Blades of Steel '99 is Konami's first foray into hockey on the N64, and coming from the studio that brought us International Superstar Soccer, you might think there'd be potential here. Alas, they also brought us the disappointing NBA in the Zone' 98, and Blades is no better.
The game's best assets are its menus and functions, which are almost as intuitive and casual-friendly as those in ISS, and it's sound. Music, effects and commentary are suitably bass-heavy, varied and realistic. Visually, though, Blades has an ugly, pixelated look and horrendous frame rate. Worse still, the insane input lag makes it feel as though you're steering your player through a swamp rather than over ice. The game's sluggish pace and control is horrible and fighting against it in an attempt to make things at least somewhat playable is no fun at all.
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