I hadn't really had an itch for arcade games since I thought I couldn't play any of them. But then I say a video talking about this game and it looks so cool. The fact that the gameplay was similar to fighting game controls, the gorgeous spritework, and the pleasant looking character designs. I became so infatuated by this immediately and decide I wanted to play this game. After several tireless effort, I finally found a way to play this. Did it live hope to the greatness I felt when I first say this?

Well kinda...to be straight with you. I enjoyed the game as you can see. But some of the controls and movement are pretty rough imo. I know it's an old game and was not made with and Xbox controller in mind. So obviously, it's my privilege coming out a little when I say this. There's a few things I wish was a bit better though. Such as being able to running, block and/or dodge, choosing when to reload the gun, picking up weapon by accident not eating my inputs, and depth perception being a pain in my butt. A good chunk of my deaths would have been avoided has I had to ability to move fast enough or not forcefully stopped in my tracks.

Aside from all of that, I still had a blast playing through this. And I glad I actually was able to even play this in the first place. The music was great. The story was very miniscule but that was fine, I don't really know anything about this series so I would have been very confused had there been more. I do wish the game was a bit longer but I get why it wasn't. BTW I mostly played as Linn Kurosawa, she looks so cool so I had to try her out. Which isn't very surprising hearing as she influenced Lyn from Fire Emblem design. And she was very fun to play. I played a little of Predator Warrior and it was good. I might run it back with them at some point.

One day I want to play this on an actually arcade system. If those even exist anymore. I feel like I would enjoy it even more.

Reviewed on Aug 21, 2023


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