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If you were a pioneer of the old school era and enjoyed playing fighters such as Tekken, Soul Caliber and Bushido Blade back in the glory days of Playstation 1; you should have no problem getting into this title. The music in this game is very exceptional although you'll have to turn your volume up a little ways to hear it over all of the sound effects. The game play is a little laggy compared to modern fighters. Some attacks feel as though there is a delay in between the time you press a button and the attack connects with your opponent. You get over this issue pretty quickly if you're an avid fan of the retro fighting genre. This game was originally released for the Playstation 1 and ported onto the Sega Saturn with an extra character along with deeper story lines for each character. They also added in some very cheesy voice acting in the English version, it's somewhat racist and laughable for the most part. The graphics on the Saturn version aren't as well done as they were on the Playstation, sadly enough the reasoning behind this points towards the fact that the Saturn's graphics engine wasn't as strong as it's competitor. They also replaced the 3D back grounds from the Playstation version with low quality 2D backgrounds. I'm assuming if they attempted keeping the 3D backgrounds, it would slow down the game play even more so. There is definitely plenty of replay value in this game mainly because it's a fighter and you can always pick it up and fight against a friend in the versus mode. I actually prefer this version over the Playstation port because it has more of an anime feel to it and the voice acting is hilarious, it's definitely a great addition to your Sega Saturn collection. It's also a very cheap game out there in E-Bay land. What are you waiting for? Go bid!!! :)Read full review
Battle Arena Toshinden Remix is an update from the original arcade game. They added one or two new characters and some new game modes. While it might not be nearly as good as Virtua Fighter or even Elan Doree, but it is thousands of times better than Criticom which was a complete and total mess. The game is fun to play but is extremely funny in the voice acting. Not nearly as bad as the first Resident Evil, but still entertaining. The gameplay is pretty basic, beat up a coulple of people in a tournament and come out the victor. The probles with this game are that the special moves are hard to pull off, so you'll pretty much find yourself using your weapon and kicks to defeat your enemies. Whe you do a special move it's one of those "what did I do?" moments. Overall the game is pretty good and does well to please you for an hour or two at a time.Read full review
A great fighting game by a lesser known developer, Battle Arena Toshinden combined early 3D fighting movements with a bit more agility, and in this respect even so many years after its release it still seems to be unrivaled. While most 3D fighters have done much less in terms of evasion compared to counters (Power Stone aside), Toshinden had a basic system that combined the best of 2D and 3D engines. While as with other 3D fighters your character can dodge by sidestepping, each time you sidestep both characters are repositioned in a circle. On the X and Y axis (jumping and moving left and right) movement is fairly unrestrained, as with a traditional 2D fighting game, and this makes it much more exciting to get ring-outs and to counter attacks. Attacks and Specials are fairly simple and there aren't that many, though this serves well to balance most fighters (but specialize them as well). The only thing I'll say negative about this game is the atrocious voice acting. In a way though, this is "B Movie Classic" dialogue, and its hilarious to wade through. The game is best fighting a human opponent anyway.Read full review
I actually enjoyed playing this game in '95 despite others opinions of the game. Story Mode is pretty good and it's nothing to beat up on a buddy in Vs. Mode. You get a little ending for your character after you complete the game. The game also has two extra characters after you complete it(Sho and Cupido). With external or internal saving, you can always pick the extra fighters without beating the game all over. I didn't expect nothing major to come out of this game. There are fighting games better than this, but I think it's worth getting if you can find it for a decent price.
Good value for a retro Sega Saturn game.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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