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POSTS: 20/25
POST EXP: 3045
LVL EXP: 7999
CP: 1018.9
VIZ: 16575
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Overall: Final Fight. Where do I begin with this gem. Do I start with the well known trivia that the game was originally going to be a Street Fighter game called Street Fighter 89? Or do I inform the uneducated about this games ties with the Street Fighter games? Well, I might spice up the story section a bit with a bit of back story about the games ties with the Street Fighter series. Now let's be honest here if you have never played a Final Fight game ever you have never played fully enjoyed a beat 'em up. This game is a great classic though I never got to play it when it was out in the arcades. Many people might be aware of the Super Nintendo port of this game and not know about the original arcade game. The port was a good game on its own but there is just something about the original arcade version that console ports will never truly recapture. Also the Super Nintendo port cut out a whole level. The level where you fight Rolento is no where to be seen. Now I will say that the experience may be different depending on who you choose to play as. I highly suggest if you have played any beat em up to play this game. I mean it. Seriously play it. Graphics: Okay this game has an arcady look to it; but don't take that as a bad thing it is part of the games charm. This game has some pretty dang good graphics considering how old it is, but that can be said about most every arcade game. Any way the look and feel of this game just takes me back to when I was little and watching the big kids play a game like this one in my local mall's arcade. I will say this though because I played this on my computer when there was just a bit too much on the screen at the same time I did experience some slow down which did lead to some unfair deaths; but since I played it on vizzed which is pretty much just an emulator I had all the Credits I could handle. Shh don't tell anyone. Any way the graphics of this game is one of the reasons I am so fond of it. It takes me back to a simpler time. Sound: Capcom knows their way around a video game soundtrack and I must say this is one of their bests in my opinion. From the Metro City Slums to The Penthouse level every track in the game has it's own feel and there for will most likely get stuck in your head weeks even months after you play this game. In fact as I write up this review. The music is infectious like the plague. The sound effects are also really good. When you break something it sounds awesome when you hit guys it sounds good when you pile drive bad dudes into the ground it sounds cool. Ohh you didn't now about the grabs in this game? Yeah there are freaking awesome grabs. This is the first game I can remember that did digitized voices well. (A little tip from your old pal Legin32 here, play as Haggar) When playing as Haggar just do a jump attack and see what I mean. I will warn you one last time.....This music will stick in your head for weeks. Addictiveness: Okay I owned the Super Nintendo port of this game when I was younger and I can remember playing this game all the time and not getting very far because I as you know a little kid who didn't now how to strategize in a beat 'em up. Those memories are what drove me to play this game again after years of not playing it (I call those years the Dark Ages) and when I did I sat in my computer chair for close to three hours playing this game from start to end. This game is so simple and yet so fun that you loose track of time and hours just fly by. By the end of the game though I did not think of that time as wasted. I experienced the end of a game that I loved as a little kid. So to put it bluntly you better not play this game if you don't plan on giving it a couple of hours. I am being dead serious here. Go big or go home. Story: Now most beat 'em ups aren't really rich in the way of story and this one is no different. It is a simple plot but still a powerful on. The plot is that Mayor Mike Haggar's Daughter Jessica is kidnapped by The Mad Gear Gangand it is up to Haggar, Cody Jessica's boyfriend, and Guy Cody's friend to go save her from the nefarious leader of The Mad Gears, Belgerz. Now Belgerz is a guy in a wheelchair with a crossbow. Does it seem unfair that you are fighting a guy in a wheelchair? No it is completely fair he is a lying faker. He gets his just desserts when you finally beat him.the story is really nothing to shake a stick at but what is impressive is the connections with the Street Fighter games. Now before Mike Haggar became mayor of Metro City he was a wrestler. Guess who his rival was. ZANGIEF. Haggar was the basis for Zangiefs move the spinning lariat. The story goes that Zangief saw one of Haggar's wrestling matches and decided to use the spinning lariat as his own so in retaliation HAggar adopted the spinning pile driver. Isn't that neat! Yeah bot to mention Ken and Guy in the Street Fighter series. See this is why I love Capcom. Their game weave a rich tapestry of story with other game series they make. Man If they could just get it together and be great again..... Depth: This game isn't very long at all it is time consuming though if that makes any sense. The game is a classic arcade beat 'em up so it isn't going to be twelve hours long or something crazy like that. What it is though is a fun two to three hour romp through numerous bad guys and cool bosses. This game is well worth the time it takes to beat. And with unlimited credits there is no excuse to get a game over. Unless you like a challenge. What it lacks in depth it makes up for in fun. Difficulty: Now this is the one I had a hard time giving a rating on. The game itself isn't very hard but it can get frustrating. Like Rolento's stage has a stage hazard that can sometimes be a bit cheap. And the double Andore fight is stupidly harder than it needs to be; but it is still not impossibly hard. The difficulty is at the perfect level where it is challenging but not maddening to the point of putting your fist through the screen. The game might be easier depending on what character you play as through the game. I played through the whole game as Haggar and found it delightfully challenging. I am unsure if it is any easier as Cody or Guy but I do know Cody is kind of a normal speed character and Guy is faster; but Haggar is the freaking man. Seriously play as Haggar. You won't regret it. I promise. The last area does kind of rev up the difficulty a bit but that's only because it's the last level and rightfully should be difficult. Overall: Final Fight. Where do I begin with this gem. Do I start with the well known trivia that the game was originally going to be a Street Fighter game called Street Fighter 89? Or do I inform the uneducated about this games ties with the Street Fighter games? Well, I might spice up the story section a bit with a bit of back story about the games ties with the Street Fighter series. Now let's be honest here if you have never played a Final Fight game ever you have never played fully enjoyed a beat 'em up. This game is a great classic though I never got to play it when it was out in the arcades. Many people might be aware of the Super Nintendo port of this game and not know about the original arcade game. The port was a good game on its own but there is just something about the original arcade version that console ports will never truly recapture. Also the Super Nintendo port cut out a whole level. The level where you fight Rolento is no where to be seen. Now I will say that the experience may be different depending on who you choose to play as. I highly suggest if you have played any beat em up to play this game. I mean it. Seriously play it. Graphics: Okay this game has an arcady look to it; but don't take that as a bad thing it is part of the games charm. This game has some pretty dang good graphics considering how old it is, but that can be said about most every arcade game. Any way the look and feel of this game just takes me back to when I was little and watching the big kids play a game like this one in my local mall's arcade. I will say this though because I played this on my computer when there was just a bit too much on the screen at the same time I did experience some slow down which did lead to some unfair deaths; but since I played it on vizzed which is pretty much just an emulator I had all the Credits I could handle. Shh don't tell anyone. Any way the graphics of this game is one of the reasons I am so fond of it. It takes me back to a simpler time. Sound: Capcom knows their way around a video game soundtrack and I must say this is one of their bests in my opinion. From the Metro City Slums to The Penthouse level every track in the game has it's own feel and there for will most likely get stuck in your head weeks even months after you play this game. In fact as I write up this review. The music is infectious like the plague. The sound effects are also really good. When you break something it sounds awesome when you hit guys it sounds good when you pile drive bad dudes into the ground it sounds cool. Ohh you didn't now about the grabs in this game? Yeah there are freaking awesome grabs. This is the first game I can remember that did digitized voices well. (A little tip from your old pal Legin32 here, play as Haggar) When playing as Haggar just do a jump attack and see what I mean. I will warn you one last time.....This music will stick in your head for weeks. Addictiveness: Okay I owned the Super Nintendo port of this game when I was younger and I can remember playing this game all the time and not getting very far because I as you know a little kid who didn't now how to strategize in a beat 'em up. Those memories are what drove me to play this game again after years of not playing it (I call those years the Dark Ages) and when I did I sat in my computer chair for close to three hours playing this game from start to end. This game is so simple and yet so fun that you loose track of time and hours just fly by. By the end of the game though I did not think of that time as wasted. I experienced the end of a game that I loved as a little kid. So to put it bluntly you better not play this game if you don't plan on giving it a couple of hours. I am being dead serious here. Go big or go home. Story: Now most beat 'em ups aren't really rich in the way of story and this one is no different. It is a simple plot but still a powerful on. The plot is that Mayor Mike Haggar's Daughter Jessica is kidnapped by The Mad Gear Gangand it is up to Haggar, Cody Jessica's boyfriend, and Guy Cody's friend to go save her from the nefarious leader of The Mad Gears, Belgerz. Now Belgerz is a guy in a wheelchair with a crossbow. Does it seem unfair that you are fighting a guy in a wheelchair? No it is completely fair he is a lying faker. He gets his just desserts when you finally beat him.the story is really nothing to shake a stick at but what is impressive is the connections with the Street Fighter games. Now before Mike Haggar became mayor of Metro City he was a wrestler. Guess who his rival was. ZANGIEF. Haggar was the basis for Zangiefs move the spinning lariat. The story goes that Zangief saw one of Haggar's wrestling matches and decided to use the spinning lariat as his own so in retaliation HAggar adopted the spinning pile driver. Isn't that neat! Yeah bot to mention Ken and Guy in the Street Fighter series. See this is why I love Capcom. Their game weave a rich tapestry of story with other game series they make. Man If they could just get it together and be great again..... Depth: This game isn't very long at all it is time consuming though if that makes any sense. The game is a classic arcade beat 'em up so it isn't going to be twelve hours long or something crazy like that. What it is though is a fun two to three hour romp through numerous bad guys and cool bosses. This game is well worth the time it takes to beat. And with unlimited credits there is no excuse to get a game over. Unless you like a challenge. What it lacks in depth it makes up for in fun. Difficulty: Now this is the one I had a hard time giving a rating on. The game itself isn't very hard but it can get frustrating. Like Rolento's stage has a stage hazard that can sometimes be a bit cheap. And the double Andore fight is stupidly harder than it needs to be; but it is still not impossibly hard. The difficulty is at the perfect level where it is challenging but not maddening to the point of putting your fist through the screen. The game might be easier depending on what character you play as through the game. I played through the whole game as Haggar and found it delightfully challenging. I am unsure if it is any easier as Cody or Guy but I do know Cody is kind of a normal speed character and Guy is faster; but Haggar is the freaking man. Seriously play as Haggar. You won't regret it. I promise. The last area does kind of rev up the difficulty a bit but that's only because it's the last level and rightfully should be difficult. |
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