Beast Warriors
was released roughly around the same time as Treco’s Fighting Masters
which while not a great game it’s certainly has some entertainment
value. Now being a fan of Telenet you’d think I’d side with Battle
Monsters being the better monster battler. Sadly not. Telenet’s Riot
team have produced one hell of a steaming pile of crap. In fact you can
tell right away that this game is going to be a dud as soon as you pass
the title screen. No options or decent game modes to choose from.
Basically you get Player VS CPU or Player VS Player. That’s it.
In game graphics are average at best although there is quite a bit of
sprite flicker at times when two beasts line up against each other. Not
really acceptable in a game when you only have 2 moving characters on
screen. Mind you, the audio is far worse than the graphics. Awful tunes
with what I think are a few grunts from the beasts. The samples are that
low in quality that I can hardly tell.
But wait, maybe this game looks and sounds so bad because it plays so
well? Afraid not. Beast Warriors plays just how it looks and sounds,
awful. The controls are ropey, collision detection is a mystery at times
and the AI of the CPU seems to pull off moves that just wouldn’t be
possible. There’s no question about it. The best aspect of Beast
Warriors is the cover art which to be fair is very nice. If you’re the
kind of person who buys games for their cover art then I’d say this
would be on top of your shopping list but for the rest of us this game
should be flushed down the toilet with the rest of the shit.
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