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July 21st, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Road Rash II by Electronic Arts (EA) is one of those early success stories. Forget their current, horrendous, Digital Rights Management (DRM) antics and focus on their past they were quite good. EA were great at picking the right games to publish and developing some cool games of their own. I mean, come on, look at their Sega Genesis catalog and tell me that is not impressive. Their personal computer catalog before and after the Sega Genesis days was even more impressive. Especially prior to the Windows takeover. One title that stands out in the 16-Bit era is Road Rash II. This title took the original and did just what gamers wanted. It gave more stuff but did not mess with what worked.
Road Rash II adds more fun
Electronic Arts were smart with Road Rash II. They added more weapons, better graphics and faster bikes. They did not mess with the underlying game play mechanics and that is good. Fans saw improved fighting mechanics over the first entry here. Adding the dreaded powerful chain and even nitrous oxide injection for the bikes.
All about the game play
Game play consisted of beating up your competition on the track. Literally. Chain whips and other weapons are available to use when taking out your aggression on an opponent. Electronic Arts stands alone in the motorcycle combat arena. That is a shame because there could be some fun had if people would develop more titles in this genre. Kind of like Carmageddon, there is not much that can compare to that franchise either. No, Twisted Metal doesn’t count.
Ports came calling
EA did go a little overboard with the later installments. Road Rash II is the high watermark of the series though. There was a third Road Rash game that was exclusive to the Sega Genesis. Over the years we have seen this series hit the 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows and even the Commodore Amiga, Sega Master System and Game Boy.
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