by: Michael Ogunnubi

August 16, 2008

Created by Dimps, the same guys who worked on Budokai 1-3 and the PSP Shin Budokai titles, this game does best at keeping close to the original formula. Your average, tame, fighting game in which you press buttons to see your character do a kick, a jump, and maybe even a punch, is thrown out the window. Anyone expecting a realistic, controllable fighting system leave the room now, no, actually jump out the window. This carriage has lost its driver.

In the first few seconds of getting used to the controls, you will either do one of many like getting the living crud beaten out of you, button mash your way to victory on the Very Easy difficulty, or actually be a very experienced player after playing the demo 24/7.

The control scheme is set up simply enough that you can jump in and be successful early on by using only the face buttons to perform fast or strong attacks, block and use Ki powers. X and Y and the basic attacks, A to block, and B for Ki blast. For fans worried about D-pad or analog stick controls, no worries, they are both accessible. Ill admit, it will take awhile to get used to for all those who were used to playing the game back on the PS2. The characters featured all have unique fighting styles and it looks beautiful, fans will be pleased.