final thoughts:

2nd ranked battle: wow.
1st ranked battle: lame. anti-climatic and not epic
the ending: wtf?
the verdict: still like the game, like the style. i liked the 1st one better.

so i'm guessing everything that happened in Desperate Struggles was just a recollection from Sylvia's memory? that whole 120 years thing threw me off.

on the otherhand, the ripped audio for this game is pretty awesome. some of those tracks happen to have Akira Yamaoka's name on it...i was thinking he was just doing freelancing...but its official he's working for Grasshopper now. yipee!