Rivals of Aether

Rivals of aether is the most fun fighting game I have played in years, with a roster of 18 unique awesome characters to play as against your friends (if you have any lmao) or online, and the most fun endless gamemode I have seen in a while as well (and as of writing this, currently grinding out for the achievement).

I eventually finished all the things I wanted to do from a singeplayer standpoint, so I ran out of that already, if I were to have a multiplayer experience with friends, it would be workshop, and if abyss endless was a thing for online, I would keep queue'ing games for it because co-op experiences would be fun.

This design choice dramatically alters the flow of combat, pushing matches toward an offensive rhythm where hesitation is often punished and initiative matters more than passive play.

The base roster characters are unique and their gimmicks are super fun to play as.

The stages fit very well thematically with the elements and the story ties everything together quite nicely (although it's not that important in the big picture).

The game performs well on my low end pc, and is very fun to play with a controller, but you can also use a keyboard which does take getting some use to.