Remember Night Slashers? The 1993 arcade beat-āem-up by Data East? Do you remember that itās getting a remake? Well, thatās out on September 26.
If you havenāt played it, Night Slashers is a solid beat-āem-up. It has the melty, goopy gore of Splatterhouse and the combat ofā¦ Um, I was going to say Final Fight, but itās a lot looser than that. The Konami X-Men arcade game, maybe. Itās a nice mashy time. It was also available digitally last year from Johnny Turboās Arcade, but it got delisted.
I hope this remake isnāt the reason. I donāt mean to be dismissive ā it has a decent art style, and it adds some additional features ā but part of Night Slashersā appeal was its pixel art style. It was a good-looking game for the time, and its graphics hold up. As much as the modernized art looks fine, it still takes away from the original.
On the other hand, it now supports four players instead of just three. This is enabled by a new character lifted from 1993ās Fighter’s History, Liu Feilin. Sheās cool, but kind of a disappointing pick. Hong Hua Zhao is already a female Chinese martial artist. So, now we have a cyborg dude, a waiter, and two female Chinese martial artists. Iām sure they control differently and have their own strengths, but diversity, please.
On top of that are some custom modes and modifiers that you can wrap into the experience. The original is a solid game, and the remake looks competently done. Itās $9.99 USD, which seems more than reasonable. Just hard to get excited about.
Night Slashers: Remake is coming to Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC September 26, 2024.
Published: Sep 6, 2024 10:32 am