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Mace: The Dark Age (and Fashion Police Squad!)
·1 hr 52 min·5 clips
Why did Western fighting games like Mace: The Dark Age struggle to keep up with Japanese giants in the 90s?
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A sharp episode that finds tension in tracking, throws, and the stubborn logic of play.
Hardcore Gaming 101 treats this episode as a close read of a game with its own stubborn logic, moving from the absurd Urban Yeti setup into combat systems that can feel fair one minute and maddening the next.
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