Posted on: February 17, 2020

Megacyclo

Games: 3269 Reviews: 30

A sad testimony of a quirky past

Ultimate Body Blows is the sequel to Body Blows, which itself was a clone/repurpose of the home computer port of Street Fighter I (the awkward original by Piston Takashi and Finish Hiroshi, who then left Capcom to make Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting for SNK). It features a large roster of 22 characters and a limited selection of modes. The graphics were okay on the Amiga, less good on DOS. Most of the characters feel like reskins but their stats are all over the place. It's a quirky game with silly characters you'd only see in Tekken later (a dino and a dragon for instance, many robots and a puppet). If looks to me like they tried to copy Fighter's History Dynamite (Karnov's Revenge on Neo-Geo) for the character design and overall silliness... The graphics are mostly okay, but it's owerall weak. Well now the gameplay. Being based on the Amiga version, you have a single button and 8 directions. To use a move, you use the button with a direction. It's awkward and cumbersome. To use your super move you charge the button but very use demande you use it more to prevent spamming. It's unpractical. The whole game is sluggish and frustrating. I suppose implementing QCF+ATK or HCB+ATK would have been a bit hard for the keyboard at the time (although it's doable with a joystick), but they simply didn't. The arcade mode, in my eyes, is only enjoyable if you use the incinvibility cheat (type hardcore at the high score screen). I'd only recommend it if it's on sale and you're curious or too lazy to set up a DOSBox version yourself through abandonware, or if you really want to support Team17 by re-buying their old games... Otherwise, steer clear of this one. If you want good fighting games here, RBFF2 and SSVS have been updated to a proper version (or so I heard) and you have Pray for Death (fun Killer Instinct clone), KoF'98, '02 and XIII that are excellent. Maybe remaking the game would make it more tolerable, it COULD be fun, I'm sure of it.

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Posted on: August 22, 2024

frabadabene

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Games: 214 Reviews: 3

Great game, ONLY one great problem....

To play with joypad very well: IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU CHANGE, IN FILE dosboxUBB OF THE GAME FOLDER, THE OPTION "TIMED" FROM "TRUE" TO "FALSE" ! -SET IN FILE dosboxUBB THE OPTION fullresolution TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE MONITOR ! Graphic Mode Setup: Direct Draw hq3x aspect ratio: No 1920X1200 Full screen Double Buffering: No SND card: sblaster Pausa: key P Screenshot: hold key windows + key Stamp (save in immagine folder) The great problem: After 15 matches with T17 robot character the game crashes.... Team 17 does not solve this great problem: "Thanks for getting back in touch with us! Unfortunately, due to the time elapsed since the game was launched, we don't have any dedicated active development teams available, but we can confirm that we have received and recorded your report. That said, we do apologise that you have encountered this problem and we do appreciate the effort that you have made to provide us with this now recorded information as we may use it to revise and resume development in the future. Please don't hesitate to reach out in the future should you have any further queries. Regards, Team17 Support"

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Posted on: May 13, 2018

Kecon

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Games: 104 Reviews: 5

A game so weak, it deserves a remake.

The Amiga never had any good Fighting Game simply because the game developpers had to do with one button joysticks that didn't allow any gameplay flexibility. Body Blows wasn't a good game, but it was the Amiga Street Fighter. In that sense I wish it was given a chance not to shine but simply to be. Better animations and better controls would at least make it what it should have been.

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Posted on: June 3, 2017

filiplahoda

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Games: 193 Reviews: 15

Only for those who played it back then

I am glad that GOG let me try this game again after all those years. I thought it looks beautiful back then and had no issues with the controls or complexity. I am not sure if there has been an update in recent years, but the emulation itself didn't seem perfect. The control layout on the keyboard is player enemy and overall it isn't really a good game anyway, I have to admit. But if you want to see how it truly was and let Dino or Puppet kick some A again, then it is good to have the option. Or if you are an old games researcher.

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Posted on: November 29, 2021

DeathAdder822

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Games: 128 Reviews: 22

I knew what I was getting myself in to

Like most games I purchase these days, I wait until there is a sale, so I didn’t mind putting in my 6 digital quarters into this fighter. The gameplay is barely functional, you use the thumbstick to move and then press 1 button along with a directional movement to attack. It is a real shame, since the character sprites, special moves, and background all look like they’d be in an legitimate fighting game. If you are allowed to pick a main after only 30 minutes of gameplay, then I’d go with Kai-Ti. There is no actual story that I’m aware of, but Kai-Ti seemed to be some sort of amazon warrior. I also favored Maria who looked like an early 90’s fitness enthusiast. She always had a hand on her forehead, I assumed it was to keep her hair looking good, but she may have just had a headache from being put in this game over Street Fighter II. Inferno was another character I thought was cool, mostly because he reminded me of Cinder from Killer Instinct. I’d really love to see someone take all of these old characters and do a complete overhaul on the gameplay to be more like Street Fighter II, combine that with a simple story mode, and a Ultimate Body Blows Remaster could really be something special. Controls: E = Up Thumbstick X = Down Thumbstick S = Left Thumbstick D = Right Thumbstick J = A Button Enter = Menu Button

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