There's even a training mode (a staple of fighting games) where you have free reign to experiment with a fighter's toolkit on practice dummies. I beamed from ear to ear at the symphony of chaotic thuds from all the bodies flying about during team fights. Falling flat on your butt is no big deal because a get-up attack will quickly put you back in the enemy's face with force. If they catch you in a combo, use your sword to parry their follow-up, breaking their assault. Uppercut an opponent to the jaw and watch them fly backward into a wall. Setting the pizzazz aside, Daemon’s playstyle accentuates the fluid, third-person melee combat that makes Bleeding Edge stand out among its hero shooter peers.īleeding Edge referring to its cast as "fighters" is appropriate because combat sure feels like a fighting game - just with eight combatants rather than two. He's an absolute viper who’s able to dash in, slice some poor sod from stem to stern with his sword, then vanish before the rest of the enemy team knows what hit them. My main pick is Daemon, a graffiti artist DPS with a devotion to the blade who quickly rose above the rest in my eyes. Everyone got a test drive, but given the time constraints, I focused on learning the ins and outs of a couple of favorites. They’re an eclectic mix, ranging from Maeve, an Irish grandma who has a habit of cackling at the death of her enemy to Gizmo, the sassy Australian junk-tech with a fondness for building killer robots. The limited-time beta, which ran from February 14 to February 17, had 11 playable fighters, each filling either a tank, healer, or damage-dealer (DPS) role with three special abilities, two choosable charged super moves unique to that fight, and lively personalities. Nothing piques my interest in a hero shooter quite like a colorful cast of characters, and the weird and often loveable "fighters" of Bleeding Edge scratch that itch perfectly. After sinking 10 hours into the closed beta this past weekend, I'm sold on its ferocious close-quarters battles and diverse lineup of characters, though Bleeding Edge still needs to work on nailing the camera and ranged combat, and encouraging good team composition. This 4v4 objective-based action game wears its heart on its sleeve and isn't shy about comparisons to Overwatch, but it tips its cap to Street Fighter just as much. Awash in a neon cyberpunk aesthetic and built around flexible third-person brawling, Bleeding Edge oozes style from the seams.
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