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OK, so I definitely consider a title like
this a love/hate proposition. Giant crustaceans of all types and sizes duking it
out in a variety of environments from cities to dinner tables who can grab
whatever is available to whack at each other until one combatant is flipped and
loses? Since I love games that are a bit off-center it makes me giggle and dig
in but I can understand how someone could reductively look at it as a game of
wild flailing and button mashing. To some degree they wouldn’t be 100%
incorrect. I found that technique can still be effective and win the day but
spam can work well, but that’s also true of most fighting games out there to be
fair. The thing is, underneath the chaos and admitted lack of nuance in the
controls as a whole, there is a degree of technique in positioning and knowing
when to engage and when to back off that does elevate the strategy component a
bit. Unlocks for playing include all manner of hard-shelled sea critters as well
as a barrage of increasingly-preposterous weapons you can wield. This absolutely
won’t be a game for everyone but there can be a degree of joy in laying some
smack down with some ridiculous weapon in one hand while trying to hold your
opponent in place with the other. It’s weird and a bit crazy, but it’s also
undeniably unique.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.0]