Shaq Fu

mailman 2020-11-29
(4/10)
Rotoscopic technique of creating the animation didn't help to make this game interesting. No matter how fluid the animation is, the game is hardly playable. Controls are horrid, response of the characters on your inputs is delayed. Characters fly in the air like helium baloons. Six disks are an enormous amount of space and we have seen better games with better visuals on smaller amount of disks with faster loading times. The game is far below average and not even Delphine Software logo can save it.
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GuyFawkesRetro 2012-05-31
(1/10)
I don't care who he is, who made it, who the music was done by etc etc. This game was a biblical mess. Pure poo.
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Colonel Kurtz 2012-03-08
(4/10)
You wish... It's the same people who brought us the Amiga version of Last Action Hero (!). Paul Cuisset hardly had anything to do with the Genesis/SNES versions either.

Using small sprites and large arenas opens many possibilities for a different twist on fighting games. With some smart controls, sharp hit detection and smooth gameplay, you can get a frenetic game with unique fighting strategies. Shaq-Fu on Amiga spoils this opportunity completely, with its stiff gameplay, slow animations and coarse input response. Sometimes you have to attempt a move one or two seconds earlier than you can see if your fighter reacts properly.

Not to mention the totally dumb characters and story. They feel like they're pulled out of a half-baked crossover between 'The Golden Child' and an adaptation of 'Big Trouble in Little China' for retarded kids. And how about the blatant product placement and O'Neal's pathetic cash-in role, since the man has got as much to do with the game's genre and story as Hulk Hogan has with pottery and figure skating.

I've grown curious to see the console versions nonetheless, they *do* involve some Delphine people after all...

Note: an ECS version also exists, still on 6 floppies. Aside from the worse graphics it's absolutely the same, including the atrocious loading times that only WHDLoad can soothe.
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vpiezsak 2011-02-15
(10/10)
Very nice looking graphics for an Amiga game. From the people who brought you Another World and Flashback so you know it's quality.
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Roe 2010-07-30
(1/10)
One of the worst fighting games made and with Pepsi advertisements to boot.

Shaq Fu has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The music and graphics are bland, the controls are horrid and the story is just dumb.
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slawekwozniak 2009-06-05
Nice graphic, animation and music......but it's tooooo hard to play. I have never end it.
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amigabill 2006-10-13
(3/10)
Big.. Black and bad! Thats about it!
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