Fight or Die

Fight or Die is a 2D fighting game developed by newly formed game studio Orange and published by Taito. Released for Arcade (Taito Type X2) XBox 360 and PlayStation 3

Gameplay
The game featurs hi-res HD graphics akin to that of most modern 2D fighting games such as BlazBlue. A four-button system is used. Three of which alllows for weak, medium and strong attacks and the fourth button used for blocking. The game features a Burst meter for super moves and an Armor meter to determine a character's defense (if the Armor meter is depleted, the player cannot block). Overkillls, poiwerful atttacks that instanly KO the oppponent, can be done at certain points. There is also Chaos mode, a rage mode of sorts where the player gains several boosts (more powerful, faster movement, fulll Armor meter) which can be activated when the player has obtained the letters for the word "Chaos" located below the life bar.

There are 9 stages in normal gameplay (7 fights with basic characters, one mirror match and the boss fight with Expiement 724). By default, each stage is a two-out-of -three wins match composed of "feuds" (the announcer says it as: United by Fate, Feud 1, Engage!).

Story
2000 A.D., 5 years after mankind discovered the unlimited power source know as Materia, a war broke between the people and the "Creed", a corrupt organization which maintains the global supply of Materia. Yuko Amano, then 9 years old, saw her parents getting killed and her brother Yuji kidnapped by members of the Creed. The demon Lucifero,  then disguised as a spider, watched Yuko as she went crying and decices to make a pact with her to give her the power to control electricity. Fast-forward to 2011 A.D., a new leader of the Creed arose: Aris, who is belived to be Yuko's lost brother Yuji. Yuko pursuits for Aris in order to get revenge for her parents' death.

Unbekonwnst to Yuko, Aris is merely a trap to Yuko, and the real leader of the Creed is none other than Lucifeo.

Characters

 * Yuko Amano (Lead character. 19-year old girl with half her soul being controlled by Lucifero. Fights with electricity)
 * Eiji Kagami (Yuko's childhood friend and love interest. Uses ice manipulation)
 * Len Stadfeld (Yuko's partner. Fights using a kusarigama)
 * Rokuro Higurashi (A lost soul who serves as protector of the Sacred Stone. Fights using an old oak sword and shadow manipulation)
 * Kenichiro Katsura (Trained ninja tasked to kill Aris. Uses a pair of kunai)
 * Blair Minnamoto  (Assasin. She has the same goal as Katsura. Fights with a knife)
 * Goro Ogami (Large Japanese man with superhuman strength. Fights bareknuckle)
 * Adel Lee (Mysterious woman serving for The Creed. Fights using a Delta Blade)
 * Expirement 724 (Humanoid robot created by The Creed. Fights using telekinesis and the real Delta Blades. Final Boss. DLC)
 * Crimson Yuko (Yuko under the Crimson Trance. Fights with blood. DLC)
 * Aris (Yuko's lost brother. Fights with shikigami papers. DLC)

Stages

 * Shopping Mall (a front view of the Haido shopping mall. stage for Yuko and Len)
 * Back Alley (a backstreet full of thugs. Eiji's stage)
 * Umineko Forest (a foggy forest, also the locaton of the Sacred Stone. Rokuro's stage)
 * Under Construction (a dilapidated construction site. Goro's stage)
 * Poolside (a particularly large swimming pool. Blair's stage)
 * Temple (a japanese temple. Katsura's stage)
 * Rooftop (the rooftop of the Creed's building. stage for Adel and Aris)
 * End of Days (essentially the rooftop stage, but with a red sky and several debris flying. Expirement 724's stage)

Sequel
A sequel to Fight or Die, Fight or Die II: As Daylight Dies, is under progress. it will feature nine new characters as well as new gameplay mechanics and stages. It will be released for Arcades (Taito Type X3), XBox ONE, PlayStation 4, XBox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

Trivia

 * The song in the game's intro is "End Of Heartache" by Killswitch Engage.