The real fun comes in editing your character. Selection of your head, body color, and proportion are shared by each race. For non-Androids, you can also pick your skin color and your hair style and color. While the game doesn t overflow with possible character combinations, the customizability is still there, and the whole process is entertaining. The gameplay, surprisingly enough, is actually somewhat shallow.
Players attack using a combo system that can net up to three hits in a row.
Thankfully, the combo system requires rhythmic button tapping, so people that just want to mash the buttons will likely only get one attack off at a time. There s also a critical attack that does much more damage, but takes longer to execute and has less of a chance to hit than the normal attack. Some weapons even have special abilities, such as a lightning attack or paralysis, and these are executed with the same penalties of a critical. Both of these extra attacks can be put into a combination at any time if need be, so you could open with a critical attack and end with two normal ones, or start with a normal, go into a special, and end with a critical. You can combo your attacks together however you want, but as enemies get faster, melee fighters will find themselves using specials and criticals with much less regularity.