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A New Power Stone That Dishes Out Pure Mayem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 26 / 27
Date: August 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Four stars is pretty good when I rate a video game, but low and behold, this game is great. This series started off with the silent Power Stone which was a free roaming fighting game with interactive boards. This aint' no classical way to fight like 2D games like Street Fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom, this is the first of its kind, and its pretty [darn] good.

Everything I hated about Power Stone has been fixed and Iam pleased to say they did a bang up job. To start with the characters would be silly since the selection is sparse and is not relevant to the whole gaming experiance. This game soley relies on using your environment to your advantage. For example, there is a gun turret on the boat, to rid of your enemies best, hop on the turret and blast them out of the water. Fun and a great alternative to fighting. In the game, Capcom added a new feature wich allowed you to buy wepons and items in the Item Shop, just like Marvel vs. Capcom with Secret Factor. The levals have been touched up with a new twist, the environments change. Yes, hard to believe but if your boat is off course, there is a possibility that it can hit and iceberg and the boat could sink and you would be forced to climb onto the iceberg. This all happens and you are still fighting.

This sequal has new characters, new [changing] environments, four-player mayhem, and new wepons and items that will make this a worthy game to buy for fans of the original. For those of you who have never tried the orginal, give it a whirl. I have two knocks on this game, one is no network play and two is its confusing with four players. These knocks are minor and so small, it dosent affect the game. Check it out, this is one not to pass up.

An engrossing title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Say what you will about Capcom's sequal making past (Look! Street Fighter 2 Alpha Plus Omega Edition 16 Squared!), they got just about everything right with Power Stone 2.

Taking a cue from the possibly over-hyped Dead or Alive 2, Power Stone 2 brings level-interactivity in a fighting game to new heights. Using a 3/4 perspective view, one can do more than strafe around an enemy or hop over them. One can do A LOT more. Such as what, you ask? Well, how about hopping into gun turrets on submarines, before they submerge, and blasting away? Or how about uprooting a pole from the ground and making a home run with the nearest enemy? Anyway, a whole new level of interactivity.

Power Stone 2 also has something for the unlocking crowd out there- an item buying and mixing mode. By playing through the game in "adventure" mode, you accumulate items, which can be then sold at the item shop. More importantly, however, is the fact that you can mix them together, and create new, never-before-seen items! You could do this for days! Weeks!

Dishing out the damage against three opponents is entertaining, and leads to some good strategy in what is otherwise a very simplistic combat engine. And it's a good thing that the combat is simple- sometimes it's hard enough just trying to figure out where your damn character is after they've been swatted with a tennis racquet.

And that is my only real problem with the game- sometimes it's hard to figure out what the heck is going on. Well, that and the occasional cheap shot from one of the bosses. Certainly nothing to cry about.

However, with entertaining characters, great gameplay, and an item costing 20,000,000 credits,which you will NEVER have, this game will stay in the Dreamcast for a long time. Certainly a great purchase.

Capcom's innovation continues

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

There's a ton of great Dreamcast games worth owning.. here's another one. After Street Fighter 2, Capcom languished in unoriginality for quite some time, but it's clear the company has been experiencing a creative rebirth. Power Stone 2 pours on the innovation.

Basically its a 3-D game where you run your character around and try to beat up everybody else. The stages in this game are amazing and usually feature many hazards, like cliffs to throw your opponents off of and wild power-ups. Unlike traditional fighting games, this game is more about keeping an eye on the big picture of the battle and not letting your opponent get an advantage on you through the use of items or the stage itself. There are all sorts of wicked special effects (lots of ranged attacks), and some stages seem to stretch for miles as the battle rages into different areas.

With 4 players this game is tremendous fun, with most participants constantly yelling and screaming about what's going on, but there's even a lot of crazy stuff to do in the 1-player game, trying to unlock more secrets using an in-depth item system which I like a lot.

Good, but doesnt resemble the first.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Basicly if u havnt played the first it was a 1v1 3d battle where u can kick, punch, hurtle chairs and tables and do just about everything you want. The reason its called powerstone was that there where 3 stones which would gradually apear as the fight went on. If a player got all 3 they could use speacial attacks at thier opponent. The first thing about Power Stone 2 (i dont write PS2 for a reason) is it supports 4 guys at once. If you think of a 3d super smash brothers you have a good idea how the fighting works, but you can still use whatevers lying around the level and any guns or weapons which apear. Finally even in the 4 player if you aquire 3 stones you get your special moves. As you can imagine the 4 player is a total mayham and gives players very little time to think what there doing. The team battle was a little more organized, but the only stradegy which works is to try to isolate 1 enemy and then double team him. The 3v1 and 2v1 modes where crazy. One pore guy get kicked around with no chance for victory. The game not only has these features but about 2 weeks after it comes out you can play online. About the levels and fighters there are plenty of diverse levels which all have unique aspects (in 1 you are sky diving and another theres a huge boulder roling around. There are also two new guys which i didnt recognize from power stone 1. Well overall it was about 4.6 out of 5 stars and anyone who likes alot of fighting will love this game.

While Power Stone 2 is good, it is missing something....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: March 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First, let me tell you about the gameplay of Power Stone 2. Controls are very good and easy to pick up, great graphics, you can combine items together to make new ones, and the levels are HUGE!!!! You can unlock hidden levels, and get new items from single-player. This game makes a great party game. But it has it's problems. On single player, you don't have a lot of fun. You just fight people and it is very easy. In one week, I have unlocked all the hidden characters, and got all the weapons. NOW WHAT DO I DO? I play this game when my friends come over, but when they leave, I usually turn it off right away. In this game, they have the camera view from far above the level, and the camera never zooms in like in Power Stone 1, making the characters very small. What happened to the internet play??? They said it would have internet play, but they decided not to at the last minute. Too bad. I was looking forward to the internet play. Plus, there are only a few levels. They should have had a lot more.

While Power Stone 2 is a great game, I think that if Power Stone 1 went up to four players, it would be BETTER than Power Stone 2. If they ever make a Power Stone 3, I hope it is more like Power Stone 1, when in that game, you can actually see the level and the characters up close. Definitely rent or buy this game. Even with it's problems, it is a good fighting game.

THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN A GAME IN YEARS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I would recommend that you GO GET a Dreamcast JUST for POWERSTONE 2!! This game recently destroyed a party with friends because of its simplicity and appeal. Er..I mean destroyed in a good way. If you have the friends or family (and yes unlike PS1, you can play this one with Mom or little Jimmy around) then GO GET IT. The multi player is beyond description!! The single player mode is kinda flat and leaves you feeling short changed but to make up for that to can play a mayhem match with the CPU controlling the other 3 characters or collect rare weapons while you try to fight in Adventure mode.

The basic rundown:

Pros
1) MULTI PLAYER ROCKS!!!
2) Even on a rainy day with no friends around you can still enjoy a mayhem match.
3) The graphics are awesome
4) The backrounds are even bigger and badder
5) The sheer amount of weapons to find or create by mixing existing weapons is awesome
6) Two players can team up to go through the game
7) Rogue is seriously toned down to family friendly standards (good move)
8) NO MORE ONE TRICK PONY VICTORIES, you gotta fight for a win here
9) Fighting engine was reworked to make the game MORE FUN and IT WORKED
10) Adventure mode adds replay value to the single player experience
11) New characters (especially Accel) are a welcome addition.
12) Japenese voices are left intact

So why not 5 stars with so many pros? Read on

Cons
1) No character personality or good story or character endings.
2) Small number of stages (less than PS1) and stages do not reflect any character in particular.
3) Single player mode LIMITED except for Adventure Mode
4) The final boss is a waste of game memory and resources. The final boss is pathetic and demonically ugly!! The other short-comings could be over looked but this freak is sickening. My spirit is disturbed every time I see him. We could have seen a better final boss one with style and a rad multi level backround. This brought down the score more than anything else!
5) No Powerstone 3 for Dreamcast

Overall
GET THIS GAME AND A SECOND HAND DREAMCAST IT IS WORTH IT!! Buy a Dreamcast at Amazon now... games this fun that are not sports titles aren't made anymore.

this game ROCKS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is awesome. it's the best fighting game i've ever played. it has a so many weapons you can make. health items, guns, poles, and even stuff you can ride on. it has one player and multiplayer. they have great characters. and of course, like the first, collect three power stones to transform into a more powerful form, where you have special attacks. some characters are strong but slow, some are fast but kinda weak, and some are balanced. the stages are also awesome. every stage moves, meaning, something happens to it and it requires you to move to a different arena. and you can pick up stuff, like vases, and throw them at your enemy. the stages are very interactive. the controls are awesome and easy to use. the camera views are awesome too. i definently recommend getting this game. a lot better than the first one. this one has the same characters as the first one and four new ones. it's an awesome game. highly recommended!

Totally Crazy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is better than part one in some ways and part one is better than part two in some ways but the best part is the four player mayham. All the characters from part one are in Power Stone 2: Falcon, Wangtang, Galuda, Gunrock, Jack, Ryoma, Ayama, and that one lady. And they have extras like: Accel, Julia, Pete, Garmond. And the two secret characters: Pride, and Mel. And all new weapons like Gigantic Hammer, Unbrella, Spear, Beam Gun, 5-way Shotgun, Fireworks, and Magical Staffs. And you can put on New Cloths like Cat tail, Rabbit legs, Crown, and Straw hat. The bosses are bigger that Final Valgus from part one. I reccomend this game for the best.

Powerful!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Capcom is the king of 2D fighting games and this one shows they're well up to 3D fighting as well.

Calling this a fighting game is a bit of a misnomer. It's a brawl between four players, but instead of doing special moves and crazy combos - you have to fight strategically. All you can do is use your punch button. You use the other buttons to pick up objects and weapons around the area to fight with. And you can't block. So there's a lot of running around and shooting going on. You can also pick up 3 Power Stones and turn into this super character with special exploding moves - for a limited time only.

There are plenty of characters in this and it doesn't feature many stages, but the production has been done well enough. The graphics and sounds are both excellent - like what we've come to expect from Capcom. And the craziness surely starts with the levels.

Like the first one: You are aboard of this wooden skyship. After fighting and shooting for some time, the ship cracks and explodes. So you lot fall down the sky and duke it out while falling down. Then you end up in this fortress with cannons and tanks and everything and you continue the fight there. Most of the levels are like this. Like another one with submarines headed to icebergs. And a pyramid full of Indiana Jones-esque boobie-traps... Including the huge ball!

And although the idea and execution is great, it didn't really compell me enough to keep playing it. I've played it occasionally but I never felt like really wanting to unlock all secrets. I think 3D fighting is just not my thing. It's good Capcom aren't giving up their day job. It's a good party game though. This one is a Try before buy.

OH MY GOD! (this is so much fun)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you have never found a good game to play here is what to do:
1)play Power stone 2 / 2)play Power Stone 2
3)repeat steps one and two.
I gave this game 7 out of 5 stars because it is crazy and enjoyable, plus there really are no cons to it. If you get a dreamcast, this is the first game you should get.

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