The Squaresoft Fighting Game Thread...I'm probably the only one who likes these!

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I’m too lazy to read this entire post, but:

Dream Factory made Tobal / Erhgeiz / Kakuto Chojin. Square / Namco / Microsoft had a hand in publishing them.

Tobal #2 is one of the best 3D fighting games ever. Erhgeiz is decent, but most people never gave it the time of day. Kakuto Chojin… no thx! (Oh, and BBlade was sick, but required a hugeeeeeeeee amount of patience).

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Tobal 2’s adventure mode is actually pretty hard

overall, it’s a cool game

but I think the hype ruined it for me

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…probably it is the focus of the company. Enix produces the same types of games SquareSoft did originally. According to what we have seen so far in the market, the FF makers are putting their attention to the RPG market more because of this. Since they have a bulk of the best known RPG series (Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy) that are still around, I would assume that the aim is to bring these to the forefront.

FF VII is getting so much attention for a game that was conceived nearly a decade ago as SE is doing more with that title than any of its’ past PSX titles. Square did some cool things with the system will again touch fighting…someday.

I agree with you Ryoma. Square and Enix both were alyways heavy hitters when it came to rpgs, and they probably still always will be. One thing for sure, they would most definetly be known for creating those kinds of games more than any other they may have dabbled in. Most of their money is geared towards the rpgs, but the games that they did experiement with were really good. Well, when SE was seperate, mainly Square. Since they merged, their games have been a little strange.
But! back in the day Ehrgeiz was midly entertaining. The extra modes and the quest modes were what saved really below average gameplay, but hey, it was pretty pk back then. Now, it’s be right in the bin with Toshinden, I hate to say. (I dug Toshinden. Still do) Never played either of the Tobals yet, doubt if I ever will, but Bushido Blade was mad fun. You could always run around the stage and try to catch the enemy by surprise, but it usually ended up in a cross of blades ^^;;;
Back to Ehrgeiz, the cg was great. (The continuious ending was funny) I was disappointed that none of the FFVII characters, except Sephiroth had any personalized CG endings. But playing as them really added to the game. The end boss was a pain tho >_< What was it a giant dog or dog/cat-type of thing ^^;;;??? A form of Django I think but ahh i don’t remember lol
The msuic was bad for the most part, but some of them were memerable. Just downloaded the FFVII Prelude and the battle theme the other day ^^;; from the Galbadia Hotel at FFshrine.com.
Even tho those old fighters by Square had their strange brow raising moments, they were still fun in someway, and in some cases that fun made up for the lack of consistant gameplay.
Although it was funny to knock down a character and, if they werent being controlled, they’d just lay there watching you, like in Tekken.
Dang I forgot how to taunt in that game. Oh well. But yeah, that’s my long-winded take on it.

-Mel

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Good thread.
Bushido Blade’s popularity didn’t fair well at all (with the criticising public that is), because even
though it was also an innovative game, especially for it’s realistic fighting style, everything was
over way too quickly. Not much for VS matches if you ask me. Not when you can effectively
end a match in under 20 seconds each time.

~K.

MvC2 matches have ended in under 20 seconds. lol

idk, i had a great time with my friends playing bushido blade…

i used to have tobal 2… :-/
i made a combo video back in teh day… if i find it… i’ll upload it.