MELTY BLOOD Actress Again Current Code (v2017.01.12)

Moonlit Misaki Town provides the stage for a fast, technical 2D fighter where vampire lore, supernatural rivalries, and Type-Moon’s dense visual-novel storytelling collide. MELTY BLOOD Actress Again Current Code feels deliberately old-school in presentation, with expressive sprite animation, sharp hit effects, and a cast drawn from the wider Tsukihime universe. Beneath its anime spectacle sits a demanding competitive fighter built around movement, pressure, and explosive momentum shifts. The tone moves easily between tragic character drama and wonderfully strange comedy, depending on who occupies the screen.

Matches revolve around rapid air movement, ground dashes, shield counters, combos, and the Magic Circuit meter used for enhanced attacks and powerful Arc Drive finishers. Every fighter has three Moon styles—Crescent, Full, and Half—which significantly alter their meter behavior, special options, and overall game plan rather than merely changing a costume or stat line. That creates an enormous number of variations to learn across a roster of 31 characters, from straightforward brawlers to tricky puppet users, zoners, and highly mobile rushdown specialists. Arcade mode supplies individual story routes, while Versus, Training, CPU battles, ranked play, and player matches cover both solo practice and competitive sessions; modern online support also benefits from rollback netcode.

What separates Current Code from many anime fighters is how much freedom it gives players in the air and how deeply each character can be customized through their selected style. Its combat is quick and visually chaotic, yet strong fundamentals still matter: spacing, anti-airs, defensive shielding, resource management, and recognizing when to turn one opening into sustained pressure. The interface and story delivery show their age, and newcomers may need time in training mode before the systems click, but the game rewards that effort with remarkable depth. Fans of Under Night In-Birth, Guilty Gear, or older BlazBlue games who want a faster, more mobile fighter find a rewarding competitive classic here, while Type-Moon devotees get the richest character roster in the series.