Recently, [MENTION=16665]Blobcat[/MENTION] and I finally booted up a game I bought a long time ago but had never gotten around to playing - Tobal No.1.
It was interesting, though not great... That being said, I think if I'd played it at the time, the 3D movement in it would've been quite novel.
Still, it made me think about how, in the 90s, we had a range of tier-2 3D fighting games. I guess I'm talking about everything that wasn't related to Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers, Tekken or Soul Edge. Maybe not Street Fighter EX either, just due to the strength of its brand.
I missed out on a lot of these games because I had a Saturn from its first Christmas with Virtua Fighter, which I later replaced with Virtua Fighter 2. As this was maybe the best fighter of the generation (something we could debate, but I think most will at least agree that isn't an unreasonable stance), I guess I was fine, but I remember really wanting to play some of the others, such as Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi, Star Gladiator and Zero Divide.
Looking back at them now, after acquiring some of them years later, I think the only one I still routinely play is Bloody Roar, because I feel that was pretty much perfect out-the-gate and didn't really improve as it went along.
What "other" 3D fighters do people remember? Is anyone here still carrying a torch for Kensei: Sacred Fist? For Fighter's Destiny?
... Mace: The Dark Age?
It was interesting, though not great... That being said, I think if I'd played it at the time, the 3D movement in it would've been quite novel.
Still, it made me think about how, in the 90s, we had a range of tier-2 3D fighting games. I guess I'm talking about everything that wasn't related to Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers, Tekken or Soul Edge. Maybe not Street Fighter EX either, just due to the strength of its brand.
I missed out on a lot of these games because I had a Saturn from its first Christmas with Virtua Fighter, which I later replaced with Virtua Fighter 2. As this was maybe the best fighter of the generation (something we could debate, but I think most will at least agree that isn't an unreasonable stance), I guess I was fine, but I remember really wanting to play some of the others, such as Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi, Star Gladiator and Zero Divide.
Looking back at them now, after acquiring some of them years later, I think the only one I still routinely play is Bloody Roar, because I feel that was pretty much perfect out-the-gate and didn't really improve as it went along.
What "other" 3D fighters do people remember? Is anyone here still carrying a torch for Kensei: Sacred Fist? For Fighter's Destiny?
... Mace: The Dark Age?
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