
While it ranks fairly high on the fun factor, once you’ve gotten your jollies trying out the special moves, the rest of the gameplay just isn’t enough to make Brutal stand out from the crowd.Īnd there are a few obvious flaws parts of the playing area are obstructed by the objects in the foreground. Instead of the head-ripping and face-stomping you’ll find in most traditional fighting games, the furry fighters in Brutal pull off special moves that would be more at home on Saturday cartoons. Brutal doesn’t take itself too seriously, which gives it a built-in charm factor. Which is a shame, because Brutal tries to offer a unique spin on the graphic violence of other fighting games with a highly stylized cartoon flavor.


Unfortunately, Brutal: Paws of Fury is probably one of those games. With all of the heavy-hitting fighting games like FX Fighter and Mortal Kombat 3, there was bound to be a few titles that’ll slip through the cracks because they lack the mass appeal or technological wizardry of those blockbusters.
