Strider 2

Strider 2, released as Strider Hiryū 2 (ストライダー飛竜２ Sutoraidā Hiryū Tsū) in Japan and Strider Hiryū 1&2 (ストライダー飛竜1&2 Sutoraidā Hiryū Wan & Tsū) in PlayStation is an action platform game and sequel of the original Strider made and published by Capcom in the year 1999 for arcade machines and PlayStation, later to be released on the PlayStation Network. It is not to be confused with the non-canon, & poorly received sequel by US Gold titled Strider II, or Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns in the United States.

Story
2000 Years after the defeat of Grandmaster Meio, he was revived once more to retake his plans to conquer the world. The responsible of Meio's resurrection was Strider Hien, out of envy for Hiryu, he decided to revive the grandmaster in El Dorado and murder all his allies.

The only survivor of the massacre, Hiryu, a successor of the original Strider Hiryu, decided to go after Hien and Meio, and stop their evildoing for once and all.

Why It Blows Tiertex's Effort Out Of The Water

 * 1) A great plot and an even better sequel for the original Strider.
 * 2) Incredible graphics, both 2D and 3D. It does not help that the game exploits the capabilities of a 1999 arcade machine.
 * 3) Appealing art style, especially in the cutscenes.
 * 4) The second Hiryu is as likeable as the first one for the same reasons... however (see bad quality 1).
 * 5) An epic soundtrack composed by Setsuo Yamamoto and Etsuko Yoneda on the QSound chip.
 * 6) Smooth and faster gameplay than the first game, Hiryu can do double jumps and run, which loosens up the gameplay.
 * 7) Good voice acting.
 * 8) Great level design and better design in general, does not help they are based on real locations.
 * 9) Like the first one, you get a variety of enemies to fight with.
 * 10) Well designed, yet still challenging. When you lose a life you're spawned on the same room you died, but it's also easy to die if you're not careful.
 * 11) Awesome boss battles, as the quantity of bosses here is comparable to a game made by Treasure.
 * 12) Every character has its charm to it, as minor they are.
 * 13) Grandmaster Meio is still a great antagonist.
 * 14) Epic final battles, where you confront Hien, and after him, Meio and his other form.
 * 15) A grand finale, where Hiryu murders Meio for good.
 * 16) In the PS1 version, not only you can play as Hien, but if you complete the original Strider you will be able to play a prequel campaign in the moment where Hien revives Meio.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As likeable he is, the second Hiryu is considerably creepier than the first one. While the first Hiryu is confident and cocky, the second one is downright serious with no sense of humor.
 * 2) There aren't voices on the cutscenes of the American version, only in the Japanese version, and there's no variation on language, they only talk in Japanese.
 * 3) Without context, you wouldn't know why there's a second Hiryu or Meio resurrects.
 * 4) On the US PlayStation version, there is a labeling error, so the disc that says Strider 2 is actually the first Strider, and vice versa. They didn't even fix this issue for the PlayStation Network re-release.

Reception
Strider 2 received a total score of 3.71 and an average reader score of 3.63 at GameFaqs, in IMDB has a rating of 8,1. Needless to say, this game is also considered a cult classic by its fans

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