I’m used to experiencing some of the best fighting games purely as a spectator. Whether it's scrolling through viral clips of plays from high-level tournaments or watching videos outlining new features found in the latest titles like Tekken 8 or Street Fighter 6, I’ve always wanted to really get stuck into the genre. But one major barrier has stopped me from getting properly invested time and again.
A lot of fighting games are quite unfriendly for beginners - despite some admirable efforts to try and break down a lot of the biggest barriers that a lot of newcomers face. That’s all changed with Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, however, which is comfortably one of the most newcomer-friendly fighting games that I’ve ever tried.
