Like many old school arcade-dwellers of the late 80's / early 90's, I have a
special place in my heart for the original Final Fight. The characters, the music, and the gameplay made it a very memorable
gaming experience for back then. Capcom's classic beat-em-up really should have translated
smoothlyinto a decent fighting game, but the team behind Final Fight:
Revenge seriously screwed it up.
For us Capcom fans, it was utterly heartbreaking to see our beloved Final Fight characters transform into "walking
Lego-people" with laughable, terrible looking moves and animations. Final Fight Revenge's gameplay makes the game too hilarious to be taken
seriously, which is ironic because the original Final Fight actually had a
fairly serious tone. The character roster is
also very small, with no new faces to the series (besides the retarded zombie
version of Belger). It would've been cool to see some faces from
Final Fight 2 or even Final Fight 3. They could have done so
much more.
Needless to say, if you're looking to experience
the true Final Fight vibe, just go back and play the original. The bright side
of all of this is that most Final Fight characters
faithfully translated into other Capcom fighting games, such as: Super
Street Fighter IV, Street
Fighter Alpha 3, SF III: 2nd Impact and Street Fighter X Tekken.
~TFG
Webmaster
REVIEW:
Capcom's
classic "beat-em-up" series Final Fight (which debuted in
arcades in 1989) is host to a variety of memorable characters, some who've already crossed over into Capcom's
iconic Street Fighter Alpha series. For some reason,
some "brilliant" person decided to bring back the Final Fight franchise
and turn it into a "3D" fighting game.
While the words "Final Fight fighting game" certainly have a
nice ring in the ears of old school arcade gamers, Final Fight: Revenge
ended up being one very disappointing game.
Tis a shame to put such
good artwork to waste.
First off, there's no story or intro to the
game (ouch)... so let's just talk about the "theme" then. Well, the theme
of FF: Revenge is gritty and street-like, with most stages in fact being some sort of city
street (and most looking
quite ugly to say the least). Low-res 2D images that wrap around a horribly
textured square ground pretty much describe every stage in the game. Character models are large,
but have a sickeningly low polygon count, making them look nothing short of Lego people.
Nearly every character is out of proportion and has stubby arms & legs, and
yes, they look absolutely horrible. The
grainy background and character model textures
make things even worse. Alright, I'll go ahead and say it because it needs to be
said... Final Fight Revenge is one of the worst looking fighting games
of all time.
Sadly, but expectedly... the gameplay
is equally as bad as the graphics...and pretty much defines what you'd
call "slow and clunky". The crappy animation makes the gameplay
even more choppy and awkward. Could this game get any worse? Yes.
The fighters don't have many moves, which means (if you actually bothered to play
this game) you'll be seeing a lot of spamming. In turn, you'll also be
hearing the
characters say the same (stupid) things over and over, and over, and over,
again. The super
moves are somewhat entertaining... at least. For example: Eddy E. runs his
opponent over in a police
car, Rolento guns down his opponent from an Apache helicopter, Poison does a pole dance, and Hugo squishes
his opponent under his big ass... classy right?
Other super moves are beyond disappointing and make very little sense at all.
That pile of blocks up
there... is actually Damn D.
In Final Fight: Revenge, characters
are able to pick
up weapons from the ground and use them in a fight. It's a novel idea that seems like it would make
sense, especially since it's a trademark of the original Final Fight.
Some of the weapons fighters can use, include: knives, swords, guns (lots of
guns), spiked knuckles, bombs, a chainsaw, etc... as you can see, it gets a little silly. Most characters also have
their own exclusive weapons at their disposal.
From my description of the game
alone,
you might think this would be a "violent" game,
but it's actually not as brutal as it sounds. FF: Revenge doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, or even care very much
that it's a Capcom fighting game. *sigh* It's embarrassing for a Capcom fan, but
hey... in what other fighting game can you use a bazooka, a machine gun,
rifle, bow gun, freeze gun, and a shotgun? Sounds more like the recipe for a cut
& paste FPS! -.- Some of the projectile weapons actually offer some
semi-entertaining projectile wars... for a few minutes... (if you're drunk, that
is).
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Final Fight Revenge's gameplay makes the game too hilarious to be taken
seriously, which is ironic because the original Final Fight actually had a
fairly serious tone. The character roster is
also very small, with no new faces to the series (besides the retarded zombie
version of Belger). It would've been cool to see some faces from
Final Fight 2 or even Final Fight 3. They could have done so
much more.
While the words "Final Fight fighting game" certainly have a
nice ring in the ears of old school arcade gamers, Final Fight: Revenge
ended up being one very disappointing game.
The fighters don't have many moves, which means (if you actually bothered to play
this game) you'll be seeing a lot of spamming. In turn, you'll also be
hearing the
characters say the same (stupid) things over and over, and over, and over,
again. The super
moves are somewhat entertaining... at least. For example: Eddy E. runs his
opponent over in a police
car, Rolento guns down his opponent from an Apache helicopter, Poison does a pole dance, and Hugo squishes
his opponent under his big ass... classy right? 
Other super moves are beyond disappointing and make very little sense at all.
