If you have nostalgia for this game, as I did, lock it away in your heart and cherish it forever. Don't taint it by revisiting with 2023 eyes.
Playing through this today, it felt like all the negatives of the classic AKI games, with all the positives sanded away. The speed of the game is cranked up, which is fine, but all the balance seems to have flown out the window as a result.
The punishing ease with which AI can reverse you, a facet of many AKI games, is even worse here. It's magnified by the lack of a real 'momentum' system; which sort of defines the classic N64 games. Building your meter just brings you closer to your finisher but doesn't actually change the momentum of the match.
Coupled with limited movesets, and a super underwhelming player character for the story - and this is one I won't be keen to revisit again. Fight For New York forever!!!!
Playing through this today, it felt like all the negatives of the classic AKI games, with all the positives sanded away. The speed of the game is cranked up, which is fine, but all the balance seems to have flown out the window as a result.
The punishing ease with which AI can reverse you, a facet of many AKI games, is even worse here. It's magnified by the lack of a real 'momentum' system; which sort of defines the classic N64 games. Building your meter just brings you closer to your finisher but doesn't actually change the momentum of the match.
Coupled with limited movesets, and a super underwhelming player character for the story - and this is one I won't be keen to revisit again. Fight For New York forever!!!!