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Capcom is a big
supporter of Sega, through the Genesis
era, to the Saturn days and now to the
Dreamcast. Since the fame of Street
Fighter, Capcom has become one of the
largest developers in the world. Capcom
has already released around 10 games for
the Dreamcast, and 8 of them have come or
are coming to North America. Capcom is to
release two very anticipated games for
the Dreamcast, Resident Evil: Code
Veronica and the first fully online
fighting game, Street Fighter Alpha 3.
They already at work on another three set
of games, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Power
Stone 2 and Street Fighter III: World
Impact.
Power Stone is
probably the most original fighting game
since Virtua Fighter for the Genesis. The
first ever fully 3D interactive
environment. You'll be able to pick up
objects from the stages and use them as
weapons. For example, in Falcon's stage,
you can through chairs or tables at your
oppenant.
I'm not really a big
fan of 3D fighting, I prefer 2D fighting
games. In fact, Virtua Fighter 2 and Soul
Calibur are the only 3D fighting games I
liked. It might seem stupid if I tell you
I would take Eternal Champions or Marvel
vs. Capcom over Soul Calibur. But, I find
2D fighting more enterntaining.
There are about 8
characters unlocked characters, but after
finishing the arcade mode with each
character, you'll be able to get Kraken.
Finish the arcade mode with Kraken and
you'll be able to get Valgas. Finish the
arcade mode with difficulty at level 8,
and using Valgas finish arcade mode
without using a single continue and
you'll get Final Valgas.
But doing all this
really got me annoyed. The last three
bosses are sort of hard, especially
Valgas. I didn't bother to go past
finishing the game the 5th time. Playing
against the same characters 15 times to
get all the codes? It can be very
annoying.
Most of the characters
have the same moves, until they get the
three Power Stones. The big characters
like Gaulda or Gunrock just keep trying
to squeeze the oppenant. There's only one
character who has his own moves, that is
Ryoma. He's the only character who uses a
weapon through the game, a sword. The
other 5 use the same moves, punch, kick,
and so on.
I played this game
with one player, and I got every annoyed
easily. But I have heard its a lot of fun
with two player, so even though I gave
this game a very bad rating, rent and try
2 player. But do not buy this game, there
are far better 3D fighting games. Like
Dead or Alive 2, Soul Calibur, and Virtua
Fighter 3TB.
Graphics: 8
Sound: 7
Control: 7.5
Gameplay: 6
Overall: 29 |
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Power
Stone
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Capcom
# of players: 2
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