Altered Beast (PS2)

Great condition

Got this because I played the original on sega megadrive.Its totally different- decent gameplay and good fun exploring the world. Good graphics and design but everything looks very drab in colour to set the dark mood, and also the textures lack quality. On the other hand the enemies and characters look great of which there are many and a lot are similar, Cool boss fights though. Im stuck on one and havent progressed since. This game has a Lot of lore and a brilliant idea that could be made better with improved cinematics more of a story.

Altered Beast on the Sega Mega Drive is one of my fondest childhood memories, and after reading the reviews for this PS2 version, I had little hopes for it, knowing full well there would be no retro voice-overs telling the player to "Rise from your grabe" and that you are "welcome to your doom". And having read the back of the box, I didn't even expect the same monsters. Thankfully, we see the return of the wolf, dragon and bear forms (and possibly the tiger but that seems to be a secret) along with a few new ones such as a merman and a minotaur.Although the change in storyline (gene alteration as opposed to the magic of... blue dogs...) is slightly irritating, there are a few noticeable techniques found within the game that hark back to the original. The first boss, a giant rat, for instance, will hurl festering body parts at you if you stay on the side lines, not unlike the first boss on the mega drive game who would tear his heads off and fling them across the screen. The controls are fairly easy to learn, although adjusting to different forms sometimes takes a while, once you've got the hang of it you're away.The graphics are fair, and brilliant in the cinematic cut-scenes (which you are forced to watch every time you transform), however they are extremely gory, with popping eye balls and stripped flesh, however the in-game gore is nothing but fun, with enemies that are killed too close to the camera splattering blood across it, or even the occasion eye ball.And if the idea of repetitive enemies gets you down, you probably would do best to stay away from this game, however I personally did not find that fact to put me off, as running around in beast form provided me with entertainment in itself - particularly the simplicity of such things as playing a wolf chasing a bunch of birds. Admittedly, it can get annoying trying to jump up and kill flying targets, particularly in human form, but as a wolf it's nothing short of hilarious if you actually sit back and watch what you're doing. So, if you, like me, find ripping through hordes of enemies and running around on your fours to be entertaining, then by all means buy this game, but if you want something with a little depth, then I advise you look for a more story based game, like the Legacy of Kain series, or, dare I say it, Kingdom Hearts (which really is aimed at the opposite end of the market to this...).

its a really good game some bits are quite hard lol

I played the original back many years ago but I have to say they could have done a better job with this one

All i can say really for this is please god let it be a clasic like the one i played as a young lad on the retro Mega Drive if it can live up to this expectation then this will be the game of the year for me!! C'MON Sega!!!!

Altered Beast was one of my favourite Mega Drive games. Like another user said it was samey, but it was fun. It was full of imaginative monsters and giant purple blobs (that were meant to be leeches) that would jump on top of your head and kill you if you didn't react fast enough, very basic, but very effective and cool in its day (well it was cool to me).I did want a similar game, not an exact copy of the original game, but I wanted it to keep a similar hero and also for it to stick to the theme of the Supernatural and Greek Gods. Instead this game transfers it to the present/near future and features gene-coding and monsters resulting from mutation. The gameplay is so repetitive and the enemies are very dull. Fighting 30 or so enemies that are all the same over and over again is not great gameplay. The aspect of the vast amount of enemies is very similar to Chaos Legion (which I liked), but that game was handled differently to this and had great graphics.The graphics are not the worst I've seen; the cutscenes and transformation scenes are fantastic, if a bit too gory for a game with a rating of 12 plus.You've no idea how much I wanted to like this game, and believe me I tried and I gave it a chance (1 hour - if you don't like the game after 1 hour of gameplay then it's not a game for you), but it just didn't work. I am glad I bought it and that I didn't pay much for it. It may have been better if it wasn't part of the Altered Beast franchise, then perhaps it wouldn't have been quite as much of a let down.

OK, so the original Altered Beast wasn't a work of art. In fact it was sort of samey and repetitive. But at least it was a little bit fun.This odd mixture of Altered Beast and Resident Evil is just pathetic. Graphics are mediocre at best, the battles are disorienting and annoying (like taking out 40 bats while on foot) and the simplicity and charm of the original is just not there.I'm a big SEGA fan, but this is really horrible.