Great game, Great game, Great game..... thats it
SoR 2 is arguably the greatest beat-em-up of all time, next to Final Fight, Knights of the Round Table, SoR, and some other hand picks. This game is easily the best of the series although some hardcore fans would say the they didn't really improve on the first one besides graphics(not really an improvement IMO; just not a sucker for eye candy)individual specials, and turned off the cheap hyper speed of bad guys when you turn your back to them. This game suffers from what alot of sequels-Shining Force, ToeJam and Earl just to name a couple- did during Genesis days. The follow ups took out some key things while jazzing up the graphics and putting some bells and whistles on it. Since the originals were so just that- original - when you stripped the game you still got a great game that still takes a #2 on most of the crap pushed out today. Play SoR1 with 2 players then play SoR 2 and you'll get the drift.
I digress, SoR2 would probably be voted best beat-emup and it deserves it mostly. As a product SoR 2 is a fine piece of work that is actually a bit cheaper than the original at times but its just so memeorable. And rightfully so. The music kicks ass too