The Rumble Fish 2 Review (MikuruX)
I'm sorry but I'm not going to hold back on this review because there is some stuff that needs to be said and the devs need to get their $#!t together and stop these kinds of practices and players need to call them out on their BS. With that being said, let's talk about "The Rumble Fish 2"
The Rumble Fish 2 is a port of an arcade game that came out back in 2005 and has never seen a home release on any console or system until now. This is wonderful....finally we all get to play this wonderful classic while supporting the devs.....if only it was that simple. This port is bad....hella bad......VERY BAD....FFS IT'S SO GAWD AWFUL that it gives other bad "ports" from other developers a run for their money. Barebones doesn't even describe this game and it gives the meaning to "barebones" a whole new meaning when you compare this to modern day fighting game ports. What you get in this port are the following modes:
- Modes -
Arcade
Survival
Time Attack
Versus (both for local & online)
Training
Gallery
Ranking
Options
These are your staple modes in any fighting game. Cool....but this is where it ends. There are so many glaring issues with this game that you can't give the devs a pass for this by allowing them to say their going to "patch" fixes in when this crap should have been in the game "DAY 1". Here are things you need to know that are going to be "patched" into the game:
1. There is no online lobbies or spectator mode for online play.
2. There is no replay mode to view your previous matches
3. There are no practice mode options
4. The game is stuck in a 16:9 full screen ratio when it's originally 4:3 in the arcade version. This screws over a lot of characters over that rely on wall bounces for their combos. Those combos are now useless since the wall is farther out
5. No keyboard movement binding support for those who don't have controllers (PC Only)
6. There is no option for rematches. After a fight, you go straight to the game over screen and do it all over again (WTF!?)
7. Not being able to see the ping of the opponent you're facing against online nor the option to deny a match with said person.
8. There is no Legacy Control support for console versions of this game (I have the PS5 version also and I can't use my Quanba Dragon arcade stick on it since it's a PS4 stick - Playstation 5 Console Only Issue)(I need verification for Xbox)
9. For the Playstation players, There is no cross-platform purchase option for this game on consoles. If you buy one version and want the other, you'll need to pay another $29 for whichever version you want (this was my mistake when I bought the PS5 version and found that I couldn't use my Quanba arcade stick on it). The DLC is the only thing that's cross-platform purchaseable.
Truth be told, the PS2 version of The Rumble Fish 1 seems more complete than this version and it has no online play so that's telling. The kicker to all of this is the following which EVERYONE is pissed about:
"The 3 unlockable bosses are locked behind a paywall. They're DLC which totals around $12. This is such a greedy part on the devs because these characters are unlocked either by code (on the Atomiswave version) or by default (on the Nesica version). There is no other way to get them other than paying for them."
I want to love this game, I really do and after having to wait for so long for a home version only to be greeted with a "NOT EVEN BAREBONES" & cash grab version of a game, there is no way in heck that I can recommend this port to anyone.....let alone my friends. Even if they do patch everything in, it doesn't make up for allowing this to be released as is to the public. With that being said, if you want a better gaming experience with this title, I implore everyone to go play on FIGHTCADE rather than this disaster of a release.
3goo (never heard of this publisher till now) and DIMPS should be frickin ashamed of themselves for this BS release. <_<