Idol Showdown

Item: Idol Showdown
Rating: 84
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-03

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Summary

Excellent free fighting game with Hololive integration
Great for playing with friends
Accessible controls and diverse characters
Limited character roster and low online count
Lacks polish and optimization
Character and combat imbalance issues

Emotions

Satisfaction40%Frustration11%Disappointment9%Joy7%Appreciation6%

Reviews (sample size): 464
Helpful reviews: 60%
Unhelpful reviews: 39%
Protest reviews: 0%

84%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
16%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 779
Negative points: 313
Gameplay points: 133
Perf. points: 5
Rec. points: 94
Misc points: 104

Point	Description	Importance
Overall positive game experience Description Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, finding it fun, enjoyable, and well-made. The positive sentiment extends to its aesthetics, gameplay, and general polish, indicating a strong initial impression and satisfying experience. Importance 60%	Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, finding it fun, enjoyable, and well-made. The positive sentiment extends to its aesthetics, gameplay, and general polish, indicating a strong initial impression and satisfying experience.	60%
Excellent free fighting game Description The game is widely lauded as an exceptional free-to-play fighting game, often compared favorably to commercial titles. Reviewers highlight its accessibility for newcomers to the genre while still offering depth for seasoned players, making it a strong entry point. Importance 59%	The game is widely lauded as an exceptional free-to-play fighting game, often compared favorably to commercial titles. Reviewers highlight its accessibility for newcomers to the genre while still offering depth for seasoned players, making it a strong entry point.	59%
Great for playing with friends Description The game excels in its multiplayer offerings, particularly for local play with friends. Its ease of learning and engaging gameplay make it highly enjoyable for casual sessions, while also providing depth for more dedicated players. Importance 36%	The game excels in its multiplayer offerings, particularly for local play with friends. Its ease of learning and engaging gameplay make it highly enjoyable for casual sessions, while also providing depth for more dedicated players.	36%
Strong Hololive integration Description The game is a clear love letter to Hololive, featuring accurate and well-adapted VTuber characters with numerous references. Crucially, it successfully appeals to both Hololive fans and those unfamiliar with the franchise, demonstrating broad appeal. Importance 36%	The game is a clear love letter to Hololive, featuring accurate and well-adapted VTuber characters with numerous references. Crucially, it successfully appeals to both Hololive fans and those unfamiliar with the franchise, demonstrating broad appeal.	36%
Accessible controls and modes Description The game features intuitive and responsive controls that are easy for beginners to grasp, yet allow for depth. The well-designed tutorial and various modes (like Arcade with difficulty options) further enhance its accessibility. Importance 26%	The game features intuitive and responsive controls that are easy for beginners to grasp, yet allow for depth. The well-designed tutorial and various modes (like Arcade with difficulty options) further enhance its accessibility.	26%
Solid fighting system Description The fighting system is solid and well-executed, drawing inspiration from established fighting games like Street Fighter and Guilty Gear. It offers a good balance of simplicity for new players and intricate mechanics for veterans. Importance 20%	The fighting system is solid and well-executed, drawing inspiration from established fighting games like Street Fighter and Guilty Gear. It offers a good balance of simplicity for new players and intricate mechanics for veterans.	20%
Impressive fan-made quality Description Reviewers are consistently impressed by the game's high quality, especially considering it's a fan-made project. The dedication, care, and attention to detail from the developers are evident, elevating it beyond typical fan games. Importance 20%	Reviewers are consistently impressed by the game's high quality, especially considering it's a fan-made project. The dedication, care, and attention to detail from the developers are evident, elevating it beyond typical fan games.	20%
Diverse and unique characters Description The game boasts a diverse and unique roster of playable characters, each with distinct movesets and archetypes. This variety ensures different playstyles and adds significant replayability, with ongoing updates introducing more content. Importance 17%	The game boasts a diverse and unique roster of playable characters, each with distinct movesets and archetypes. This variety ensures different playstyles and adds significant replayability, with ongoing updates introducing more content.	17%
Dedicated and responsive developers Description The development team demonstrates exceptional dedication and passion for the game, evident in their frequent updates, bug fixes, and responsiveness to player feedback. This commitment ensures continuous improvement and refinement. Importance 14%	The development team demonstrates exceptional dedication and passion for the game, evident in their frequent updates, bug fixes, and responsiveness to player feedback. This commitment ensures continuous improvement and refinement.	14%
Surprisingly deep content Description Beyond its core fighting mechanics, the game offers surprisingly deep and varied content, including unique roguelike and story modes. The diverse character playstyles and challenging AI contribute to a rich single-player experience. Importance 14%	Beyond its core fighting mechanics, the game offers surprisingly deep and varied content, including unique roguelike and story modes. The diverse character playstyles and challenging AI contribute to a rich single-player experience.	14%
High-quality art and voice acting Description The game's visual presentation, particularly its pixel art and character sprites, is consistently lauded as excellent, cute, and detailed. The high-quality voice acting further enhances the aesthetic appeal and character portrayal. Importance 14%	The game's visual presentation, particularly its pixel art and character sprites, is consistently lauded as excellent, cute, and detailed. The high-quality voice acting further enhances the aesthetic appeal and character portrayal.	14%
Excellent rollback netcode Description The implementation of rollback netcode is a significant positive, ensuring stable and smooth online matches. This technical feature greatly enhances the multiplayer experience, minimizing lag and connection issues. Importance 9%	The implementation of rollback netcode is a significant positive, ensuring stable and smooth online matches. This technical feature greatly enhances the multiplayer experience, minimizing lag and connection issues.	9%
Fast-paced and responsive gameplay Description The game is praised for its fast-paced and dynamic gameplay, which remains smooth even on lower-spec PCs and with higher latency. Its skill-based combat and responsive input buffering contribute to an engaging experience. Importance 9%	The game is praised for its fast-paced and dynamic gameplay, which remains smooth even on lower-spec PCs and with higher latency. Its skill-based combat and responsive input buffering contribute to an engaging experience.	9%
Great soundtrack and audio Description The game's audio elements, including its soundtrack and sound effects, receive high praise. The music is described as great, remarkable, and well-chosen, contributing positively to the overall atmosphere. Importance 9%	The game's audio elements, including its soundtrack and sound effects, receive high praise. The music is described as great, remarkable, and well-chosen, contributing positively to the overall atmosphere.	9%

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