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World Heroes Anthology
Publisher: SNK Playmore
Developer: SNK Playmore
Genre: Fighting
Release: March 11, 2008
Platform: Playstation 2
Reviewer: Eric
Ah a 2-D fighting collection for the Playstation 2. These sorts of games are
not uncommon any more. Companies of the past put together a bunch of their games
and release it for the public to buy. It happens all the time, but should you
spend your money on this one?
 Let’s get a raise of hands on the people who liked the World Heroes fighting
series. Anyone? How about the first game, it was pretty cool, right? That’s what
I thought.
World Heroes Anthology is a lame excuse of an anthology. Not too many people
even know there was a sequel to the first game. It turns out there were four of
these games. Where did they come from?
For the few that enjoy this series World Heroes Anthology is a collection worth
$20. All of the games are here with training in each of them now, something we
didn’t see in the originals. Other than that new addition there isn’t anything
else here.
You get four fighting games with new characters here and there. Most of the
characters in this game look a lot like famous people. Wait did I just see Hulk
Hogan or am I loosing it because I only paid $20 for this game?
Some of the biggest problems World Heroes dealt with were the characters and the
story. Even Battle Arena Toshinden 3 had better characters than this. But hey at
least Dr. Brown made a device and gathered the best heroes from history. Oh wait
a minute now everything makes sense. The Viking is from some random time period
and Rasputin just wants to kick some ass. I get it now…wait no I don’t.
 The game is fully loaded with special attacks. All of these can be done with the
d-pad, which is nice since most fighters now have complex moves that take
forever to learn. If you’ve played any 2-D fighting game before then you can
pick this up and enjoy it without any problems. Enjoying this game might be
stretching it really.
It is nice to see how the game has progressed through these four games. Little
things were added to later editions. The biggest improvement was the addition of
the dash, which really didn’t offer too much to gameplay. World Heroes Anthology
just feels sluggish from the beginning.
World Heroes has some pretty weak graphics. Even when you compare this game to
Street Fighter II or Fatal Fury you can see the lack of everything. Character
models are too simple and the animations for special moves look unrealistic. I
know throwing projectiles is pretty unrealistic, but at least Ryu and Ken made
it look good.
Final Verdict
If you own a Playstation 2 and you love World Heroes then you’re in luck. This
game isn’t for fans of any 2-D fighter. It lacks a lot of things that we see in
most other 2-D fighting games. Though for $20 you can’t complain too much,
before you know it this game will be reduced to nothing.
Rating
5.25 out of 10
World Heroes Anthology Trailer
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