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Final Fight X: Streetwise

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I'm an old school 2d gamer at heart... no matter how much 3D you throw at me I still love classic games 2d gaming. The original Final Fight was one of my ALL TIME favorite arcade games and console games when it got ported over to the SNES and Sega CD. Plain simple fun.

Capcom has finally made a new Final Fight for us many years after we saw the last batch of games. (FF1-FF3 on SNES, Final Fight Revenge on Saturn). This version is completly 3d and features Kyle Travers (who would be Cody's brother) trying to find out what happened to his bro after Cody goes missing at the start of the game.

The gameplay involves you walking around different parts of Metro City talking to random NPC's who usually don't have anything of interest and beating thugs up along the way. You can also complete some small "side quests" along the way to finding Cody. The fighting itself is ok, nothing spectacular or new we haven't seen before. Music mostly consists of hiphop tracks and some run of mill sound effects. The voices and mini story clips which focus in on Kyle talking are one of my favorite parts of the game, most are humorus and were done well. The graphics definetly leave alot to be desired as they look pretty low scale most of the time being that the game doesnt even support 480p.

The game will have you run into people of Final Fight lore along the way which makes for some of the better parts of the game. Most of the thugs and goons you fight in this game don't compare to the classic thugs of the original, but hey they're just there to get beatup.

All in all, the game needed more polish before it got out the door, and I woudlnt recommend it to anyone who isn't a fan of Final Fight. The cameos and flashbacks to old school Metro City are what ties it in for me, just getting to bust some heads in Metro City again just like back in 1990.

As info, the only way to save the game is to select to "Quit" from the pause menu... it will then prompt you to save before exit. (Another little thing which Capcom should have dont differently..)

Final Fight goes inner city with Final Fight X - Streetwise. The soundtrack is full of rough music, the scenes are concrete jungles with dirt and blood covered combatants.

There's a ton of swearing in this game, as well as hookers, drug dealers and just about every other miscreant type you can imagine. I enjoy the Grand Theft Auto series, so I'm not a goody-goody ... but it was a bit over the top here.

The graphics were very jumpy, with clipping problems and monotone objects. There were some nice interactivities, being able to pick up garbage cans for example. Still, the world felt very forced.

The sound is OK, although if this is going to be a story-driven game, they should have gone for better voice actors. Also, very strangely, the subtitles are usually off from what is being said. The soundtrack sounded like a cheezy version of a gangster / mobster movie.

I think in general that was the problem with most of the game. You could see where they were coming from, and it might have been a ton of fun, but it's just not quite there. Maybe they needed more time in development. The sound is OK but not great. The graphics are OK but not great. The storyline ... ditto.

I'd rent this one first, to see if you get drawn in, before you buy it.

Final Fight goes inner city with Final Fight X - Streetwise. The soundtrack is full of rough music, the scenes are concrete jungles with dirt and blood covered combatants.

There's a ton of swearing in this game, as well as hookers, drug dealers and just about every other miscreant type you can imagine.

It is a disgrace to the series, and the language barrier in the game is Atrocious. I bought the game because i'm a fan of the series. It doesn't even live up to the original game's concept. Final Fight used to be a great Capcom series, but this one stinks. Save your money and don't buy this game it's not worth it.

there are better games out there than this one. If you like Capcom try the Street Fighter series instead, It won't disappoint you as this can. what a waste of money.

This game advertises all this stuff about how great it is, but it honestly isn't. I bought it to play with my boyfriend, and even he didn't like it. He is like Mikey, he likes anything.

The graphics are choppy, the story is okay until it deviates into this weird part about people with glowing eyes, and the music isn't all that great.

This is just my opinion, and I suggest you rent this game before you buy it.

I am a fan of button-mashing beat-'em-ups and loved the original 'Final Fight' as a kid (also recently downloaded it from Xbox Arcade and had a blast). I ordered 'Streetwise' to get more of that type of action since there's not a lot of side-scrolling fighting games on the 360. I wasn't expecting a stellar game based on the reviews, and that's exactly what I got; an average game that could've been great if more time had been spent in developement.

First of all the good aspects:
- Fully compatible with the 360; I didn't notice any glitching or slowdown.
- Great attack controls and ability to do sweet combos. You have light punch (for throwing fast jabs), heavy punch, elbow, grab/ throw, use of various weapons, stomp enemies down on the ground, etc..

Now, for the bad:
- The horrible camera. In my opinion, it is the biggest problem with the game and detracts the most from more gameplay enjoyment. You can only play within the camera's view, but it doesn't follow your movement. You are able to move the camera left/ right, up/ down, zoom in/out. But once you've moved on to the next scene, the camera is once again completely out of whack. Enemies hide off-screen above and below to surpise attack you if you happen to walk off camera. The sprites are so big that when a bunch of enemies crowd the screen you often lose your bearings even if you zoom the camera all the way out. The arcade mode has no camera control.
- Bland, muddy graphics. I realize this game is nearly 5 years old, but even compared to contemporary Xbox games that are older, it looks a bit more sloppy. The colors are washed out and the background environments are unengaging. I can appreciate that they were going for the gritty, uncouth feel of inner city action, but that could've been accomplished without reducing quality.

Overall, it's a playable and mildly enjoyable game, but one best reserved for fans of the genre. Even then, it is a very average game that leaves you wishing there were a better version of it.

This is a "beat em up game." and it's pretty fun at times, however there are certain sections that don't fit like entering passwords through a system of lights that you need to get to light up at the same time by hitting a certain combination of lights in order to open doors. This doesn't really fit with a beat em up game and makes it less fun as it's hard as hell to actually pull this off. It would be alot more entertaining to beat a boss up and take his key or key card per the rest of the game. The graphics on the box look better than the graphics in the actual game which are quite poor for 2006 or even any time. The original arcade version of final fight that was released nearly 20 years prior actually looks and plays better than this remake/sequel. The camera couldn't be worse and merely gets in your way.

Final Fight: Streetwise is not worthy of the panning it got from the critics. On the other hand, it is both to short and has a somewhat schizophrenic design team. Still, it's a pretty worthy investment.