Savage Reign (Neo Geo)
I played this game and decided to toss my opinion on it
forward.
Gameplay-7.0 It just does not seem there, to me it lacks.
Aside from that I would have to say its a good game, and
the gameplay does the name well. I personally prefer the
character Hayate over the others, and of course he's the
main character.
I however do not like the line system which you jump into
and upper area, it allows characters to use moves in a high
rise and makes certain attacks hard to avoid when put in
the position, so in other words your timing has got to be
instant, and done in a good manner.
Control-9.0 Despite my gripes with the gameplay, the games
control does not suffer, although moves are very limited
the control is precise which I like, it also is good so
you stand a chance against certain opponents.
Difficulty-9.0 Very difficult game, especially when put
on expert, which a few of us mad men can test.
I found the character you play as does not contribute to
the so called cheese factor, or "impossible boss syndrome"
a few bosses suffered from in other SNK fighters.
King Leo will be your final challeng as he is a very unoriginal
character, but is difficult. Moves re also limited, and
alot alike in the projectile area.
Character Concept- 6.0 Yuck, I did not fall for the characters
designs in this game, first let me say I hate clowns, they
disgust me like having onions on my hamburger it cannot
be.
The character with a joker based name is nausiating and
will leave you with that "it the clown" ideal.
Hayate is a pretty bad character in another light and appears
as someone would that knows the supposed art of fu'un ken.
King Lion is a pretty crazy design as well, but as someone
with a sense of fasion those gloves and hair have got to
go, they suffer from over used super hero syndrome.
Sound-8.0 My experience with the sound is good and incorperates
characters themes nicely to match there BG's.
I especially like the last bosses theme.
Graphics-8.0 Pretty good despite this game getting almost
no publicity, as it in my opinion holds no position worth
comending.
CD Loads- 7.0 Pretty good, but the loads get annoying as
with all cd loads, this is where the cdz comes into play.
I did however feel even on the cdz they were a tad excessive,
and should have loaded faster.
Over All- I think you can do without this okay neo title,
as its not that reputable or worth a true fighting fans
time.
The characters are annoying, the gameplay is not that great
and I would rather you save your money for something better,
leave this one to the collectors, its not a gamers friend
in my opinion.
-LWK-