Bloody Roar 2
1999 fighting video game
Bloody Roar 2, known as Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age in Europe and Japan and as Bloody Roar II: The New Breed in the United States, is a 1998 arcade fighting video game developed by Raizing and published by Hudson Soft. It is the second installment in the Bloody Roar series. A port to the PlayStation home console was released in 1999. It has since been re-released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable via the North American PlayStation Network as of 2021. The game was followed up by Bloody Roar 3 (2000).
Gameplay
Just like its predecessor, every character has a beast form that can be used to initiate new attacks, recover some lost health and generally be faster and/or more powerful with their attacks. In addition, the sequel introduces "Beast Drives": super attacks that initiate a cutscene and inflict substantial damage towards the opponent, with each Beast Drive varying in uniqueness depending on the character.
Plot
Five years after the events of the first game, the zoanthropes who had gotten involved in the conflict against the fallen Tyron Corporation have since resumed their normal and peaceful lives. However, the peace does not last long as a new threat emerges. With the revelation of the zoanthropes' existence being made and known full well to the world, tensions and hostilities between humans and zoanthropes start to rise at an alarming and dangerous rate.
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