The music is suitably epic, foreboding, and cheesy in equal measures. The sound effects all seem to be pulled from the original anime, including the easily recognizable “laser chime” that was so prevalent in this series as well its contemporaries. The sound is where the presentation really shines. Overall, the bright and smooth visual presentation manages to surprise. There is flat texture work in some of the arenas that betray the titles cross-generational origins, but they do manage to capture the look and feel of an 80’s anime without adding nonsense graphical filters like fake film grain. On PlayStation 4, the graphics are sharp and the character models are very detailed. The look of the game, while not stellar, is sound. There was no lag detected, and no hesitation on the other player’s parts to eviscerate this reviewer.
Fortunately, Seiya’s net code ran flawlessly during tests. When the other player can see the teeth in a smile, and subsequently remove them, there is a more enjoyable time for all. Calling someone a (censored) with milk sauce can seem mean-spirited when broadcast remotely. When playing a fighter, local really is the way to go. Even better, someone who has never watched an episode can still follow the story if they start at the beginning.Īdditionally, there are the expected local multiplayer and online battles. They do not quite reach the level of the last two Mortal Kombat titles, but the classic anime goofiness still abounds. All told, these retellings are an interesting experiment in adding narrative to a fighting game. The episodes tend to be one of two things: cutscenes, or cutscenes with an occasional fight against an adversary.
(I’ll stop now…) The story campaigns for this fighter retell the entire manga across four arcs: Sanctuary, Asgard, Poseidon, and Hades. They happen because people like it.īandai Namco and Dimps’ Saint Seiya: Soldiers’ Soul sells its storied saga starring Seiya and the stalwart Saints. These aren’t part of some big push to revive the series. That is why the continued releases of Saint Seiya titles continues to be remarkable. Trying to find a modern fan of Duke Togo nowadays is more difficult than finding an Objectivist adherent with an accurate understanding of how society actually works. Kids with parents that don’t pay attention used to enrapture entire playgrounds by telling of the most insane, perverse things that happened in this, gasp, cartoon. For example, there was a time when Golgo 13 was a big deal. One era’s classic series is easily forgotten when the next big thing comes around.
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