Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. (Nintendo 64, 1998)

Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. is the heavy metal fighting game. Street Fighter is more like classical music, and Mortal Kombat represents alt-rock. I say this because each game has its own persona and Bio Freaks comes across as a Motley Crue, Pantera-type game. Moving along, Bio Freaks is not a great game. It has a large list of faults. The graphics are grainy and slightly distorted, but this actually betters the game, lending itself to the apocalyptic world of its storyline, though more viscerally-inclined gamers may not like that aspect. The sound is loud and obnoxious. The guns fire, the blood spurts...

This game is cool in many ways! Due to the fact that this is the far future toward biochemical manufacturing gone mad. The characters are all unique of their abilities and appearance. An example: Sabatoge is a normal person but has a backpack load of spears and a gun on her hand that can change weapons! Her weapons are powerful and can knock off a limb (Literally). Another wild feature is the loss of limbs. Once the limb is off, you can't get it back until your next round. This loss of important body parts happens only when you are damaged enough to the point of a snapping of a muscle and...

The guy on the cover is Zipperhead, how's that for interesting? I tend to read the manual before starting the game, so it was interesting reading the story and personality description behind each character. Unfortunately that story never makes it into the actual game, nor do their personalities. This game had great potential. With so many mechanical and maniacal attachments the possibilities for cool weapons and moves are endless. And the fact that the stage you fight in are 3d and usually fully navigable (some stages have things that can hurt you, like lava or spikes) is pretty neat. You can.

Biofreaks is a one or two player fighting game. There are 8 different warriors to choose from. Each warrior has many movies unique to that character. All these moves can be learned in the practice mode. This game is violent, since the players punch kick, shoot, slice and impale each-other. The player can also lose their arms if they receive too much damage, and they can be decapitated. This is a cool game, but not that cool. If you have to pay more than 20 buck or so its probably not worth it. The game has little replay value and is very tough.