Tough Love Arena

My wife (who doesn't play any other fighting games) just landed a 6-hit corner combo on me! With 0 time in training mode. This is THE game for getting your non-fighting-game friends into fighting games. The artwork is super appealing. The mechanics are straightforward while still being deep (there's a roman cancel). And it's 100% free on their website! Not free-to-play with microtransactions, actually 100% free.

After playing since week 1 of the game and realizing I never put in a review all I need to say is the community alone is a good reason to start playing. Amazing support from not only the dev but in modding and tournaments makes this game an amazing experience to be a part of. I will always love this game regardless of if I am playing consistently or not.

I'm a complete beginner at arena fighters (if that's even what you call this genre), so take everything I'm about to say with a mountain of salt. TOUGH LOVE ARENA Abstract: For a first experience in the genre, relatively welcoming and surprisingly good at teaching you the basics. However, in the game's current state, the basics aren't going to get you anywhere. At all. At. All. Visuals: -- Pleasing, simplistic art style that still has a unique "homegrown" flavor to it -- Character designs are memorable and tell you a lot at first glance (for the most part) -- Move hitboxes clearly and fairly adhere to animations -- Backgrounds serve their purpose; not especially engaging or stylish, but not distracting as a result -- Just really fun! -- 9/10 Audio/Atmosphere: -- Takes pride in being pretty simplistic -- Music, while not anything to write home about, keeps the energy going fairly well ("Supermarket" and "Playground" are my personal favorites) -- Really not that much to note, good or bad (far more good than bad, though) -- 7/10 Gameplay: -- Relatively simple (I expected a much steeper initial learning curve) -- Only six buttons govern the moveset, and only 6 characters fill the …

6 buttons total and 6 delicious characters? what's not to love

the game is fire i really like it more fun with friend tho cant go wrong with that

BEEF!