Two different Strider 2s

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Strider II on Genesis looks, sounds, and plays like a fanmade hack job. The backgrounds here are rather bland compared to the appealing locales of the first game. Some serious threnody serves as the BGM here.

That's probably why Capcom calls their own sequel Strider 2. The US Gold one is a false start.

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Stirder 2 on psx is based off the arcade game. And I loved it, save for the last boss. The game slows down to a crawl in some spots, (not much of a problem for 90% of the time) but worst of all, this effects the controls because the game doesn't respond to your controls when you press buttons and often this means getting hit when you could have sworn you pressed the buttons in time. It's really annoying. The arcade ran on slightly better hardware so the port is faithful up until that point in the game where the slowdown kills the controls.

I personally loved strider 2's style. It was fast, faithful more to the newer strider (mvc strider) than the old school strider who couldn't dash or dash jump or wall jump or anything fancy like what you expect from ninjas. The environments weren't limited to what can be onscreen at any 1 point in time (so it was a lot free-er in how you attack and where you attack from because you could maneouver much quicker) and the controls were tight enough to avoid anything an enemy throws at you. (unlike in strider 1 where if you make the jump from the wrong point and it is too late to change, you will get hit whether you like it or not)

The only other thing was the stupid magic projectile attack that comes out of the sword when he is in turbo mode. They should never have allowed that move. It's too cheap.

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I just want to comment that I am amazed that you guys like Strider 2(PSX) as much as you do. I found that so many people had gripes with it being too easy, and thought it sucked because of that. I personally found it to be extremely fun despite it being too easy and the over all lack of unlockables. It is still a great way to kill 15 min.

[StriderKyo]

Originally posted by ShineAqua
I just want to comment that I am amazed that you guys like Strider 2(PSX) as much as you do. I found that so many people had gripes with it being too easy, and thought it sucked because of that. I personally found it to be extremely fun despite it being too easy and the over all lack of unlockables. It is still a great way to kill 15 min.

1. Strider 2 is fucking hard. It's only "easy" if you continue 53 times. Getting through the whole thing on one credit is almost Mars Matrix difficult. Almost.

2. There are a couple of things to unlock, including a new character and a hidden level.

3. The game is in no way 15 minutes. The first Strider was around 20-25 minutes long; Strider 2 is easily double that length. After almost two years of play, if I can finish a level in 5 minutes I'm laughing.

4. If you like ranked gameplay, this game is the king. If you can get a star rank on every level, you are a genuine ninja gamer.


Anyway...

Strider Returns on the Genesis is clearly the result of a lost drunken bet somewhere. Everything about the game screams "Eurojunk", in the worst Amiga shareware tradition. Even the story from the instruction manual is shameful:

"This guy is like a bad habit, he just won't go away. Now this Evil Master dude and his legions of nimrods are poised above the planet in a space station, ready to make the planet one big black hole. Not only that, those blasted automadions (space slang for funky robot type guys) have captured Lexia (Not the car, the babe!) and are holding her prisoner aboard their space station.

Don't it just make your blood boil? Doesn't it make your skin crawl? Does it make your face turn red with anger? Is there steam coming out of your ears? Hold on, get a grip! We've been in this kind of fix before. Okay, okay, you're right, probably not this bad. But hey, this is a video game. There's always a good guy around somewhere. Get with the program!

It just so happens, that on the island of Moralos (you remember the secret base of the famous Striders) there is just the guy you're looking for. The most pumped up Strider of them all, Hinjo, is just waiting to punch these guy's lights out. Go ahead, grab that control pad and give it a shot, sound like a piece of cake... Wrong! This baby's not your every day space walk in the park! Strider's back and the fun is about to begin. Rumble on, Strider Dude!"

Seriously, I hope somebody was executed for that, Medellin style. But it's not a Strider game. It's just a horrible trick played on us by the the shadowy masters of whatever criminal organization runs Acclaim, Major League Baseball and the Russian Mafia.

Strider 2, on the other hand...not quite as memorable as the first, but it's one of the best playing action games you'll ever lay thumbs on. Imagine Hiryu from Marvel vs. Capcom in his own 2D side scroller. The whole thing is about dashing through the levels without getting touched, racking up as much score as you can.

For what you'll pay for it, it's a must own, and the fact that it comes with an arcade perfect version of the original (complete with the ability to save high scores) just sweetens the deal. Play it, master it, feel like a gaming superstar.

[Despair]

Strider

Thanks for posting that. That storyline description is amazingly awfull, yet hillariously bad.

Rumble on, Strider Dude!!!!!

[Shine]

Originally posted by StriderKyo
1. Strider 2 is fucking hard. It's only "easy" if you continue 53 times. Getting through the whole thing on one credit is almost Mars Matrix difficult. Almost.

2. There are a couple of things to unlock, including a new character and a hidden level.

3. The game is in no way 15 minutes. The first Strider was around 20-25 minutes long; Strider 2 is easily double that length. After almost two years of play, if I can finish a level in 5 minutes I'm laughing.

Umm.. are we talking about the PSX Strider 2? The one from Capcom? I'll admit I haven't played my copy in a a year or so but I don't remember it being to difficult. As for the hidden level that was unlocked after beating the first game, which was much harder than the second, so I never got unlock it, and the secret character I thought was just Strider with a different costume and a few tweaks to his abilities. I guess I'll play it again.

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Chester: Try playing it without hitting the continue button.

[Videodrone]

Originally posted by 88mph
Bionic Commando for the NES was freaking awsome.

Still is.

i agree 88, i for the most part am a bigger fan of all the "water-down" NES home version of their arcade counter-parts: bionic commando, strider, ninja gaiden, rygar...

[Kidnemo]

Originally posted by StriderKyo
1. Strider 2 is fucking hard. It's only "easy" if you continue 53 times. Getting through the whole thing on one credit is almost Mars Matrix difficult. Almost.

I'd just like to add I was able to finish Strider without continuing. I thought it was difficult, but not overly so.

I should play it tonite to see how horrible I do.

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Like I said earlier......

Originally posted by FighterX

Don't forget to NOT use the infinite continues. Limit yourself to 3, it'll make you enjoy the game longer.