Bloody Roar II now has a Super combo that drains all of your Beast meter (which fills up according to your attack/damage ratio), but it's relatively easy to defend against The game is now more about quick-hit combos and counter attacks, and less about who can take more hits (as it was before in the original Bloody Roar).Last years sleeper-hit fighting game, Bloody Roar, was released by Hudson in Japan, and Sony subsequently snapped it up for a U.S. The Rave move of the first game, which sped up your fighters moves and made it harder for an opponent to get a punch in, has been removed. The game also moves at a speedier clip, so combos and morph moves occur in the blink of an eye. Special moves look snappier, the combos are slicker, and the backgrounds are eye-catching without being distracting. On the other hand, Bloody Roar II improves on the original, using much smoother and more realistic graphics. The boar, fox, and gorilla from the first game are gone. You still have your choice of some of the best fighters of Roar along with the addition of a bat, leopard, chameleon, insect, and half-beast. On the one hand, Bloody Roar II continues the one-on-one fighting style of the original, featuring human players that morph into ass-kicking animals during a match. The additional game modes are a triumph, the gameplay and visuals are a step up from the previous game and story is a real highlight somewhat surprisingly for a fighter. Overall, Bloody Roar 2 takes the formula from the first successful outing and experiments again to offer an even more impressive final product. The variety of special moves and combos are great, the weight of the characters feel right and three perspective finishers are great too, even if they are nabbed from Sega’s Virtua Fighter. This series has always prided itself on offering a hybrid of all the fighters of the era and the second iteration does this successfully as well. The fighting system is also a joy to behold in this title as well. It’s a lot of fun and a great addition to the game. Plus, you have the custom mode which is like playing the game with cheat codes such as god mode, big head mode and all the classic settings. The watch mode that allows you to take in AI fighters and learn new moves and weaknesses. You have the new survival mode where you have to beat every character with just one health bar. Then when it comes to the new game modes, the game does a great job at giving the player everything they could ever want. So this is a welcome bonus and one that elevates the series. But if they can offer some captivating exposition, it really ties everything together and motivates the player to fight. Fighting games aren’t often remembered for their narrative and rightly so. However, its the small tweaks that make this one worthwhile as a sequel.įirst, the story is a great continuation of the original, with the rogue group of Tylon Zylonthorpes fighting for the dignity of their race. There is still the usual suspects in terms of game modes such as story and arcade mode and the visuals keep the same look and feel of the original, while adding a new layer of polish to the overall presentation. The player still has access to a wide variety of brutally beastly characters to fight with and against. What Bloody Roar 2 does brilliantly on its return is keeping the same great gameplay that we had from the first game in the series, yet elevating ever slightly. However, would this gimmick prove successful a second time? Or would this animal-based fighter fizzle out? We find out in our review of Bloody Roar 2. This game aimed to offer a unique take on the fighting game genre by using beasts instead of human combatants. However, looking outside the series, this game also plays like Tekken, Street Fighter, Soulblade, Mortal Kombat and Dead or Alive. This game plays like it’s predecessor Bloody Roar. The most competitive market of those mentioned was easily fighting games, with tonnes of fighters vying to be the household names on everyone’s lips and fresh off the back of a successful first outing, Bloody Roar 2 stepped up to plate hoping to cement this series as fighting game royalty. This era was the pinnacle for this phenomenon with racing games, sports games and fighting games all offering a compelling way to pummel your pals. If gaming in the nineties is synonymous with one thing, it is arguably couch co-op gaming.
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