One strike is a 2D 8-bit Fighting game and it follows the foundation of a lot of earlier fighting games. Although I like the artstyle they have gone for, I much prefer an artstyle such as Streetfighter 2.
The concept of ‘One Strike’ is that if you are struck once, you’re out.
An update came out today (7th November 2017) which fixed a lot of bugs I had before the update, so good on the developers for sorting some issues out as soon as possible.

Positives:

• Character selection is good, there are six characters to chose from, each character has their own weapon and their own skills which can be used for a different play style when you’re facing the opponent, making the game have a lot of replay value.
  
• 4 different difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard and Very Hard), making the A.I of the other player a lot smarter so therefore you have to adapt to the enemy and their playstyle in order to win.
  
• There are 4 game modes for ’Single Player which are very fun in their own right and can add a lot of content for the players.
  
• Multiple areas in which you can fight in, giving a nice aesthetic environment every time.
  
• The concept of getting struck once and you’re out is fascinating, makes it that more tense and forces you to become better at the game.
  
• Versus mode that allows you to play with a friend and fight one another to come out victorious to bring in that competitive edge.
  
• When selecting the characters, they have their 2D pixel blank face and then they have their artwork on the left hand side which are well drawn for each character and you can tell what kind of character they are just by the image.
  
• Using a gamepad has made the controls feel a lot smoother and a lot more fluid when I am facing my opponents. It worked for my XboxOne controller, not sure on the Xbox360 controller.

Negatives:
Anything with a strike through it means the developer has dealt with the issue.

• Seems to be an issue when you want ’Revenge’ as the button not seem to work, I clicked it multiple times but it didn’t do anything and this caused me to go back to the character selection.
  
• In the tournament game mode, you are made to watch the ‘COMP’ fight and this is very boring without an option to skip that fight.
  
• Also in the tournament game mode, at the last fight, it had gotten the faces wrong when it was saying who was in the final. So this could be an issue which could be fixed.
  
• The font is extremely hard to read, I could barely read the names of the characters you could select.
  
• Sometimes the music would start over when I chose a specific game mode which was unexpected as I thought it would carry on.
  
• Steam achievements do not unlock, this could be a problem for people who go for achievements and want game completion.

Conclusion:
For the price of £3.99, it's definitely worth buying. I'm sure to get more hours out of this game as I feel like it has challenged me to beat it on the hardest difficulty and it is a lot of fun.

[h1]One Strike[/h1] One strike is a 2D 8-bit Fighting game and it follows the foundation of a lot of earlier fighting games. Although I like the artstyle they have gone for, I much prefer an artstyle such as Streetfighter 2. The concept of ‘One Strike’ is that if you are struck once, you’re out. An update came out today (7th November 2017) which fixed a lot of bugs I had before the update, so good on the developers for sorting some issues out as soon as possible. [b]Positives:[/b] [list] [*]Character selection is good, there are six characters to chose from, each character has their own weapon and their own skills which can be used for a different play style when you’re facing the opponent, making the game have a lot of replay value. [*]4 different difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard and Very Hard), making the A.I of the other player a lot smarter so therefore you have to adapt to the enemy and their playstyle in order to win. [*]There are 4 game modes for [i]’Single Player[/i] which are very fun in their own right and can add a lot of content for the players. [*]Multiple areas in which you can fight in, giving a nice aesthetic environment every time. [*]The concept of getting struck once and you’re out is fascinating, makes it that more tense and forces you to become better at the game. [*]Versus mode that allows you to play with a friend and fight one another to come out victorious to bring in that competitive edge. [*]When selecting the characters, they have their 2D pixel blank face and then they have their artwork on the left hand side which are well drawn for each character and you can tell what kind of character they are just by the image. [*]Using a gamepad has made the controls feel a lot smoother and a lot more fluid when I am facing my opponents. It worked for my XboxOne controller, not sure on the Xbox360 controller. [/list] [b] Negatives: [/b] [i]Anything with a strike through it means the developer has dealt with the issue.[/i] [list] [*][strike]Seems to be an issue when you want [i]’Revenge’[/i] as the button not seem to work, I clicked it multiple times but it didn’t do anything and this caused me to go back to the character selection.[/strike] [*]In the tournament game mode, you are made to watch the ‘COMP’ fight and this is very boring without an option to skip that fight. [*]Also in the tournament game mode, at the last fight, it had gotten the faces wrong when it was saying who was in the final. So this could be an issue which could be fixed. [*]The font is extremely hard to read, I could barely read the names of the characters you could select. [*]Sometimes the music would start over when I chose a specific game mode which was unexpected as I thought it would carry on. [*][strike]Steam achievements do not unlock, this could be a problem for people who go for achievements and want game completion.[/strike] [/list] [b]Conclusion:[/b] For the price of £3.99, it's definitely worth buying. I'm sure to get more hours out of this game as I feel like it has challenged me to beat it on the hardest difficulty and it is a lot of fun. [code] This review was submitted for [url=http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/groups/gaming_until_end]Gaming Until End[/url], through the generous contribution of [url=http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/HellCowON]HellCow.[/url] [/code]