The Rhythm of Fighters

Who said a fighting game can't be musical? The musical genre has already experimented on several occasions with very different titles, and it was time to try the hits This is how it came about The Rythm of Fighters A review of the award-winning classic The King of Fighters that bets on rhythm and melodies. A strange twist on mechanics but highly addictive due to its frenzy, the classic graphics of this arcade game and the music that ends up being followed to win each battle.

In such a way, The Rythm of Fighters presents a genre that is difficult to classify, but with a simple mechanic to follow. The idea is to set the pace indicated on the screen with different gestures to achieve win the battle And it is that the combos, special attacks and other blows are made by being able to link a series of rhythms on the screen without making a mistake. Something that is difficult with songs with more accelerated melodies, with fast tempos and patterns to follow of the most varied.

Being a musical title, it partly breaks with the classic mechanics of beating one opponent against another until reaching the final boss. And it is that the user must choose the tracks available to fight, taking into account the difficulty and its characteristics and the opponent characterThus, all that remains is to follow the pattern seen on the screen, being able to click on any part of the touch panel. Normal dots mean a screen touch, while those with an arrow mean a finger swipe towards that indicated side to the rhythm of the music. In addition, there are combined rhythms that mix different types of action, forcing the user to put all their senses into battle.

If you set the pace well and don't skip steps, your attacks are effective and you can defeat your opponent. This means earning experience points to improve the chosen character, managing to strengthen their attacks and be more forceful to overcome the most difficult rivals. In this way, replayability is ensured if you want to raise the statistics of several characters.

Besides there is the question of the melodiesThe business point of this title. And, although you can download it for free and access a varied selection of songs, you need to pay to expand the repertoire if you don't want to become repetitive. Of course, the title has several game modes to develop different techniques and get more hours of fun.

In short, a title with a strange but fun mix of genres that will be liked, above all, by fans of this saga of fighting titles, as well as other arcade games typical of SNK, because the melodies are taken directly from other titles from this publisher. The good thing is that The Rythm of Fighters can be downloaded free, reducing its previous price of 0, 99 euros It is available for both Android and for iOS via Google Play and App Store