Altered Beast User Review
- Gameplay
- 8
- Graphics
- 4
- Sound
- 6
- Value
- 8
- Tilt
- 9
- Difficulty:
- Just Right
- Learning Curve:
- 0 to 30 Minutes
- Time Spent:
- 10 Hours or Less
- The Bottom Line:
- "Old-school"
This game is a classic arcade sidescroller, which was ported from the arcades onto the Sega Genesis. Then, was ported onto the Wii's Virtual Console. You start off in a graveyard, where an old man brings you back to life to have you save his duaghter, who was kidnapped by a creepy bald guy, who leads you on a chase through some odd levels. As you go through the game, you have to level up by killing these blue wolves, and once you get three "Power Ups" you transform into a beast with special powers. For instance, in the first level, you transform into a man-wolf who can shoot fireballs and do a super kick. You can not take on the boss of each level unless you are the beast. The game is not tampered with, just ported to the wii. So you still get your great Altered Beast expeiriance. But, I did have some issues with the controls. They mapped the punch bottun onto the A botton on the Wii Remote. So, in order to punch, you either have to bring your other hand off the jump and kick buttuns to hit A, or take your thumb off the control pad, which makes it very hard to kill the blue wolves that hold the power ups that are mandatory to pass the level. Unless you have the classic controller, or a Gamecube controller, I do not recommend this game. Apart from the controls, its a good game.
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Altered Beast might be a Sega classic but it sadly falls short when it comes to gameplay.
Review Stats:- 2 users agree with this review
- Posted Mar 23, 2013 2:14 am GMT
A little slower than most beat-'em ups, but still a challenging and pretty good launch title for the Genesis.
Review Stats:- Posted Mar 8, 2011 2:48 am GMT
Jack Red reviews Altered Beast
Review Stats:- Posted Nov 10, 2010 1:27 am GMT
Altered Beast on the Genesis is highly ridiculed by critics, but if they looked closer, they'd see a great game in this.
Review Stats:- 1 user agrees with this review
- Posted Aug 31, 2009 1:46 pm GMT
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An early Sega Genesis commercial, it's the HOTTEST 16 Bit console you know! The poor guy can't list enough games.Posted Nov 3, 2006
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Another classic game for Genesis beat in about 6 and a half minutes. Oh and the guy never get's touched. ~tasvideos.org~Posted May 22, 2006
by SSJMajinVegeta | 8:41 | 1,697 Views
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