The series was showing some signs of improvement
in the previous two installments, but Bloody Roar 4 is a huge step backwards. A few
characters in Bloody Roar 4 are
potentially likable in some
ways, but most are just laughable... and still bring the "awkward
factor". Giant bunnies VS bra-wearing
leopards always kinda weirded me out. Even if you can get past the mildly disturbing character designs... the gameplay is sluggish
and simply terrible. Pass. ~TFG
Webmaster
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REVIEW:
Bloody
Roar 4 brings back fourteen veterans from the seven-year-old series and introduces
four new characters. This title is the second in the series to appear on the PS2
and the first in the series to receive an "M" rating. Bloody Roar 4 is easily the best looking title in the series,
although the character models were actually borrowed
from
the Gamecube version of Bloody Roar: Primal Fury. The background
designs aren't too bad, but a weird "magic barrier" confines the action to a
square box... yeah, don't even try to make sense of it, it's just there. One of the stages
also has a ridiculous
amount of slowdown (which ironically makes the game more fun in my
opinion). lmao.
WTF indeed.
Bloody Roar's gameplay
engine was
never taken very seriously among hardcore fighting game players, for obvious
reasons (and other reasons I've touched on in past reviews). The gameplay in
this installment is much of the same... and in this case, that's a bad thing. The repetitive
& downright sloppy gameplay is still far
too dependant on connecting your super move and changing into beast form
so you can deal out more damage. I also strongly dislike how you're
forced to get up as soon as you're knocked down.No, you can't even "play
dead" in Bloody Roar 4. How ironic... because that's a trick that animals
(and most fighting game characters) should be able to perform,
right?
Each character has only one super move... and it's insultingly easy to
execute and connect. Since the gameplay is so heavily dependant on super moves, it also
becomes quickly tiresome after watching the same old boring sequence over and over, and
over, again.
Some of the priority moves & special moves in this game look decent,
but the animation can't hold a candle to other 3D fighters.
The ouch factor lacks "oomph" and many moves just don't seem to hurt at all.
Characters also appear quite stiff and robotic during their win poses. In a
nutshell, I got tired of playing this game in about 10 minutes. Anyone up for some Tekken
or VF4: Evolution?
If giant bunnies VS giant
pink chameleons is really your thing...
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Some of the priority moves & special moves in this game look decent,
but the animation can't hold a candle to other 3D fighters.
The ouch factor lacks "oomph" and many moves just don't seem to hurt at all.
Characters also appear quite stiff and robotic during their win poses. In a
nutshell, I got tired of playing this game in about 10 minutes. Anyone up for some Tekken
or VF4: Evolution? 
