The first time I played it, I coudnt move my right arm for a few days.XD
Unlike most other fighters the charactors ARENT evenly matched.
Good becuase it stays true to the charactors.
For ex most charactors dash ( faster than normal running) speeds up in Bankai form.
Byakuya and Yurichi just flashstep everywhere.
While Renji cannot dash at all. May even be slower in bankai form.
Also, not all of theyre attacks have the same strength.
Byakuyas strongest attack, ( whtie imperial sword, the strongest in the game) will take away over half the enemies HP, while Kiras will do about one sixth, yet his guard breack will do almost half.
Theres also some stratagy ( in a fightere?? Oh noes!) You need to know whos better against whom.
Byakuyas is a horrible choice against Renji as Renjis attacks are relentless and will get in about 5 attacks before you can say 'senbonzakura' also White imperial sword is out of the question.
Heh I revel in the fact that Renji owns the hell out of Byakuya in this game XD!!
However, Byakuys is the best choice against freacking Ishida ( most annoying character in the game) as Ishida will just repeatedly shoot most charactors who cant even get close to him. While Byakuyas backstabbing flahstep makes short work of him.
Bad becuase, Hanataro is playable charactor. One whos episode mode you need to beat to get stuff.
Hes a horrible charactor and while his attacks are hilarious ( head butting, stuff falling out of his bag and hitting enemies on the head, swinging his sword in ways that make someone who has never SEEN a sword shake theyre head) its frustrating.
I have all his attacks mastered and I still CANNOT beat his episode mode.
Another dissapointing thing is the episode mode. All except for Renji theyre compeltley random. They dont even fight the same people everytime.
I do like how simple the controsl are. Iv never been good at fighters because of all the complex button mashing. But Iv got this one mastered already.
In short ( too late!) Its a lot of fun if your a fan of Bleach Id definatly reccomend it.