Description
The Bloody Roar series rages on as one of the first fighting
games on the highty anticipated Nintendo GameCube system. Taking advantage
of the Nintendo GameCube's technological advances, BloodyRoar: Primal Fury
delivers fast and fluid fighting action, eye-popping enhanced graphics and
special-effects, plus new characters, new special attack moves and new
arenas. Continuing the success of the Bloody Roar series, Bloody Roar:
Primal Fury for Nintendo GameCube is geared to deliver alI of the
pulse-pounding fighting action and impressive moves you can handle.
Review
The Bloody Roar series was one of the most successful 3D
fighting games ever with its solid gameplay mechanics, along with some of
the most amazing moves, beast transformations and supers, breathtaking
graphics, and a nice selection of fighters to choose from. If anyone has
heard of a game called Bloody Roar 3 for the PlayStation 2, you should feel
right at home with this stellar Gamecube fighter ! If anyone knows, Bloody
Roar: Primal Fury is an upgraded version of Bloody Roar 3 on PlayStation 2,
but that doesn't mean it's just another port. There are a whole lot of
improvements done on this version. The graphics look so great, so real, and
soooooo sweet, it's not even funny, and it takes full advantage of the
Gamecube's graphical technology ! If you didn't like how the PS2 version
looked like, the GC version of the game is quite the looker, and it will
amaze even the best of those XBOX ownin' Gamecube haters out there ! The
characters look extremely stunning ! From smooth movements to true-to-life
facial expressions ! You name it ! The stages look perfect ! Still, like in
the first three games, you get to fight in a ring with walls, but for the
fist time ever, the grounds can break, due to the impact of hard falls, and
you can even knock your opponent off the ring without having to kill your
opponent, but that happens only on one stage. The special effects of the
game is without a doubt, the best looking in the game, especially when the
fighters transform into powerful beasts. The Sound to this game, is very
impressive. The English voice acting is very accurate, and you'll swear that
you're watching an anime. Not to mention, the sounds of a transformed beast
fighter. The background music still retains the same Japanese-American Rock
'N Roll instrumental music, but that's nothing to complain about. In fact,
the music is very cool and it's too unforgettable, if you like hearing game
music all the time (if you wanna get the best videogame soundtrack, get the
Jet Set Radio Future Soundtrack !). The gameplay and controls still remains
faithful to the series. It took me some time to get used to the control
sequences of the Gamecube's controller, and then I got used to it. Some may
complain that the gameplay is a little slow when it comes to pulling off
moves, well that's partially true, but if you're used to playing these kinds
of fighters, you won't be disappointed ! As for the selection of characters,
you get a solid choice of new and old characters like Long: The Tiger (My
favorite), Stun: The Insect, Xion: The Unborn (My second favorite), Alice:
The Rabbit, Yuriko: The Half Beast, Bakuryu: The Mole (My third favorite),
Shenlong: The Tiger, Jenny: The Bat, Shina: The Leopard, Yugo: The Wolf, and
more from where that came from. To those of you who never played any of the
Bloody Roar series, I suggest that you start off small by playing Bloody
Roar 1 and Bloody Roar 2 on PlayStation, and if you're used to it, you're
ready for both Bloody Roar 3 for PS2 and Bloody Roar: Primal Fury for
Gamecube ! Aw, Hell ! You don't really have to do all that to get used to it
! But that's just a suggestion ! It's not like you have to do it anyway !
You can just play this game and feel fond of the series just like that (it
happened to me when I never played the first Guilty Gear but mastered Guilty
Gear X on Import Dreamcast) ! If you think that the Bloody Roar series reek,
including this one, then you must be out of your mind ! Bloody Roar: Primal
Fury is the best Gamecube fighter out there ! Not to mention, the definitive
version of Bloody Roar 3 ! If you love fighting games with people
transforming into bloodthirsty animals and kicking the living tar out of
each other, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury is a title that should not be left out
in the shelves !
