Fighter Maker 2

"Awesome Customization.... Fishy on Everything Else, Though"

WARNING!!!
WARNING!!!

This game is made for people who like to customize, and this game does a great job. You could create your own character, from his appearence to even a brief statistic. Such as hair color, clothing, fighting style, and etc. Afterwards you could create moves from the bottom up or you could choose a style and modify it to your own greedy need by modifying frames like how they do cartoon animation.

Graphics - 4(of 10)

It's not the prettiest but falls it definitely falls to the lower half when it comes to graphics. It looks like playstation graphics, with the chunky looking polygons that looked so dated it reminds you of those first generation fighters such as Virtual Fighter 2, but with a little more resolution. The character models are average nothing to google over, if you want something to awe to then try Dead or Alive 3 or even the prequel. Fighters move like they have something stuck somewhere that shouldn't shine, you know, stiff.

Sound - 3

Sound!? Uh, what sound, oh the weak battle music, the music is generic, you forget it after the first round or the first 10 seconds. It's not annoying but it seems like no effort was put into it, kinda like cut and paste sound pieces. The game includes you basic combat grunts, uhs, and ohh's.

Controls - 5

The controls are average.

Gameplay - 1

Eww... Good thing the customization is very strong, this fighting game is third rate, if your a hardcore or even a cusual gamer, your probably chuck this game against a wall, your have more fun playing with your toy GI Joe's. If your buying this cause of the title and expect a decent fighting game, go to the clearence section and buy Dead or Alive 2, Marvel vs. Capcom, or almost anything else. Too bad they concentrate too much on the designing part and not on anything else, a little bit better gameplay can't hurt. The premade characters have no story or ending, more like extras so they could call this a fighting game. Warning!!! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FOR IT'S FIGHTING ASPECTS, OR YOUR RETURN THE GAME FASTER THAN YOU COULD SAY CRAP.

Customization - 10

Ahhh... finally a perfect score. The amount of customization you could do in this game is tremendous. You'll be in a character designers heaven, if your into that kind of stuff, then this game is for you. If you have a good imagination, then you could make some pretty perverted moves, or something weird, like a contortist fighter. This is the only strong part of the game.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 01/03/03, Updated 01/03/03