- Publisher: Titus Software
- Release Date: Jun 27, 2002
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A repetitive game with pretty graphics that fails to inspire much of anything.
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Indistinct characters, painfully hokey storytelling, poor AI, and a shallow combat system add up to a disappointing experience.
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With just mediocre features, Barbarian weighs in as just an average brawler. [July 2002, p.76]
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The gameplay mechanics are pretty basic and repetitive, and the storylines are so bland that there's not much value in finishing the game with every character.
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Play MagazineBarbarian wasn't all that I expected it to be, in terms of intelligent in-game evolution, but it delvers a lot of freshness never the less. [May 2002, p.50]
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Playing the game is a bittersweet experience. It’s strangely diverting, but all the time you’re thinking of what it could have been with a bit more testing and tweaking.
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Sadly this game runs out of steam way too quickly but it does have a multiplayer option worth the price of admission.
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In the form of fine visuals and interesting gameplay, it has some redeeming qualities. It doesn't have the depth or character designs to make it a memorable fighting title.
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Yet the action isn’t complex, and most enemies can be defeated within your first attempt by simply relying on rapid button tapping.
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PSM MagazineLLike an evolved "Power Stone." It's also pretty good. [Sept 2002, p.31]
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If you're looking for a new fighting game, don't mind simplistic controls and having volumes of tedious storyline read to you by a man with about as much vocal intonation as Leonard Nimoy, this is your game.
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The most entertaining feature in Barbarian is, without a doubt, the interactive environments.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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JimmyCricketSep 10, 2002It rocked Darrell Oville's world. It totally turned him out.