Bloody Roar 2: The new Breed / Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age


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Review:  Bloody Roar 2 features 4 returning characters from the original title along with 7 newcomers. The gameplay in BR2 is a mix of 2D and 3D elements, and overall is more of what we saw in the first game. The gameplay is still primarily based on taking advantage of the beast form which make fighters stronger, faster and giving them more special moves.

Jenny the bat girl is pretty hot.

Replacing "Rave" mode from the first game, player can now perform a super move combo by hitting the L1 button while in beast mode. There are also some new combo possibilities thrown in, but not much different from the first game. The graphics were pretty good for a PS1 game and the sound effects & music weren't bad either (though that VS screen announcer gets rather annoying quite fast), but it isn't quite enough to make this game stand out among the top fighters of 1999.

Rawr.

 

 
Last Updated: 4/13/2010
Developer(s): Eighting/Raizing
Publisher(s): Virgin Interactive, SCEA, Hudson Soft
Platform(s): Playstation
Release Date(s): January 28th 1999 (), April 30th 1999 (), July 1999 ()
Characters:  Yugo, Alice, Long, Shen Long, Uriko, Gado, Bakuryu, Busuzima, Jenny, Shina, Stun

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Related Games: Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar 3, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury, Bloody Roar 4
Gameplay Engine
 6.5 / 10
Story / Theme
 5.5 / 10
Overall Graphics
 6.5 / 10
Animation
 7 / 10
Music / Sound Effects
 6.5 / 10
Innovation
 6 / 10
Customization
 4 / 10
Options / Extras
 6 / 10
Intro / Presentation
 6 / 10
Replayability / Fun
 5 / 10
"Ouch" Factor
 5 / 10
Characters
 5 / 10
BOTTOM LINE

6 / 10
 
Final Words: Bloody Roar 2 is an interesting fighter to try out, but falls short of living up to the top 3D fighting games out at the time. Casual gamers might find something to like about BR2, but hardcore fighting game players were most likely busy with more prominent fighting games in 1999 (and shortly after). On that note, maybe in 1999 BR2 would appeal to someone that is tired of getting their ass kicked in real fighting games like Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Street Fighter... Ouch!  ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG

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