Games
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6 carries a difficult burden and meets it directly. Every new Street Fighter has to prove two things at once.
UX: 94
MP: 90
Legacy: 93
Fighting
Franchises and Series
Street Fighter Series
The Street Fighter Series is one of the foundational languages of competitive gaming.
Coverage: 90
Games
Super Smash Bros.
The original Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 deserves to be remembered as one of the most important fighting games ever made because it reimagined what
UX: 93
MP: 97
Legacy: 97
Games
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Why the game still matters Super Smash Bros.
UX: 88
MP: 95
Legacy: 99
Franchises and Series
Super Smash Bros. Series
The Super Smash Bros.
UX: 94
MP: 97
Legacy: 98
Games
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate succeeds by feeling enormous without losing its basic clarity. At a glance it is a celebration game, a crossover built to astonish
UX: 92
MP: 93
Legacy: 91
Games
Tekken 8
Does not pretend the fighting-game audience wants softness.
UX: 89
MP: 88
Legacy: 90
Franchises and Series
Tekken Series
The Tekken Series has lasted because it makes physicality feel intelligent.
Coverage: 90
Games
Rivals of Aether II
Platform fighters thrive when they can convince players that movement itself is worth studying. Not every game in the genre reaches that point.
UX: 82
MP: 88
Legacy: 83
Games
Mortal Kombat 1
Mortal Kombat 1 lives in a space that only Mortal Kombat can really occupy.
UX: 86
MP: 84
Legacy: 82
Games
MultiVersus
MultiVersus is one of those games that becomes easier to understand once you stop measuring it only against purity.
UX: 75
MP: 80
Legacy: 68
Games
Guilty Gear Strive
Guilty Gear Strive is one of the most interesting competitive games of its era because it chose clarity without surrendering personality.
UX: 89
MP: 86
Legacy: 85