Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 leaves no lasting impression and is only fleetingly entertaining, at best. The combat is repetitive to the point of disinterest, the power-up system lacks impact and the Dream Mode feels more like busy work and time filler. C’mon Tecmo Koei, take a chance and break the mould a little. Those of you hoping and praying for a return to former glory, Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 isn’t it.
Those of us old enough to remember watching anime in the 80's might remember a rather good yet violet series called 'Fist of the North Star'. It was set in a gory post-apocalyptic world and is often refered to as one of the best animes of its time. Fast forward to 2013 and its setting is still quite popular today, though the recent video game the anime inspired, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2, is far inferior to its source material.
What a waste of an incredible, classic manga/anime property.
The original Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage proved two things: that fans of the Fist of the North Star manga were keen to see the franchise expand and that players of the Warriors videogames did not see the gameplay as being as disposable as many might suggest. Here in the sequel, the development team at Omega Force seem to have disregarded all else and pushed forth in those two aspects alone, for better or worse.