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SNK has released their best Neo Geo translation on the Saturn so far. Fatal Fury: RBS is the most polished and problem-free of all the games they've released. Their previous games were all very well done, but were lacking in one or two areas. For example King of Fighters 96 had muffled sound effects, Samurai Spirits 4 had slowdown. RBS on the other hand, is almost perfect. At least I couldn't find anything that is really wrong with the translation. It has clear voices, good enough sound effects, superb animation, and its a very good fighting game too! The only minor complaint might be that the soundtrack is not very outstanding. But it's not terrible either. Well anyways, enought of the nitpicking. I think this game is definitely worth picking up if you are a 2D fighting fan. The fighting engine has been polished up quite a bit from the previous Fatal Fury games. In fact IMHO it is the most playable fighting engine SNK has produced. KOF fans might disagree, but I personally feel that the KOF games have gotten too fancy for their own good.. it's hard for beginners to get into KOF. RBS on the other hand is lighter on the techniques stuff and heavy on the action. Well, some people might complain that you only use 3 attack buttons in RBS... but I don't think it really detracts from the gameplay. The character animations are among the best I've seen. And the new special moves are just too cool. I really dig Blue Mary's move where she slides into you, knocking you ino the air, and zap you with lightning as you fall. And speaking of Blue Mary.. there is a special bonus if you finish the game.. a very cool "music video" of a song by Blue Mary, filled with tons of really cool art. I was really surprised when a saw it, I didn't expect SNK to spend so much trouble to give us such an awesome bonus!! Let's see what else...oh yeah there is a practice mode where you get an infinite power bar and you can just wail on the computer to your heart's content... great for getting the hang of all the special moves. Oh and BTW, Tronix has RBS for sale for only $39! What a bargain! Dont' miss out on this great deal! (I don't work for them or anything like that.) |
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