Gatsu (Guts) and a few friends charge onto the PS2 in a frenetic hack 'n slasher where the blood spills liberally and wholesale butchering is the name of the game. Of interest to technical-minded fighters are the reversals that may be pulled off when hacking away and the adjunctive battle scenes that are triggered by well-timed reversals. As Gatsu rages on through the ranks successfully, his array of killing moves improve and are honed to razor-like edge. Literally. During tight spots, support from comrades may be called upon to escape hairy situations. The standard attack is a sweeping slash which chops monsters in half or at least busts them up pretty badly. During one memorable reversal cinema, there's a brutal leaping attack where Gatsu jumps up and digs his massive sword into the bowels of a hapless creature until it splits in half. Decapitations, severed limbs, and other gory sights are routine since Gatsu is the man when it's time to create killing fields.
2004-10-07 
