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Now throw in the fact that, true to its name, a single connecting strike will end the round and the result ends up being pretty one-dimensional. You can certainly feint and position yourself, both opponents locked in a game of mental chess, trying to anticipate and strike at a vital moment… or you can just move in for the kill and hope for the best. It’s the combination of an extremely limited moveset and the one-hit kills that absolutely suck the life out of the experience. Aside from hoping to make your opponent blink first there’s not much room for a metagame, comebacks, or deep technique… just hope you connect first and start over again. You can choose the mode where you put together 3 fighters who you’ll use in sequence as each one dies but, again, with there being no depth they’re just bodies you have lined up, you can’t dramatically switch to rally, you just hope with one of them you’ll find the odds more in your favor. This is absolutely one of those games where I have to question who the target audience was meant to be. There’s no doubt it is friendly to newcomers since there’s very little to understand, but as an introduction to the fighting game genre it would also seem amazingly boring. It could be argued hardcore fighting fans could get a kick out of it, finding ways to eke out every bit of technique possible… but with no ability to be down and turn the tide or anything else exciting that is normally associated with competitive fighting games I can’t see that being likely either. Moreso than almost any other title I’ve reviewed One Strike simply is what it is… and that’s a one-dimensional, bare bones fighting game that offers little to thoroughly enjoy.
Justin Nation, Score:Bad [4.0]