Night
Warriors / Vampire Hunter - Darkstalkers Revenge
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Story:
Pyron invades Earth to add to his collection of planets that he has devoured.
Enter the world's most fearsome monsters who, ironically, are the last defense
of mankind. Meanwhile, two Darkstalker hunters make their presence known and
join in the fray.
The stalkers are now the
hunted...
Review:
The sequel
to Darkstalkers brings back the entire cast of the original and adds 2 all new
characters: Donovan Baine & Hsien-Ko; both of which are hunting the other Darkstalkers
(hence the Japanese title, Vampire Hunter). The two bosses of the first game (Pyron
& Huitzil) are also selectable this time around which makes for a total of 4 new playable characters.
Along with an improved roster comes an all new presentation that succeeded
the first game in almost every way... amazing hand-drawn backgrounds, excellent
music, and interesting sound effects made this title stand out from many other
2D fighters.
Surely you'll find a
character (or two) that suits you.
The key enhancement to the gameplay in this
sequel was the ability for players to stock up their special gauge, allowing them to
store more than one special gauge and preserve them through the entire match.
There were two kinds of Super Moves featured in the game: "ES Specials"
which requires a portion of the Special gauge, and "EX Specials"
which cost the entire stock of the Special gauge to perform. Player can also choose
between a "Normal" gameplay style or one that offers Auto-Blocking.
Two secret characters
appeared in this game... Shadow and Marionette. Capcom has yet to provide a back story
for these secret character, which are really more a "mode of
play" than actual characters. Shadow appears to jump from body to body,
allowing you to play as the opponent you just defeated; and Marionette will
fight as a clone of whoever your opponent is, and is seen being lowered into a
doll body of the opponent at the beginning of the match.
The series soon became
known for it's badass & truly unique characters.
Only a year later and the Darkstalkers series received it's first
sequel which definitely helped it's popularity in the fighting game universe. By now, the
series had generated a respectable fan base... no doubt the amazing artwork
and innovative character designs were the driving force that made this title stand out.
Darkstalkers 2 was an entertaining
& fun 2D fighter for a while, but the gameplay was still lacking "something".
Two years later, Darkstalkers 3 took the series to another level. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster of TFG
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