One Strike

Unique game with a pretty fun gameplay idea. It somehow makes it quite fun to play with the one strike mechanic, and each and every character feels different, to the point you will actually have to learn to play the game once again to master the character properly. And be careful, the DLC completely breaks the balance and makes it nearly impossible to complete the game.

A fight game with a different game play. Indeed, I imagine that in a real fight, one strike would finish it.

好玩

yh

good

So, this was a pleasant surprise. I had it on my wishlist for a while and finally picked it up, and wow. One Strike is a retro style 2D brawler. The graphics are very retro and the soundtrack is an absolutely kicking 16 bit sound one. Fantastic to listen to. The gameplay is simple, yet really deep. All the charaters can move, attack, block, and can either dash or do a unique move. Each character feels very different, which is something not a lot of fighting games can pull off. They each feel distinct. Unfortunately they aren't very balanced. Kenji, is a basic swordsman who is just medicore at everything. Meanwhile you have another character with a ball and chain and ridiiculous range, whose only downside is being unable to block. The games DLC adds additoinal characters that can throw weapons and have wide range attacks and attack much quicker then anyone else, respectively. The balance is defintely off, but it's still fun. The game has four modes, an arcade mode with every charater and five lives each. Which works out to either 35 or 50 fights depending on if you have the DLC. Problem is, there's no continues. So if you get to like fight 30 of 35 and mess up you need to start all over again. There's also a "One Life" mode where you fight everyone one after another in a gauntlet and you die in one hit, and so do they. There's a tournament, which is self explantory. And a team battle mode, where you get 3 fighters to use and face a team of another 3. And a versus mode. So there's a LOT to do here. Given the price, it's absolutely worth picking up. But it's gonna take many strikes before you end up mastering this one.

Viciante e excitante, uma proposta diferenciada.

fun