Beast Wrestler for Genesis

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Beast Wrestler

It's wrestling. With beasts.

Genre: fighting - wrestling

Publisher: Renovation Products

Year: 1991

System: Genesis

Gameplay Score: 0

Gameplay Notes:

Same as all wrestling games, but with worse hit detection, a smaller moveset, and falls that last a good 10-20 seconds. Oh and matches last for about 20 minutes. Yeah, 20 minutes straight of mindless mashing to complete one whole match. No thanks.

Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

Two modes - match and tournament. Nothing special about the fighters or the ring you fight in. It just an empty square like all the other games. No gimmicks

Theme Score: 1

Theme Notes:

Choose from a roster of monsters and then fight within a boring ring. At least King of Monsters has the decency to let you tromp around a city. This is pedestrian by comparison.

Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

The beasts are pretty cool. I love the character models. But they don't animate well and there's nothing in the ring.

Audio Score: 3

Audio Notes:

I enjoyed the music. It's typical Renovation stuff with good composition and some interesting multiple channels going on. The sounds are awful but the soundtrack ain't bad.

Overall Score: 16

Review ID: 778