Playthrough with Morrigan, using the version of the game included on Capcom Fighting Collection. The first Darkstalkers was originally released in 1994, which of course should raise the alarm immediately. Darkstalkers has beautiful graphics, amazing animation and a great soundtrack... and it's all completely ruined by the obnoxious CPU. It's not as bad as the likes of Super Turbo or Samurai Shodown II, but it's way harder than it needs to be. The CPU inputs reads a lot, but by far the biggest problem is how much more damage it does compared to you. It quickly gets worse and worse the further you get.

Another thing I don't like about this game is how the special gauge works. If it's not full it slowly drains, if it is full it also drains. How about just not having it drain until you do your super? Plus I dislike that once it is full, your next special move will be the EX variant, it means you'll use up your special gauge when you might not want to.

Anyway, with Morrigan you want to be throwing out the fierce punch version of the soul fist a lot. A general strat, which works against several characters, is to use the soul fist, then when the opponent jumps towards you, hit them with a roundhouse kick. It is also worth mastering the input for Morrigan's darkness illusion move, mainly because it's very easy to combo into.

This game has two bosses, who were both originally unplayable in the arcade verison, but can be used in this version. Huitzil is difficult because most of his normal attacks have priority over yours and strange hitboxes. Try to keep him in the corner and keep using the close roundhouse kick a lot, this does multiple hits and he doesn't block this that much.

The final boss is Pyron, who I struggled to come up with a strat to beat. The best I could do was the soul fist, roundhouse kick stuff I mentioned earlier. If you can keep him at the other side of the screen he does tend to indulge in pointless fireball wars with you, even when he hasn't got the life lead, so going for a time over win is an option.

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