Game #927: Star Wars - Masters of Teras Kasi

 Masters of trash krap.

 Many people will tell you how Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi is one of the worst games ever made.... but most fail to explain just why it's so bad. Well, here I am. I came at the game with an open mind, since I didn't know why it was bad, just that it was bad, and the game was worse than I could've expected.

 The game tries to copy Tekken by having four attack buttons, one attached to each limb, as well as the ability to sidestep. Alongside that, most characters are able to holster or store their weapons, which changes their moveset, and I bet that sounds pretty cool. You also get an energy bar to perform super moves with. So far, so good.

 And then you play the game.... and the controls are incredibly unresponsive. Getting attack strings to come out is a struggle, there doesn't seem to be an appropriate timing, meaning you'll spend most of the time clunkily extending your limbs with no follow up. Heck, rolling, standing up or attacking after touching the ground is yet another struggle, since your character seems to get up whenever he or she feels like it. The controls are so bad that they make the game almost unplayable.

 The game features 8 characters as its base roster: Han Solo, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, a Tusken Rider named Hoare and another alien and a new character, a fighter that knows 'Teras Kasi'. unlocking characters is a pain in the rear, because it has to be done in the hardest difficulty setting. I just spammed Up+Triangle with most characters, lowered the rounds to 1 and set the time limit at 30, and somehow I unlocked most characters. You can unlock Darth Vader, a Storm Trooper, Slave Leia and, best of all, friggin' Mara Jade who sports a purple lightsaber. I absolutely love the fact that Mara Jade is in this game, as she is one of the best things to have come out of the extended universe.

 On the other hand, most characters are clone-ish or share plenty of moves. But, hey, Mara Jade is in!

 Overall? It's one of the worst fighters on the PS1 due to how poor the controls are. The idea behind the game isn't terrible, the character roster is tolerable and it doesn't look or sound too bad, but the controls just make it a chore.

 2.0