Altered Beast™

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Altered Beast™ is a single player and multiplayer arcade fighting game. It was developed by SEGA and was released on June 1, 2010. It received positive reviews from players.

Athena, the daughter of Zeus, has been captured by the wicked Neff, God of the Underworld, and is being held captive. Summoned from the dead by Zeus himself, it is up to you now to clear five rounds of underlings before taking on Neff, in what promises to be the most gruelling of challenges.

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Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

music2 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Classic 1980s side-scrolling beat-em-up with nostalgic appeal and enjoyable co-op gameplay.
Includes original ROM legally on Steam with support for Steam Workshop mods, enhancing the retro experience.
Unique mechanic of transforming into different beasts each stage adds variety to the gameplay.

Very short and shallow with only a few stages and enemy types; can be completed quickly even by new players.
Emulation on Steam has some technical issues like sound quality problems and launcher glitches.
Gameplay can be repetitive and frustrating due to limited lives, no heals, and some cheap boss tactics.

gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay offers notable verticality and varied platforms, enhancing the typical one-plane beat-em-up experience, though some versions, like the NES port with original levels, suffer from core gameplay shortcomings. Overall, the gameplay quality varies across different versions.
- “Most of them are inferior in various ways, though NES port had original levels, too bad that core gameplay sucked there.”
- “And level design has enough verticality in gameplay, with various platforms, which puts it over the many early one-plane beat-em-ups.”
- “Now, what can I say about the gameplay.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is praised for its high quality and enjoyable composition, demonstrating that even NES-era games can feature impressive sampled soundtracks.
- “And yes, even NES could have high-quality music with samples.”
- “Music is also still enjoyable.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users feel that the graphics suffered in the port to Genesis, noting a decline in quality and animations, and specifically criticizing the lack of background detail at the top of the screen.
- “Not to mention that it annoys me the strange lack of background graphics at the top of the screen.”
- “While the game was ported to Genesis, it surely took a hit in graphics quality and animations.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is somewhat compromised by occasional glitches, particularly within the launcher, affecting the overall smoothness of the experience.