BEAT DOWN: FISTS OF VENGEANCE
for PS2/Xbox, published by Capcom, RRP £39.99

Bit of a shame, this one. For an "adult" 3D Final Fight clone with added swearing and gratuitous strategy elements it's pretty atmospheric, good-looking and not over-complicated (though camera problems are inescapable). It's a pity it feels the need to stop for some loading every ten steps you take (quite often literally), and interrupts you *in the middle of fights* for some stupid and unnecessary tutorialising. All that atmosphere, comprehensively ruined. Still, it's nice to finally get that Renegade thing where you can smack lumps out of people you've knocked to the ground back.

"Y'know, if we say 'motherfucker' a couple more times, people might not notice all the loading."
 

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