Deft Beck
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I picked up this PS1 fighting game because I heard it had a large cast and in general I'm trying a bunch of older fighting games for kicks, but my first impression was pretty negative.
It's odd that there's only one punch and kick button, and the "catch" mechanic makes no sense. The physics seem to be nonexistent and barely a step above the first Virtua Fighter, with everything feeling like a canned animation over anything resembling a fluid motion that a human would make. Of the characters I've tried so far, only the Akira clone seems to be anywhere near playable, as the grapplers don't handle well at all. The graphics are pretty poor, with amateurish looking models and barely passable mocap. I'm almost tempted to play through the story modes just to find out how a white guy named Douglas is in the middle of the mostly Asian cast. Also, I expected better music out of the Konami sound team, though I might not be used to this era of Konami composers.
All in all, not a great first impression. At least I have Poy Poy to try out later.
It's odd that there's only one punch and kick button, and the "catch" mechanic makes no sense. The physics seem to be nonexistent and barely a step above the first Virtua Fighter, with everything feeling like a canned animation over anything resembling a fluid motion that a human would make. Of the characters I've tried so far, only the Akira clone seems to be anywhere near playable, as the grapplers don't handle well at all. The graphics are pretty poor, with amateurish looking models and barely passable mocap. I'm almost tempted to play through the story modes just to find out how a white guy named Douglas is in the middle of the mostly Asian cast. Also, I expected better music out of the Konami sound team, though I might not be used to this era of Konami composers.
All in all, not a great first impression. At least I have Poy Poy to try out later.
