Review for Battle Arena Toshinden on PSone from CVG 160 - March 1995 (UK)

They might have been a bit too generous on this one.
And yes, I did buy it when it came out alongside the system itself, and was dazzled by the graphics.
The gameplay? Well, not so much…
Luckily Tekken 1 released only 6 weeks later. 😅

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Review for Battle Arena Toshinden on PSone from CVG 160 - March 1995 (UK) score: 96%
Review for Battle Arena Toshinden on PSone from CVG 160 - March 1995 (UK) score: 96%
Review for Battle Arena Toshinden on PSone from CVG 160 - March 1995 (UK) score: 96%

  • Out of Print Archive@mstdn.gamesOP
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    1 year ago

    @Thad

    Oh, for sure.
    I can’t really fault them for that.
    And looking back 30 years later like this isn’t exactly fair either. 😅
    But seeing the direct comparison and it getting 96% to Virtu Fighter’s 94%, that just feels wrong on so many levels to me.
    And at that time, I wasn’t even a Virtua Fighter fan, so these reviews did impact how I viewed the Saturn.

    Again, 94% definitely isn’t a score to sneeze at, let alone complain about, so I’m not sure what I’m waffling on about. 😬

    And also, that’s why I still love picking up new consoles on launch day.
    It’s not the smart thing to do.
    They normally went down in price later on, and the selection of games is very meagre for the most part.
    But it’s one of those things that still gets my really excited about this hobby and lets me relive my childhood, which is way too many decades behind me now… 👀

    • Thad@brontosin.space
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      1 year ago

      @[email protected] I stood in line for the PS2 and the Wii. It was a lot of fun and I get the appeal but it’s not something I do anymore.

      Partly because I don’t really play many new games anymore, and the new games I do play don’t usually require high-end hardware (my latest purchases are UFO 50 and Kitsune Tails).

      Plus, we now live in a world where I can say “I don’t need a PS5, I have a Linux PC” and it’s not a joke. Sure didn’t see that coming when I bought my PS2.