Battle Arena Toshinden (PS)

I first played this on an introduction disc during 1995/1996 when we got our first Playstation 1, and I thought it was a superb fighting game, it definitely was for it's time. Around four years ago I was surfing around on Amazon and finally decided to purchase the full version pre-owned. Good condition despite the age, so I was pleased so far. I was rather surprised by the content on the box. On the back, there is no description was so ever, its covered with in game screenshots, which quite surprised me. Its also suitable for all ages and that's another thing that surprised me, during some fights you can actually impale each other with weapons. There is no ...  Read the complete review

3-D fighters are a dime a dozen these days. Everybody and their grandma has come out with some kind of fighter. And while Sega's Virtua Fighter is undoubtedly one of the first, it wasn't until Battle Arena Toshinden came out that the 3-D realm was taken advantage of. Tamsoft added one little move to the characters' repertoires, and that one little move changed the fighter forever. Behold: the sidestep! The graphics are pretty impressive, with nice backgrounds and a lot of detail in the characters faces. The game also makes good use of light shading. Not as impressive as, say, Tekken 2, but then again, BAT was part of the PlayStation's initial ...  Read the complete review