Introduction
Bushido Blade 2 is a 3D fighting game developed by Lightweight and published by Squaresoft for the Playstation. The control scheme and fighting system have been completely overhauled from the first game and it is now less random and worthy of much more serious competitive play.
Controls
The game uses a standard Playstation controller, can be played with or without analog.
- D-pad: Move character
- Left Stick: Move character
- Right Stick: No use
- Square: Change Stance
- X: Horizontal Attack
- Circle: Vertical Attack
- Triangle: No use
- L1: Free run
- L2: No use
- R1: Hop
- R2: Crouch
- Start: Pause
- Select: Surrender
Movement
The movement in the game is fairly standard for most 3D games.
- Towards and Back moves towards and away from the opponent. Up sidesteps into the background, Down sidesteps into the foreground.
- Double tapping any direction to dash in that direction. Dashing is a good way to cover ground quickly also to dodge the opponents attacks.
- Hold L1 while pressing any direction to free run.
- R2 causes you to crouch momentarily. Pressing towards, R2 causes you to crouch while moving forward. During this forward crouch you can perform Major Attacks.
- R1 makes your character do a little hop and a quick attack above their head. If timed well you can hit someone jumping over you.
- Pressing R1 while your opponent is down to do a pounce attack.
- Pressing R1 while crouched down to high jump, pressing it while crouching forward to high jump forward.
- You can also climb up to a higher level when standing next to a wall by pressing towards it and R1.
- When you are lying on the ground press up or down to roll into the background or foreground. Towards and Back to roll forward or backwards and then stand up. Press an attack button during the roll to do a rising attack as soon as the roll is finished.
Stances
Every weapon has three stances,use Square to cycle through them. Most generally fall into the categories of High, Mid, and Low.
- High stances tend to be more offensive with stronger attacks but leave the body more open.
- Mid stances usually more balanced.
- Low stances generally are more defensive.
Two Sword Stance
This stance is only available to the Narukagami characters who have a kodachi as a subweapon with the exception of Highwayman on the Shainto side. Specifically: Tatsumi, Utsusemi, Matsumushi
Iai Stance
This stance can only be used by certain Shainto members and only with the Katana or Longsword. Specifically: Gengoro, Kaun, Tony Umeda Generally it has very fast attacks with long recovery.