

Complete the game in this mode, and you get an Anime style end-sequence, showing the ultimate fate of your character. There's 'Arcade Mode', which is just the same as the Saturn version of the game, or 'PC mode', which has you taking on the baddies in a specific order, corresponding to the character you choose. There are several ways that you can play Last Bronx. Impacts of weapons on flesh are signaled by bright flashes while the weapons' arcs are traced by strobe-light like highlight effects as the weapons slice through the air. Along with the typical cracks and smacks of the fight, graphic elements have been added to the fight. The settings are also much more detailed and depict actual Toyko locations.

Last Bronx's fighters are much more defined with shadows, clothing details and more facial expressions. Virtua Fighter introduced those floating polygon fighters with the chisled features. If the game play is a bit stale the graphics are definitely heading towards the next generation of realism. This isn't some lofty, reserved traditional martial arts but rather down and dirty street fighting in which anything goes. The combatants put numchucks, bats, clubs and other assorted martial arts weapons (one even sports a huge wooden mallet) to good use i.e. The participants here have cleverly picked up some clout from the debris around them. Game play is similar to other fighters but this is not exactly hand-to-hand combat in the strictest sense. Despite the reference to a certain borough in the Empire State, the Last Bronx resides in gang ruled Tokyo. If you've played Virtua Fighter you know the genre - 3D video angles, multiple characters with a variety of moves and exotic locales. Not exactly West Side Story but so begins the Last Bronx, the latest arcade fighting game from SEGA. Last Bronx is a decent fighting game from SEGA that is a lot of fun, although it is not as good as Virtua Fighter series.Įdward Fielding of the Games Domain says it all in his review: "A gang rumble to settle the power struggle for Toyko's mean streets.
