80
Breakers may not be the most original fighting game franchise around, but it is an extremely solid one that offers some fun spins on its inspirations. If you’re willing to give it a break, the Breakers Collection is well worth playing.
80
Breakers Collection may not have a ton of content, but it is as comprehensive as you could wish, and is incredibly fun to play.
80
The Breakers Collection may really only be one game with some variance, but that one game is a really good time. The small, seemingly uninspired roster has a ton of variety and creativity in its characters, rewarding your experimentation with some wild attacks to discover. Its Breaker system means you’ll continue to find a lot of depth as you really get to know it, and its sense of humor (intentional or not) mixed with impressive moves mean you’ll be hollering with laughter or excitement as you play. It’s such a wonderful treat of a game, and a real gift to be able to play on modern consoles.
6
Breakers Collection is a passable attempt at a rerelease. It's not great and it's not terrible. Net code definitely needs a patch as no matches had decent ping rating and often the roll back was so heavy as to be unplayable. Offline is bog standard 90s arcade fighting game cheese. Even on the easiest setting after about four fights the AI is instant reacting to all your inputs and every opponent has the same routine: run at you till you panic and push a button then instant react or throw you. It's quite tiresome tbh. Playing against other people is really the only way to enjoy this game and that is unfortunately hampered by a poor implementation of roll back. Crossplay is welcome but when 90% of matches are horrible skipping messes it's doesn't really matter. This combined with the omission of the NEOGEO CD Extra mode, and no online play for team battle, this port is rather lack luster. Ultimately Breakers Collection is $20 and you get what you pay for, which is to say, not much.
Breakers Collection
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Jan 12, 2023
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72
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Feb 1, 2023
80
Breakers may not be the most original fighting game franchise around, but it is an extremely solid one that offers some fun spins on its inspirations. If you’re willing to give it a break, the Breakers Collection is well worth playing.
Jan 11, 2023
80
The Breakers Collection may really only be one game with some variance, but that one game is a really good time. The small, seemingly uninspired roster has a ton of variety and creativity in its characters, rewarding your experimentation with some wild attacks to discover. Its Breaker system means you’ll continue to find a lot of depth as you really get to know it, and its sense of humor (intentional or not) mixed with impressive moves mean you’ll be hollering with laughter or excitement as you play. It’s such a wonderful treat of a game, and a real gift to be able to play on modern consoles.
Jan 10, 2023
75
Breakers Collection is a good collection of two relatively unknown fighting games, including extra content like online and gallery modes. The games themselves, Breakers and Breakers Revenge, are good, with simple and enjoyable gameplay.
Jan 10, 2023
70
Breakers Collection offers 2D fight fans the opportunity to relive one of the finest examples of myriad Street Fighter II clones, refreshed with polished gameplay and modern online technology. While first-timers may be warned off by its perceived simplicity, Breakers remains a fun, satisfying, and compelling scrapper, deserving of its resurgence in the competitive scene. Breakers may have dated somewhat over the ensuing decades, but this solid scrapper, much like Tia’s legwarmers, never goes out of style.
Jan 10, 2023
70
Breakers Collection is unlikely to make an impact on the casual fighting game crowd, as it doesn’t really offer anything unique. For devout fans of the genre, however, there’s a lot to like here, and Breakers Revenge still has the chops to provide many bouts of fighting game bliss. Thanks to its budget price, then, it’s easy to recommend Breakers Collection to anyone who remembers the series fondly or wants to delve into fighting game history.
Jan 9, 2023
70
We like this little collection. As a game, Breakers and its refreshed Breakers Revenge re-release does little to set itself apart from its peers of the era, but its simplistic gameplay and vibrant aesthetic still manages to ensure it’s an entertaining time.
Jan 10, 2023
50
That’s really the case with the entire Breakers Collection, though. It’s bare bones because there’s not a lot to the Breakers games. They’re mostly fine-fighting games with some balance issues, which stood out on the Neo Geo in the 90s but struggle to do so in 2023 on modern platforms. The new content helps but isn’t enough to make a collection that is barely a collection appealing. I’m glad to see them get a home release because I’m for keeping all games accessible, but they’re not titles I expect to return to regularly, and I expect most fighting game fans will feel the same.
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Jan 17, 2023
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Breakers Collection is a passable attempt at a rerelease. It's not great and it's not terrible. Net code definitely needs a patch as no matches had decent ping rating and often the roll back was so heavy as to be unplayable. Offline is bog standard 90s arcade fighting game cheese. Even on the easiest setting after about four fights the AI is instant reacting to all your inputs and every opponent has the same routine: run at you till you panic and push a button then instant react or throw you. It's quite tiresome tbh. Playing against other people is really the only way to enjoy this game and that is unfortunately hampered by a poor implementation of roll back. Crossplay is welcome but when 90% of matches are horrible skipping messes it's doesn't really matter. This combined with the omission of the NEOGEO CD Extra mode, and no online play for team battle, this port is rather lack luster. Ultimately Breakers Collection is $20 and you get what you pay for, which is to say, not much.
SummaryBreakers Collection features both of the original games (Breakers and Breakers Revenge) and a brand new content for the cult-classic among the fans of Fighting Games, that was first released in 1996 for the Neogeo and Arcades and after released with a sequel in 1998 with additional playable characters, balance adjustments and new gamepla... Read More
Rated E +10for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date:Jan 12, 2023
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