A Final Vendetta Review
Released by developer Bitmap Bureau in 2022, I played through Final Vendetta in 2023.
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Here we have a polished homage to Streets of Rage and other brawlers of its time. Final Vendetta is more than competent at it, offering solid beat-em-up gameplay and many nods to the games of years past. It’s still however, a traditional beat em up so there’s not much going on gameplay-wise. It’s difficult not to compare this to Streets of Rage 4 which obviously draws from the same well, yet managed to provide meaningful and well-balanced incremental improvements to its predecessors’ gameplay. Final Vendetta plays it straight and it does that well.
My favorite aspect of Final Vendetta is the soundscape. The music and sound effects in particular provide so much flavor. They are as lively and as animated as any of the visuals in the game. If this was in arcades, I would certainly be drawn in upon hearing it.
Rating 3/5
