Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is earning strong reviews, with critics praising its stunning visuals, unique 4v4 combat, accessible gameplay, and impressive roster. However, the PC port, limited stages, and lack of a traditional arcade mode are common criticisms. On Steam, the PC version currently sits at just 43% positive reviews, highlighting a significant gap between critic reception and player sentiment.
8.8
Average Score (adjusted)
Confidence: High
Strong consensus
Reviews: 6
Top Review: COGconnected (9.0)
Spread: 1.0
⭐ 90 / 100
COGconnected concludes that Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is an incredible fighter with a fresh team-based combat system, stunning art direction, and a distinct roster of characters. However, the number of systems can overwhelm newcomers, who may struggle initially, and the game could benefit from more stages.
⭐ 9 / 10
Push Square concludes that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is the most exciting fighter since Street Fighter 6, with fresh and accessible gameplay that paves the way for impressive depth. The PS5 version is praised as flawless with excellent DualSense integration, superb character designs, and enjoyable story episodes. However, the poor PC port negatively affects crossplay, while the tag mechanic could be snappier, the Arcadia Rumble mode is not a favorite, and an extra stage or two would be nice.
⭐ 4 / 5
Daily Star concludes that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls delivers a strong side-scrolling fighter with a cool 4v4 gimmick that makes the action chaotic, brutal, and brilliant fun to play. The game is praised for its immersive and intuitive fighting, unique move sets, easy chain combos, great backdrops, and apt soundtrack, with a solid PS5 online experience. However, it is noted that this is not a genre-defining hit like Street Fighter or top-level Mortal Kombat, and there have been some teething issues online for PC players.
⭐ 86 / 100
Game8 concludes that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is an electrifyingly fun and stylish fighter that succeeds as a gorgeous love letter to Marvel and a deeply intricate game for both newcomers and veterans. The main pros include a deeply intricate fighting system, one of the coolest rosters in any fighting game, a fun story, a beautiful art style, and a great soundtrack. However, the cons are a lack of single-player content outside of fighting, relatively weak movement and defensive options, and significant PC port issues that negatively affect PS5 netplay.
⭐ 9 / 10
DayOne concludes that Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls is a super fun, very accessible, and utterly gorgeous fighter with enough content to keep both hardcore and casual players busy, successfully taking the Marvel tag fighter mantle from Capcom. The main pros are that it is the most beautiful fighting game ever, has a streamlined control scheme that works well, plenty of single-player content, and great extras. The cons are that the Episode Mode leans more towards non-interactive elements, and there is no traditional ladder arcade mode.
⭐ 9 / 10
Gamespew's verdict is that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is one of the best fighting games currently available, combining stunning visuals, an excellent roster, a strong selection of modes, and exciting action, while being accessible to players of all skill levels yet offering a high ceiling for pros. The main pros are stunning visuals, a great selection of modes, a fantastic roster of fighters, and accessibility to all. The cons are some online issues and the lack of a traditional arcade mode.
What´s Going on with the PC Version?
The PC version has been plagued by micro-stuttering, frame drops, inconsistent 60 FPS performance, and unusually high CPU usage, with some issues also affecting online matches and rollback. Crossplay can even cause problems for PS5 players when matched against PC users.
The game also doesn't currently support Steam Deck/Linux due to its kernel-level Easy Anti-Cheat, while the PC version requires a PSN account login. Some players have even reported unusual workarounds, such as running the Epic Games Launcher in the background, which can reportedly improve performance on certain systems.
These issues have heavily impacted the game's Steam reception, with the PC version sitting at only 43% positive reviews. The situation became particularly notable when fighting game streamer Maximilian Dood uninstalled the PC version live on stream, saying he would stick to PS5 instead.
A new update is also addressing some of the PC problems, including performance, stability, lag, and frame-drop issues, suggesting the developers are already working to improve the situation.