Plasma Sword (Dreamcast)

Manufacturer: Capcom Entertainment, Inc. Part number: 25006

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Description:: Hundreds of years into the future, scientific advancements have put Earth on the brink of mental warfare. The mechanical terrorist, Dr. Bilstein, once thought dead, has been sighted on the planet Zeta, where he reportedly died in battle. Enter Plasma Sword, sequel to Capcom's critically acclaimed Star Gladiator. This surreal 3-D fighter features 22 stunningly rendered fighters with awe-inspiring ... Read more

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Plasma Sword (Dreamcast)

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Reviewed by: Jeff Gerstmann
Reviewed on: 12/14/1999
Updated on:04/28/2000
Released on: 03/31/2000

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Capcom's first foray into the world of 3D fighting was a futuristic weapon-based fighter called Star Gladiator. For its time, Star Gladiator was a slick little PlayStation game - it was never the best fighting game in your collection, but it was interesting just the same. Plasma Sword (known as Star Gladiator 2 in Japan) captures some of the same aspects that made the original game interesting, but a severe lack of technological upgrades and cookie-cutter character design make this a tough game to recommend.

Most of the first game's characters have returned, including Hayato, June, Gerelt, Gore, Blood, and Bilstein, the original game's boss. But each character now has an alter ego of sorts, or, to put it another way, Capcom doubled the character lineup in an extremely cheap way by making almost all of the new characters clones of existing ones. The standard fighting-game modes, including group battle and training, have been included. Training mode shows you each character's branching tree of combos.

Graphically, Plasma Sword doesn't look bad until you consider how much better just about everything else on the Dreamcast looks. The characters aren't very smooth looking, and the animation just seems jerky and almost unfinished. The static 2D backgrounds really give the game an almost ugly look, and the effects that surround most of the special moves and counters are quite plain. The one nice graphical effect is the lighting. The weapons, all made of some wacky form of plasma, give off a nice glow, and this glow lights the characters up pretty well.

The gameplay has become a little more Street Fightery than the previous game: using back to block, and containing lots of dragon punch-style moves. There are lots of little special attacks, such as Saturn's Doll Bomb, which causes little Saturn dolls to run at the opposing player, exploding on contact. There's also a reflect counter that lets you stun your opponent for a second or two so you can get in some quick damage. The game is juggle-friendly, but the damage resulting from being juggled is relatively low.

Plasma Sword isn't a bad game, but it's not a very good game, either. The Dreamcast is capable of much better graphics, but even if the game looked like Soul Calibur, it still wouldn't be terribly exciting. Hard-core Hayato fans would be better off waiting for his 2D debut when Marvel vs. Capcom 2 releases in the States later this year.

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Manufacturer: Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Part number: 25006
Description: Hundreds of years into the future, scientific advancements have put Earth on the brink of mental warfare. The mechanical terrorist, Dr. Bilstein, once thought dead, has been sighted on the planet Zeta, where he reportedly died in battle. Enter Plasma Sword, sequel to Capcom's critically acclaimed Star Gladiator. This surreal 3-D fighter features 22 stunningly rendered fighters with awe-inspiring moves, breathtaking combos, and lightning fast game play. Now, a new legion of agile warriors forms to battle the next generation and unlock the mysteries of Plasma Power.

Product Basic Spec
Platform Dreamcast
ESRB rating Teen - Animated Violence
Genre Action
Elements General Action
Context Fantasy
Play time mode Real-time
Number of players 1-2 Players
Difficulty Variable
Learning curve About a half hour
Operating system None

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Developer Capcom
ESRB Teen
ESRB descriptors Animated Violence
Max number of players 2
Min number of players 1
Release date 3/31/2000

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