[...]Haruhi Fighting Game: Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya[...]…

I really want to like this game, but I’m frustrated by the bad controls. Even though the game runs fluently in terms of f/s, when you press a key the chara just sort of stands there and takes too long to actually start moving. That you have to press B when you get knocked about, even though there are no circumstances when not pressing B is better, also annoys me – if I would want to do that I’d play Rockband, which is superior in that category anyway. That jump and dash are the same key is annoying as well. Not quite as annyoing as Halo’s reload/use, but it comes close. There are more such little annoyances, but I’ll give ‘m a rest.
The default key assignments are really cramp inducing. Yes, they can be changed but that doesn’t change the fact that the default is horrible.
The camera is pretty lousy. It usually ends up not looking at your enemies and not looking where you’re going either.
And there are several points in the in-game interface where you have to wait unnecessarily. The C button only scrolls the dialogue, it doesn’t skip. You cannot interrupt the level load. If you die and you kept your buddy alive, you have to wait until (s)he gets beaten up. There’s no restart level option in the menu. And it apparently has to reload the level when you want a do-over.

But at least it isn’t as buggy as Higurashi Daybreak,* and button bashing doesn’t help you as much, which is good. I hate it when a game rewards you for ignoring sensible advice on RSI-prevention.
And the game is arguably more fun than many other games in its genre, and that in my opinion even includes some of the big titles. If only the game had a little bit more polish, it would have been awesome.

*On the other hand, Higurashi Daybreak had much better stages, with actual geometry.

To all those who are still lost trying to save, just copy EVERYTHING from the false “CD” onto your desktop (or anywhere else on your hard drive. Then, after you are done playing, be sure to use the Exit option on the main menu.

@kyon kun:
Have you installed Daemon Tools (lite)? Google it, run it/install it, open it, click the icon on the left and open the unzipped map(use Winrar to do that)with the game and click the file availabe. Daemon tools will mount it and then you just have to click the icon on Blu-ray Disc-ROM HARUGEKI or whatever it’s called on your computer. Then you’ll have a map you can open and the program will be in that