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is a fast-paced two-player dueling game where two players sword fight in a side-scrolling environment. Players can run, jump, slide, throw their swords, and fistfight. The player-character's sword can be held at three different heights: low, medium, and high, and changing the sword's position to hit
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to use similar strategies. Messhof considers the single-player to be training for the online multiplayer, and the online multiplayer training for live matches. He described his process as making "the most fun game" to play with his friends.
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stands as one of the true kings of competitive gameplay, and that doesn't need to be patched one bit", while
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the opponent's sword will disarm the opponent. Players can also dive kick,
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