Posted December 10, 2020
Your comment reminded my of the apex of terrible games, so to conclude I'll suggest a game which might ruin your life, 'Bushido Blade', A PSX game that's so bad that it might even be considered abandonware at this point, although after looking it up, it turns out some deranged individuals organized a tournament around it on 2018. And this was supposed to be about videogames helping people... Well, there goes the point of this thread, killed by no other than Bushido Blade, it makes sense.
It is different than other fighter games, yes, as there are for example no health bars or time limits. It is meant to be a more realistc fighter game, and it is all based around weapons and correct japanese figthing slyles. You need to know your stances, and how a weapon swing can be used to flow into another. This means that a fight can become very tactical, as you need to 'read' you opponents action and act accordingly. And as it based on Bushido, you get penalised for dishonrable attacks, such as attacking somone in the back. A fight can last 2 seconds (as it is weapon based, you can instakill an opponent, as you can in real life) or several minutes. It has an unique body damage system, so you can win a battle without killing the opponent, but maiming him by targeting body parts.
Overall, while it may be a marmite game, it is generally considered to be a very good and original fighting game, I have not seen anything else about it.
Post edited December 10, 2020 by amok
