![]() Sword falling from the ceiling? Punch it. ![]() In addition to the battered faces of thine enemies, you will also punch your way through traps and projectiles within temple mazes. In fact, once you power up enough and punch a sufficient number of bad dudes, you’ll tear off your shirt in a lady-pleasing display of the Y chromosome, making your punches even manlier. Still, punching a dude in the face and watching him fly off screen is satisfying, so the majority of the game when you do just that is a lackluster but enjoyable experience.Īnd you will indeed do a lot of punching stuff. The jump kicks are a little overpowered, which was a typical phenomenon from brawlers at the time. ![]() ![]() So yes, the fighting mechanics in Last Battle are simple, but certainly functional enough. Even the 2.5-D ones (for lack of a better term) like Streets of Rage or the TMNT arcade games are only revisited in classic collections or in “throwback” form. Other than the aforementioned re-release of Karateka, purely two-dimensional brawlers and their simplistic style of play have been largely abandoned by modern developers. Many modern gamers may be taken aback by the simplicity of the gameplay in Last Battle. Yep, that’s pretty much the plot of the game. However, Last Battle changes up the formula a little bit in that instead of being forced along a set of stages in a predetermined order, you’re given an overworld map and can progress along it on any path you so choose. Trudging through each stage, you punch and kick your way through fodder enemies until you reach a much more difficult end boss. On first glance, Last Battle is very much in the tradition of two dimensional brawlers that, in a way, both begins and ends with Karateka. For now, let’s just focus specifically on Last Battle as a game in its own right. *Note: Did you know that Last Battle is actually a reskin of a Fist of the North Star game? We detailed the changes a while back when SEGA’s Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise released, so you can check out those connections here if you want to catch up. So today, we’re continuing our 80s coverage by reviewing one of the console’s launch titles: Last Battle! Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since the Trojan War!ĭespite being a prominent presence of the 90s gaming scene, many forget that the SEGA Genesis (aka Mega Drive) was actually released in 1989.
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