Mais caótico, cheio de novos itens e personagens e corrige vários problemas do primeiro jogo, principalmente o desbalanceamento absurdo que fazia quem conseguia 3 power stones primeiro praticamente invencivel. Os estágios merecem destaque especial: são alguns dos mais interativos e criativos que já vi num jogo de luta. Some a isso o visual que é peak Dreamcast-core e a excelente trilha sonora e temos aquele que é facilmente o melhor fightan-platformer-party-game-thingy fora Smash Bros. - e, ouso dizer, até melhor que alguns Smashes!

Se no primeiro temos uma luta mais íntima, aqui temos o caos!

Eu adoro isso tambem, mas acaba perdendo uma sensação de descoberta que tinah no primeiro. sua intmidade abre espaço para mecanicas mais "party games. Inclusive, seus niveis (antes apenas interativos) agora também evoluem e ccontam história. Bom, voce tambem faz isso jogando já que tal qual o primeiro, a gameplay nesse jogo conta história com uma facilidade incrível. O design de combate continua primoroso e intuitivo, mas simplificado para deixar o caos das fases e do combate 4v4 brilhar. Gosto também.

Los combates locos en arenas de combate vuelven a hacer de las suyas con la segunda parte de Power Stone, esta vez con más personajes, gráficas más pulidas y escenarios cambiantes que volverán aún más dinámicos los enfrentamientos que ya de por sí eran bastante caóticos en su predecesor. En Power Stone 2 los escenarios serán un poco más grandes y nos obligarán a estar en constante movimiento al pasar por diferentes estados y fases. El modo historia principal tendrá un poco más de importancia y contará con jefes que agregan aún más variedad al gameplay reforzando la trama del juego, que no es nada impresionante, pero está ahí para ofrecer soporte a unos personajes que bien pueden ser protagonistas de sus propios títulos por si solos. Es un juego que ofrece diversión pura, sin complicarse y al grano, como debe ser.

There's certain games that personally feel complete and true to the experience when played with 4 people, any lesser amount of people while still fun, doesn't bring that same joy/complete feeling. This game holds some of the greatest memories I've had with 4 player local multiplayer. From the unique artstyle, awesome/creative stages, diverse/cool characters, incredibly chaotic, whacky, and weird items. And ultimately, the simple to understand fighting mechanics, are what makes this one of the most charming and exciting local multiplayer experiences I've had. The co-op story mode is also pretty nice, allowing you to chose whatever path/stage you progress through is awesome. Personally, never really get to experience 4 player local multiplayer much with friends as I once did, so it's rare I play this these days, but whenever I get the chance, I'm always laughing and generally excited as I was when I was a kid. Only critique I would truly say is, I wish there was more stage choices, after repeating over the same 6 or so stages(Original Mode), it can get a bit tiring seeing the same locals over and over, but again the few stages provided are still none the less wonderfully made.

There's virtually 0 records regarding the production of Power Stone 2, but if the likes of Itsuno or whomever else in the team said what they released was an unfinished beta, I wouldn't be surprised at all. Almost every single angle of this game expresses an idea they didn't fully commit to. From the oversimplified combat, to the laughably short arcade mode, lack of a story or character endings, and menus that are drab and lifeless if not just taken from Power Stone 1's assets. Something tells me that item shop and mixing mechanic is what they sunk most of their time into, and realized they had no time or budget left to make the rest of the game.

But even with all that, the expanded 4-player fights can be fun, it becomes quite a romp with the much more dynamic stages! This can definitely be a good time with friends, I just wish it was a more fleshed-out game. There's aspects that make it an overall weaker product to the original Power Stone, most especially its core design.