Decided to dive into the classic collection of the Sega Mega Drive thanks to the Nintendo Switch Online
In the past years I heard 2 things about Altered Beast: that it was a SEGA classic and that one of the villains maybe appeared in Werck it Ralph. SO I decided to give it a shot.
THose woere a kinda okay 20 minutes.
It's basically a beat-em-up in 2D with a cool greco-roman aesthetic and an interesting gimmick: beat up enough enemies to get magical BALLS and trasform, from a chad to a furry chad.
And while on paper this is cool and the trasformations and animation I imagine were impressive for the time, end really quickly and doesn't evolve a lot with time.
Not to mention that of all the trasformations (on per level, almost all of them used just once) I feel only the dragon feels like an actual boost: the bear is funky and the tiger and wolf almost feel like a nerf than a powerup, especially considering the bosses you face while in these forms (which is basically what you will use them for the rest of the game)
Also I found the villain from wreck it ralph, the rhino guy that is a cool boss fight but that is kinda it, you never face the evil sorcerer that was apparently behind the plot
Banger credits though: I love how they imply that everything was just a stage play.
Aside from that tho, nothing else to say about it..
In the past years I heard 2 things about Altered Beast: that it was a SEGA classic and that one of the villains maybe appeared in Werck it Ralph. SO I decided to give it a shot.
THose woere a kinda okay 20 minutes.
It's basically a beat-em-up in 2D with a cool greco-roman aesthetic and an interesting gimmick: beat up enough enemies to get magical BALLS and trasform, from a chad to a furry chad.
And while on paper this is cool and the trasformations and animation I imagine were impressive for the time, end really quickly and doesn't evolve a lot with time.
Not to mention that of all the trasformations (on per level, almost all of them used just once) I feel only the dragon feels like an actual boost: the bear is funky and the tiger and wolf almost feel like a nerf than a powerup, especially considering the bosses you face while in these forms (which is basically what you will use them for the rest of the game)
Also I found the villain from wreck it ralph, the rhino guy that is a cool boss fight but that is kinda it, you never face the evil sorcerer that was apparently behind the plot
Banger credits though: I love how they imply that everything was just a stage play.
Aside from that tho, nothing else to say about it..
Kid me still likes this game.
Could never get past the 3rd level.
Could never get past the 3rd level.
It doesn't hold up great, but the transformations from skinny to buff to animal are always great.
didn't have a massive amount of fun playing this but i respect it for being a pioneer of gay furry fetish representation in video games
It's alright, nothing crazy but it's a cool concept and idea. But gameplay isn't the best, it felt pretty frustrating to collect the orbs especially in the last two levels.
Overall, it's alright. I really like the ending images (which seem to be absent from atleast the Genesis version) and especially the last one where they're on a set taking the costumes off like it was a movie, I love games doing things like this lol
I like how you have one hero who turns into multiple animals and one villain who turns into multiple beasts, I like this focus on one hero vs one villain. It's really cool and I bet it saves on RAM space too lol
I love that the concept was partially inspired by Thriller lol
Overall, it's alright. I really like the ending images (which seem to be absent from atleast the Genesis version) and especially the last one where they're on a set taking the costumes off like it was a movie, I love games doing things like this lol
I like how you have one hero who turns into multiple animals and one villain who turns into multiple beasts, I like this focus on one hero vs one villain. It's really cool and I bet it saves on RAM space too lol
I love that the concept was partially inspired by Thriller lol
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i think it hold up pretty well it def has some pretty fun to fight bosses at the end of the stage minus stage 5 which was horrendously difficult to hit the squid cuz of the tentacle.
also the site doesn't list this but there's also a version of this game on the Famicom
also the site doesn't list this but there's also a version of this game on the Famicom
I can literally hear this game in my mind
Largely identical to the Genesis port except that meaner monsters show up earlier and in greater numbers. The white wolf/cow that you need to powerup dashes across the screen so quickly that I actively had trouble transforming in every stage. Ending is actually pretty clever.