Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. (1998)
Genres:Fighting
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Story:Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. is a 3D fighting game released by Midway in 1998. It was originally planned for arcades. However, this arcade prototype was scrapped and never officially released (although it exists on MAME), and the game was later released for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and PC.
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Back in 1998, it wasn't among the greats of its time, Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. definitely tried its best. Detailed 3D fighting on home consoles was technology was still developing. The game is about a B - overall. Still worth preserving for it was evidence of the early days how drastically things had changed since the release of the Nintendo 64 back in 1996.
This is a weird fighting game to talk about. It's meant to be more of an early arena style fighting game. Every character has flight as well as a method to shoot projectiles. You also can decapitated body parts off your opponents similar to Time Killers just done a little better. This was also the ending to a rather interesting era. Midway attempted recreated Mortal Kombat's success with a few fighting games. They actually canceled the Arcade version while shipping out the console versions. Just knowing that we were lucky to get this game at all. The intro is often the highlight of the entire game. Somehow it just works amazingly well. I also gotta say the final boss is just plain unfair. I did respect what they tried to do. The game tried to mimic MK's cyborg characters concept with virtually every character imaginable. Sure this barely has much to offer. At the same time, I do see some people finding enjoyment in playing this game. It's crazy I grew up with this, War Gods, Mace: The Dark Age and both versions of ClayFighter 63 1/3 no joke. Keep in mind, I didn't even own a single MK game on the system growing up. You could say I had plenty of games to make up for that. Honestly, it's not a bad fighting game. It's just tricky to explain how it truly plays like even after you play it thing.
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