![]() ![]() ![]() The twist here is that you only have two commands – one is to leap into the air and the other is to do a diving kick towards your opponent (there is also a minor backwards dodge you can pull off). Your goal is simply to land a hit on your foe – doing so wins you the round and five wins nets you the match. The basic gameplay here is like any traditional 1v1 fighter – using a side-view 2D format where you can move forwards, backwards or jump up. Offering a streamlined fighting game that only uses two buttons, Divekick is an interesting proposition that is supposedly a fun competitive experience – but if you’re playing alone, there’s very little here to enjoy. Sound is a mix of stupid phrases uttered by the fighters and largely forgettable music which is by far the biggest sin for me here – titles like Battle Arena Toshinden and Tekken have some of my favourite gaming music of all time, so I don’t know why more effort wasn’t put in here. I’m sure it’s some kind of inside joke about fighting games that I’m probably just missing out on, but I didn’t really understand why they were quite so bland and lifeless. At least in doing so the game performs well, with no noticeable slowdown although a few loading screens were too long for my liking. Serving up Flash-esque graphics that completely lack charm and detail, Divekick is not a pretty Vita game that I would recommend showing off to anyone, although I can at least compliment it on a solid framerate throughout.Ĭharacters are at least fairly uniquely designed – whether it be the creepy looking Dr Shoals with his (or her) flowing pink hair and hospital outfit or Redacted, a giant female bear who slashes and growls her way through the battles. The problem is that they just lack any charm or nuance in the way they’re drawn, appearing like something out of a Newgrounds title from about 20 years ago.īackgrounds don’t fare much better – there’s some interesting locations here, like wrestling arenas or rooftops overlooking skyscrapers, but their environmental detail is just really lacking. It doesn’t help that that the game is meme-heavy and filled with now-dated Internet references, such as characters yelling things like “Divekick is esports!” when they’re defeated. I understand what the developers were going for, but it just didn’t work for me at all, offering a forgettable and childish experience. Basically one giant parody, the story in Divekick follows a variety of fighters as they take part in a tournament. In single player mode, you’ll be shown some brief comic book-style cutscenes explaining who they are and where they’ve come from, before diving (baddum chh) straight into the fighting.Įvery character has some kind of cultural nod or joke in their back-story – take the main duo of Dive and Kick who were born and raised in West Philadelphia, before being sent to live with their uncle in Bel-Air. If you’re around my age, you’ll instantly recognise this reference and maybe it’ll raise a brief smile – but there’s very little of substance here and it just wasn’t a story mode I had any level of engagement in. ![]()
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