Supreme Warrior is a Full Motion Video game that was released by Digital Pictures responsible for other titles within the same genre, for CD based consoles ( 3DO, Sega CD, PC, etc ) that combines elements of combat and interactive film.
Supreme Warrior managed to combine interactivity with full-motion video. Overall, it was an interesting
concept. But, the technological capabilities at the time were still a bit primitive for the most part.
Because of this, the graphics were good but not great. At the same time, it is understandable.
The game play is rather interesting in Supreme Warrior that it consists of digitized video with
interactive elements. At many points during the video, you can unleash a punch, kick, or block.
If your timing is correct, you inflict damage on your opponent. If you timing is off, your opponent hurts you.
This is a fighting game that is played in first-person view. I found the game play to be a little
tricky, cause the game was set at a high difficulty level for some reason,
and you need to be really patient. It takes some time getting used to, but if you have the patience
to continue playing, Supreme Warrior is a good game that delivers what it promises, action and an interesting environment for those who like history because the game takes place in sixteenth century China, where
the player character is tasked with protecting half of a magical mask. The wearer of this mask will be
granted untold power. The villainous Fang Tu has the other half of the mask, and wants the player character's half.
I have seen and played just about every version from Sega CD, 32XCD, the 3DO, the PC, and the Apple
Macintosh, and i found that the best response time when you would execute a move came from the Sega Cd and 32X Versions,
while the 3DO had better graphics, the response time was slow for some reason. Never the less the game play was rather interesting on all the versions and also the footage differed too.
Supreme Warrior was filmed on Shaw Brothers Studio sets in Hong Kong and some major talent was brought
in for the martial arts scenes such as Richard Norton and Vivian Wu. The story is pretty simple,
something you would expect from your typical martial arts B movie.
Conclusion - Supreme Warrior is a game that tests out a variety of interesting concepts. In a sense,
this could be considered a classic some day. If you want to play something original, and you enjoy
Fmv games then, check out Supreme Warrior.
Rated this 8/10
