Power Stone 2

by Capcom

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004WMVK
• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 24, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,223 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Players who have had the pleasure of playing the original Power Stone know that it was pure fighting chaos. One or two players would run around trying to collect three power stones, which would turn them into superhuman punishment machines, while everything from tables to submachine guns were available as weapons. It was fast paced and a whole lot of fun.

Now, picture all of the aforementioned stuff, but with up to four players battling at once, and you've just described Power Stone 2 for Dreamcast. Sure, there's still a one-player mode, but it's Power Stone 2's multiplayer mode that truly makes it worth the price of admission.

The levels are larger this time around, to accommodate the wilder action, and there are Mario Party-style minigames that pop up smack in the middle of battles. Graphics are as beautiful as the Dreamcast can do, and the characters are cute and colorful. A couple of hidden characters add to the game's replay value. --Robb Guido

Pros:

• Fast and furious fighting action
• Bigger stages, where nearly every object can be used as a weapon
• Added minigames

Cons:

• One-player mode not nearly as fun
• Frantic action leaves little space for strategy

Product Description

There are plenty of 3-D fighting games out on the market, but no others quite as crazy as this. Power Stone 2 chucks the precision attack combos of the Street Fighter-type games in favor of a free-for-all melee that allows characters to walk in and out of the battle and use found objects as weapons. You'll encounter more than 120 items that can serve as weapons, vehicles, traps, and more. Find three Power Stones (or beat them out of an opponent) to temporarily turn into a more strapping, punishing version of yourself and knock inches off your opponents' life meters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A New Power Stone That Dishes Out Pure Mayem, August 4, 2000

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"dreamcastdojo" (Dreamworld) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Power Stone 2 (Video Game)

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An engrossing title, October 4, 2000

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Dan Norton (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Stone 2 (Video Game)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, but doesnt resemble the first., August 15, 2000

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Thomas Rose (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Power Stone 2 (Video Game)

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.