![]() ![]() One of the biggest criticisms the game received was for its cast of characters. Critics from GameFan and IGN felt the N64 port improved on the problems of the arcade port, such as the AI and frame rate, although the former source expressed that it was a waste of resources to do so. A Panasonic M2 version of War Gods was in development and slated to be one of its launch titles, but it never happened due to the system's cancellation. The Nintendo 64 version was delayed in order to tone down the difficulty level and add additional moves. The orbiting camera smoothly follows the fighters, working to maintain the left/right "fighting line" needed for coherent two-player joystick control on the arcade cabinet. The game boasted a "3D button" that lets fighters dive around the ring, in a circular arc, as part of their attacks and defensive moves. War Gods adopted Mortal Kombat's fighting style, but was created independently and never achieved the success of Mortal Kombat. In response to suggestions and complaints about the gameplay, several months were devoted to refining the game's programming, delaying the arcade release to the third quarter of 1996. War Gods was unveiled at a trade show in March 1996. The in-game characters were created using a technology called "digital skin", which involved digitizing reference photographs of live actors and mapping them onto 3-D models. All the moves were recorded using motion capture with just two actors. The arcade game utilized a hybrid of the hardware used for Cruis'n USA with a hard drive for data storage. Released by Midway as the first of its new 3D software prior to the release of Mortal Kombat 4, War Gods was developed by a team led by Joe Linhoff and George Petro. Like the Mortal Kombat games, the game has fatalities that are used to finish off opponents. War Gods also features combos which can be used through series of button presses. Just as in the Mortal Kombat games, players select a character and fight a series of opponents. To prevent situations where opponents end up on different playing fields for prolonged periods of time, each character has a teleport move which moves them close to their opponent. The "Run" button was replaced with a "3D" button that, when held down while using other joystick and button combinations, allows the player to perform different attacks/evasions utilizing the background or foreground. The game plays similarly to Mortal Kombat 4, using an almost identical button layout of high/low punches and kicks. The levels are set in areas native to the War Gods, such as the cyborg Cy-5's futuristic machine halls in 2096, and the priest's desert temples. The final battles are with two aliens from the spaceship, Grox and Exor, hunting the War Gods for a missing transporter. The gods fight each other to possess all the stones and become the ultimate super-warrior. The plot takes place billions of years ago, where ten humans turn into the titular powerful beings by finding chunks of ore that arrived on a crashed spaceship. It is limited to a story mode that can be played alone or two-player in the Nintendo 64 version, the two-player mode is activated by having the second controller plugged in while on the character selection screen. War Gods is a 3D fighting game with the control scheme of a Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter entry. War Gods' character design and graphics were criticized by reviewers. War Gods received mixed reviews, with particular criticism being directed at the game's character design and animations. The game's graphics were created using a technology by Midway called "digital skin", which mapped photographs onto 3D models. Unique to War Gods is the "3D" button, allowing users to use the background/foreground for additional attacks and evasive maneuvers. The game was heavily influenced by Midway's Mortal Kombat series, and features controls similar to the Mortal Kombat games, as well as the series' signature fatalities. The object of the game is to defeat all the other fighters to become the most powerful warrior on the planet. In the game, players control one of ten fighters who have been given great power by a mysterious ore that crashed-landed on Earth from outer space. Ports for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Windows were released in 1997. War Gods is a fighting video game originally released to arcades by Midway Games in 1996.
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