Grand Class Melee 2 Reviews

(My game time does not reflect time spent pre-Steam) This game follows in the footsteps of things like Towefall and Nidhogg. It's a brilliant and frantic arena fighter that borrows mechanics and aesthetics from Final Fantasy Tactics, Bomberman, and Link to the Past. Yes, that's right. It has a job-mixing system. *swoon* Right now, it's local MP only, but it does have AI if you can't get anyone to play this with you. But, if you have anyone at ALL around you, just make them pick up a controller and play. It features that beautiful balance that makes it obvious and simple to pick up while still being deep enough to reward a lot of play. There's the tactical level of learning how to parry and maneuever and use your abilities well. Then, there is the strategic layer of trying to adjust your job choices to what your opponents are using. Give it a shot. It's nearly impossible not to have some fun with it.

Sometimes you play a local multiplayer game and it falls flat almost instantly. Sometimes you play and it instantly clicks. I played a couple rounds by myself and knew this was going to rack up a LOT of hours with friends.

Fun game. Lots of cool counterplay as you level up your classes. Would like to see more divergence between classes (So that less often you end up in the exact same trees) and *would really like to see Steam Workshop support*. With Steam Workshop the replay value on this game is endless with the number of classes that would become available. Please make this a reality.

Played the 1st one on the Xbox 360 as an Indie Game. Doesn't hit the same but it's still fun

Great game, looking forward to future updates. Bought this game because I was looking for a fun game to play with my friends. It doesn't disappoint. Even when there's no one else to play with, the bots are good sparring partners. I'm hoping for more fun game modes in the future as well as online multiplayer. If you're looking for a fun game to play with friends, look no further. This game may only be early access, but it is a great game to destroy your friends at. Bottom line, 19/20 would become elementalists again.

This is one of the best local multiplayer games that I have ever played- period. I played the first Grand Class Melee on my friend's Xbox 360, and had such a great time, because there is so much freedom in your character, and in countering the other characters- and that means that every game is unique in how you have to play. It means that gameplay can be incredibly meta and powerful, or cheap and gimmicky. This game is very similar to the first, but almost exclusively an improvement over the original. The lack of split screen games on the market makes this game a real treat to play, and is an excuse to get friends to be together. If there are any negatives to me, they're the lack of online, and the strength of the homing projectiles. The online is admittedly a not crucial, but the fact that these projectiles, which usually only move in 4 directions, are able to move any which way for a nearly unlimited time, it just too strong to not pick if you play to win. But overall the game is great, and I won't stop playing it for a long time.

I just got this game and have ben playing a bit with my brother but i already know i need to invite 20 guys over and set this up on all five of my computers and have a tournament it just needs to happen i cant wait for multiplayer (kuz we need that) and also durable is best starter abil tbh

When I picked this up, online multiplayer was promised. Years later, not only has it never happened, but the EA information has been edited to remove any reference to that supposed promise. And if you look through the positive reviews, every one of them points out 'Online multiplayer is coming' which is now a lie. Don't bother wasting your money unless your PC is hooked up to a big ol tv in front of a couch, and you happen to have a couple Best Friends willing to play this over literally anything else. There are better couch co-op experiences out there, just as there are better ways to deliver on early access promises than not at all.

This game had a lot of potential. As far as I can tell the company is dead and there will never be a proper online multiplayer. Its a shame as I have fond memories of playing the first GCM off the xboxlive market place with immediate family. If you live in a big household, dorm, or just have friends that a good local couch pvp game, get this and maybe the Ogopogoid with be resurrected.

Honestly this game could be so much more than it is. I really want to give it a good rating but honestly if a game that is small and shallow enough as it is gets only 2 updates in 2 months then it proves its mostly been abandoned. The game itself (at its current state) has about 5 hours at most of gameplay. Until this changes i honestly can't recommend this game.