Schwarzerblitz

Schwarzerblitz is a 3D fighting game set in 2065, with 28 playable characters, more than 30 stages, ring-out mechanics, arcade endings and a story mode. You fight in a complete 3D environment with 8-way movement, using a five-button system: Guard, Punch, Kick, Tech and Trigger.

Story

In this future, Fennoscandia has sunk beneath the ocean, haemophages have spread across half of Ireland, and reality-distortion-resonance (RDR) power plants have replaced nuclear power. An alien planetoid made first contact more than fifty years ago.

In 2064, an enormous explosion razed Euterpe, the Italian capital, and was followed by a storm of black lightning. Witness accounts conflicted, leaving the cause unknown. A year-long manhunt led the Delta Team to a trail pointing to a secret government project called Schwarzer Blitz, or “the black lightning.”

Combat mechanics

Most attacks can chain into one another, allowing long strings and combos. Powerful impact attacks send opponents flying; near a stage boundary, they can throw an opponent out of the ring.

Bullet counters power Trigger attacks, which break an opponent’s guard and increase hitstun to make combos easier. You can also spend a counter while being comboed to cancel hitstun and strike back with a Trigger Guard, or combo breaker.

Modes and content

The game includes a five-hour story mode with CG cutscenes and an overarching story that connects the arcade endings. You can also play arcade, survival and time-attack modes, view arcade endings in the ending theater, or use the gallery and training modes. Training includes frame-advantage data, tutorials and trials.

There are 28 playable characters, more than 100 skins (about four per character), and over 40 stages with animated backgrounds and ring-outs. Each character has an extended movelist listing every possible chain, and the soundtrack spans different genres and tunes.

Local multiplayer and customization

Local multiplayer supports play with joypads or a split keyboard. The game also has a moddable engine with Steam Workshop support.

The roster

The characters include a drunken shark-man, a politically incorrect robot and an Australian raptor with a minigun.