Deadliest Warrior: The Game Review
Strip the internet of all the pornography, box cat videos, and idiotic Facebook status updates and you’re pretty much left with one thing: lots and lots of “Who would win” forum threads. From what I can tell, the only thing more universally appealing than conflict is conflict that’s extremely unlikely or altogether impossible — like we’re hard-wired to argue about whether a bear could take a shark or something. Even the most recent Fight Night sported an imaginary bout between Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson on its cover.
Someone at Spike TV clearly understands mankind’s need for far-fetched bloodsport, because Deadliest Warrior: The Game (and the television show that inspired it) taps right into the spirit of “this vs. that” internet discussions. Ever wonder what would happen if a Spartan hoplite went toe-to-toe with a ninja? What about an Apache warrior against a medieval knight? Deadliest Warrior takes those questions and answers them with a fighting game that’s one part Soul Calibur, one part Bushido Blade, and almost entirely too generic for its own good.


