FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

NEGATIVE THINGS It has so many menus it looks very complicated and overwhelming, I would suggest a more cleaner simplified user friendly approach to the menu screen. A new player will be overwhelmed and intimidated by how complicated it looks and decide not to even play. If your a fan or you’re not intimidated by its initial main menu appearance, the game’s tutorial is long to make up for its complicated look. It interrupts your gameplay to explain things and teach you about all the new features you unlock each time you level up. I personally dont like this approach in any game. Teach me everything and don’t bother me. If you simplified the main menu you wouldn’t have a long tutorial. Half the the stuff on the main menu is not even important its mostly to buy stuff, nothing detrimental to the gameplay itself. POSITIVE THINGS There is no question the game provides so many ways to get stronger and of course many ways to obtain powerful characters. There are 2 types of levels; your level as a player and the individual characters level. You can be a low level and strengthen a quality powerful character and destroy someone way higher level then you. The game isnt one dimensional in your growth and has sub-categories within the individual characters stats that you can level up and make powerful. There are different game modes to play which is expected in a game like this. I’m still learning how to play new ones. For the most part the game is a solid good game with just a few imperfections that needs to be cleaned up and then it will be good to go.

This game I had downloaded about 2 yrs ago and didn’t think much of it. Played it one time when I was younger but it was to much of a learning curve for me to comprehend so I deleted it. Now 2yrs later I downloaded the game again and I guess it just takes some patience and reading to understand the menu and what everything does. Now that I got around that now I enjoy the game everyday with no problems. I love the story and how original they kept it with the series *cough*(that if you haven’t watched it you should because it’s amazing) *cough* than my you for making this game it’s a piece of art.

I have to admit, the first half an hour playing this game, I was blown away. The art, voice acting, music, the high production cut scenes, everything was spot on. And as a fan of Hokuto no Ken, this game seemed like a dream come true. It was just oozing with nostalgia and fan service. But play for awhile, and you discover the gameplay is almost nonexistent. The battles look great and sound great and the specials are a joy to watch, but the combat is so simplistic it’s barely a game. Instead of fighting battles, 90% of your time spent with this game will be opening chests, farming mats, upgrading you units, stuff like that. If that sounds like fun, and you enjoy seeing your favorite Hokuto no Ken characters increase their stats with bigger numbers popping over their heads all the time, then this game is for you. Otherwise, the gameplay is pretty boring which mainly consists of farming and upgrading. Still, might as well give it a shot since it’s free to try. I still haven’t deleted the game just because I like the music when the game starts. Man that song is so epic...