It's cool that you can turn into a bunch of different animals but the game is kind of boring actually. I like that you have to use punches and kicks differently at least. The lives and continues system on the arcade version is so generous that you basically don't even have to try as long as you've got infinite quarters. I bet this was fun in arcades, especially with two players, but it's just kind of slow and boring on your own now.
riiiiise from your graaaaave
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I know this game played an important role in Sega's history, both in developing arcade games and in developing home console games. I also understand that this game has a fanbase, mostly among people who remember this game being a launch title and the original pack-in for the Sega Genesis. However, I am not part of that fanbase.
There's only like 15 minutes worth of content to experience in total with this game, which was pathetic even for 1989, but this game spares no expense in dragging its barren content out, with sluggish gameplay and artificial difficulty, the latter of which stems from your character being pitifully weak when not in beast form. And good luck trying to enjoy beast form, by the way. You'll mostly only have it for bosses, which can be defeated in mere seconds once you figure out their often-easily-exploitable weaknesses.
It also doesn't help that this game has horrid sound mixing. Quiet and blandly-composed music is drowned out by scratchy, compressed voiced samples, which makes this game an assault on both the mind and the ears.
Want to play a good Genesis launch game? Play Thunder Force II. You'll get more out of that one than you ever will this one. Altered Beast is a milestone title in Sega's history, but it's for good reason that this game had been pushed to the wayside in favor of better titles, such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage.
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There's only like 15 minutes worth of content to experience in total with this game, which was pathetic even for 1989, but this game spares no expense in dragging its barren content out, with sluggish gameplay and artificial difficulty, the latter of which stems from your character being pitifully weak when not in beast form. And good luck trying to enjoy beast form, by the way. You'll mostly only have it for bosses, which can be defeated in mere seconds once you figure out their often-easily-exploitable weaknesses.
It also doesn't help that this game has horrid sound mixing. Quiet and blandly-composed music is drowned out by scratchy, compressed voiced samples, which makes this game an assault on both the mind and the ears.
Want to play a good Genesis launch game? Play Thunder Force II. You'll get more out of that one than you ever will this one. Altered Beast is a milestone title in Sega's history, but it's for good reason that this game had been pushed to the wayside in favor of better titles, such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage.
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Dificil y peludo como me gustan a mi
Furry
Furry Armageddon
Look, there's a lot about this game that "isn't" "good", but at some point style needs to be a consideration. Everything about this game is weird and memorable. It's just fucking gnarly, man.
Quite a strangely iconic game for the time as it basically marked the start of the Sega Genesis' legacy despite being a port of an arcade game, yet it's very mechanically frustrating and mindless. The first two stages give some promise as they're pretty simple enough to play around with given the game's simple mechanics, and then it all nosedives once you reach the third stage. From this point onward, several frustrating aspects frequently start to show themselves like poorly conveyed mechanics and particular enemies and enemy swarms that you just can't properly handle with how the game works, and with the game's complete lack of invincibility frames and extra lives, it quickly turns a short and simple beat-em-up into a annoyingly prolonged game of trial and error. (Some other aspects I would like to mention are the power-up transformations essentially being a stun as you're still vulnerable after they end yet you can't do anything for a short bit after they do, and also that entire 4th boss in particular) It has some comical enjoyment to it like the crusty dialogue and animations, but it honestly doesn't hold as much merit as games like Decap Attack and Bonanza Bros. so it can only do so much until it's mechanical shortcomings overshadow it's charm.
Also, one thing that was conveyed extremely well was the title screen's button combinations like A + Start which lets you continue where you last got a game over and B + Start which is where the options menu (where you can choose your stage and make the game easier) is located. Would've liked to be wrong about the lack of continues or options before I beat it, GAME.
Also, one thing that was conveyed extremely well was the title screen's button combinations like A + Start which lets you continue where you last got a game over and B + Start which is where the options menu (where you can choose your stage and make the game easier) is located. Would've liked to be wrong about the lack of continues or options before I beat it, GAME.
really hard, but once beast mode activates, it's really fun
first couple levels are great
last few suck and have too much bs
also the game is short even for the time, though i suppose it is a port of an arcade game, but they probably could have added more to the genesis version
last few suck and have too much bs
also the game is short even for the time, though i suppose it is a port of an arcade game, but they probably could have added more to the genesis version
this game's so fucking funny, everything from the way your guy stops dead in his tracks to stare into the camera as his muscles burst from his shirt to the stupid laugh at the end of every stage. it makes me remember why i like video games, even though i want to castrate the person who made the final two levels
It's an iconic Sega classic, but that certainly doesn't mean it's good or hasn't aged like milk
Aight this is some trash
Gave it a second try and came out a lot more positive. I think it's one of the few 16-bit games that got better with time; now that's super inexpensive and accessible, it's a lot easier to admire its b-movie energy and overly-charismatic charm.
Cannot imagine spending 60 bucks on this in 1989 tho, it's 10 goddamn minutes long and has almost no depth to its gameplay.
Cannot imagine spending 60 bucks on this in 1989 tho, it's 10 goddamn minutes long and has almost no depth to its gameplay.
wise fwum yo gwave
I'm in bed ill with the big COVID and fancied something a bit low effort and low stakes to keep my mind off all the horrible coughing so I fired up Altered Beast for a run through and I was lightly entertained for around the fifteen minutes it took me to finish the thing, which is about as long as this quite barebones (but strangely, quite important) title can really offer.
A few people really rip into this but I don't really see why they hold such venom for something that I could finish during a particularly stressful trip to the toilet. It's basic to a fault but it doesn't outstay its welcome.
A few people really rip into this but I don't really see why they hold such venom for something that I could finish during a particularly stressful trip to the toilet. It's basic to a fault but it doesn't outstay its welcome.
A dumb brawer that I thought looked cool when I was a kid. Playing it kind of sucks.
WISE FWUM YOUW GWAVE
If you like this game, you automatically qualify as a furry.
Ele é ruim e curto, mas tem o seu charme
𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊
(Played in SEGA MEGADRIVE CLASSICS, on Nintendo Switch)
Thought it was better when I was younger and tried this for the first time. Thought also at the time that it was too hard and man I still stand by it. The first couple of levels are quite manageable, but from a certain point on, especially during the boss fights, there are so many bs things. The beast transformations are awesome to use though.
Thought it was better when I was younger and tried this for the first time. Thought also at the time that it was too hard and man I still stand by it. The first couple of levels are quite manageable, but from a certain point on, especially during the boss fights, there are so many bs things. The beast transformations are awesome to use though.
I really loved this game as a kid but I could only ever get to the second level, never even became the dragon. However now as an adult, it's still pretty good but it kinda shits the bed at the boss of the fifth level with how much of an endurance test it is and the final level's difficulty skyrocketing.
Eu tinho medo do primeiro boss.
WIIIIIIISE FWOM YOW GWAAAAAAAVE
(sonic's ultimate genesis collection 6/40)
doesn't suffer the arcade -> console jump as hard as super thunder blade, although it is again noticeably weaker and kind of amusing. the main difference here is that is actually remains playable at the end of the day. 1 player it kind of sucks dick though and its really short anyway
doesn't suffer the arcade -> console jump as hard as super thunder blade, although it is again noticeably weaker and kind of amusing. the main difference here is that is actually remains playable at the end of the day. 1 player it kind of sucks dick though and its really short anyway
classic fun. both the arcade and genesis are different but good
Foda DEMAIS
Favorite game growing up, my uncle had an arcade cabinet of it and me and my cousins would play it for hours on end.
i'm not immune to the nostalgia, but this is mediocrity defined.