Bloody Roar 3

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Bloody Roar 3
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North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Eighting
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Kenji Fukuya
Producer(s) Masato Toyoshima
Programmer(s) Yūichi Ochiai
Artist(s) Shinichi Ōnishi
Naochika Morishita
Composer(s) Takayuki Negishi
Series Bloody Roar
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: December 2000
PlayStation 2
  • JP: March 1, 2001
  • NA: June 26, 2001 [1]
  • PAL: August 24, 2001
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Bloody Roar 3 [lower-alpha 1] is a 2000 fighting arcade video game developed by Eighting and Hudson Soft. It is the first of the Bloody Roar series to appear on the Sony PlayStation 2.

Contents

Gameplay

The main feature of Bloody Roar 3 is the ability to transform into beasts, which is involved in all of the Bloody Roar games. Once the character transforms, they regain part of the health they have lost and become much stronger and more powerful than before.

Characters

Returning characters
New characters

Audio

The music was composed by Takayuki Negishi and was recorded at MIT Studio with Jun Kajiwara at the guitar, Michio Nagaoka at the bass, Atsuo Okamoto at the drums and Negishi at the synthesizer. The Japanese voice cast includes Hideo Ishikawa as Yugo, Mika Kanai as Alice, Ryōtarō Okiayu as Long, Kazumi Tanaka as Busuzima, Junko Noda as Bakuryu, Marina Ōno as Uriko, Takeshi Aono as Koryu and Eriko Fujimaki as Uranus. The English voice cast features Barry Gjerde as Yugo and a system voice, Kimberly Forsythe as Alice, Dario Toda as Long, Lenne Hardt as Shina, Paul Lucas as Busuzima, Greg Dale as Stun, Samantha Vega as Jenny, Chris Wells as Gado, Bill Sullivan as Shenlong, Michael Naishtut as Bakuryu, Bianca Allen as Uriko and John Nuzzo as Xion.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] Michael "Major Mike" Weigrand said, "The PS2 has been barren of 'A' fighting games since launch, and while Bloody Roar 3 is a refreshing change of pace, it doesn't offer anything that wasn't featured in its first two incarnations. Newcomers will be pleased, but for rabid fans, this is a mute Roar." [15] [lower-alpha 3] Eric Bratcher of NextGen said of the Japanese import, "Hunting for the next king of the jungle in 3D fighters? You won't want to mount this one's head on your wall, but it'll keep you warm and well fed until your next big game hunt." [12] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40. [6]

Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their February 15, 2001 issue as the fifth most-successful arcade game of the past year. [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Buraddi Roa Surī (ブラッディロア3)
  2. ↑ In Electronic Gaming Monthly 's review of the PlayStation 2 version, two critics gave it each a score of 6/10, and the other gave it 5/10.
  3. ↑ GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and control, and two 4/5 scores for sound and fun factor.

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