Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Reviews
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium is a fine compilation title without the celebratory features, and a rather mixed bag of games on hand. Fortunately, being able to buy them separately rather than strictly in bundles can help you navigate the wheat from the chaff. The lack of online multiplayer harms this package much like the previous one, and I'm still unsure why it required a completely separate 'launcher' when everything but the games are the same.
Capcom invites us to take another trip to the past with a compilation made up of some of its most beloved titles. If you were one of those people who lost massive amounts of coins in arcades between 1984 and 1998, you will surely find lots of good memories in this game, because that's what Capcom offers, nostalgia. Great games like Knights of the Round, King of Dragons or Three Wonders finally make an appearance. Improvable? Without a doubt, but it is also very worthwhile.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium offers exactly the same as its first installment but with 32 other Capcom titles. Although in the end it all depends on our tastes, the selection of games has quality and is perfectly complementary to the other 32 titles of the first installment. It is possible that there are still users who are reluctant to the acquisition system chosen by the Japanese company, although it is clear that the formula has worked. The nostalgic of the world are in luck for being able to recover all these Capcom classics.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Like its predecessor, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium perfectly manages to convey the noisy and colorful feeling of going to an old-school arcade, but with infinite chips in your pocket and no smell of cigarettes in the air. The game curation is excellent, with thirty-two well-chosen and varied titles, representing well the main genres that made Capcom a legend in arcades.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium is a very competent collection, which maintains the rhythm of its predecessor and even manages to be more interesting and varied. The individual purchase model may even make us think that it could be more practical just to add new titles to the first game, but even so, the idea of bringing together so many important and even unknown names remains always ideal to kill the nostalgia of the nostalgic and present to the newbies.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Another wonderful retro compilation from Capcom. It's sorely lacking in supplementary behind-the-scenes content, and it's a shame it couldn't have just been a big DLC pack for the first Arcade Stadium, but what's here is a nice, varied selection of vintage coin-op titles.
Double-dip on some of the best Capcom arcade games ever and enjoy some good surprises along the way with Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium.
With 32 games included, most players are going to be able to find a few titles to fall in love with in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium. With more duds in the lineup this time around, though, combined with a higher percentage of the collection being featured in recent collections you may already own, the value proposition is a lot harder to judge. Thankfully, this time around, Capcom are letting you buy just the individual games you want from the start. Most players with a love of classic arcade games will want to grab at least a few titles from this collection, even if the collection as a whole isn’t quite the no-brainer some of Capcom’s recent classic offerings have been.
With 30+ games, an embarrassment of customization options, and plenty of opportunities to play casually with local friends or seriously for online high scores, it's a rock solid collection both for arcade enthusiasts and old-school players.
It’s a bit light on content outside of the games, but every option you could want is here, things run great, and the full package is a decent value. If you’ve got the itch to play through a bunch of classics, some real stinkers, and a few really cool games you probably haven’t heard of before then Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium is what you’re looking for.