#The bouncer ps2 upgrade#
Once the gameplay segment is over, the player will receive Bouncer Points, the game's equivalent to Experience Points, which can be spent to upgrade the selected bouncer's maximum life capacity, attack and defense power, or be used to unlock special attacks. As a cutscene ends, the player must choose one of the three bouncers to control in the following gameplay segment, with the others controlled by the CPU. The game's structure follows the same pattern throughout. It's up to the three bouncers to figure out why, rescue Dominique, and put a stop to any other plans he may have. He is responsible for Dominique's kidnapping. Being the adopted son of a former CEO, he was trained from birth in order to perform in his current position.
Mikado is the current CEO of the Mikado Corporation. One day Mikado Special Forces abduct Dominique and it is up to Sion, Kou, and Volt to rescue her.ĭauragon C. Fifteen year old Dominique has become somewhat of a mascot for Fate ever since Sion found her lost in the city. Sion, Kou, and Volt are bouncers who work to protect their bar, Fate. Plotīouncers guard the various bars located along Dog Street overlooked by the ominous Mikado Building. The game's style of cinematic storytelling and RPG elements would later become popular in 3D hack & slash action games, such as the Onimusha, Devil May Cry and God of War series. It was also the most cinematic beat 'em up released up until then, with a heavy emphasis on storytelling through movie-like cutscenes. RPG Elements and Cinematic StorytellingĪnd finally, while Dream Factory / Squaresoft had previously introduced RPG elements to the beat 'em up genre with the Tobal series, The Bouncer was the most RPG-like beat 'em up released up until then, with an emphasis on character development systems and branching storylines. This juggling type of ragdoll physics was later refined and popularized by the Devil May Cry series. Enemies can also be thrown or otherwise knocked into one another, causing all of them to take damage at once. The Bouncer also introduced a new juggling type of ragdoll physics engine to third-person action games, allowing the player to launch enemies into the air with an attack and keep them suspended by striking them repeatedly. We adjusted each scene in detail with an editor that conducted parameter adjustments on the actual hardware." Juggling Physics Engine In order to create atmosphere, we spent much time on filters and lighting. Both the bloom and DOF effects are now widely used in modern action games, and more generally, The Bouncer was a precursor to modern shaders.Īccording to director Takashi Tokita in a 2001 interview: " No matter how many polygons you use or how realistic the textures are, without filters and lighting, CG pictures will be of a quality lower than that of a figurine. The Bouncer also introduced a depth-of-field (DOF) effect, blurring the background or foreground during cinematic cutscenes. The game's presentation and production values were considered groundbreaking, particularly due to its introduction of innovative shading techniques, most notably what would later be called a light bloom effect, which critics at the time described as a "glowing" effect that created "a unique gloss that's never been used before with such success." This effect was used in order to create a more cinematic movie-like look, as well as to compensate for the PS2's lack of anti-aliasing.
While the game itself is not commonly remembered as a high point in the PS2's library, some of its features were popularized by more successful games and became widely-used. Like earlier Dream Factory & Squaresoft collaborations, such as Tobal, Bushido Blade, and Ehrgeiz, The Bouncer used novel design and presentation ideas, but its experimental nature divided critics. The progression of the game's plot is also dependent on which bouncer the player chooses to control during specific sections of the game. The game also features an experience system that allows each of the player characters to grow stronger and learn new moves over the course of the game. The game is a beat 'em up with three playable characters, Sion Barzahd, Volt Krueger, and Kou Leifoh, each with their own distinct fighting styles. The game was directed by fighting game pioneer Seiichi Ishii (who created the Virtua Fighter, Tekken and Tobal franchises and Ehrgeiz) along with Squaresoft's Takashi Tokita (who designed Final Fantasy IV and directed Chrono Trigger and Parasite Eve). The Bouncer, developed by Dream Factory and Squaresoft, was the first game published by Squaresoft for the PlayStation 2 console, launched in Japan on December 23, 2000, and in the U.S.
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