Starwhal

Starwhal is a fighting game developed by Breakfall and released in 2014. It is available on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 22 achievements to unlock.

Starwhal holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

The minimum specification calls for 2GHz processor, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with at least 256MB of video memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Starwhal launched on 29 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.

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