(LAST UPDATE: 7/12/09)
Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo
Geo
Release: April 25th 1995 (JP), May 25th 1995 (NA)
Characters:
Hayate,
Carol,
Gordon,
Chung,
Gozu,
Mezu,
Joker,
Eagle,
Nicola,
King
Lion
Related Games:
Kizuna
Encounter
Story:
Set in the first half of the 21st century, a mysterious man named the King Lion
has risen up and issued a challenge on television for the strongest of fighters
to battle him. He promises wealth beyond anyone's dreams and fame beyond
imagination... but who among the 9 finalists will succeed in fighting him? And
do they know the real purpose behind the Battle of the Beast God tournament?
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Review: SNK already
established some solid and popular fighting game franchises in 1995, and
they decided to try out another one, with brand new characters, but Savage
Reign failed to live up to SNK's current arcade hits. It was a rare
fighting game to see at arcades, since most SNK cabinets had the popular
titles like Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, and King of Fighters.
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The large sprites are similar to those in Art of Fighting, but the animation and design put into them were quite uninspiring for the time. SNK tried to make Savage Reign stand out by adding features from their more famous fighting games such as Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, and Art of Fighting.
The stages
aren't designed all that bad, and you can jump into the background in a
few of them (similar to Fatal Fury)... but besides that, and your
basic punching, kicking, and weapon attacks, that about somes up the simple
gameplay mechanics of this game. The characters of Savage Reign are definitely
obscure, off-the-wall, or you could just simply call them strange. And
they definitely don't have the lasting appeal of SNK's other fighting game
characters... Not even close.
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5.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment: Only played it once or twice, but I lost interest real quick... Nearly all the characters in this game were destined to become forgotten, with the exception of a small few. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG