Chibi Nappa digs deep and actually finds something to like about Bloody Roar PF :)

My Wavebird purchase earlier this week forced me to do a lot of Cube playing ('cause that little controller is just so darn spiffy). However, the only game in my Cube collection that had any real "play" left in it was Bloody Roar. When I first got this game I played about 1 hour before not getting anywhere and banishing it to my pile of shame. Well, it turns out these actually a thing or two to like burried in that mediocre fighting game. Silly me, I was trying to enjoy the actuall game the first time around. Since I suck at 3D fighting games, couldn't win the game, and didn't like how it played that tactic just didn't work. Now, being forced to play the game to experiance some Wavebird joy, I focused on just seeing the endings. More games need traditional cell animation cinemas as opposed to CG, by the way. I cranked the difficulty as low as it could go and proceded to pummel helpless computer victims. I finnally won, and.....Hey! What's this? I unlocked something. Hmmmm... Turns out there's a heck of a lot of really cool stuff to unlock in this game, including the best "kids mode" I've seen in a while. All the SD models look great. Especially that "unborn" whatever it is. Hidden characters, no ring boundaries.... Seriously, unlocking the extras in this game is at least 3 times as fun as playing the game is. I'm glad I finnaly found something to do with this game. :)

Hey, Bloody Roar 3/Primal Fury, is a very cool fighting game. Its not on the level of VF4 in the skill department, but still its very fun to play, especially with bunch of friends to just have a good time, and not have a great strategic skill competition :)

It has cool character designs( I love some of the characters in this game, in both human and beast forms), nice graphics(not mind blowing, but nice and detailed, especially on the Cube), tight controls, cool battles(say what you want, but I liked Beast changes and cool Super moves), lots of unlockables, and 4 secret characters in Cube version.

It plays good, and even though its masher friendly, it still fun to play. So dont listen to people bashing it for "lack" of skill fighting, let them go play VF4 instead, and pick up this game, if you want to have a good time with the game, just to play it and have fun.

Well, that's just the thing, Despair. I'm not bashing it for a lack of skill based play. In fact, I don't even have enough skill to get past the 5th match with default difficulty. With 3D fighters I can mash buttons and that's it. I just didn't like how the combos are compleatly un-intuative monstrosities that require you to imput a set chain of commands that doesn't relate to anything. There's no rhyme or reason to any of it. Just memorize a random "code" and plug it in with the correct timing.

But like I said, unlocking stuff and kid's mode is a blast.

Well, Chibi, I never said that it was you who were bashing it :), and I was glad to hear that you actually playing it :)

But there were some people here, who did bashed it because of said "lack of skill" and it ruined fun for them.

It's not deep, and it's not ground breaking, but it is really fun. Solid graphics, sound, control and characters made it to be quite the surprise game for me. I remember having fun with BR 2, and I'm glad to see the Cube version stand up to it in every regard.

The graphics and style of the game are really great, but the gameplay is too shallow and too easy for me. Plus its on a system with a d-pad that just plain sucks. With a revamped fighting engine, smarter AI, and a decent controller, they could turn it into a great fighting series. Because I think the thing that's seriously lacking in most 3d fighters is style. Compared to their 2d ancestors, VF and Tekken are just utterly bland.

I didn't have a problem with the d-pad, I like it more than the analog since it's more accurate.

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Originally posted by Ammadeau
The graphics and style of the game are really great, but the gameplay is too shallow and too easy for me.

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Beating someone up with a giant jiggly rabbit is the best use of style I've seen in quite some time. :)

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
Beating someone up with a giant jiggly rabbit is the best use of style I've seen in quite some time. :)

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Tekken 3 had a panda, a bear, and a dino, but it's just not the same. :p

Yep, Seeing Alice in the Rabbit form, still weariang a Nurse uniform and beating the shit out of Lion is great :)

The Beast form designs are pretty good, and soo is character art. Bakuru, Xion, Uriko are done with very cool style.

I havent tried the Cube version yet, so I cant comment on the use of Cube's Dpad in the game, only used PS2 controller, and it worked great with that.