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Graphically nice crud
posted by mattr25 (PHOENIX, AZ) Apr 2, 2010
Member since Dec 2006
13 out of 15 gamers (87%) found this review helpful
Graphically speaking this game is quite well done, the characters have distinct looks, the backgrounds are beautiful. There is a slight pixel hazing, the characters are not perfectly drawn but they are not color altered copies of each other so overall, nice.
Control standpoint however is crud, barely working crud. Jumping is more or less not there, apparently up on the left stick is supposed to jump but apparently it is a directly up, pressing up at an angle is sidestep upwards. Which wouldn't be all that big of a problem for some, but huge problem for those who wish to say jump towards or away from the opponent which they are able to do to you. If this was anything but a fighting game it would not matter, however this is a fighting game and jump attacks are vital since the AI learns from your attack methods during that fight let alone consequent ones broken is the nicest way to describe the controls.
Voice acting is questionable, it's not overly quiest, it is actually quite a loud game it is however in Japanese for story mode, fighting itself is more of grunts than words so no idea what language that is. Renders story mode into reading tiny letters on the TV, probably works better if you have an HD TV. If you do not have one, avoid this game like the plague, ah heck if you do avoid this game like the plague.
Samurai Shodown used to be one of the best fighting games in the arcades, it even translated well to the consoles way back when. This travesty of not caring if it works well or not buries previous games in steaming piles of you know what. Not worth a rent, very not worth a buy, the mild sexual theme is one character in the pre fight talking, interesting once.
Control standpoint however is crud, barely working crud. Jumping is more or less not there, apparently up on the left stick is supposed to jump but apparently it is a directly up, pressing up at an angle is sidestep upwards. Which wouldn't be all that big of a problem for some, but huge problem for those who wish to say jump towards or away from the opponent which they are able to do to you. If this was anything but a fighting game it would not matter, however this is a fighting game and jump attacks are vital since the AI learns from your attack methods during that fight let alone consequent ones broken is the nicest way to describe the controls.
Voice acting is questionable, it's not overly quiest, it is actually quite a loud game it is however in Japanese for story mode, fighting itself is more of grunts than words so no idea what language that is. Renders story mode into reading tiny letters on the TV, probably works better if you have an HD TV. If you do not have one, avoid this game like the plague, ah heck if you do avoid this game like the plague.
Samurai Shodown used to be one of the best fighting games in the arcades, it even translated well to the consoles way back when. This travesty of not caring if it works well or not buries previous games in steaming piles of you know what. Not worth a rent, very not worth a buy, the mild sexual theme is one character in the pre fight talking, interesting once.