Final Vendetta Review (Xbox Series S)

This Final Vendetta Review takes on a hard-hitting action-packed beat ‘em up for 1 or 2 players in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from Utah Saints! Brawl with bad dudes and tough girls as you fight through dangerous environments.

Final Vendetta Review Pros:

  • Decent pixel art graphics.
  • 480.9MB download size.
  • 1000 Gamerscore.
  • Side-scrolling fighter gameplay.
  • 3 difficulties – Easy, hard, and ultra.
  • CRT shader – on/off.
  • 24 controller layouts for both player 1 and player 2.
  • Four game modes – Arcade, survival, boss rush, and training.
  • Opening tutorial video.
  • 90s ass atmosphere.
  • 6 areas to play through.
  • A love letter to side-scrolling fighters like Final Fight and Streets of Rage.
  • 3 characters to choose from.
  • Breakable objects housing health and weapons.
  • Local leaderboards.
  • Combo meter.
  • A wide array of attacks and combo moves.
  • You can see enemy health bars.
  • Special moves charge up as you attack, using it will take away some of your health.
  • Giant boss fights at the end of every level.
  • Excellent characters.
  • Button masher paradise.

Final Vendetta Review Cons:

  • You have to unlock training mode by finishing arcade mode.
  • Getting hit off-screen is a pain in the ass.
  • Losing health for the special moves sucks, it sucked in Final Fight and it sucks here.
  • Most rewards in breakables are just items for scores.
  • Cannot just straight up rebind the controller.
  • Doesn’t say the characters’ names on the character selection screen.
  • No online leaderboards.
  • I cannot bring up the controls when playing.
  • No continues so you have a set amount of lives to beat the game on.
  • Boss battles are just bullet sponges.

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Final Vendetta.

Official website.

Developer: Bitmap Bureau

Publisher: Numskull Games 

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Xbox

  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
7/10

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!