God Hand is VISIONARY Action Game Design

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  @Repoman2389 · 2 years ago

  Lmaooo “God Hand is the Sekiro of 3d Beatem ups” ign never fails to amaze me

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  @wishonpleiades6288 · 2 years ago

  You mentioned that god hand lets you increase the difficulty by taunting but I find it interesting that the game also lets you lower the difficulty by groveling. I don't know, I think there's just something fascinating about a game that lets you modulate the difficulty with in-game actions instead of menu options.

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• TM

  @Tmuj1n · 2 years ago

  Remember when games were mechanically different? Remember????

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• VI

  @viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 · 1 year ago

  The thing about God Hand to understand is that it is a game that was made in 12 months, by a outsourced team at the helm of which was a man who <b>really, seriously, no nonsense</b> wanted to make a game. Right there, right now. Was pissed off at how Final Fight: Streetwise came out, was wasting away writing design documents over and over, kept bothering Inaba about &quot;When can I make a game ?&quot; over and over... <br>The point being - the most <b>INTERESTING</b> games come out of a developer&apos;s genuine passion to make one. Serious desire to make one. It doesn&apos;t mean it&apos;s going to be good, it doesn&apos;t mean it is going to be succesful financially, it only, solitarily, means that it is going to certainly, undoubtedly be interesting.

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  @t.b.6600 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Urban Reign&quot; came out a year before, also to mixed reviews, and brought much of the Tekken formula to a 3D beat em&apos; up. I feel like it has to be discussed here for context!

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  @metaldiceman · 2 years ago

  That&apos;s why I like this guy. Even though IGN turns around and eats their words, he doesn&apos;t let them get away with it and pokes new holes in them. Love it.

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• RA

  @razielbarkrai5596 · 2 years ago (edited)

  After learning that Mikami got pissed at Final Fight Streetwise and wanted to do his own take on 3D Final Fight, it made me appreciate God Hand even more. Vanquish was another Mikami game I wish had a bigger influence on its genre. Edit: Saurian&apos;s IGN response video is still a classic

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• MA

  @magicjohnson3121 · 2 years ago

  A feature of this game that i like that may be controversial is the fact that enemies can break out of your combos. It stops them from being the DMC punching bag type.

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• KN

  @KnightElSneed · 2 years ago

  &quot;Poke of God&quot; is the best button prompt in any video game ever.

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• ZO

  @ZorroVulpes · 2 years ago

  God Hand desperately needs a remaster. The tiny bit of lag trying to play it on a modern TV makes it unplayable, and the emulation isn&apos;t perfect either. The awful reception it got showed that unfortunately the game industry was about to take a turn for the worse.

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  @magicjohnson3121 · 2 years ago

  The best Fist of the North Star game

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  @maskedbadass6802 · 2 years ago (edited)

  If I were an indie developer I would take the lessons of God Hand and make an even better spiritual successor game and call it Satan Leg.

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