Reviews from

in the past


Now this is peak PS1 core. The type of thing that'd make kids go "boomers think these graphics are good" but outside those character renders on the CSS and in cutscenes (Kazuya's ending is peak comedy though), the graphics are pretty good. Music is great too.

Gameplay is basic, I do like the button system being tied to body parts rather than LMH, with Right/Left Punch/Kick. The other inputs are a bit tricky and single player definitely relies on the same single player "spam the button that works" of games of its era, but as the first entry it does an alright job laying down the ground work of a massive series.