Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory was released by Konami in 2005, and quite frankly, it wasn’t very good. It had a not so good control scheme, some terrible level detail and a very unbalanced battle system. The game had some good backing, like artwork from Manga artist Jun Suemi, and should have done way better than what it did do. This being said, the sequel’s announcement gave hope to many that the mistakes of the first would be corrected in the second. Well, that’s partially true with Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N..
Rengoku II is placed in the future, where war plagues earth, and humans fight with Autonomous Dueling Armed Machines, or A.D.A.Ms. You control an A.D.A.M in the game, and it can salvage any weapon off defeated opponents to use as it’s own. Weapons or items can be used in four parts of he body simultaneously, namely the arms, torso and head. So basically you have four different attacks at a given point of time. You can’t just use one weapon forever, as continuous use will overheat it. So you need to distribute the power equally.
Adjustments to the combat system aren’t that great. In fact, only two changes have been made. One is that you can now fire while strafing, and you can control the A.D.A.M with the analog nub. It is still really hard to pull off combos, which are possibly the only way to maximize damage. Combos take too long to execute, and the only time you can actually pull off one is when you overkill the enemy.
You can save the game only at the terminals, which are placed at the entrance of every tower level. Theses terminals also let you upgrade your systems. You can use the points received from defeating enemies or melting unwanted weapons to perform upgrades.
The game is for sure better than Rengoku I, but it still lacks a lot. The game has some potential but with some sloppy modeling and game play, Rengoku 2 really doesn’t quite cut it. There are better action titles out there, rendering this just a waste of money. Knowing that it was published by Konami probably helps.
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