Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary (PlayStation 2)

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Description

Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary is a fighting game based on the Saint Seiya franchise and follows the "Gold Saint Saga" of the TV series. The player takes the role of a Saint Seiya who has to save the life of the Goddess of Peace Athena. To do that he has to visit twelve temples representing the astrological signs.

The gameplay of each level is divided into two parts: Reaching the palace and defeating the Gold Saint. The former is a traditional hack & slash game where the player fights against hordes of enemies. He has the standard move repertoire to his disposal: regular attacks, dodging, blocking and special attacks. For the latter the player needs a certain amount of power in a special energy bar - it decreases with every special attack and increases if the player is hit. When reaching the temple the game switches to a one to one fighting game style. The basic gameplay stays the same but if the special energy bar is filled to the max the play can use an extremely powerful attack which results in a typical anime cutscene. But it is not without downsides: the enemy can block the attack by mastering a quicktime event (pressing a button in the exact moment it appears on screen). Then he starts an equally powerful counter attack which results in a sequence where both players need to mash buttons - if the counter attack is successful depends on which player is faster. If the life energy of one opponent is empty a similar sequence starts.

The multiplayer part is restricted to the one against one fighting style.

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Alternate Titles

• "聖闘士星矢 聖域十二宮編" -- Japanese spelling
• "Saint Seiya: Seiiki Jūnikyū-hen" -- Japanese title
• "Saint Seiya: Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque: Le Sanctuaire" -- French title
• "Saint Seiya: Das Heiligtum" -- German title
• "Saint Seiya: Chapter-Sanctuary" -- Japanese title
• "Los Caballeros del Zodiaco: Saint Seiya - El Santuario" -- Spanish title
• "I Cavalieri dello Zodiaco: Saint Seiya - Il Santuario" -- Italian title

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: PlayStation 2
• Manga / anime licensees
• Mythology: Greek
• Saint Seiya / Knights of the Zodiac licensees

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Critic Reviews

Game Captain	Jul 30, 2005	71 out of 100	71
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Aug 10, 2005	6 out of 10	60
Looki	Jul 26, 2005	53 out of 100	53
Gameswelt	Aug 04, 2005	47 out of 100	47
4Players.de	Aug 07, 2005	45 out of 100	45
Gamesmania.de	Sep 09, 2005	43 out of 100	43
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 04, 2005	8 out of 20	40

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