Customer Reviews
this game ROCKS!!!
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!
THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN A GAME IN YEARS
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.
The Best 4-PLayer game on DREAMCAST
Let me start off by saying this is a great game. I mean really. You can't find these kinds of games anywhere. In fact, PS2 and Xbox have almost none of these kinds of games, though Gamecube has similar Super Smash Bros. Melee.
The game is mayhem. There can be up to 4 players, and you take weapons like swords, axes, guns, poles, etc. and smash the other players with them. You can also pick up boxes, stones, coffins, and even shoot missles out of tanks! With probably the most interactive environment in any game, you can use anything.
The highlight of this game, of course, is multiplayer. Invite 3 friends over, and you've got hours of fun. It's violent, but not dark, bloody, gory violence. The courses are very well done, as you have to swim, jump, run, to avoid certain death. There really is nothing else to say about multiplayer except this is the main reason to buy this game.
The one-player modes are very similar. Jump into adventure mode and collect items. Adventure, 1-on-1, or arcade and have one on one battles and fight a couple bosses as you navigate through a castle. Not too hard, but the last boss can get really challenging, depending on the difficulty level. As long as you have 4 characters, computer or not, you WILL have fun.
The graphics are regular Dreamcast. I haven't expirenced any choppiness, and the framerate is find. But, as usual, the sound isn't that great. Even in fantastic games like Soul Calibur, the sound is awful. It sounds like someone on a microphone with terrible reverb or an awful amp (or both).
All in all, this is a great game. The multiplayer is worth it alone, even with the mediocre 1-player modes. Though very expensive for Dreamcast games, I guarantee hours of fun.
