Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
The sequel to Zone of the Enders is based around mecha combat with the player once again controlling the "Orbital Frame" Jehuty. Unlike its prequel, the game is now centered on action elements with the player…
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, released 13 February 2003 on PlayStation 2.
What Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and released in 2003. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, known in Japan as Anubis: Zone of the Enders, is an action hack and slash video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The sequel to Zone of the Enders is based around mecha combat with the player once again controlling the "Orbital Frame" Jehuty. Unlike its predecessor, the game is now centered on action elements with the player not needing to protect civilians in need and instead Jehuty contains more weaponry than in the previous game.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Zone of the Enders series
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is the second of 7 entries we hold in the Zone of the Enders series. It arrived 2 years after Zone of the Enders. The next entry was Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Special Edition in 2003. Its critic score of 70 is 4 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Zone of the Enders HD Collection at 82.
How it was received
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner launched on 13 February 2003, within three weeks of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and Unreal 2: The Awakening. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, Unreal 2: The Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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