Monday, July 22, 2024

Art of Fighting for Genesis


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Art of Fighting

Missing the fan service


Genre: fighting - 1v1

Publisher: Sega

Year: 1994

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Standard SFII clone right down to having Ryu (Ryo) and Ken (Robert) clones. Controls ok although special moves are hard to pull off. Three buttons - punch, kick, and heavy attack which is sometimes a punch or kick. Kinda weird. 8 fighters but only two can be played in story mode.


Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

Standard 3 round fights but can be made 1 round in the options. Can also turn off time limit. The difficulty can't be dialed down like in the SNES version. Normal here is too difficult for me.


Theme Score: 2

Theme Notes:

Dumb damsel in distress storyline. Each fight starts and ends with a little dialogue but it's all formulaic at best. Completely unforgettable stuff. This might be the only fighting game without a female character. There's an androgenous one named King so maybe that counts?


Art Style Score: 3

Art Style Notes:

Nice animation. Big sprites Backgrounds have a bit of animation but are not memorable Missing the camera zooms from the SNES version. A definite step down


Audio Score: 3

Audio Notes:

Standard stuff. Not bad


Overall Score: 59

Review ID: 753



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