Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2

Kenshiro and over twenty other characters from the Fist of the North Star series are ready to unleash rage in another game from Tecmo Koei. Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 has Legend mode that covers the…

55 20 December 2012

What Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 is

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 is an adventure game developed by Koei and released in 2012. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kenshiro and over twenty other characters from the Fist of the North Star series are ready to unleash rage in another game from Tecmo Koei. Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 has Legend mode that covers the entire manga storyline from the Raoh Saga to the Land of Shura. Dream Mode has original storylines made just for the game that often focus on minor characters from the Fist of the North Star series.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Musou series

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 is the third of 11 entries we hold in the Musou series. It arrived 12 months after Warriors Orochi 3. The next entry was Hyrule Warriors in 2014. Its critic score of 55 is 17 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest Heroes II at 82.

See all 11 Musou games in release order →

How it was received

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 launched on 20 December 2012, within three weeks of Game Dev Tycoon, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn, Kentucky Route Zero and Yakuza 5. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Game Dev Tycoon, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn, Kentucky Route Zero, Yakuza 5.

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