This game is great, especially for Tatsunoko fans. Too bad they changed the soundtrack, or I would have bought it for sure.
I'm not a great fan of beat 'em up though, so I relatively care. ;)
But I still suggest it, especially for people who don't care a lot for music in games.
I tried to get into this game but I couldn't, maybe it's the control scheme, which didn't give me the swimming feeling I got for other "under water games", like the Ecco the Dolphin series for example.
Also, being a diver myself, in real life, I could have higher expectations than a "common" person for a game like this... anyway, I should give it a second try since I'm still curious to see a bit more of it. ^^
Thanks for you warm welcome, Nick. I'll stick around for sure, especially when searching for reviews. :)
I played and watched the game played in Italian, and that voice acting is really bad, but I don't know about the English one.
Anyway, I wonder if the good reviews are all honest ones, or if there is something behind it... you know what I mean. ;)
I heard of pressures on reviewers for a different Ubi game, after all, so I don't completely trust famous sites or magazines.
Anyway, in a scale of 10 I would give RS2 a 7: a game that works, but with a gameplay I don't like and other problems (and quite short, too).
For example, I didn't like much the controls, either, since the camera is linked to the sword movements and that can get confusing unless you always use lock-on.
Also, I didn't like that the gameplay is combo-based, I would have preferred a more intuitive and natural swordplay style, since mixing buttons and pre-definite gestures kills a bit the whole "motion control" appeal for me: instead, I loved Wii Spoerts Resort... it just feel more natural and accessible, but still deep in its way.
Finally, I didn't like how they mixed motion control actions with buttons-controlled ones: it's incoherent.
For example, of the 3-4 different type of doors in the game, only one you can open with a gesture, while for all the other ones you've to press the A button... and there are other things like this that disrupt the flow of the game and someway confuse the player, at least in my opinion.
Hello, I registered just to say thanks for a honest and good Red Steel 2 review (at last, I read things these days about the game that I was starting to wonder if I played the same game other people played -__-' ).
I'm a Wii owner and Nintendo fan, but I didn't enjoyed it a bit, still some people got angry at me for my opinion even when I explained it in details, and I was starting to think that the gaming world was going crazy, or that maybe I'm just a Nintendo fan while the people I talked with are fanBOYS. :P
Anyway, I think this review nailed down almost perfectly this game main problem, the shallow, boring and repetitive gameplay. Also, this phrases is really meaningful:
"For Wii-only owners starving for a first-person shooter."
Even if I disagree on the shooter part (RS2 is an action game more than a shooter), the "starving" part is spot on.
I get the impression that people WANT to like this game, more than actually liking it.
Also, I can't understand how people that normally play games of such quality like the Prime trilogy, Mario platforms and most Nintendo titles, or gamers in general who like good games can really find funny a boring game like RS2.
If someone is interested, I can extensively explain why I don't like this game even if it works for what it does, just ask.
At any case, I want to thank the reviewer for, well, making sense. I was starting to think I was crazy since I didn't like this game, but maybe that's not the case. It's just a matter of personal standards, I guess. ;)
