Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi

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Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi

Developer(s)	LucasArts
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Release date(s)	1997
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	PlayStation

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi is a Lucasarts Fighting game released in 1997 and set in the fictional universe of Star Wars. Many people who have played the game have compared the game's fighting engine to Tekken. "Teräs Käsi" refers to a martial art used in the game, and while being in grammatically incorrect form, is Finnish for "steel hand".

1 Story
2 Reaction
3 Characters
4 Stages
5 External links

[edit] Story

Masters of Teräs Käsi takes place between the Star Wars movies, Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The destruction of the Death Star at the hands of Luke Skywalker severely crippled the Galactic Empire. The Emperor wanted retaliation aganst him and all of the Rebel Alliance and sought the services of assassin, Arden Lyn, to eliminate the Alliance's key members. Luke and the others finds out about the Empire's plot and challenge Arden, face to face.

[edit] Reaction

Masters of Teräs Käsi received generally mediocre reviews from the gaming press. Most were disappointed in the fighting engine, which was inferior compared to competing games such as Soul Blade and Tekken. Players were also disappointed that lightsabers, which are usually depicted as capable of slicing off limbs, were treated much like baseball bat-type weapons in the game.

In March, 2004, GMR Magazine, rated Masters of Teräs Käsi, number 3 on its list of five worst Star Wars games, saying "Steer clear young Padawan, Soul Calibur this ain't" and also stating that the characters in the game were grossly unbalanced.