#Games like garou mark of the wolves series#

With his father's death at the conclusion of Fatal Fury 3 - a death which Terry tried to prevent, as shown in Garou's excellent introduction sequence - Rock becomes Terry's adopted son, remaining at his side for the next decade and slowly learning his fighting techniques.

#Games like garou mark of the wolves series#

Terry is one of SNK's most famous faces, but he shares top billing in Garou with Rock Howard, the son of series antagonist Geese Howard. Set ten years after the dramatic events of Fatal Fury 3, Garou is undoubtedly part of that popular series (it was even referred to as Fatal Fury 4: Mark of the Wolves when it was released on the Dreamcast in North America), but casual observers would be forgiven for not realising this fact the only returning character is Terry Bogard, and the rest of the cast is entirely new - although some of them are clearly supposed to replace existing Fatal Fury stars and boast familiar fighting styles. Like Capcom's deep and rewarding fighter, Garou takes the tried-and-tested fighting game formula and adds layer upon layer of complexity and detail to create one of the most enjoyable examples of the genre. Released at time when 3D visuals were taking the industry by a storm, it was seen by some as a companion piece to Capcom's equally gorgeous Street Fighter III a bold proclamation that hand-drawn, 2D visuals still had a place in the market, despite the inexorable march of technology.

Out of all the critically-acclaimed one-on-one fighting games produced by SNK over the decades, Garou: Mark of the Wolves has to rank as one of the most beloved and revered.