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Zero Divide 2

Zero Divide 2 is a 1997 fighting game produced by Zoom for the PlayStation as the sequel to Zero Divide (1995). The game introduces new characters, walls in arenas, and breakable armor. It has an increased frame rate of 60 per second. Zero Divide 2 was released in Japan and then in 1998 in PAL regions, and was followed by the Japan exclusive Zero Divide: The Final Conflict for Sega Saturn.

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Zero Divide 2
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DeveloperZoom
Publishers
DirectorAkira Sato
ProducerAkira Sato
WriterMasakazu Fukuda
ComposerAkihito Okawa
PlatformPlayStation
Release
  • JP: June 27, 1997
  • PAL: October 15, 1998
GenreFighting
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Zero Divide 2 is a 1997 fighting game produced by Zoom for the PlayStation as the sequel to Zero Divide (1995). The game introduces new characters, walls in arenas, and breakable armor.1 It has an increased frame rate of 60 per second.2a Zero Divide 2 was released in Japan and then in 1998 in PAL regions, and was followed by the Japan exclusive Zero Divide: The Final Conflict for Sega Saturn.

Characters

In addition to the eight returning characters from the first game, new characters are: Pixel, Cancer, Nox, and Eve.3

Reception

Critics had claimed that it was not too different from the first game7 and that it was outdated compared to contemporary fighting video games.8 British magazine Play criticised the game and asking why Sony would release it so soon after Tekken 3.9 German magazine MANiAC, in a retrospective review, called the polygon look and combat "unspectacular".10

In Japan, Famitsu gave the game a score of 31 out of 40.1

Notes

Notes

  1. Limited to 50 in the PAL version
References

References

  1. "ゼロ ディバイド2 -ザ シークレット ウイッシュ- [PS] / ファミ通.com". 2013-05-24. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  2. "Newsline". Game On! USA. No. 3. 1996. p. 12.
  3. "ZERO DIVIDE 2 - (PAL)". psxdatacenter.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  4. Hobby Consolas. No. 88. 1999. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Official UK PlayStation Magazine 42". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 39. February 1999.
  6. "電撃PSソフトレビュー The Deeper Part 1~2: Zero Divide 2 ザ シークレット ウイッシュ". Dengeki PlayStation (in Japanese). Vol. 50. MediaWorks. July 11, 1997. p. 121.
  7. "Zero Divide 2 (Import) Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  8. Computer And Video Games Magazine.
  9. "PLAY Issue 042". Play. No. 42. 25 December 1998.
  10. Ehrle, Oliver (2019-08-13). "Zero Divide 2 – im Klassik-Test (PS) | MANIAC.de". www.maniac.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
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