| smbhax [sys=PS1; cat=Beat_em_up; reg=JPN] |
| | | The Japanese title for this 2D sidescrolling beat-'em-up set in ancient China is "Tenchi o Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai"... but I'm never going to be able to remember that so I'll go by the name of the North American arcade release.
Runs nice and fast with a ton of big guys onscreen. Handsome period graphics, simple yet satisfying attacks (especially when you find a special weapon like a mace or giant sword) and fairly long stages make this a standout. Get a horse and you really start kicking butt, rather like getting a dragon steed in Golden Axe (except that the horses just give you greater mobility and enhanced melee attacks, rather than a fire breath attack :P).
I really wish there were a lot more 2D arcade ports like this. |
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| | | Japanese version (Tenchi wo Kurau 2) and manga names:
Portor: Guan Yu, Kan-U
Kassar: Zhang Fei, Cho-Hi
Subutai: Zhao Yun, Cho-Un
Kadan: Huang Zhong, Ko-Chu
Abaka: Wei Yan, Gi-En |
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| smbhax 13:58:47 07/26/24 [title updated] |
| | | | Wikipedia says the title, "天地を喰らうII 赤壁の戦い," translates as "The Devouring of Heaven and Earth II: Battle of Red Cliffs." |
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| | | 2017 video & notes:
(Note: I accidentally recorded this at only 30fps. It got doubled to 60fps in the conversion process, but really only animates at 30. Ack!)
Me playing a credit with three of the five playable characters in Capcom's PS1 port of their medieval Chinese arcade beat-em-up, "Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai" ("The Devouring of Heaven and Earth II: Battle of Red Cliffs," according to Wikipedia, or "Warriors of Fate," as it was known in its North American arcade incarnation.
I think this is my favorite beat-em-up on a PlayStation console! Just great action--some really neat, subtle interactions and move combinations, and just so much battling but it somehow doesn't feel repetitive; played out all 10 credits it gives you 2-player with a friend yesterday (don't have a recording of it though, drat) and we *almost* made it to the end, gah! : D |
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