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Mediocre at best

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Bushido Blade 2 is fun, with a realistic fighting system and easy control functions, but at this stage in the world of video games, it just doesnt measure up.
There is very little storywise, which is a shame because with one it could have been a great game. The character dialouge is possibly the worst ever written...and not even some very good (and fairly well known) voice over actors can salvage it. So what you get are sections between fights with main characters where there are short CG movies with really poor dialouge and almost as bad animation.
Replay value is just barely there. Even with a fairly large character selection, once you've sliced and diced your way through the game a few times your ready to put it down.
On top of all this is the fact that the game has become rare and pricey; the game is fun, but not worth the price.

Good Graphics, horrible game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I played this game for 10 hours straight...being instructed by someone who has owned the game for a long time...and i HATED IT

i found no strategy to it...just hit the button and get lucky

Ehrgeiz is WAY better

Just not very impressive

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The overall impression of the game is...eh. I would recommend renting this game before actually buying. There were plenty of characters and weapons, but there were just not enough moves to master in this game. Playing the quest mode a few times thru and the pattern of the game becomes rather stale. I did have fun playing it with some friends, but the interest never lasted.

Closest to real life fighting yet!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game takes you into reality and excludes the cheesy fire balls and magic spells.You have to learn the art of fighting with a sword or spear (non-throwing) using only skill and timing.You have a choice of 22 characters each with their own sub-weapon (throwing weapon).The down side of this game is obtaining the four secret characters but for those gamers that like a challenge it is a definite plus.Out of all fighting games i've played this one and BB1 surpass all others as far as shear fighting.Great 3D enviroments and use of grafics make this game a good bet and a worth while buy.

Its Origional, but The First Bushido Blade is Better!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: July 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Busido Blade 2 is as original as fighting games get. One strike one kill style Asain sword fighting. As for how that translates to game play though, give me a boreing old overhead life bar anyday. The rounds in Busido Blade 2 last seconds. It is near imposible to block a sword strike! In the origional you could at least defend yourself a bit making it a much better game. So only play this if you are the most die hard fighting fan. I will take Tekken 3, or Street Fighter Alpha 3 over this every day and twice on Sunday!

Try something else

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is fairly primitive, both in gameplay and in graphics. It's a straight-up fighting game that pretends to have a story and a purpose--but basically you go from fight to fight, and that's about it. I hardly ever play fighting games, or any games really, and I finished the game with one character in about a half hour. Supposedly they expect you to play through with every character, but hearing each character's voice or slightly different way of fighting is hardly a reward. Compared to a game like Virtua Fighter 2, this game pales, and I'm sure there are lots more martial arts games out there that are more worth your time.

A step up...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Definately better than BB1 but still not that great. Like I said, Square should stick to RPGs and stay away from fighting games... Though the character designs in this one were kinda cool at times. It got boring, real fast.

this game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

this game was the best in everything. especially the moves. I mean come on they were like real. well looked real (close enough) anyway this game has the graphics,the sound the everything you need that makes a game satisfying. So the all out score of this game would be a 10.

A wonderful fighting game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Great story for the 1 player action. In 1 player you do not just fight guy after guy like in normal games there is actually a story to it. So much more variety then the first one. many, many, many more characters. VS mode is wonderful it is not at all just luck. You need to master the moves and have the right timing. This game is a must have.

The most addicting game I've ever played for the PS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

After reading all these negative reviews about BB2, I bought the game with a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I started playing, sure that the game would never match up to its predecessor (Bushido Blade ONE...original name for its sequel ain't it?) However, I had soon become an addict. Even though there are 20+ characters, I didn't ever have the feeling that I was using the same character with a different skin (except maybe Hongou-Kannuki). The controls, though, have been dumbed-down and it is faster-paced than ever. A typical match lasts maybe 20 seconds. (However, one long one did last about 7 minutes, longer than you're likely to get out of Tekken or other brand-name fighters. But it was always fast-paced, even though it was 7 mins.) I average about 200 matches per hour. Although one drawback is the cutting out of the rapier and the steak knife(saber, sorry), the character variety should make up for it. The level graphics is an area that could use (a lot of) improvement, however. Sort of like the fighters in Tekken look good, but there are 2D backgrounds. By the way, did I mention that you can run around, climb, jump, throw dirt, just like you could in a real fight? No? Well, you can in BB2. I would definitely recommend BB2 over any other fighter out there right now--even BB1.

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