411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fate/Unlimited Codes, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, and Magna Carta 2 (English language version).

On Fate/Unlimited Codes, 411mania writes:

In 2007, French-Bread posted an April Fools' Day joke in which the company announced that it was developing a 2D hand-drawn fighter based on Type Moon's Fate/stay night franchise. Since French-Bread was also responsible for the popular Melty Blood games, many fans were convinced that there was something to the joke, especially considering how good the fake screenshots were. Melty Blood itself was first revealed in an April Fools' Day joke, so there was good reason to hope. A bit later, Fate/Unlimited Codes was announced for an arcade release. It wasn't going to be the 2D hand-drawn masterpiece that fans were expecting, but it was still better than nothing.

This is a port of the PS2 port that came out in Japan last year. In addition to having everything the arcade and PS2 versions had, it also includes some gameplay tweaks as well as more costume choices. And, unless Capcom is evil, it should be playable online via Ad-Hoc Party. I've been playing the PS2 port for a little while now and I'd say that the fighting system is pretty good and easy to get into. It's no Street Fighter, but it manages to be fun nonetheless. The game was also featured at this year's Super Battle Opera, so that should allay any fears that it isn't very deep.

frostyhudson via 411mania.com »