Thinking of old-school fighting games, the sprite-based fighters from Capcom and SNK, as found in the recent Capcom Fighting Collection 2, probably come to mind first, especially with the many re-releases on modern platforms we've had in recent years. While also played on a 2D plane, Poly Fighter, a new fighting game from Montreal-based indie developer Heartloop Games, takes its aesthetic inspirations from the early 3D fighting games.
According to creative director Osama Dorias, Poly Fighter bases its visuals on retro game Virtua Fighter 2, a good frame of reference, given it was one of the best fighting games of that era. Of course, even as groundbreaking as that game was, made using Sega's Model 2 arcade board before receiving a miraculous Saturn port, you can still notice the blockiness of the character models, which is something Poly Fighter leans in on as well.
