Can you imagine that Altered Beast was a pack-in title when the Genesis first launched? Like, this was the prime example of what the Genesis could do... did it work? Were people impressed? 'Cause jeez, this is definitely one of those "you had to be there" releases.
It lives and dies by its presentation, but offers little else of value. I mean, there are multiple types of beast transformations, but they all serve the same purpose, it's a purely cosmetic change. You autoscroll your way to the right, punch some enemies to death, 15 minutes pass, and... it's done. Congratulations, you just played through a tech demo. Perhaps impressive at the time. But we all know that come a couple years later, Altered Beast was just barely scratching the surface of what the Genesis could do.
The "wise fwom youw gwave" line is very funny though, so the game gets half an additional star just for that.
It lives and dies by its presentation, but offers little else of value. I mean, there are multiple types of beast transformations, but they all serve the same purpose, it's a purely cosmetic change. You autoscroll your way to the right, punch some enemies to death, 15 minutes pass, and... it's done. Congratulations, you just played through a tech demo. Perhaps impressive at the time. But we all know that come a couple years later, Altered Beast was just barely scratching the surface of what the Genesis could do.
The "wise fwom youw gwave" line is very funny though, so the game gets half an additional star just for that.