Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
(LAST UPDATE: 7/12/2009)

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Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Playstation 2
Release Date(s): March 20th 1998
Characters: Terry, Andy, Joe, Franco, Mai, Bob, Geese, Billy Kane, Hon Fu, Yamazaki, Sokaku, Alfred, Blue Mary, Kim, Chonshu, Chonrei, Duck King, Rick, Xiangfei, Cheng, Laurence, Krauser, Tung Fu Rue
Related Games: Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3, Fatal Fury Special, Fatal Fury Real Bout, Fatal Fury Real Bout Special, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, Fatal Fury: 1st Contact, Garou: Mark of The Wolves

Review: Along with playable boss characters, two new characters join Real Bout's roster: Rick Stroud and Li Xiangfei. Real Bout 2 revamps the two-line battle system from Real Bout Special. Instead of fighting in either two lines, the player is now forced to fight in a main line, while the second line is a "sway line" used to avoid attacks (similar to the original Real Bout). The one-line trap stages last seen in Fatal Fury Special also return.

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Gameplay Engine
 7 / 10
Story / Theme
 6.5 / 10
Overall Graphics
 7 / 10
Animation
 7 / 10
Music / Sound Effects
 6 / 10
Innovation
 5.5 / 10
Customization
 5 / 10
Options / Extras
 5 / 10
Intro / Presentation
 7.5 / 10
Replayability / Fun
 7.5 / 10
"Ouch" Factor
 5.5 / 10
Characters
 8 / 10
BOTTOM LINE

7 / 10

Closing Comment: The third and last installment to the Real Bout series is obviously the best, but still isn't my cup of tea as far as 2D fighting goes. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG

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