Heatwave

After following the dev of this game on social media for a while, I'm so excited to see this game finally get a full release! While I haven't gotten to the story mode quite yet, I've already spent multiple hours just trying the characters in training mode; even one time when I was supposed to be going to sleep and found myself labbing a combo an hour later ahaha. Despite the simple appearance, Heatwave is as fun to control and free to experiment in as any anime fighter, with an impressively sized cast to boot. I look forward to getting around to the story mode when I have more time, and despite the lack of online I can see myself playing quite a lot of this game with friends, even over parsec if needed. Definitely recommend! (Also, let's hear it for TRANS RIGHTS! <3)

I definitely want to spend more time with this game and play with some friends but I saw a tournament for this game one time and had to get it. It really is cool and I love when FG fans make FGs because it really feels like someone's mixtape of their favorite mechanics and archetypes together. Looking forward to playing this more and more.

I'm surprised with how robust the roster is, you can unlock several characters in the Story Mode. The story is nice, the gameplay is fun, the art style is a bit weird (many characters have weirdly small heads that contrast with their large bodies), but I do love how this is shamelessly queer, every character is queer and there is a LOT of gratuitous sexiness from the masc side of the roster. Excellent, especially for this price.

absolute gem of an indie fighter. even without online, i find myself coming back to it again and again to discover and grind out new combo routes. so much self expression!! just play it :))

the last blade but it's an arcsys game

Chunky. Pixel. Airdasher. Ive been playing Heatwave since its early beta stage. It was worth your time then, and 4 years later its an even better package with more refined combat and a wealth of characters

Has a playable goose.

Ultra fun fighter with high mobility options. Intriguing characters and extensive story mode. I also have a hard time pulling myself away from the fishing minigame.

No online versus. No plans for online versus. I thought that these were the only problems, so I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but after actually getting the chance to play against someone in person, I realized the lack of easy multiplayer was serving to mask the underlying issues Heatwave actually has a fighting game. If you truly do not want to engage in any kind of multiplayer and just want to get the single player experience stuff, you're a fundamentally different gamer than I am, but Heatwave seems fine. If your fighting game experience requires other people, Heatwave will not make that easy, and it will be disappointing when you do manage.

This game is charming as hell, combos are fluid, flashy, and feel awesome to pull off, and has a solid story mode from what i can tell so far!