Fighting Force is an old-school Streets of Rage-style beat-em-up that'll have PlayStation thugs bashing punks bloody for months to come. If you're down with blasting bad guys and kicking fools in the head, then Fighting Force is just the violent fix you're looking for. Fighting Force 64 Review. If you haven't played the PlayStation version, and you are only interested in the game because of your fond memories of playing Final Fight or Streets of Rage, you'd.

Very Good: An item that is used but still in very good condition. No damage to the jewel case or item cover, noscuffs, scratches, cracks, or holes. The cover art and liner notes are included. The VHS or DVD box is included. The video game instructions and box are included. The teeth of disk holder are undamaged.

Minimal wear on the exterior of item. No skipping on CD/DVD. No fuzzy/snowy frames on VHS tape. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Publisher:SonyGenre:Board GamesGame Name:Spyro the DragonCountry/Region of Manufacture:YemenRelease Year:2000Platform:Sony PlayStation 1.

Contents.Gameplay Players control one of four characters as they move through urban and science fiction environments, battling waves of oncoming enemies with weapons including soda cans, knives, cars, and guns. The player can make some choices as to which territory to travel through.

Story The four characters have various reasons for taking on Dr. Dex Zeng, a criminal mastermind with an army at his command who predicted that the world would end in the year 2000.

After New Year's Eve 1999, Dr. Zeng believed that there was an error preventing the apocalypse, so decides to correct it by destroying the world himself. The action starts with a police cordon around Zeng's office skyscraper, moving to such locales as a shopping mall, subway and Coast Guard base before finally ending at the top of Zeng's island headquarters.Characters. A screenshot of Ben 'Smasher' Jackson punching a generic enemyPlayers choose from a selection of four characters: Hawk Manson, Ben 'Smasher' Jackson, Mace Daniels, and Alana McKendricks. Youtube evolution movie. Hawk Manson and Mace Daniels are two all-around characters. Hawk is somewhat stronger than Mace who is in turn faster than Hawk.

Ben 'Smasher' Jackson is a large and slow bruiser capable of lifting and throwing the engines of cars at enemies. Alana McKendricks is a fast but soft-hitting teenager with an effective jump-kick. All four characters have a special move that can be performed with the loss of a portion of health.Development Core Design collaborated with ten coders from in making the game.The story line and character designs were done.

The character of Dr. Zeng was inspired by.Core Design originally pitched the game to as a potential fourth entry in Sega's series. Sega declined; according to Core, Sega explained that it had its own plans for continuing the series. Core opted to go ahead with the game as a standalone, multi-platform title, and started work on it. In addition to the PlayStation, Windows, and Nintendo 64 versions, a version was developed and eventually completed. After Eidos decided against publishing this version, secured the publishing rights and announced a European release date of November 1997. However, it was cancelled.

An early prototype, with older character designs, was in November 2008. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore64% (PS1)Review scoresPublicationScore7.625/10 (PS1)5.3/10 (PS1)5.5/10 (PS1)(PS1)The original PlayStation release received mostly mixed reviews. Critics overwhelmingly commented that the game has a satisfyingly large amount of interactive scenery to destroy or collect weapons from, but agreed that despite the transition to 3D, the gameplay was not meaningfully different from the 2D beat 'em ups of earlier console generations. Summed it up as 'basically a 3D version of Capcom's classic, except the characters and enemies lack the personality that made Final Fight exciting.' Some, however, looked on the game's lack of innovation as a virtue rather than a liability; Shawn Smith commented in, 'What's cool about Fighting Force is that it plays like the old side-scrolling games of the same nature.

Then you might ask, why not just make a 2-D one. Well, when the 3-D works, why not go with it?' Took more of a middle ground, stating that 'despite its derivative nature, Fighting Force is a very fun game.

Yet, it's just not the same huge leap forward for the Final Fight genre that we might have expected from the creators of.' Besides lack of originality, some critics criticized it for repetitiveness and took issue with how the control configuration assigns multiple actions to the same button while leaving other buttons on the controller unused, saying this often results in the character performing a different action than intended and leaving them open to enemy attacks. Nonetheless opined, 'Despite its few flaws, Fighting Force delivers the fierce fun and beat-fools-silly action that PlayStation gamers are looking for.' , while contradicting GamePro by actually praising the game's controls, offered a somewhat more pessimistic overall take: 'With solid graphics, impeccable control, yet almost zero innovation or variety, Fighting Force is a rmixed bag. If in doubt, rent before you buy.' Ports and sequels A version of the game titled Fighting Force 64 and published by was released in North America and Europe in 1999. Differences include partially improved graphics and changes in the available number of player lives.A sequel, was released in 1999 for the.

Unlike the first title, Fighting Force 2 focuses on the character of Hawk Manson exclusively, and rewards a more stealthy approach.A second sequel, Fighting Force 3 was also in development for the and, but was cancelled during development. References. Retrieved 24 August 2016. ^ 'Fighting Force: A 3-D Final Fight Done Right'. P. 107. ^ Yeo, Matt (July 1997).

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