Any damage taken recovers faster than in regular beast form.īetween rounds the state of each character and their Beast Gauge is preserved.Beast Drives do not revert a character to human form, unless the Beast Gauge empties.

Cancel points greatly increase, allowing for faster and more unpredictable sequences of attacks.

However, engaging this form with a less-than-full bar will drain part of the character's life bar. While in prior entries a full Beast Gauge was required to do this, in Extreme this form can be accessed at any time. Players can also enter a stronger, faster version of beast form called Hyper Beast for a short period of time, displayed by the Beast Gauge slowly draining, before reverting to human form.

Different victory animations, should the player stay in beast form as the fight ends.

Bakuryu's regular punch attacks include claw slashes. Alice's beast form greatly increases her jump height. damage, position relative to opponent, combo potential) change. For example, the effects of some throws (e.g.

Additional cancel points, allowing for part of one move to quickly transition to another.

Missed Beast Drives tend to replenish a bit of health.

Characters revert to human form whether the Beast Drive hits or not.

Access to Beast Drives, powerful cinematic attacks unique to each character which deal a large amount of damage.

30 percent of any damage taken can be regenerated, shown as a blue bar extending from the life bar.

An extra set of moves, performed using the beast button.

While in beast form, the player gains various effects, such as: Also, it reverts the Beast Gauge to the blue bar, preventing them from transforming again until it is refilled. An emptied life bar results in a knockout, but emptying the Beast Gauge and knocking the opponent down reverts them to human form. While in beast form, both the life bar and the Beast Gauge deplete. It fills with either a blue bar, indicating the player cannot switch to beast form, or a yellow bar with the words 'BEAST CHANGE!!' appearing above it, meaning the player can transform. This gauge fills as the player performs moves or gets attacked. Players start each fight with a full life bar and a Beast Gauge, which allows them to transform into a stronger half-animal fighter. Various characters also have light block counters, which work against certain high or mid-level punches and kicks.

Various attacks in the game can break through and stagger opponents using a light block. Attacks can be blocked with either a light guard, performed by not pressing forward or backward, or a heavy guard by holding back or the block button. Special moves are primarily performed using quarter-circle or half-circle motions and a face button, though several exceptions exist. Each character has a set of moves spread across a punch, kick, beast and block button, which is also used for throws.

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