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Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms

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Date Released: Nov 24, 2002
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Zeus, creator and ruler of the Guardians of the Gates, raises you from your grave! You must go fourth and defeat a new, unknown evil that has destroyed the Guardians and ravaged the universe. To do so, you must collect the keys and Essence of each land, transforming you into beasts with unnatural powers and special abilities. Conquer this evil and you will become the sole Guardian, the protector of the universe.

  • Orbs of Essence transform you from a man into 13 unique wild beast creatures like Dragon and Scorpion
  • Battle and fight your way across 16 worlds, each inspired by Greek mythology
  • Engage in combat with ranged, melee, and magical weapons
  • Collect power-ups like Shockwave and Venom for special attacks
  • Two multi-player modes: 2-player Co-op Story Mode and 4-player battle arenas

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  Silver D. Diamond, November 27, 2005

Auto-Fire Punch Button

I've seen DIGIMON GAMES that are more interesting than this game. And we all know what age group digimon is for.

The storyline: you must retrieve a lot of amulets (or something). There are several parts of each special item (whatever it is), each of which product a slightly different result. Each item transforms you into something, and you've got to keep repeating the levels in order to get all the versions of that item. In the first level, you become a werewolf. The second time through, I think the werewolf was blue. I couldn't identify the morph form on the second level.

So, if you want a fighting game so interesting that it rivals Harvest Moon, then go ahead. If you want a fighting game that's intersting, try Mortal Combat. Or a digimon game. Both are better than this.
  GreatWriterChrisJames, March 29, 2005

Pretty decent remake and followup

Based on the original Altered Beast the game did not disappoint.
Its good to see Sega at least try to use some of their
old gems back to life.

The game follows the same path as the original but adds
in more effects, monsters and sound to provide
a good experience.

The graphics were ok, but the whole thing was pretty cool.

  , December 12, 2004

BEST GAME I HAVE EVER REVIEWED!!!!

Dang "Hero","Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon",and "House of Flying Daggers" had me lookin for Da perfect martial arts game. 'Altered Beast is the next best thing' I thought as I walked into the store. I WAS RIGHT!!!!! ORDER IT OR STOP READING MY REVIEW AND GO TO A STORE! 5/5 dudes.
  , September 12, 2003

Solid good old skool genesis fun!

When I found out this game existed I knew I had to get it. Who can forget Altered Beast, the game that came with the Genesis console. It was also in the video game arcades too. I was suspicous about this game because most reviews say its bad. Many reviews say this game plays like the original one, so I got it. This is a COMPLETE remake of Altered Beast, hooray, its not the orignal version. So don't expect starting the game in the "grave yard" level, now you start in "ancient greece". Then you kill away collecting different things. You grow buffer and buffer and eventually turn into a powerful beast with its own attacks. For those who don't know Altered Beast or young generation gamers, this is still a good game, it has actual gameplay.

Dang, all the reviews are wrong! This game totally rocks! The graphics are very nice and impressive but not spectacular. There are multiple layers of background, nice "3-D" effect for a 2-D side scrolling game. Its got a nice mythological and fantasy themes. Like the haunted forest level, Egyptian desert, underwater world, molten lava, Greece ruins, and much more! The sound is good, it has good music, sound effect, and voice effect! The control is solid, predictable, the jump height is variable, movement is allowed in air during jumps. The control is even better than the original one if I remember right, long long time ago! The gameplay is superb, just like the original one. The gameplay is somewhat slow. Many monsters are constantly coming at you and the action is simple yet fast and exciting. The gameplay is so simple that at times you can view the backgrounds or check out other graphics while killing away, cool, so this is not a precise nerdy game but still challenging. One major drawback of this game is that you can't SAVE!

This game is similar to old games like Ghosts n goblin or ghost n ghouls, double dragon, golden axe, kung fu master, rampage, and final fight. New games like.... hmmm, can't think of any.

Instead of just 5 levels like the original version, there are 15! All different! There are a lot of different beast transformations! Overall this game is very good, its even better than the original. A great new remake of a timeless classic. BUY it!
  Steven E. McClaflin, June 26, 2003

Unbelieveable

I really enjoyed the game on Sega Genesis, but now there's a sequel on GBA? I am quite surprised. As I have not played the sequel yet, I put 3 stars until I have played it. But on GBA? I'm not sure it'll be all that great, but let's hope I'm wrong.

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