Skullgirls

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 215 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 136 out of 215
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 215
  3. Negative: 59 out of 215

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  1. Alternative4
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Do not play this game, after years of it being an unique and interesting game in the fighting sphere they decide to censor elements that are over 10 years old. Do not EVER play this game or engage with this company.
  2. bladeRoller
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    Couldn't let a sleeping dog lie huh? Had to destroy the original artists vision? Censorship is disgusting.
  3. Zit
    Jun 17, 2021
    4
    After playing this game some more and checking the up'n'coming development cycle that I've (we've) been thrown in, I cannot recommend this game period!.

    Not just with thrown the creators off like Mike Z or Alex. It also looks like they've teamed up with the company that Mr Wizz was in Evo where he was looking at child porn. Anyways I've literally copy/pasted this from my friend on    After playing this game some more and checking the up'n'coming development cycle that I've (we've) been thrown in, I cannot recommend this game period!.

    Not just with thrown the creators off like Mike Z or Alex.

    It also looks like they've teamed up with the company that Mr Wizz was in Evo where he was looking at child porn.

    Anyways I've literally copy/pasted this from my friend on me telling them reasons not to play Skullgirls I think fighting games are a 90's things, if you're into the 90's you might as well stay with the 90's as Skullgirls is just a clone rip off of those games (mainly Mortal Kombat and Marvel vs Capcom) claiming to be there for them when its not

    Anyways more of details the 95% say is good or are just fake reviews trying to be nice or something:

    The story isn't finished and what is there doesn't make sense they literally polled it and threw characters nobody knows into the game like Eliza who isn't meant to be there rather then finishing the story which now they're charging character packs for.

    The fans into the pedo crap
    The infinity breaker doesn't work the main attraction to the game
    Old as hell the graphics look really terrible when the screen gets stretched to ratio it can be clearly seen on Filia's socks on the Classroom stage

    They have now a fox who humps dead dogs featured on that classroom level

    They game overall control mechanics are bloody terrible mainly characters like Cerebella where you have quarter forward/back moves where the buttons are so bad that those moves can be countered by pressing right. down, right for a quarter move

    Doesn't make sense and worse doing those quarter moves on keyboard the right, down, right is a strain and barely even works (good luck even once).

    SKULLGIRLS overall review after charging for a game that came out in 2013 paid before on Kickstarter or whatever by the fans for around 44 quid or like 50 odd dollars reviewed at around 95%

    Eh meh I've seen games with a 4 out 10 better to play so here it is your denial this game is terrible 4/10 just because the buttons when pressed to hit and the stages look pretty the music overall is the best overall but besides that nothing works I could just look at Alex's work listening to tunes then play this crap again.    … Expand
  4. gerardoelcrack2
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    La actualización ha eliminado varias cosas del juego y ha habido cambios. Entre los cambios se encuentran ajustes en el arte, las paletas de colores y otros elementos del juego. También, la actualización trae consigo censura y cambios hechos justificados porque son para un “público actual”. Además, se han eliminado algunas escenas de la historia por lo mismo mencionado anteriormente (sinLa actualización ha eliminado varias cosas del juego y ha habido cambios. Entre los cambios se encuentran ajustes en el arte, las paletas de colores y otros elementos del juego. También, la actualización trae consigo censura y cambios hechos justificados porque son para un “público actual”. Además, se han eliminado algunas escenas de la historia por lo mismo mencionado anteriormente (sin considerar que era parte del lore). Cabe destacar que, desde la partida de los creadores originales, la idea de "Skullgirls" fue cambiando y no precisamente para bien, y la actualización de este pasado 28 de junio confirmó el pensamiento de la mayoría. El juego que surgió algún día como un proyecto de GoFundMe a costa del dinero de personas que, queriendo ver todas esas "características" que lo diferenciaba de otros, hoy no es más que una sombra de ello, ya que como se pudo dar a entender, todos estos "cambios y/o ajustes" son algo que para nada se pedía y que quizás signifiquen la caída y/o decadencia de uno de los juegos que mayor apoyo tuvo de parte de internet algún día.… Expand
  5. BaneBruja
    Jun 28, 2023
    0
    The current devs of this game just censored a bunch of stuff in game, including fan art, character designs, and any possible references to fascism, racism, or police brutality (which are important themes to multiple characters stories). Do not give them any money until they revert these changes.
  6. DieOne17
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    the censorship of the new update just goes to show how horrible developers can be
  7. mrpowers30
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    fun game but the recent patch has diminished my interest in the game at the moment.
  8. Zax5523
    Jul 10, 2023
    0
    Its a shame.It was a pretty good game until the company gave into censorship.
  9. CaptainRobbie
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    The current IP holders have censored the game with a mandatory patch. Removing content paid for by kickstarter backers in the process. Never under any circumstances support these publishers if game preservation is at all important to you.
  10. BuildLancer
    Jul 13, 2023
    0
    They have removed content that had been promised durring preorders and durring the kickstarter.
  11. Zaqwerfv
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    Warcraft 3 Reforged all over again. Many People have now lost access to the in every way superior pre-“update” version and are forced to play this ****
  12. Xswertgb
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    Censored game now. They seem to hate both the players and the original developers.
  13. Sitri444
    Jul 11, 2023
    0
    The series is now in the hands of self-righteous busybodies that think they have a moral high ground that really only exists in their delusional heads, so the games have been censored to remove content that offends them at the expense of the fans. Don't give them a dime.
  14. DolphinReviews
    Jan 14, 2023
    0
    Awful controls and character's only perverts would enjoy. Sexist and anti-religious propaganda.
  15. DoubleDouble
    Jul 11, 2023
    1
    The game is censored, there's backlash. the devs are insulting the customer's intelligence. and minority opinion or no. it's very deceptive to hid negative reviews. it is censorship and censorship is a negative impact.

    to then insult the consumers as being whiny is reductive to the issues. even journalist outlets are misrepresenting people's complaints. we dont' tolerate censorship    The game is censored, there's backlash. the devs are insulting the customer's intelligence. and minority opinion or no. it's very deceptive to hid negative reviews. it is censorship and censorship is a negative impact.

    to then insult the consumers as being whiny is reductive to the issues. even journalist outlets are misrepresenting people's complaints. we dont' tolerate censorship with books, why should we here?    … Expand
  16. StrelokSparrow
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    The update would be fine if it added as much as it removed tbh that's my only beef with it
  17. Irontrooper
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    Owned this game for the last nine years only for the devs to come out and censor and remove content from the game i bought with my hard earned money, censorship is wrong, it is always wrong and its not defendable at all in any scenario, allowing this in Skullgirls sets a precedent that this is somehow okay. This is why every change is absolutely morally bankrupt and anti-consumer.

    Big    Owned this game for the last nine years only for the devs to come out and censor and remove content from the game i bought with my hard earned money, censorship is wrong, it is always wrong and its not defendable at all in any scenario, allowing this in Skullgirls sets a precedent that this is somehow okay. This is why every change is absolutely morally bankrupt and anti-consumer.

    Big Band's removed cgs showcased the cruelty of the mafia and how badly hurt Ben Birdland got from his beating, removing it for 'racial violence' is reducing Ben to nothing but his skin color, not everything that happens to a black character happens due to his damn race.

    Removing art from the art gallery without even consulting the artists is **** for obvious reasons, epecially when some of these came from a cancer art drive for charity.

    The russian announcer was a paid for kickstarter goal, removing it is telling everyone who donated or just like using it to go screw themselves. Some might say it was removed because the man who dubbed it was ousted from the company but that is not a valid excuse, people paid for a RUSSIAN announcer, not a MikeZ announcer, they should have had someone redub it.

    Reddit and discord mods for Skullgirls have made it against the rules to complain about the new patch and mods are now starting to be taken off Steam, even the Skullmods mod launcher was taken down. The two most downloaded mods were a mod to take Sonic Fox off the game and the mod to revert the censorship of the last patch
    Btw the second one was taken down one hour after being posted
    They do not want to give you a choice
    They want you to shut up, sit down and accept everything like a good little consumer

    They're also changing Valentine's design and removing every cross of her design to make her look less like a nurse, despite the red cross having **** off for the last 7 years or so ever since they made her red crosses pink.

    Removing the armband from the Egrets changes NOTHING about them being an obvious Nazi group, they in universe fought in a world war to prove they were a superior master race, they are obviously nazi.

    Removing the single Filia pantyshot might be the most 'nothing' change but that just brings up why they changed it in the first place, there are still lots of pantyshots of her in the game, censoring one won't defend this fictional minor from any nonexistent attacks, if they really were worried about 'sexualizing a minor' which again, is purely fictional and hurts no one, they would remove all of them and then redesign Filia because her design is sexualized by design, she was made to be oggled at and that can be seen from most of her body fat being in her **** thighs, and no one would like to see the design they came to love being changed and censored, the simple change would be to change her to 18 but nah the devs don't want to make sense. And if you genuinely think i, or anyone else attacking these changes is a pedo for being against this change please ask yourself what real life teenager looks like Filia, which again, is a **** drawing on a game. And even besides that this change is just a small drop on a pool of horrible changes.

    Don't support this game or these devs unless you want content being taken off your purchases to become commonplace.    … Expand
  18. Scorpio86
    Jul 13, 2023
    0
    -Removed payed content from DLC
    -Removed an annoucer that was a kickstart goal that was met
    -Engaged on review manipulation by paying for positive reviews and removal of negative ones from steam.
    -Censorship galore of any discussion on this matters
  19. DieOne69
    Jul 13, 2023
    0
    This game has been censored since 2013, it's time to restore all the removed content or give refunds.
  20. walale12
    Oct 5, 2013
    0
    I found this game to be rather derivative of a large number of other fighting games, and it also seems to have a rather tacky deco art style, which further detracts from the experience. Plus, the are charging £11.99, which I feel is quite an exorbitant price for this game, it seems as though it would be worth around £4.99. Plus, they are charging £3.99 for a DlC which ONLY CHANGES A FEWI found this game to be rather derivative of a large number of other fighting games, and it also seems to have a rather tacky deco art style, which further detracts from the experience. Plus, the are charging £11.99, which I feel is quite an exorbitant price for this game, it seems as though it would be worth around £4.99. Plus, they are charging £3.99 for a DlC which ONLY CHANGES A FEW COLOURS, which seems to be very overpriced...… Expand
  21. Hierolax
    Aug 27, 2013
    4
    Skullgirls is a fighting game envisioned by fighting game community celebrity: Mike-Z. Because of Mike's pedigree, there is a stark similarity between this game and the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise (in terms of how the game is played). Players can choose from a current roster of 9 characters, and can form a team of 2 or 3 characters, or simply go solo (damage/health adjusts accordingly,Skullgirls is a fighting game envisioned by fighting game community celebrity: Mike-Z. Because of Mike's pedigree, there is a stark similarity between this game and the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise (in terms of how the game is played). Players can choose from a current roster of 9 characters, and can form a team of 2 or 3 characters, or simply go solo (damage/health adjusts accordingly, depending on your team number). Allow me to say some good things about Skullgirls..

    The animations are pretty to look at. They are very fluid and when looked at in slow-motion you can appreciate how smart certain moves look. The style? The crazy 1920's art-deco noir? It's fantastic and peaks the interest of the player. Most of the music is great, not memorable, but pleasant to listen to. And of course, the characters themselves exude both good character design and zany sex appeal. It's a very sweet looking game with a great concept. However..

    The fighting game itself is both disconcerting and unpalatable for competitive play. When you boot the game up, you're treated to a simple (but effective) tutorial mode, teaching new players about the basic of basics: high, medium, low attacks, blocking, movement, hit-stuns and recovery time, block-strings and tech-ing out of throws. It also teaches the formula/play-style of all 9 of the characters. It succeeds in giving the player a warm welcome both to the game, and the fighting game genre. But that's about it.

    As mentioned above, the game plays similar to marvel vs. capcom, a game which is known for it's long combos and fast-paced footsies. In skullgirls, you get just that. Unfortunately, because of it's relative ease, the hit-stun gauge (pocket of time you have to follow-up your combo) is too large, while in other games, the gauge is a lot tighter, forcing the player to get the timing just right to execute high-damaging and drawn out combos. What this means, is that though the game's mechanics is well-presented to the newcomer and the execution is easy on the fingers, the entire learning curve becomes drastically low.

    More often than not, your opponents will hit-confirm you with one of the 6 pokes, and carry it into a 20-30 second combo that will deplete anywhere between 60 70% of your life-bar. And if you're like-minded and rehearsed your combo, you can counter in turn with one of your own. Essentially, the meta-game boils down to: ''Whoever gets first hit, wins.'' This is doubly true for relatively new players who haven't rehearsed such a combo.

    This is where the game is crippled. The competitive nature of the fighting game genre revolves around trying to read your opponent, and to play mind-games. However, in skullgirls, they have neglected this element. Which is by far, the most important element. Though the game does a fantastic job at first-impressions and presentation; teaching newcomers and brushing veterans to the genre on the basics, the premise of competitive spirit is subsequently destroyed by the rather abhorrent combo mechanic.

    In closing, skullgirls is a pretty game with a fun concept. However, it is let down by the game's inability to balance fast-paced combat with controlled, precise mechanics, but instead, makes the mechanic loose for the newcomer, which subsequently scares such players off when it's exploited to it's full extent. For this reason, I rate it a 4/10. Below average. If you're new to the fighting genre, and wish to pick up a fighting game? Avoid this one.    … Expand
  22. Criticaldrop
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    This game is wonderful, the gameplay, the characters, the style. You should buy it if you are a casual gamer or pro player alike, but ... SonicFox XD._.
  23. Hitorikko
    Sep 6, 2013
    0
    derivative as hell fighter. Does absolutely nothing new and everything worse than other games. Its much touted "originality" stops at the character design. I suppose if you couldn't care less about any of that and just want to masturbate to some faux-anime, then go for it I guess. There's even a tutorial in there that's been hailed as amazing by people too lazy to use google.

    In short,     derivative as hell fighter. Does absolutely nothing new and everything worse than other games. Its much touted "originality" stops at the character design. I suppose if you couldn't care less about any of that and just want to masturbate to some faux-anime, then go for it I guess. There's even a tutorial in there that's been hailed as amazing by people too lazy to use google.

    In short, absolutely nothing special. If you want to play a good fighter, play pretty much anything else. If you want to play a good fighter that's also pretty, play KoF XIII. If you want to play a barely competent attempt at the genre with janky animation, play Skullgirls. Though I guess Netherrealm's spawn falls into that category too.    … Expand
  24. Freaksy
    May 26, 2014
    3
    Please don't buy this game if you are EXTREMELY experianced fighting games.

    I'm familiar with various differend kinds of fighting games and mastered at least 3 of them but this games is just meant to be played only by A+ pros who only play fighting games for living... Seriously, this is the kind of fighting game when you make a mistake you get to watch a full lenght combo movie. The    Please don't buy this game if you are EXTREMELY experianced fighting games.

    I'm familiar with various differend kinds of fighting games and mastered at least 3 of them but this games is just meant to be played only by A+ pros who only play fighting games for living... Seriously, this is the kind of fighting game when you make a mistake you get to watch a full lenght combo movie.

    The art style might be sexy but don't get fooled by it. The story isn't even voice acted. And because of the colorful nature of the game, screen tends to get very caotic and you will lose focus all the time.    … Expand
  25. WayTooBad
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    Dev removed stuff people payed for in stretch goals, called customers creeps, censored valid criticism as off topic.
  26. hero28306
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    No a las neo monjas, censurar un juego de hace que 11 años? Completamente ridículo, es una pena con lo que cuenta que salga un buen juego de lucha.
  27. reyreyth
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Do not support censorship, let this game die just like the developers want. I wish I could get a refund for this game. The original game was a fun fighting game, this is a butchering from people that are not even the original creators, from people that are more interested in pushing their political agenda than to make a goof game.
  28. Styx100
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game has been censored and content removed. This is a 10 year old game and most owners can't get a refund and Steam is even complicit in hiding negative reviews as "off-topic". I think when they come and take away a part of a product you paid for and refuse refunds, that's very on-topic. Reviews are there to let you know about the game, including what kind of people the devs are andThis game has been censored and content removed. This is a 10 year old game and most owners can't get a refund and Steam is even complicit in hiding negative reviews as "off-topic". I think when they come and take away a part of a product you paid for and refuse refunds, that's very on-topic. Reviews are there to let you know about the game, including what kind of people the devs are and if they're destroying the game.… Expand
  29. LXBDK
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Probably the worst handled censorship contraversy I've seen in my life, I've adored this game for many years but the new devs are butchering it to the point of removing fan favourite character's backstories and 700K kickstarter stretch goals that have been out gor over a decade and well recieved.

    Unnaceptable the state of thegame, and the devs are censoring any criticism.
  30. DanDW0lf
    Jul 7, 2023
    0
    Used to be a 10 and I supported this game since it was on kickstarter, but suddenly they decided to remove content from the game like pages from a digital art book and a voice which both were backer rewards and now they ignore their fans, what's next? Coming home to rip pages from your physical artbook because it's immoral now?
  31. Azazel487
    Jul 9, 2023
    1
    Un juego cuyo mayor atractivo era lo políticamente incorrecto que era y por el cual gente ah pagado dinero ya sea en un crowdfunding o comprando en steam, ahora están cambiando el contenido del juego por el cual pagaron, hasta cierto punto se puede decir que están estafando a sus consumidores
  32. BDragon507
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    the contempt they have done towards their fans is despicable this game is definitely dead.

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PC Gamer
    Oct 30, 2013
    80
    A sharp, snazzy and accessible fighting game, held back by the unnecessary sexualisation of its antagonists.
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  2. CD-Action
    Oct 16, 2013
    80
    A fighting game that should appeal to everyone regardless of their experience with the genre. Friendly to newcomers (but it does not reward button mashing) and deep enough for the seasoned enthusiasts. [11/2013, p.82]
  3. Eurogamer Spain
    Sep 13, 2013
    90
    An atypical fighting game, but one of the best that you can play to introduce yourself to the genre.
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