It’s no surprise that fighting games proved popular as a genre for home consoles, with many of the most highly regarded titles being converted from arcade originals. Helgeson, Matt (March 2000). "Fighting Force 2 - Dreamcast". Game Informer. No.83. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000 . Retrieved 13 October 2020. Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy: You can do this with empty or even loaded guns though a hit only takes away a minuscule amount of their health.

It's your job to stop Dr. Zenga, who wants to take control of the city. Before you set off, you will have to choose one of four heroes. Each character has its own advantages and disadvantages (eg a character with a greater strength is slow). In addition, each warrior has one powerful special blow, which - unfortunately - exhausts their health. A sequel, Fighting Force 2, was released for the PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast with the only playable character being Hawk. It didn't perform too well thanks to the extremely disjointed storyline and being unnecessarily Darker and Edgier. Kujawa, Kraig (February 2000). "Fighting Force 2". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol.3, no.5. Ziff Davis. p.92 . Retrieved 10 November 2020. The D-Pad Destroyer (4 January 2000). "Fighting Force 2 Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005 . Retrieved 13 October 2020.

Customer reviews

IGN staff (13 December 1999). "Fighting Force 2 Ships". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020 . Retrieved 26 June 2023. The gameplay is enjoyable, with a good variety of enemies and levels. The controls are easy to learn and use, and the game can become quite challenging at times. Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine A second sequel, Fighting Force 3 was also in development for the GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2, but was canceled during development, though a video tech demo of it exists on the internet.

EIDOS INTERACTIVE: New development team". 1998-02-11. Archived from the original on 1998-02-11 . Retrieved 2023-04-22. IGN staff (1 June 1999). "Superman, Fighting Force Ship". IGN. Ziff Davis . Retrieved 22 November 2020. Nguyen, Cal. "Fighting Force 2 (DC) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 . Retrieved 13 October 2020.

Similar ROMs

Shout-Out: In the N64 version only, the masked enemies in the park are all named after Slasher Movie villains. Later in the Island Lab level, there are hazmat mooks named Monty, Waylon and Grimes. a b MacDonald, Ryan (22 April 1999). "Fighting Force 64 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. a b "Fighting Force 64". Nintendo Power. Vol.114. Nintendo of America. November 1998. p.127 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. Hudak, Chris (28 January 2000). "Fighting Force (PSX)". The Electric Playground. Greedy Produtions Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002 . Retrieved 19 September 2023. Romero, Joshua. "Fighting Force - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 . Retrieved 22 November 2020.

Guns Are Useless: Nope, they do good damage and are hitscan weapons. The downside they don't have a lot of shots, at most just five.

Fighting Force, from the same developers that brought us Tomb Raider, looked very promising from the early reports. It looked like it was going to be the ultimate beat-'em-up game, redefining the genre for the 32-bit and up systems. Unfortunately, the game starts strong, but becomes an exercise in futility on or around the second level. a b EGM staff (May 1997). "Fighting Force: A 3-D Final Fight Done Right". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No.94. Ziff Davis. p.107. Fighting Force 64". Game Informer. No.73. FuncoLand. May 1999. Archived from the original on 21 May 2000 . Retrieved 22 November 2020.

a b c d e EGM staff (December 1997). "Fighting Force". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No.101. Ziff Davis. p.203. Fighting Force (Preview 2)". Sega Saturn Magazine. No.25. EMAP. November 1997. pp.26–27 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. Hudak, Chris (21 January 2000). "Fighting Force 2 (DC)". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 January 2002 . Retrieved 19 September 2023. Hawk, Mace, and Smasher are Axel, Blaze and Max with different hair (and a shirt for Smasher). Ironically, Hawk and Mace's beta designs (The latter is still present in the game as the boss Jetpac) had the same hair but different clothes, while Smasher resembles Max moreso than his earlier incarnation, Hammer (also still present as the boss Driver). Fighting Force is a classic Playstation game that was released in 1997. The game puts you in control of one of four playable characters who battle their way through the crime-ridden city of Metro City in search of the evil crime lord, Zeng.

Fighting Force is a typical representative of "chodzonych" fighting. Just like in Double Dragon, wandering around the city (and buildings) you will fight against countless enemies. During the fights you will be able to use the found objects - pistols, metal rods and other helpful devices, eg a fire extinguisher. A sequel, titled Fighting Force 2, was released in 1999 for the PlayStation and Dreamcast. Unlike the first title, Fighting Force 2 focuses on the character of Hawk Manson exclusively, and rewards a more stealthy approach. Players control one of four characters as they move through urban and science fiction environments, battling waves of oncoming enemies with weapons including soda cans, knives, cars, and guns. [4] The player can make some choices as to which territory to travel through. [4] Story [ edit ] PS1 US Sales from 1995-2003". Game Pilgrimage. NPD Group. Archived from the original on May 20, 2005 . Retrieved 18 October 2020.