Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
(LAST UPDATE: 1/14/08)

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Story: Masters of Teräs Käsi takes place between the Star Wars movies, Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The destruction of the Death Star at the hands of Luke Skywalker severely crippled the Galactic Empire. The Emperor wanted retaliation aganst him and all of the Rebel Alliance and sought the services of assassin, Arden Lyn, to eliminate the Alliance's key members. Luke and the others finds out about the Empire's plot and challenge Arden, face to face.

General: A star wars fighting game, now that's something with potential... Unfortunately, the first (and only) Star Wars based fighting game isn't a very good game at all, and that's an understatement... It's terrible. The game, overall, looks and feels rushed, and there's not a whole lot of depth to the gameplay... I've played beat-em-ups with a more advanced fighting system.

   Teras Kasi has your typical fighting game modes: arcade, survival, team, practice, and versus. The fights take place on square arenas, with ring-outs; somewhat of a rip-off of  Soul Blade.  Each player starts off fighting bare handed, but has a weapon that they can draw and use... Weapons are pretty much what you'd expect, from blasters to stadds to light sabers. Unfortunately, the animation is on the choppy side, and the below average character models and shoddy graphics really don't do much justice. Again, the gameplay and control is pretty much awful when compared to any other fighting game of the time.

Manufacturer: LucasArts
Platforms: Playstation
Release: 1997
Characters: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, Hoar, Thok, Mara Jade, Jodo Kast
Related Games: Star Gladiator, Plasma Sword
 
Gameplay Engine 
 2 / 10
Story / Theme
 7.5 / 10
Overall Graphics
 4.5 / 10
Animation
 5 / 10
Music / Sound Effects
 6 / 10
Innovation / Creativity
5 / 10
Customization / Options
 4 / 10
Intro / Presentation
 6 / 10
Replayability / Fun
 3 / 10
"Ouch" Factor
 4 / 10
Characters
 8 / 10
Overall Score
3.5 / 10

Closing Comment: A Star Wars fighting game definitely sounded cool for the time... It had potential. Unfortunately, this game is a piece of crap with the name Star Wars slapped on it... Unless you're one of those crazy star wars fans who go to the movies dressed up as a fat Darth Vader, you probably will never play this game more than once. I'd surely hope not... ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG

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