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I could type a long and somewhat witty (or boring) description as to what the game is about, but MobyGames nicely sums up what I would want to say so please read below:

"Abalaburn is a 3D fighting game from Tamsoft, makers of the Toshinden franchise. A group of warriors have gathered to seek the legend of Lemuria, who is said to grant any wish.

The game features a standard arcade mode for one or two players, as well as a story mode where the bulk of the action takes place as a 3D action platformer with the same moves as the fighting part. Boss battles take place as regular VS fights. There are eight playable characters, each with their own story to play through."

Quite frankly speaking, Abalaburn could have been an excellent game, if it were planned a little better. The music is good and the story mode is actually pretty cool. For a fighter, the story is done with 3D cutscenes and characters speak and change expressions. The story mode is also very interesting because you can get items and gain levels like you would in an RPG by fighting and defeat monsters in a 3D world. The fights themselves are typical of early "3D" fighters...it's 3D graphics on a mostly 2D fighting plane, with the ability to walk into the background, but not run around freely, thus restricting the 3D movement element. Don't get me wrong, there isn't anything wrong with fighters like that.

My gripe with this game is that the controls are really stiff and laggy...that, and the combat is way too rudimentary. As far as I can tell, fighters are pretty limited in their abilities, with little combo structure and broken gameplay where you can hit people on the floor numerous times, dealing massive damage. For example, Blood, the "main" character of sorts, can shoot a fireball (with no cost of special power), do some spinning kick of flame and a basic combo special move. Like Toshinden, you can do a desperation attack when your life is low, but most of them are pretty lame and uninspired.

If the game had a cooler combat engine, it would have been pretty great, but it's a cool novelty as-is.

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