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Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai (Dreamcast)

A two-player fighting game where legendary Japanese Samurais gather for a fight to the death. There is a total of 16 different characters, each with their own characteristics, weapons and traits. [Agetec]

Agetec
Fighting, Action
Players: 2
T (Teen)
Developer: SNK
Released August 7, 2001

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

77 / 100

Critic Reviews

87 IGN
The last 2D fighting game on the Dreamcast shined brilliantly like a newly polished blade.
81 GameSpot
Thanks to its solid gameplay and stylized look, it holds up well enough, even three years after its debut on the NeoGeo.
75 Gaming Age
It's a piece of 2D history, and one that no DC owning fighting fan should be without.
75 Core Magazine
Obviously dated, lacking the elaborate stories and special modes of many current fighting games. Still, the gameplay covers up the inadequacies in most respects.
70 Hot Games
Far from an awful game due to its relative depth and difficulty. It just doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen before.
70 GameShark
While the game seems to have lost some of its luster since coming out 3 years ago (cripe...I feel old...), it's still a solid fighting game.
70 Electronic Gaming Monthly
An excellent compromise between old-school SNK fighters and faster-paced, more fantastic Capcom titles on the DC today. [Oct 2001, p.148]

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