80
Will Borger
Digital Trends
“Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is a slick fighting game with an uncomfortable catch.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Excellent cast
- Looks and sound wonderful
- Wide variety of modes
- Robust offensive and defensive combat systems
- Rollback netcode enables lag‑free play
- Detailed comic book‑inspired graphics
Points of Contention
- Questionable guest characters
- Lobby problems
- Poor user interface
- High‑speed freight train stage significantly drops the frame rate
- Lacks per‑character win/loss tracking in Ranked mode
- Occasional home screen lag
Professional Reviews
3 reviews from 3 critics80
Jeffrey L. Wilson
PCMag
“In short, City of the Wolves is a top-tier fighter and developer SNK's best combination of gameplay and presentation since the beloved The King of Fighters 13”
80
Rhys Wood
TechRadar
“Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves provides a refreshingly old‑school fighting game experience, dialing back on the complicated meter systems and overly aggressive play seen in other modern entries in the genre.”
