EF-12

EF-12 is a fighting game of Japanese descent that intends to give way to your imagination and skill in character design. It’s a title that is built around a sturdy animation engine that delivers fluid movement which leads to some great looking fight scenes.

Don’t confuse EF-12 with a character editor for fighting engines, it’s a fully functional game in itself. It comes with several playable characters, more or less unique but very nicely done.

Character customization is intended to be accessible to modders of all levels. Whether you just discovered this game and it made your day or you’ve been looking for a place to test out some models you have, EF-12 seems to fit all the profiles. Existing content can be manipulated and externally created components can be imported and used in EF-12 just by simply copying everything in the right place.

The game comes with plenty of documentation to guide you on the right path and since customizing predefined EF-12 content can be done with a simple spreadsheet editor, it’s safe to say that you’ll rarely get a headache.

With the right amount of coding skills and artistic creativity, EF-12 can be the best thing that ever happened. Just by playing around with the existing characters is enough to convince you that EF-12 has a really solid platform to work with.

You’re free to add pure anime characters that have emerged from your imagination or slightly modified versions of your favorite fighters from popular titles. Anything goes as long as you have the willpower.

As far as moves go, EF-12’s fighters can pack some serious combos. Effects are nice and body movements are really well implemented. Controls can also be customized to fit the style you’re used to, Virtual Fighter, TEKKEN, classic 2D fighters, Soulcalibur and so on.

EF-12 is still in the works and so far, it’s doing a great job in being something different and extremely enjoyable. With the right amount of support and feedback from its users it has all the right perks for becoming a landmark in fighting games history.