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Power Stone 2 (2000)

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For those who don't know, Power Stone was a full 3D fighting game exclusive to the SEGA Dreamcast, and to be honest one of my favorites . The sequel, Powerstone 2, removed much of the finer and skillful mechanics of the first game and made it into more of a party game, what with an entire book of items to use, more characters, and the introduction of moving stages.

It's hard to appreciate as a fighting game, but imo it's a top notch party game. That being said the 1 player adventure mode can be tough at the highest level (8), what with the game's cheap A.I. and damage outputs there.
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Ryoma is probably one of the harder characters to pull this off with. His main issue is that he can't really deal great damage when powered up, which makes Dr. Erode a pain to try and beat. Unlike other characters, Ryoma really relies on items and de-powered combat.

In such combat, he does excel though. His sword gives him some very good range and his jumping slash is as useful as Gunrock's jumping kick (though not as cheap). He also has some good off the wall throws and has moderate defense.

As for when powered up, his power drive RAIJINKEN (zomgTales!shaddap) and works well on the ground as a series of slashes for building comboes AND in the air it becomes Kuchuu Raijinken, a homing orb, which is great if you know how to manipulate A.I. (lol Gourmand).

As for his fusions, Midare Zantou (the crescent moons) is probably more useful, as it not only acts as a projectile but creates a pseudo-shield around himself. His other, Tenchi Ryoudan, is good for damage as well, but the A.I. is pretty good at knocking you out of it which sucks.

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