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2018PCPlayStation83 % positive0.99 €

You fight in this successor to the Street Fighter EX series, a 2.5D brawler that adds chain combos, running, and the Gougi system, which lets you bend your character's abilities or even the match rules mid-fight. The roster is carried over from Street Fighter EX2 Plus.

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Co-op or multiplayer

The closest matches for Fighting EX Layer are Dead or Alive 6, Blade Strangers and Guilty Gear: Strive. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Fighting EX Layer special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Blade Strangers

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A classic 2D arcade fighter with simple four-button controls that welcome newcomers while rewarding veterans with deep combo systems. Its crossover guest cast from other indie games, such as Shovel Knight and Isaac, sets it apart.

Guilty Gear: Strive

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A blazing-fast fighting game with a striking anime-style 3D look and a heavy metal soundtrack. It welcomes newcomers while offering deep mechanics for veterans, wrapped in stylish presentation and aggressive, high-speed duels.

Killer Instinct

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A fast, flashy fighting game with fluid animation, a reactive soundtrack and a combo system built around chaining attacks and breaking opponents' strings with Combo Breakers. Online competition is the main draw.

Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A strikingly stylish anime-look fighter with fast, complex combat, a heavy-metal soundtrack and a lengthy cinematic story mode. Newcomers get tutorials, while veterans find deep mechanics for online duels.

Street Fighter V

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A uncompromising one-on-one fighter built around precise timing, spacing and mastering its iconic roster. Its appeal lies mainly in online ranked play and local or online duels against friends.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A frantic 2-on-2 crossover brawler where Marvel heroes and Capcom icons clash with flashy super moves and tag-team combos. Easy to pick up, with plenty of room for combo mastery, best enjoyed in duels against friends.

Real Bout Fatal Fury

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A classic SNK 2D fighter that builds on Fatal Fury with a plane-switching system between foreground and background lanes. Precise inputs and duels against friends or the CPU are the core of the experience.

Pocket Bravery

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A 90s-style 2D fighting game with cute SD characters, vivid colors and a combat system built for skilled players. It shines in head-to-head duels, both local and online.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A fast-paced 2-on-2 anime tag fighter where characters from BlazBlue, Persona, Under Night In-Birth and RWBY clash. Easy auto-combos welcome newcomers while deep systems reward veterans, especially in versus play.

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