this or endless dungeon?

If your "crossplay" is between PS4 and PS5, you don't have crossplay!! Every fighting game, from now on, needs to be crossplay on all platforms they release on. I don't care if you gotta do it through Fightcade or something like that, Capcom, Netherrealm, ArcSys, SNK, Arika, Namcai's Bandos, and anybody else I forgot, you want us to play your game for 5+years?! MAKE *_THIS_* HAPPEN, SON!! I mean, really, every genre should be crossplayin'! The only reason other genres can get away with not doing it is that their player bases are far more robust than any fighter. Even though there's more players than ever before and it's ostensibly a new golden age in fighting games, fighting games are still probably the hardest single genre of video games (I personally call fighters The Final Boss of Video Games) to get into and even get to the feeling of proficiency let alone mastery. They require some dedication to truly unlock the fun, so to speak. And that's why, even in the new "Golden Era" 2 million copies sold since launch are HUGE celebration numbers for Street Fighter and Guilty Gear. If COD, Halo, or Madden only sold 2 million copies, the franchise would be considered "dead." Fighters are also the longest lasting of all genres guaranteed 2 seasons at least of DLC, some games 4 or 5, and generally 5 years before the next installment comes out, we get the most play time with fighting games as a whole. Shoot, we STILL PLAY tons of past games to this day. I can jump on right now and get a match on MKX or Injustice 2, SF x T, or USF4 or UMVC3. We get allot of use out of the game even if it's 4 or 5 even 10 years+ later, far more than most other genre's players who buy a new game every year. On a side note, if you have PS4/5 PS premium is worth it for a fighting game fan. You get MK11, MKX, SFV, PRBFTG, Tons of retro and PS3 fighters like Mark of the Wolves, Arcana Heart and USF4, DBFZ, INJUSTICE 1 AND 2, even newer games like Melty Blood Type Lumina, Soul Calibur VI, and Granblue Fantasy VS all FOR FREE! I was shocked when I saw all the fighting games I could get. Plus major discounts on Tekken7 AND Samurai Shōdown so you can get the complete versions for like 10 or 15 bucks each, normally with all the DLC it being over 100 each. So yeah, if you wanna play fighting games and you own a Playstation, now it's the perfect time to get in the mix, FOR FREE!

Personally I think DNF Duel’s current state is mostly the result of player expectations more than anything. There are dozens of beloved classic fighting games which never got modern “developer support” outside of full price version updates and people still love and play those games to this day. DNF just unfortunately exists within an era where lighting fast live service is the norm and players brought that expectation with them. Personally I don’t really think the game would have tanked so hard if expectations weren’t so exclusive to any developer that can’t meet the increasingly high update speeds people want from competitive games nowadays. That, and they REALLY should have made another single player mode instead of banking on online play to carry the game so hard.

4:40 3d fighting gmae?

What if we get it for free

The devs Arc Systems Works do an amazing job with all their games. I am guessing they were hired by the the company behind Dungeons and Fighters to create this game, but they didn't want to invest in it long term. So, it's not ASW's problem, they did their job, and a pretty good one at that.

2:32 playstation 5 player here, I'm sad to report that honestly, console is pretty much dead unless you are willing to play with some random EVO sweat from across sea like South Korea or Japan at 3AM. This game is easily one of the most fun fighting games I've ever played, of my 7 years of being into this genre, as well as the easiest to get into for new people interested in fighting games because it has modern inputs options for those who struggle with classic inputs. DNF literally had the sadist death in gaming I've ever seen hopefully one day the devs will get their shit together, release DLC characters in a timely manner, make the game $15 or atleast free, and give us cross-play because this game desperately needs it, and for the love of God give us a Xbox port It still baffles me to this day we got a Nintendo switch port with (no rollback netcode) before a Xbox series X port, genuinely who's bright idea was that ?

got it for free on epic, but just a 1 day deal. Hope they make some sort of dungeon game. love the art style

thumbnail sauce?

also this game didnt have regional price so in some country (like thailand where i live) it did cost MORE than MK1 wich have like x5 the content crazy

1.The game is too expensive for what it gives you 2.The DLC came a year too late and in a really bad time (right after SF6) 3.Still no Crossplay. It just makes me sad because i love the game but dont have anybody to play with :(

The game is fun but this game is best suited for local multiplayer(just the way I like it). Me and my friends enjoy the game and how easy it is to play, can be picked up instantly, and have a good time. I honestly hope theres more DLC in the future but I highly doubt it.

Well, I might try it, since it's free...but I have so many other games to play and anime to watch, lol, and Steam Winter Sale starts tomorrow so...

Honestly i love this game so much after the big patch. just wish it had consistent players.

20/12/2023 the game is free on epic games right now!

Man i just wish this game had more players and i would buy it in a heartbeat. Still planning on getting it when it goes on sale anyway

Love this game but I with it saved replays on switch (yes I tried manual and auto save…) I also with there was a free cam mode….

thanks. this was what i needed to hear honestly.

thatI gonna say it now, I don’t fuck with not having directional inputs. I’m so used to them now, that i would REALLY appreciate it being an option, I just like being able to press back to block, and use directional inputs. Like SF6 That’s what stopped me from playing this game.

There is any anime fcg with a thriving community? People start to declare anime fighters dead the very moment they announce their release I used to play BBCF but since then was forced to pretty much abandon it

I bought from the 60% sale between July 5th and July 19th. Best decision ever. It's a good game to relax after a rough day. But to improve and become a better player ... nope, it's better picking a more player game. Well, if i play for 20 bours, it will be worth my money. I already played 10 hours

it's free on epic games now

i got it for free on epic games rn so i claimed it but i dont think i would play it

tried to play it and went to look at the steam charts to see how many people were playing... brodie wasnt lying. Literally double digit player count. and i mean less than 40 sad souls lmfaooooooo

"Some other guilty gear games" As blazblue is hovered is pain. I only played the dnf betas and was pretty hyped before the betas though. I used to really like the mmo, but my biggest gripe with dnf was the simple inputs and how they'd overlap if you tried to input a motion. I'm fine with "modern" in sf6 even though I feel it dilutes the game a little, and granblue balanced around simple inputs (used to anyways). So for me at least DNF just went a little too far with that.

I tried DNF at launch. I’d just think the game is very lacking compared to its contemporaries. Nice characters designs, but very mid in everything else.

I really like the game but even though it has simplified controls for a fighter, it feels over conplicated still and they try to have a lot of mechanics. I dont like the rock paper scizors feeling of the moves. Like top middle and bottom attacks, some attacks can hit on ground some cant and its not because of hitboxes its because of a programmed property. It feels off when a move visually hits but doesnt actually. The other thing is that the game just feels unfair. No matter what character you play, if you are loosing it feels like you are playing the worst character.

This is free on the Epic Games store, base roster but it's free at least, I think it was okay, nothing too special but not bad either

Epic Games brought me here ;)

Thank you!

its too late i preordered it, at least i got to fight ltg (he kicked my ass).

At least it's free on Epic for a day or so now.

Bought this game 3 times already. Definitely worth it

Bro spoke just facts. Honestly, I've had the chance to try the game, and really likes how it played, but I refuse to buy it at that price when I'm gonna spend forever trying to get a single match, and more so when there are many good alternatives.

I'll buy it someday, it looks cool, just ain't something to be excited about.

Im not here to watch the video, just wanted to compliment your choice of audio (“Linking” from DNF Duel) in the beginning 😊

This game is free right now on epic games

"Great game, dont buy it" Epic Games on Dec 20: You wont believe this.

It's a little funny to look at how many people commented that the game was free on the Epic Games Store last December... but also, nobody mentioned their experience with playing the game for free. Really makes you think. SteamDB playercount continues to sit at double digits, around 30 people a day. Sure, that doesn't count people who don't have the game through Steam, and the peak playercount *did* bump up to nearly 300 in December, but it has since returned to average numbers. From what narrative I'm getting from the comments about this game, it's like an anime fighter with simple controls, some TOD combos, egregiously long attack animations, and limited defensive options - not to mention that it doesn't seem to have much of an online presence outside of whatever dedicated community is still playing the game. Seems *okay* as long as you can find people to play with, otherwise you're not getting much mileage from the game. The game is currently $20 (until Feb. 18th). ...although, you could *also* consider playing Guilty Gear instead. Honestly I thought they were the same game tbh - cel-shaded 2.5D fighting game in the Unreal Engine with a gear motif for the branding, also developed by Arc System Works.

who is here after buying this for free on epic

I bought it when it was 50% off. Love the franchise so wanted to give them money since the game is fun as hell, especially with friends. Sadly like many have stated, the game could do so much better, its a shame really . . .

Lmao the game is free till 21/12/23 go claim it lmao 😂😂

Just got it for free, nice, didn't had to buy it

Got it for free on epic games

I would say: just play guilty gear. But its a shame since this game seems fun and kinda unique, the game surely LOOKS great.

Straigh to the point, good review but, you missed something crucial, the game outside the beautiful aesthetics, and cool sound design, is made with the ass, it look like these guys are amateurs and don't know how a fighting game works, in a game with full screen mugen shit attacks and supers, you can't air block, some characters don't even need to get a counter hit to make 60-70% of damage, for long combos like that, you don't have a burst or a combo breaker, some Dp's are almost unpunishables, some dp's can link to combos, infinite strings that easily break defense, and a lot more frustrating stuff haha but don't get me wrong, I don't hate the game, is quite fun, but it comes to a point that is head scratching like, what the hell these dudes were thinking? Once again, the balance is ass.

Now its free on Epic Games so maybe there will be a incrise in players in the long term.

Definitely buying the game just because you said you know nothing about dungeon fighter online 😂

Its worth it for free on Epic now

I didn't buy it, I got it for free on epic games

Its free today on Epic Games 🤣

good video. sad agree

Free today on epic games not even sure it is worth downloading. maybe it being free on epic will increase the playerbase.

i got this game for free on epic games, i play it every now and then i feel like i know all the moves on characters in a short time and i dont play fighting games much at all, and its unbalanced. but i got the game for free so cant complain

My least favorite thing is when I see posts saying the game isn’t Dying since 2 people still play it or When someone says that the games dead because the community is just haters. I feel like those people neglect the fact that this is a product you spend money on, so why the fuck would you spend money on a game with such a low player base population and game mechanics that everyone agrees arent competitively fun and make the game worse overall? Just buy any other fighting game and be happy guys, DNF isn’t the first, last, or even a decent anime fighting game.

The amount of content that is on offer feels so much like a free to play game but has a such a horrible price tag

Just 1 more year and it will be for 5 dollars on sale

I got it free because of Epic Games, so yeah, I didn't buy it xD tho I like the game, mostly because I don't play online because I would instantly hate the game, and I also enjoy the survival mode quite a lot, it's really fun. I'm a casual gamer so I really enjoy simple controls quite a lot.

Great news its free from the epic games store for 18 hours now

It looks great, but grand blue fantasy rising does a much better job of everything theyre doing

The worst thing about this game is that it's so braindead easy to ToD anyone that it feels like an empty experience. Worse yet, there's a valid complaint that it's almost _too_ flashy to even pay attention to. Try going FT5 against a Ghostblade player and not come away with some kind of eyestrain migraine.

400+ hours deep in DNF here. You’re 100% correct on many fronts and it’s truly a shame to see this game go the way it has. This doesn’t even mention awful balance, like the fact that Swift Master was Brawl Meta Knight levels of broken for MONTHS after release, or CURRENT Inquisitor being able to kill you in 2 touches off stray hits that span most of the screen. Not even Max shilling DNF could save it. Wouldn’t be surprised if the season pass just got shelved at this point.

GUYS!!!RIGHT NOW DNF DUEL IS FREE ON EPIC GAMES

Nah you can buy it don’t let people tell you what to do with your money. It’s a game you can still enjoy by yourself or friends at their house.

Aside from everything else with the game that's problematic, one big pet peeve I have is that Awakening Supers only add one hit to the combo counter when more often than not, the animations look like the opponent is hit more than once.

I found this video after getting it on epic Lol

Eh ... it's free at EPIC. Can't complain.

ITS FREEEEEEEEEE ON EPIC!!!

It's free on epic till tomorrowwwwww

us who never bought it but got as a free gift instead

I bought it when it was free

Yeah, dnf duel sadly doesn't get as much support as any of the guilty gear games.

Sc6 had the same problem

Even though it's free, I'm still not going to bother getting it. I know I'll never play it.

Spacewar enthusiasts

As somebody who dislikes Nexon immensely I would say that giving them the finger is the best reason to not buy the game. Which is sad, because it IS a cool game. But holy hell are they scummy.

Got my for free on epic 😂

Sounds like a single player fighting game.

A future filled with casual inputs... Jesus, absolute cancer.

Free in epic game

I won't, thx epic games!

I think the game is wack and I'd have bought it if it were lewder. Kind of a drag when a friend wants to play it

free rn

The only problem DNFD has is that there are no people playing online. If that's because they don't like the gameplay, I get it, but the support and price thing are the stupidest reasons to kill a game I've ever seen. Don't people complain about the "fighting games problem with DLC"? Do you realize how many balance patches this game has had with major changes and new core mechanics in less than 1 year? The price is still lower than most new games and a few weeks ago it was on sale at half price, but what the fuck are you talking about? (this goes for everyone who says these things but the video was good)

I will be blatantly honest here, video and comments even within reason have a point wrong, first let me give some context, game dev here with 10+ years of experience, but not just simply game dev, game analyst and at that I have known quite a few games and analyzed more than I can count at this point, counting succeses and fails, so what Im going to say comes from a place of have seen pretty much more games and played them than the mayority of people (a game a week since i was 15 in 2004 do the math, also I spent every coin i got in games saving every once my aprent gave me, and b ought some second hand ones) I became a pro because I liked games, and after working in this industry there is a flaw in both devs and supposed gamers, people talk money first both sides, Listen here sure your money should go to an investment but you know what experience taught me there was a time that game analisys dictated what I play, not anymore, cause after all that the thing is you have to play what is fun not the good, and balanced or the funny and interesting. sure those things "can" garantee some quality and fun, but that is not always the case, My point being DNF Duel is fun and it will continue to be regardless posibly will be rediscovered by another generation that will lament that is no longer online, instead of making an attempt of a company to try and make something fun and punish it for it we should motivate devs to make games that are this fun and improve, but if they dont have the income guess what everyone loses. and to contextualize, I never had more fun than when I bought a game bindly in my teens not because they were great pieces of media, but because they all where fun, and i didnt measure fun by how much of my wallet worth they made, sure i had some flops but 4 flops in 17 years is a negligible number, enjoy your games people...

The gameplay is not really that interesting to be honest... nobody wants to deal with gigantic normals/movies, restricted space, guardbreak in a game that has close to none defensive mechanics, watch +40 second combos frequently and deal with that weird gray life and cancel mechanics... game is bad (meaning its not gone please most as it is) design wise as a FG. On top of that it has no content to even atract some casual players who just wants to play something single players and nothing else.

Watching do you buy vids when the game is free.💀

I'd pay a reduced price for the full game, not that throttled one they sell and then try to shove the "dlc" down your throat.

Me, who pirated 100% of my installed games: *Okay, I'll follow that tip~*