any underrated ps1 fighting games?

[KEN-OH]

am trying to find some real hidden gems so what do you guys considered a hidden gem

 

[Bonkers225]

Evil Zone
Destrega
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Cyberbots
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Psychic Force
Zero Divide 2

 

[moonbits]

Tobal 2

 

[Cu-Neo]

Star Gladiator

And Rival Schools

 

[Big Finger Jim]

Don't know how obscure they are, cuz I've only heard them mentioned like once or twice, but absolutely the Bushido Blade games.

 

[ciro64 ciro64]

Not a traditional fighting game, but: Bushido Blade 2. It's a sword figthing simulator

 

[UrielSol]

I dunno if is underrated but Gundam battle assault 2 is pretty fun to play

 

[davshap]

Asuka 120% series
Advanced Variable Geo 1&2
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Inu Yasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale
Fighters' Impact
Suikodenbu - Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty
Goiken Muyou 2
Critical Blow
Genei Tougi - Shadow Struggle
Heaven's Gate
Tatsunoko Fight
Kensei Sacred Fist

 

[SecretStrategist]

Star Gladiator
Psychic Force 2
Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2 (the Japan exclusive update of Rival Schools)
Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Bloody Roar 2: The New Breed
Advanced Variable Geo 2
Asuka 120%: Final Burning Fest.
Evil Zone
Fighters' Impact and its American localization version Vs.
Genei Tougi: Shadow Struggle and its sequel Critical Blow
Kensei: Sacred Fist
Virtual Hiryu no Ken

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

Can I get some love for Battle Arena Toshinden and Bloody Roar?

 

[Ian Naxieas]

I super duper recommend the Bushido Blade games as well. I have forced almost all of my friends to play them with me and the consensus is that they're super neat but really janky and hard to control. x) Still, give 'em a try! They are flawed gems, but still gems. Thankfully, indie games have kept the formula alive, even if they are rather different. Nidhogg 1&2, Hellish Quart, One Strike and Slice, Dice & Rice. No doubt there's more, but that's a start.

I third the Bloody Roar games as well, especially 2. They aren't good in the sense that you'll never see them at Evo, but it's one of my favorite fighting game series. If you end up liking the PS1 games, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury for the GameCube is the best of the series. Bloody Roar 4 kinda shitted up the series by making your transformation bar count as your health meter while transformed, but it's not a dreadful game. It did kill the series off though. x)

 

[middler]

Does unrated count as underrated? If so Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi flies under most radars.

There is a reason it doesn't get talked about much but, that reason is worth learning first hand.

 

[ciro64 ciro64]

I super duper recommend the Bushido Blade games as well. I have forced almost all of my friends to play them with me

Please tell me you too told them to press select to use a special super power

 

[RageBurner]

Tobal 2

I second this one (no pun intended) really unique. Also, I personally don't count ports, just original games for lists like these. Any Capcom fighter is much better enjoyed on the Saturn for a variety of reasons, for example.

 

[Ian Naxieas]

Please tell me you too told them to press select to use a special super power

Damn! What a missed opportunity...

 

[prnzo von Goon -l-]

is Street Fighter EX 2 Plus underrated? Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition? Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Raaahahhahaha ok I'll stop there n just recommend the former of the 3. the 3D atrocities Wild Ambition n Warrior's Rage are for diehard SNK warriors only pretty much.

 

[ThatsNotRich]

Street Fighter Ex & Ex2.
Most of the 2D games were probably better ran on Saturn. Of course there are exceptions to that.

 

[prnzo von Goon -l-]

I think I had an 8-MB import-friendly cart at one point, but all that I have now is a 4-MB one that has Pro Action Replay in it. off the top of my head I can't think of the games that needed the 8-MB, but I'd assume Street Fighter Zero 3 was one of them?

 

[TheREALBLUEdragon]

Can I get some love for Battle Arena Toshinden...

2 & 3 yes. Not 1.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

2 & 3 yes. Not 1.

You wouldn't have 2 and 3 without 1.

 

[MajesticSiN]

The first one is practically unplayable with modern gamers in mind

 

[TheREALBLUEdragon]

You wouldn't have 2 and 3 without 1.

2 and 3 will not cease to exist just because I think 1 is a slow, clunky mess with bad controls. Sadly, the best thing about 1 was the soundtrack. It goes to show just how much a franchise can improve in a few short years.

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

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[Viviana Santos]

Banger Taste ?