A definate must play

I must say, when I first heard of GGX, i just shrugged and figured it was another Mech game such as Armored Core. But when I was able to get a copy, i was quite happy with it. If you have ever noticed, in most games when they make certain characters, rarely ever are their stats in proportion to their size. Take Street Fighter for example, Sagat..then Cammy. They hit for the same amount of power. Sagat is huge, while Cammy is small. Now on GGX, Potemkin.. and Chip Zanuff. Potemkin is very very slow, he can not run like the other characters, only a slow walk, yet he can reach almost across the screen. And each hit, even his light attacks do more damage than most other chars heavy strikes. Chip on the other hand, is quite small, yet he is possibly the fastest character in the game. His hits dont do a lot of damage, but he can throw his hits quick getting in 3-4 hits in a second. Im pleased they have made the chars in proportion to their size and stats. Im not a real big fan of the Instant Kills, but then I have always preferred skill over dumb luck. Im a huge fan of anime, so the style of the game hooked me. Each char has his own fighting style and moves, but not impossible to learn. (try doing Shin Akuma's X-ism attack while in a battle with the AI... not easy to do). The grpahics are astounding. The character design is great, and the backgrounds are amazing. The only real bad thing I have with this game is the replay value. You have arcade and survivor.. not too much to work with, plus their is no story mode, so no way to learn about each character and his/ her missions. But other than that, a very solid game.