Fighting Force (Preview 2)". Sega Saturn Magazine. No.25. EMAP. November 1997. pp.26–27 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. The story line and character designs were done by Marc Silvestri. [6] The character of Dr. Zeng was inspired by Heaven's Gate. [6] Elevator Action Sequence: There are two of these, one with an enclosed elevator and one with an exposed one. In the former you've got a lot of melee weapons to work with including a fire escape axe, and handrails that you can rip right off the walls, whereas the latter has two instances where you have to dodge incoming missiles. Heads-Up Display: The player has one which displays their health, the health of the most immediate enemy, the score, etc.

Players control one of four characters as they move through urban and science fiction environments, battling waves of oncoming enemies with weapons including soda cans, knives, cars, and guns. [4] The player can make some choices as to which territory to travel through. [4] Story [ edit ]Fighting Force is a classic Playstation game that was released in 1997. The game puts you in control of one of four playable characters who battle their way through the crime-ridden city of Metro City in search of the evil crime lord, Zeng. a b MacDonald, Ryan (22 April 1999). "Fighting Force 64 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005 . Retrieved 22 November 2020.

Dr. Dexter Zeng eagerly awaits the end of the world at the turn of the millennium, only for it to not happen. He then decides to make the end of the world happen himself! Four brave fighters: Hawk, Mace, Smasher, and Alana, decide to take him on! Thorpe, Damien. "Fighting Force 2 (PS) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014 . Retrieved 13 October 2020. Life Meter: Not only does the player have one displayed in the HUD the enemies have their own displayed on the player's HUD too. IGN staff (13 December 1999). "Fighting Force 2 Ships". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020 . Retrieved 26 June 2023.In addition to the PlayStation, Windows, and Nintendo 64 versions, a Sega Saturn version was developed and eventually completed. After Eidos decided against publishing this version, Sega Europe secured the publishing rights and announced a European release date of November 1997, [9] but it was ultimately cancelled. An early prototype, with older character designs, was leaked in November 2008. [10]

Fighting Force 64". Game Informer. No.73. FuncoLand. May 1999. Archived from the original on 21 May 2000 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. The four characters have various reasons for taking on Dr. Dex Zeng, a criminal mastermind with an army at his command who predicted that the world would end in the year 2000. After New Year's Eve 1999, Dr. Zeng believed that there was an error preventing the apocalypse, so decides to correct it by destroying the world himself. [5] The action starts with a police cordon around Zeng's office skyscraper, moving to such locales as a shopping mall, subway and Coast Guard base before finally ending at the top of Zeng's island headquarters. The Big Bad: Zeng, running a criminal empire trying to end the world just to avoid being wrong about a prediction he had. PC Zone gave the PC version 88%, calling it "a computer game in which a lot of people get hurt in a variety of entertaining ways, with excellent 3D visuals and a surprising amount of detail." [2] However, PC Gamer UK gave it 62%, calling it "A middle class game without fire in its belly that refuses to strive for better things." [36] Kujawa, Kraig (February 2000). "Fighting Force 2". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol.3, no.5. Ziff Davis. p.92 . Retrieved 10 November 2020.

The Syndicate: Zeng running one, and later to be revealed to have his own Cobra-esque hideout filled with military hardware is what makes him such a threat.