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General: Bushido Blade was a fighting game that somewhat re-introduced the genre, yet was somewhat ahead of it's time. Square decided to completely take out a staple to most fighting games; "life bars," which means that with one good strike, you could be the winner of the match. Definitely unorthodox gameplay, but more realistic perhaps, since we're dealing with samurai and live blade's here.
Bushido Blade also features a free-running feature... Don't feel like fighting your opponent in your current location? Run away and fight somewhere else! It's quite funny in a way, and adds some strategy and fun to the game as well. The environments are also somewhat interactive, with trees you can cut down, places to climb, etc... There are only about 6 characters to choose from, but each of them can use any of the 8 different weapons in the game, another innovative feature.
The main flaw of Bushido Blade would be the graphics. The environments look quite "pixelated" on the old pixelstation... Ehem... Playstation. And the blood kind of looks like fireworks coming out of the loser's body... It definitely doesn't look like blood. The gameplay is solid, but somewhat slow; especially when compared with the likes of later weapon based fighting games. If you can get past the out-dated graphics, there's a satisfying gameplay experience in Bushido Blade that no fighting gamer should miss.
Manufacturer: Squaresoft
/ Lightweight
Platforms:
Playstation
Release: 1997
Characters:
Kannuki,
Mikado,
Tatsumi,
Red
Shadow, Black Lotus, Utsusemi
Related Games:
Bushido Blade 2
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Closing Comment:
Bushido Blade was very enjoyable at it's debut, but when Bushido
Blade 2 came out, this game was Capcom VS SNK 1
as compared to Capcom VS SNK 2, if that means anything
to you... Yes, it improved greatly. Bushido Blade 1 was fun for it's time, but
also left much to be desired in the graphics and characters department. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG