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Cardinal Syn

Before I loaded up Cardinal Syn for the first time I didn't even realize that it was going to be a beat-em-up. Imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when it turned out to be a rather good one at that. As a two player beat-em-up it can be compared to the recent Bloody Roar on the blood Richter scale, even messier if you can find the moves. It is also worth mentioning that the controls are slightly less responsive than you will find in the Namco's top of the range beat-em-ups. If you can ignore the slight flaw in the single player mode that I mentioned above this could turn out to be a surprise hit for the Kronos development team. Just turn up the difficulty factor and stay clear of those corners.

As I was playing through this game, I really did not find much wrong with it, but I just did not enjoy it much either. I finally decided that it was not the game but the genre that I have grown tired of. If you are a fighting game junkie and can never get enough, you should enjoy this game. There is enough variety to keep hardcore fighters happy. If you like the easier combos with more spectacular results, you may not care for this game. I do think that the interactive environments were a great addition but it still does not change the fact that it is a fighting game.

Cardinal Syn möjliggör flykt framför strid, det är till spelets fördel. Precis som de nya oiwer-ups man kan hitta och de smärtsamma interaktiva scenerna. Ändå räcker det inte. Jämfört med Tekken 2 som platinum-spel och Tekken 3 som kommer snart, verkar Cardinal Syn vara ett taskigt val.

Cardinal Syn has some nice graphics and sound to set it apart from other games in the genre, at least on the surface. But once all is said and done, with its typical weapon-based fighting system that plays like Soul Blade and Dynasty Warriors, Cardinal Syn just ends up coming off as another 3D fighting game knockoff.