Bloody Roar Extreme
Bloody Roar Extreme is a Xbox fighting game released in 2003 developed by Konami. It centers on move inputs, offense-defense reads, and character matchups, with controls and information arranged around the Duke or Controller S twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.6 / 10
About this game
Bloody Roar Extreme is a Xbox fighting game centered on move inputs, offense-defense reads, and character matchups. Short bouts use character differences and rising difficulty for variety, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hit feedback, and readable arenas create match tension, while standard or progressive-scan video, widescreen support, HDD caching, and Dolby Digital audio need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that button mapping, move recognition, multiplayer accessories, and cpu behavior can affect balance. Platform conditions also include disc loading, the internal HDD and cache, memory units, regional language, display modes, legacy controller ports, and retired Xbox Live services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Bloody Roar is a 3D fighting series where human combatants transform into animal-like beasts. Punches, kicks and defensive reads lead into a second set of attacks in beast form, making the moment you transform part of the contest.
Recommended games
Related game recommendations on this platform
Original Xbox
AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Fluid beast fights entertain locally but offer thin mastery.
Bloody Roar Extreme is the original Xbox port of GameCube Primal Fury, not the contemporaneous PS2 Bloody Roar 4. Punches, kicks, sidesteps and beast transformation are immediately intelligible. Hyper forms and powerful chains launch opponents into or through walls, making local matches exciting to watch. Yet repeatedly pressing attack often works better than learning advanced techniques, and supermoves remove a large portion of health. Computer opponents offer little resistance before resorting to cheap patterns at higher settings. More than a dozen fighters, including an Xbox-only hidden one, broaden the selection, but a brief solo clear offers limited reason to return; two people together provide its better use. Character animation, expressions and costume detail are strong, and the direct Xbox review reports a smooth 60 frames per second. Replaced CG cinematics look merely adequate, while repeated voices and guitar tracks can tire. An absent in-game move list is a notable usability mistake for those who do want to study its deeper tricks. This suits casual couch competition more than serious competitive study or extensive solo play. The findings belong specifically to Xbox Extreme.
Strengths
- Beast spectacle, animation and fluid Xbox display.
Weaknesses
- Strong supers, short solo play and missing move list.
Who it is for: Players wanting casual local fighting.
Play notes: Xbox Extreme port, not PS2 Bloody Roar 4.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension 双人优于单刷。 | Reviewed | 5.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 好上手但战术浅。 | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 比赛画面强于包装。 | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 流畅易进，学习辅助不足。 | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
Not provided
Core information
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft
- Release date
- 2003
- Platforms
- Original Xbox
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story Under 10 HoursReplayable3D GraphicsCombosPlayer versus PlayerSolo-friendlyMelee CombatFast-pacedReal-time CombatShort Sessions
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Original XboxWorldwide2003
Game gallery
Sources
Not provided