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.^[1] It has an increased frame rate of 60 per second.^[2][a] 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.

Zero Divide 2
European cover art
Developer	Zoom
Publishers	JP: Zoom PAL: Sony Computer Entertainment
Director	Akira Sato
Producer	Akira Sato
Writer	Masakazu Fukuda
Composer	Akihito Okawa
Platform	PlayStation
Release	JP: June 27, 1997 PAL: October 15, 1998
Genre	Fighting
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Characters

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

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Famitsu	31/40[1]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	5/10[4]
HobbyConsolas	68%[5]

Critics had claimed that it was not too different from the first game^[6] and that it was outdated compared to contemporary fighting video games.^[7] British magazine Play criticised the game and asking why Sony would release it so soon after Tekken 3.^[8] German magazine MANiAC, in a retrospective review, called the polygon look and combat "unspectacular".^[9]

In Japan, Famitsu gave the game a score of 31 out of 40.^[1]

Notes

1. Limited to 50 in the PAL version