Plus/Minus: (Last Battle) Genesis

One of the earliest releases on the Mega Sega Genesis Drive, you play as Arrzak....oh hell, the game is actually called Fist of the North Star! That's the way it was released in Japan and the assholes in America had to fuck around with the names, places and what-have-you. 

You play as Kenshiro (or Ken, why didn't they use Ken? WHY the fuck is it AAARZAKK?) and you're out in a nuclear wasteland/post apocalyptic world trying to rescue your main squeeze. Got that? So let's get to the Plus/Minus of this review. Every game starts at 0 (Zero), the score goes up or down depending on its strengths or weakness. At the end of the review if the game has a positive score then its a good game! A negative score indicates....you guessed it! A terrible game. A game that gets a 0 is a mediocre game.

Genre: Beat 'em Up
Players: One

Story: -1
Controls: +1
Music: -1
Graphics: +1
Fun: /

Overall: 0 (mediocre)


Hukuto No Ken aka Last Battle is a decent but brutally hard game. Akin to Double Dragon III on the Nes, you only have one life to live. So you better make it count!

Japan rules

The controls are nice and simple, you have a punch/kick/jump layout. You have a rapid fire punch and a double crane kick in the air. As well as other moves. You can also increase your power and health as well so that's nice. One little complaint though, Ken walks way to slow. Must be all those steroids.

 Excellent!

Brutal!

The music is basically non-existent and the sound effects aren't good either. Match that up with a terrible story with absurd names and you have a recipe for disaster. 

The graphics however are really nice. They still hold up well today. Love the big sprites, the parallax scrolling, and the design of the enemies themselves. I also like the fact you can pick your destination on the level map. Overall a decent game that you'll have fun for an hour or so.

In the meantime, in between time!

-Will ^>^