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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.5 hrs on record
Posted: 30 Aug, 2016 @ 9:02am
Updated: 30 Aug, 2016 @ 9:05am

Verdict Guilty is a 2D fighting game made by Retro Army Limited the same creators of Super Trench Attack .

The game takes place in a dangerous city called Neo Seoul,filled with criminals,terrorists and corruption.You have to pick your side because not all characters are good guys,you can also choose the criminals to destroy the city!

Every character (they are 8) have his little story behind.They are short and nothing special but for a fighting indie game they aren't that bad.But there are few problems,for example,every character have almost one antagonist,friend,rival, that looks the same as the protagonist.It was like fighting against a doppelganger,same moves,same celebration but different details like the haircut or a different color.Some stories are decent,some stories a bit stupid but it's just an addition for a fighting game,the really important thing is the gameplay!

The movements feels really slow and mechanical,not unplayable but it i didn't liked them.It was hard hiting a special move because the character is really slow so you dont't have enough time to make it.Talking about special moves and combos,there are just 3 special moves for each characters,really easy to make but they are still very few for a fighting game.Also there is only one combo x character,with the rusty movements it's almost impossible to make a combo.

Talking about the difficulty,the cpu IA is terrible,the enemies are super easy to beat,you can stay still,tapping just one button and win,at least until the final boss.I don't know why but the boss is unbalanced and overpowered,he can kill you with 3 moves,his punches destroys your energy bar in seconds.He is so unbalanced compared to all the enemies before him.

There are 5 game modes in the game,we have..
  • Arcade Mode
  • Story Mode
  • Survival
  • Versus
  • Training

Well,it isn't a Training,there is no tutorial,you have to fight an opponent and after you kill him you'll return in the main menu.He doesn't have invincibility like most fighting games to let you pratice,so pratically nothing useful.

About the story mode,it's like the arcade (beat all the enemies until the last boss) but you don't have a game over and there is a background story in each fight..I didn't liked the random fights during the story.They broke the storyline just to fill a bit the short story.In my opinion they should have done like this:have some fights without dialogue and then,when you fight an important character, you put the background story.Instead they put a dialogue with every opponent,and sometimes their reason to fight are nosense.
You have to complete also some objects for each fight or you won't be able to win.For example using only your pistol,or you won't be able to damage your opponent.That's a bad thing too because they put a limit in your fight,you can't do what you want and you have to spam just a move like an idioti,otherwise you can't damage the opponente and you will lose.

With a 16bit style,the graphic was cool and perfect for the theme of the game.The mix between crime drama and this blue filter was a perfect choice,accompanied by this 16bit awesome soundtracks made by Bossfights.I liked also the characters drawings,my favourite one was Gyeong,with his broken detective attire.What about the stages?Nice job also here,there are lot of stages all differents from each other with unique details and animated backgrounds.Very nice job with the graphics and the soundtracks,that's the main reason why i was fascinated about this game months ago!

Pros
  • Awesome 16bit art style
  • Decent character's stories
  • 8 unique characters to play with
  • Nice soundtracks
  • Cheap

Cons
  • Limited and slow gameplay
  • Mechanical Movements
  • Useless training mode
  • Cpu too easy,Boss unbalanced
  • Annoying story mode objects
  • Just 3 special moves

With his 90's style caught me,fascinated by his blue filter,crime drama theme and the nice soudtracks.But the gameplay in my opinion was bad,rusty and slow for a fighting game.Performing a combo or just a simple move was hard.Also the cpu was terrible,really easy except for the unbalanced boss.Another bad thing were the objects in the story mode that limited a lot the gameplay and the antagonist that looked like the same as the protagonists,just with different colors palette or haircut.Lot of potential for a 3 dollars game,wasted by some bad choice and a bad gameplay.It was hard to choose if i liked the game or not,would love a neutral vote but there are more cons then pros so it's a sad no.

Feel free to read my full review here with more details if you want!

Verdict Guilty.A 90's style fighting game
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I'm not a professional reviewer but just a guy with a passion for videogames.

Thank you very much for reading,sorry again for the delay and thanks for all the followers,the good comments and EVERYTHING.And hope to see in future a game by this awesome developers with more features and a better gameplay.
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3 Comments
Bluestargeneral 20 Mar, 2017 @ 5:01am 
If you have any other issues let me know, trading cards should be up soon also.

Thanks again,

Paul
Bebop 20 Mar, 2017 @ 5:00am 
Nice to hear that! I'm gonna try it again ad update the review :)
Bluestargeneral 20 Mar, 2017 @ 4:58am 
Hi Bebop, The latest version addresses your issues raised

Limited and slow gameplay - ( Fixed input lag)
Mechanical Movements - (Fixed input lag, specials are easier now)
Useless training mode - (New training mode done)
Cpu too easy,Boss unbalanced - (CPU is smarter and harder now)
Just 3 special moves - (4 special moves in latest now)

Thanks for your feedback!

Paul