Saturday, August 10, 2024

Yuu Yuu Hakusho 2: Kakutou no Shou for SFC


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Yuu Yuu Hakusho 2: Kakutou no Shou

Yu Two?


Genre: fighting - 1v1

Publisher: Namco

Year: 1994

System: SFC


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

At this point I feel like a broken record. This game features a roster of 10 fighters and fairly standard SF2-style gameplay. As with most of these games I struggled to figure out how to perform special moves. A few of the SF inputs work but I couldn't find more than one per fighter. I know there's more because the opponents spam them like crazy. Movement feels ok, although your jumps are mostly vertical. They have less horizontal movement thatn I feel they should. Unfortunately there's no difficulty levels and only four buttons. Also, a lot of slowdown hampers the experience.


Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

Has your standard modes, minus a tournament mode. Again, the lack of difficulty settings is a drawback.


Theme Score: 3

Theme Notes:

I don't know much about Yu Yu. It's a bunch of spiky haired people. There's some variety in the character designs and the menus and players select screens look ok.


Art Style Score: 4

Art Style Notes:

Nice sprites with ok animation. The special moves don't look very good, due to the less-than-ideal animation. The sprites aren't huge but are nice and chunky. Clean, colorful artwork with a consistent look and feel. I really like the screen shake effect when landing a powerful attack. Some slowdown


Audio Score: 4

Audio Notes:

Good music and sound effects


Overall Score: 64

Review ID: 1960



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