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The 10 major characters are a decent variety, ranging from long range projectile and “shoto” types to a rather fun grappler named Lilith, a DLC character, who plays like a super-simplified version of Alex from Street Fighter III. Not something that one could hold a tournament with, but it’s a pretty alright game on a “somewhat-above-casual” level. Gameplay wise, Vanguard Princess is a fairly competent fighter. While that is sort of the norm, it still could have benefited from some added depth. The stories overall aren’t much to get invested in. Bloody Roar had the Tylon Corporation, Street Fighter had Shadaloo, and even Tekken eventually had “The Mishima Zaibatsu”, so it just seems odd and perhaps a little bland to have this entity be called “The Government”.

Still, it kind of makes one wish for a bit more to it, even if it involved giving the antagonistic entity an actual name instead of “The Government” it just sounds sort of tacked on compared to others. What little story there is feels kind of vague anyways, as each character gets a small bit of back story and a brief cutscene in their playthrough. These Vanguard Princesses are drawn to do battle with Hilda, who now seeks to bring the downfall of mankind.Īs a story, it doesn’t seem too crazy, considering that fighting games aren’t hugely story focused most of the time. This resulted in many beautiful, but dangerous women referred to as “Vanguard Princesses”. After ages of cruel experiments by “The Government”, a freak accident referred to as “The Astral Impact” caused the mysterious powers, known as “Tactical Sorcery”, to be bestowed upon many other women. “The Government” decides to analyze her and use her powers for military purposes. That one survivor turned out to be a little girl named Hilda who would grow to have mysterious powers. The story of Vanguard Princess is as follows: In a world of chaos and constant warfare, a plane was shot down, leaving only one survivor. (Not counting the DLC characters.) Each major character has their own quirks, and there’s a pretty unique approach to some of them regarding fighting styles. The game itself consists of an all-girl cast of 10 major characters and four to five assist characters. Still, it seems kind of odd that there aren’t more indie fighters out there outside of Skullgirls and Fairy Fighting.Įnter Vanguard Princess, billed as a two-on-two fighting game developed by former Capcom sprite designer Tomoaki “Suge9” Sugeno. Netherrealm Studios has given us Mortal Kombat 9 and MKX. Capcom has released Ultra Street Fighter 4 (though they should really give us SFIII: 3rd Strike to play), and Arc System Works has been giving us the Blazblue and Guilty Gear games. SNK has put out at least three entries from their King of Fighters series.

VANGUARD PRINCESS SPRITE PC

These days it’s a bit easier for PC gamers to get their hands on a decent fighter. Some have even gone as far as attempting to recreate their favorite arcade fighters through M.U.G.E.N., which comes with its own set of issues.

For a while, if you wanted to play a fighter on PC, you were limited to a small collection of games that were of widely variable qualities some were decent, some were absolutely horrible, and if you wanted a game that was never ported to PC you had to emulate it through MAME with questionable results.

Fighting games are a strangely small niche in the realm of PC gaming even smaller than it is on consoles.

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