Dreamcast

Power Stone

Power Stone's characters are nicely rendered in Japanese anime style, and they are a likeable bunch. The one obligatory oddball is the bizarre "Mad Clown", who looks like a cross between Beetlejuice and the Mummy. Power Stone is a blast to play, and the one-player mode is as addicting as it is relentless. Any respectable Dreamcast fan should have this gem in their collection.

What's noteworthy about this game is that there's more than one way to defeat your opponent and it's in the best interest to exploit them all. Beginners may simply feel its a mere race to the acquire the Powerstones, but be wary that many attacks when opponents are powered up can be evaded. For this reason, Powerstone does require a measurable degree of depth, and strategy! A great lineup awaits the American market as Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom will soon join this remarkable game. Undoubtedly, I forsee a bright future for Capcom; (and they said they couldn't do 3D!)

Givetvis innehåller Power Stone tonvis av Kinderägg i form av dolda karaktärer, banor, vapen och spelformer som blir tillgängliga vartefter man plockar på sig flera av maktstenarna. Ett av demer udda inslagen är till exempel ett Versus Mode där två spelare kan mötas i förstapersonsperspektiv. Givetvis i princip ospelbart men ändå kul. Man kan också förvandla spelets tre bossar till spelbara karaktärer och hitta mängder med artwork, lyssna på soundtracket och annat godis. Kopplingen till bonusspel och extra inslag via VMU-enheten ger hela spelet lite extra krydda. Och låter oss dessutom få en försmak av alla de nya möjligheter som öppnas med hjälp av VMS och Internetuppkoppling. Det här är bara början.

Een leuke, originele, ongecompliceerde beat 'em up met een flinterdun verhaaltje. Misschien niet al te lang houdbaar, maar reken maar dat Power Stone je zal laten zweten.

Well done, well done. This is most impressive with so many new things being offered to the fighter in the 3-D arena. Characters always had to rely on individual special moves to be quickly executed with a certain combination on the controller. Now, they give you guns and park benches. How nice is that? Very nice. I would recommend this game to anyone who looking for a fighting game. Why not try one of the first games of the new genre of 3-D fighting.

Epileptiques s'abstenir ! Power Stone est comme une petite bombe atomique qui exploserait en permanence ! Ca pète vraiment de partout... un peu trop peut-être car la maniabilité s'en ressent, et la caméra n'arrange rien. Pour le reste ? Ben c'est de la Dreamcast, messieurs - dames ! :o)

Tired of Soul Calibur (yeah, right), looking for another fighter to feed your need for ass kicking? Then try this sucker out, and you won't put it down for a while.

The game is a bit short, and not real full of extras ... but what is here is amazing. The control is tight and the mixture of traditional fighting and weapon based fighting is a nice twist. The game feels rushed a little but, but you'll never notice it when you're playing two-players. However, Power Stone's biggest feat was being a fighting game in the land of Soul Calibur, and yet being completely unique at the same time. No question about it, Power Stone is fantastic.

Overall, this is a good fighter that everyone should play when they are given the chance. But be warned -- it gets boring moderately fast.

All in all, Power Stone is a very fun and unconventional fighter. It's easy enough for even non-fighting game fans to pick up the basics extremely quickly. However, the excitement is short lived. Expect to enjoy it immensely for the first week or two, but don't expect to find very much long-term fun.