Altered Beast (2005 video game)
| Altered Beast | |
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| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Shinichiro Okumoto Makoto Sugawara Takashi Oda |
| Producer(s) | Rieko Kodama |
| Designer(s) | Chen Jian Zhu Enhua Arata Jumonji |
| Programmer(s) | Tomoaki Takayanagi |
| Composer(s) | Makito Nomiya Eriko Sakurai Susumu Tsukagoshi |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Altered Beast is a 2005 beat 'em up video game developed by Sega Wow and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. The game is a reboot of the 1988 arcade game Altered Beast. While the gameplay still involves the main character transforming into different kinds of beasts like in the original, the story, characters and setting are completely different, along with notable gameplay additions. The game was released in Europe and Japan in 2005, but was cancelled for North America.
Unlike the original Altered Beast which is set in the Greco-Roman world of Ancient Greece, the game features a modern setting unconnected to the previous installments. Altered Beast follows a man called Luke Custer who is a "Genome-Cyborg", a human whose DNA and other genetic make-up has been artificially altered by micro-chips containing the genetic make-up of other creatures to transform him into an anthropomorphic beast. After surviving a helicopter crash, Luke loses his memory and sets off to learn about the truth behind his past and the Genome-Cyborgs.