• Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: August 1995
  • Also On: PC
User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 42
  2. Negative: 4 out of 42
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  1. May 23, 2022
    7
    very underrated wish there is a remake or sequel. every time they shouted out their move name before the special move was very cool
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The game controls quite sluggishly. It often seems that there is a delay between what you are pressing on the controller and what is occurring on-screen. I was a relative novice to 3D fighting games back in those days, but now I know that such poor responsiveness can kill a fighting game.
  2. The lack of combos is a real problem, making it tough to string together decent attack patterns and this is a real boo-boo for a beat ''em-up. Shame really, because if more effort had gone into polishing up the gameplay by simply making sure there was more to it, Battle Arena Toshinden would have been a blinding piece of software.
  3. 70
    Tamsoft added one little move to the characters' repertoires, and that one little move changed the fighter forever. Behold: the sidestep!