Top 10 Most Hilariously Useless Armor in Retro Games
8,590Recently I've been going back to classic games and noticed some pretty amusing designs. Fantasy is great and there is plenty of badass artwork. Sometimes it's reasonably immersive, other times no so much.
So let's take a look at some examples of armor that would be amazingly ineffective or inconvenient to use in real life. I've narrowed the choices down to games that came out before 2000 and that I've played at some point. Mostly fighting games. Some arcade, some Neo Geo, and some Super Nintendo.
10. Charlotte, Samurai Showdown
09. Sophitia, Soul Calibur
08. Arthur, Ghosts ‘n Goblins / Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
07. The crown (various RPGs)
06. Simon Belmont, Super Castlevania IV
05. Percival, Knights of the Round
04. Zhang Fei, Dynasty Warriors
03. Horned Reaper (Horny) from Dungeon Keeper
02. Shao Kahn, Mortal Kombat
01. Jen-Tai, Weaponlord
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