jp
01-26-2007, 10:18 PM
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c41.jpg
"Geez JP, we FIGURED it was for the Sega Saturn, why did you put that in the title?"
Because thats what the game is officially called. It literally has that on the box. Apparently it was of the uptmost important that people realize that the battle action contained in Crows was exclusive for the Sega Saturn. Must be why they only made around 5,000 copies for it.
"How do you KNOW it only had around 5,000?"
Because its more rare than Taromaru and I KNOW Taromaru had a pressing of 7,500. Anymore questions? May I continue on with the review?
"Sure."
Thanks.
Crows: The Battle Action for Sega Saturn is a side scrolling beat 'em up (much like Streets of Rage) that was released by Athena around Christmas time in '97. Where it stands out is in its art style, which presents the characters in SD (super-deformed/big headed) format making a "serious" (at least, thats what the game case and the in game illustrations want you to believe) romp through the streets of Japan a wacky and sometime hilarious adventure.
Since I suck at reading Japanese, I can't tell you exactly what Crows' plot is. But here's my guess:
Two friends (or brothers) are sick of the gang that has taken over the school so they set out to get the leaders of two gangs to join them so that they can take on whoever has taken over the school. Though whenever they beat the crap out of each of the two gang leaders, each time said gang leader sends them off to beat up ANOTHER gang and its only after defeating the OTHER gang's leader that the original gang leader joins them.
Follow me here?
Once you have gotten the two gang leaders to join you (read: the other two playable characters) then you can finally take on the school and rid it of the evil gang that plagues it once and for all. So, two gang leaders + 1 gang leader each you have to conquer to make them join you (2) + the school = 5 levels of kicking Japan's ass. And each level is broken up into 4-6 "rounds", which are like quick 30 second-4 minute stages. And then there'll be a boss fight.
Now on to the gameplay!
As I said earlier, Crows is a basic side scrolling beat 'em up. There are two neat additions to the typical side-scrolling formula though (walking up/down/left/right, punch, kick, jump kick, etc.).
1. Slide. You have a button that lets you slide. Pending on the character this could slide forwards or backwards. But regardless its always helpful in getting out of sticky situations.
2. Combo. In the first level you have a 3-hit combo (that you build before each level). In the second level you have a 4-hit. By the 4th level its a 6-hit combo.
The way the combo thing works is, before each level you're taken to the combination builder screen. You select moves for two sets of combos, put them in an order, and off you go. Now, by using A+B or B+C (or one of the triggers), you will go into a combo where your character performs the moves you programmed in. Sounds cool right? Did I mention you lose life FOR EVERY HIT YOU LAND? 'Tis true. Every hit you land while performing a combo takes life off of you. It would make sense if it took a little life off for landing the combo period. But no, every hit damages your character. Hence making the combo idea very bad. Which really sucks since its really cool. But when you land a 6 hit combo and see almost half of your life is gone... bad times.
When you first play Crows you'll probably be wowed by the graphics. It does look very unique and has some decent animation. After the first two levels you'll probably be very bored though as you'll feel the game is too repetitive. Spend enough time with it, and you'll come back around to liking it a lot. At least, thats what happened to me. Yesterday in this review I was going to say that Crows is very mediocre. Today I played through it two more times and found myself having a blast. The thing about Crows is, at second glance (once you get past the art style) its kinda lackluster. Movement/fighting seems a bit slow and sometimes fights can drag (ESPECIALLY true of bosses). Fighting will also seem a bit choppy at first. You see, in most beat 'em ups you'll do a combo for repeatedly attacking. This is not true in Crows. You just have one punch and one kick. The only combos suck all your life away (but dammit they look cool!) So this definitely leads to a seemingly choppy gaming experience. But once you've spent some time with Crows, you'll quickly come to appreciate just smackin' enemies around and not going into a combo. Punch someone, see if they're about to counter, if they are slide, if not punch or kick again. Punching is quicker than kicking, so if its a quick enemy just punch the shit out of them. You can also grab enemies and do three "holding punches" and/or just throw them. You can also kick an enemy on the ground twice. Later on I'll make a video to better showcase what I'm talking about... as it is a bit hard to explain (Crows plays VERY differently, at first it seems like its poorly made, but eventually you realize its just different).
One MAJOR complaint I do have in gameplay though is the boss fights. Basically, if you know what you're doing, it boils down to you kicking the shit out of some guy for 4 minutes. In a lot of cases, the fights are very repititious (bosses have patterns) and get kinda boring. And it seems that for all the bosses if you just learn their pattern you'll be able to beat them by doing the same thing over and over. Now there are some tough bosses... but even then they just do the same few things over and over. This wouldn't be that much of a problem if they didn't have an exuberant amount of HP. Mind you, you never see a lifebar, you just notice at the 3 minute mark that you've been wailing on this dude for, well, 3 minutes, and its getting kinda old.
Another important aspect of Crows is the humor. Crows has some awesome "WTF!?" moments. I.e. punching the street sweepers only to have them chase you down and scold you, punching a girl thats with her boyfriend in the park to see him stand in front of her and then run away to get the police, drunk business men roaming the streets, and tons of other oddities found throughout the game.
Before each level in Crows, you're allowed to choose your character. The game starts out only allowing you to play as Harumichi and Rinoaman. After you beat level 2 you unlock Ryushin and once you beat level 4 you can play through level 5 as Bitoh. Each character has their own set of moves and traits (Harumichi is the well-rounded guy, Rinoaman is the slow strong guy, Ryushin is the quick guy, Bitoh is just... Bitoh). Sadly, once you unlock them it doesn't save them or anything so that you could play through the whole game as them (since I guess unlocking them is part of the story of the game). So basically, you can only play as Bitoh in the final level. Granted, Harumichi is the guy I always play as... so I'm not too affected by this.
Graphically, Crows looks very good. Large sprites make up some very amusing looking characters and the animation is fairly decent as well (nothing too spectacular though, its no Princess Crown).
Two complaints here though:
1. They reuse backgrounds. Crows isn't that long of a game. I don't see why they did this. But they did, and its kinda annoying when you're in level 4 and you're fighting in what was level 1.
2. The enemies get a bit reptitious. Don't get me wrong, they change 'em up well enough in between levels. But each level has the same 2-3 guys over and over and over and over and over... kinda gets annoying. It would be nice to see a wider variety in this unique art style.
Sound wise Crows is OK. The sound effects are very crisp and sound good, but the soundtrack is very forgetable. Nothing too grand.
Crows does have a bit of replayability though. Pending on who you're playing as the levels change, and if I recall correctly, in some cases the bosses change as well.
Also, I think things change up if you're playing 2-player as well, once again, I'm not sure. I also think there are tag team moves... but again, I'm not sure as I can rarely get anyone to play Saturn with me, let alone something like Crows.
All in all Crows is a cool game if:
A. You're a collector.
B. You like really obscure stuff.
C. You love side scrolling beat 'em ups.
If none of the stuff listed above applies to you, then you might want to pass on this as its very difficult to find and will cost you three figures incomplete.
But, if you do spend the time with Crows, it is a very cool game with a very unique appearence and there is definitely some fun to be had here. It IS a good game, but you may want to be wary of you're not really into the obscure/collector's scene.
Now for pictures!!! My apologies that they turned out kinda bad, one day I'll get a nice capture card or something. PROMISE! :)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c1.jpg
Choose your badass thug.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c2.jpg
Awww... these thugs are so cute.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c3.jpg
Check out the graffiti eh?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c4.jpg
Gotta metal pipe bitches!!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c5.jpg
RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c6.jpg
Harumichi vs. the level 1 boss, gonna knock those glasses right off!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c7.jpg
Here's the big guy.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c8.jpg
Thugs in Japan are so polite. If they knock you down they calmly wait for you to get back up so they can continue to beat your ass.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c9.jpg
Lovers in the park watching drunk old Japanese men. Weird.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c10.jpg
"YOUR BOYFRIEND IS A PUSSY!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c11.jpg
No seriously, he is. What kind of wimp goes crying to the police?!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c12.jpg
Ack! Motorcycles!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c13.jpg
"Huh... well fuck you too asshole!" The level 2 boss is a jerk.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c14.jpg
Now that I kicked that one dude's ass, Ryushin will roll with my posse.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c15.jpg
Here's that combo builer I spoke of earlier.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c16.jpg
Ryushin in action! In the rain!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c17.jpg
Japanese street sweepers, sweeping the streets, one dust pan full at a time.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c18.jpg
I punched him. So he chased me down and... scolded me?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c19.jpg
"All your friend did was point and yell. What will you do when I hit you with this here pipe bitch? By the way, YOU MISSED A SPOT!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c20.jpg
Me vs. a guy with a scar, a guy with a knife, and a guy with... a dust pan? Its going to be one of those days.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c21.jpg
Seriously, the bosses in this game are so demeaning.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c33.jpg
Busted into "Club Bad" during Elton John look alike night apparently...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c22.jpg
Me vs. ...a member of The Village People?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c23.jpg
"OoOoOooOoohhh we're gonna tickle yoOoooOOuUUUuUU!!!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c24.jpg
"Alright alright, we knocked his ass out... now... QUICKLY EVERYBODY POSE!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c25.jpg
Conjoshus and Hawk have nothing as far as being MK fans on Harumichi... he even learned how to do one of Raiden's moves in real life!!!!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c26.jpg
Its that crazy guy that paints happy pictures!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c27.jpg
He looks pissed. I bet its because Ryo's winning the race. (Shenmue reference if you're wondering)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c28.jpg
"My friends call me Scar. I like to hug people. Raaaahhh!" Part 1 of the level 4 boss.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c29.jpg
This guy is a complete nerd... but he's a badass nerd... that can take a lot of punishment. Probably why he's the level 4 boss-boss, unlike poor Scar.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c30.jpg
Now we have the whole crew! Jeepers!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c31.jpg
"After school... under the tree... we'll settle this like men!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c32.jpg
"Shit he's down! Does our hair look OK? Shit, lets fix it just in case!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c39.jpg
"D-d-d-d-don't h-h-h-h-hurt my g-g-g-g-g-girlf-f-f-f-f-friend... OR ME! MOMMY!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c40.jpg
So nice of them to wait around while I take a quick nap on the pavement.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c42.jpg
Fuck with Harumichi and you catch a metal bat in the face bitch!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c43.jpg
Ninjas be runnin' the high school apparently.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c44.jpg
"Students, after class would all members of the Arabian Ninjas club meet in the men's room for a beat down. Once again, all members of the Arabian Ninjas club, after school, men's restroom, beat down."
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c45.jpg
Crows can be a difficult game.
Well, there you go guys. Astra Superstars will follow shortly. I'm also going to take some videos of Crows sometime this weekend. So yes. I may need to do some additional editing on this review, but since I'm at work and have to do some work stuff... bear with me!
"Geez JP, we FIGURED it was for the Sega Saturn, why did you put that in the title?"
Because thats what the game is officially called. It literally has that on the box. Apparently it was of the uptmost important that people realize that the battle action contained in Crows was exclusive for the Sega Saturn. Must be why they only made around 5,000 copies for it.
"How do you KNOW it only had around 5,000?"
Because its more rare than Taromaru and I KNOW Taromaru had a pressing of 7,500. Anymore questions? May I continue on with the review?
"Sure."
Thanks.
Crows: The Battle Action for Sega Saturn is a side scrolling beat 'em up (much like Streets of Rage) that was released by Athena around Christmas time in '97. Where it stands out is in its art style, which presents the characters in SD (super-deformed/big headed) format making a "serious" (at least, thats what the game case and the in game illustrations want you to believe) romp through the streets of Japan a wacky and sometime hilarious adventure.
Since I suck at reading Japanese, I can't tell you exactly what Crows' plot is. But here's my guess:
Two friends (or brothers) are sick of the gang that has taken over the school so they set out to get the leaders of two gangs to join them so that they can take on whoever has taken over the school. Though whenever they beat the crap out of each of the two gang leaders, each time said gang leader sends them off to beat up ANOTHER gang and its only after defeating the OTHER gang's leader that the original gang leader joins them.
Follow me here?
Once you have gotten the two gang leaders to join you (read: the other two playable characters) then you can finally take on the school and rid it of the evil gang that plagues it once and for all. So, two gang leaders + 1 gang leader each you have to conquer to make them join you (2) + the school = 5 levels of kicking Japan's ass. And each level is broken up into 4-6 "rounds", which are like quick 30 second-4 minute stages. And then there'll be a boss fight.
Now on to the gameplay!
As I said earlier, Crows is a basic side scrolling beat 'em up. There are two neat additions to the typical side-scrolling formula though (walking up/down/left/right, punch, kick, jump kick, etc.).
1. Slide. You have a button that lets you slide. Pending on the character this could slide forwards or backwards. But regardless its always helpful in getting out of sticky situations.
2. Combo. In the first level you have a 3-hit combo (that you build before each level). In the second level you have a 4-hit. By the 4th level its a 6-hit combo.
The way the combo thing works is, before each level you're taken to the combination builder screen. You select moves for two sets of combos, put them in an order, and off you go. Now, by using A+B or B+C (or one of the triggers), you will go into a combo where your character performs the moves you programmed in. Sounds cool right? Did I mention you lose life FOR EVERY HIT YOU LAND? 'Tis true. Every hit you land while performing a combo takes life off of you. It would make sense if it took a little life off for landing the combo period. But no, every hit damages your character. Hence making the combo idea very bad. Which really sucks since its really cool. But when you land a 6 hit combo and see almost half of your life is gone... bad times.
When you first play Crows you'll probably be wowed by the graphics. It does look very unique and has some decent animation. After the first two levels you'll probably be very bored though as you'll feel the game is too repetitive. Spend enough time with it, and you'll come back around to liking it a lot. At least, thats what happened to me. Yesterday in this review I was going to say that Crows is very mediocre. Today I played through it two more times and found myself having a blast. The thing about Crows is, at second glance (once you get past the art style) its kinda lackluster. Movement/fighting seems a bit slow and sometimes fights can drag (ESPECIALLY true of bosses). Fighting will also seem a bit choppy at first. You see, in most beat 'em ups you'll do a combo for repeatedly attacking. This is not true in Crows. You just have one punch and one kick. The only combos suck all your life away (but dammit they look cool!) So this definitely leads to a seemingly choppy gaming experience. But once you've spent some time with Crows, you'll quickly come to appreciate just smackin' enemies around and not going into a combo. Punch someone, see if they're about to counter, if they are slide, if not punch or kick again. Punching is quicker than kicking, so if its a quick enemy just punch the shit out of them. You can also grab enemies and do three "holding punches" and/or just throw them. You can also kick an enemy on the ground twice. Later on I'll make a video to better showcase what I'm talking about... as it is a bit hard to explain (Crows plays VERY differently, at first it seems like its poorly made, but eventually you realize its just different).
One MAJOR complaint I do have in gameplay though is the boss fights. Basically, if you know what you're doing, it boils down to you kicking the shit out of some guy for 4 minutes. In a lot of cases, the fights are very repititious (bosses have patterns) and get kinda boring. And it seems that for all the bosses if you just learn their pattern you'll be able to beat them by doing the same thing over and over. Now there are some tough bosses... but even then they just do the same few things over and over. This wouldn't be that much of a problem if they didn't have an exuberant amount of HP. Mind you, you never see a lifebar, you just notice at the 3 minute mark that you've been wailing on this dude for, well, 3 minutes, and its getting kinda old.
Another important aspect of Crows is the humor. Crows has some awesome "WTF!?" moments. I.e. punching the street sweepers only to have them chase you down and scold you, punching a girl thats with her boyfriend in the park to see him stand in front of her and then run away to get the police, drunk business men roaming the streets, and tons of other oddities found throughout the game.
Before each level in Crows, you're allowed to choose your character. The game starts out only allowing you to play as Harumichi and Rinoaman. After you beat level 2 you unlock Ryushin and once you beat level 4 you can play through level 5 as Bitoh. Each character has their own set of moves and traits (Harumichi is the well-rounded guy, Rinoaman is the slow strong guy, Ryushin is the quick guy, Bitoh is just... Bitoh). Sadly, once you unlock them it doesn't save them or anything so that you could play through the whole game as them (since I guess unlocking them is part of the story of the game). So basically, you can only play as Bitoh in the final level. Granted, Harumichi is the guy I always play as... so I'm not too affected by this.
Graphically, Crows looks very good. Large sprites make up some very amusing looking characters and the animation is fairly decent as well (nothing too spectacular though, its no Princess Crown).
Two complaints here though:
1. They reuse backgrounds. Crows isn't that long of a game. I don't see why they did this. But they did, and its kinda annoying when you're in level 4 and you're fighting in what was level 1.
2. The enemies get a bit reptitious. Don't get me wrong, they change 'em up well enough in between levels. But each level has the same 2-3 guys over and over and over and over and over... kinda gets annoying. It would be nice to see a wider variety in this unique art style.
Sound wise Crows is OK. The sound effects are very crisp and sound good, but the soundtrack is very forgetable. Nothing too grand.
Crows does have a bit of replayability though. Pending on who you're playing as the levels change, and if I recall correctly, in some cases the bosses change as well.
Also, I think things change up if you're playing 2-player as well, once again, I'm not sure. I also think there are tag team moves... but again, I'm not sure as I can rarely get anyone to play Saturn with me, let alone something like Crows.
All in all Crows is a cool game if:
A. You're a collector.
B. You like really obscure stuff.
C. You love side scrolling beat 'em ups.
If none of the stuff listed above applies to you, then you might want to pass on this as its very difficult to find and will cost you three figures incomplete.
But, if you do spend the time with Crows, it is a very cool game with a very unique appearence and there is definitely some fun to be had here. It IS a good game, but you may want to be wary of you're not really into the obscure/collector's scene.
Now for pictures!!! My apologies that they turned out kinda bad, one day I'll get a nice capture card or something. PROMISE! :)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c1.jpg
Choose your badass thug.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c2.jpg
Awww... these thugs are so cute.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c3.jpg
Check out the graffiti eh?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c4.jpg
Gotta metal pipe bitches!!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c5.jpg
RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c6.jpg
Harumichi vs. the level 1 boss, gonna knock those glasses right off!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c7.jpg
Here's the big guy.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c8.jpg
Thugs in Japan are so polite. If they knock you down they calmly wait for you to get back up so they can continue to beat your ass.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c9.jpg
Lovers in the park watching drunk old Japanese men. Weird.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c10.jpg
"YOUR BOYFRIEND IS A PUSSY!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c11.jpg
No seriously, he is. What kind of wimp goes crying to the police?!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c12.jpg
Ack! Motorcycles!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c13.jpg
"Huh... well fuck you too asshole!" The level 2 boss is a jerk.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c14.jpg
Now that I kicked that one dude's ass, Ryushin will roll with my posse.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c15.jpg
Here's that combo builer I spoke of earlier.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c16.jpg
Ryushin in action! In the rain!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c17.jpg
Japanese street sweepers, sweeping the streets, one dust pan full at a time.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c18.jpg
I punched him. So he chased me down and... scolded me?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c19.jpg
"All your friend did was point and yell. What will you do when I hit you with this here pipe bitch? By the way, YOU MISSED A SPOT!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c20.jpg
Me vs. a guy with a scar, a guy with a knife, and a guy with... a dust pan? Its going to be one of those days.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c21.jpg
Seriously, the bosses in this game are so demeaning.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c33.jpg
Busted into "Club Bad" during Elton John look alike night apparently...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c22.jpg
Me vs. ...a member of The Village People?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c23.jpg
"OoOoOooOoohhh we're gonna tickle yoOoooOOuUUUuUU!!!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c24.jpg
"Alright alright, we knocked his ass out... now... QUICKLY EVERYBODY POSE!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c25.jpg
Conjoshus and Hawk have nothing as far as being MK fans on Harumichi... he even learned how to do one of Raiden's moves in real life!!!!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c26.jpg
Its that crazy guy that paints happy pictures!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c27.jpg
He looks pissed. I bet its because Ryo's winning the race. (Shenmue reference if you're wondering)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c28.jpg
"My friends call me Scar. I like to hug people. Raaaahhh!" Part 1 of the level 4 boss.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c29.jpg
This guy is a complete nerd... but he's a badass nerd... that can take a lot of punishment. Probably why he's the level 4 boss-boss, unlike poor Scar.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c30.jpg
Now we have the whole crew! Jeepers!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c31.jpg
"After school... under the tree... we'll settle this like men!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c32.jpg
"Shit he's down! Does our hair look OK? Shit, lets fix it just in case!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c39.jpg
"D-d-d-d-don't h-h-h-h-hurt my g-g-g-g-g-girlf-f-f-f-f-friend... OR ME! MOMMY!"
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c40.jpg
So nice of them to wait around while I take a quick nap on the pavement.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c42.jpg
Fuck with Harumichi and you catch a metal bat in the face bitch!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c43.jpg
Ninjas be runnin' the high school apparently.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c44.jpg
"Students, after class would all members of the Arabian Ninjas club meet in the men's room for a beat down. Once again, all members of the Arabian Ninjas club, after school, men's restroom, beat down."
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/pzykotikjp/Crows/c45.jpg
Crows can be a difficult game.
Well, there you go guys. Astra Superstars will follow shortly. I'm also going to take some videos of Crows sometime this weekend. So yes. I may need to do some additional editing on this review, but since I'm at work and have to do some work stuff... bear with me!