Day 5: Additional Gameplay Elements

Stealth: Stealth was a major part in Boktai, because the more you were seen, the lower your rank. In Boktai 2, there was no ranking system, but it was important to be stealthy because Boktai 2 was much more challenging than Boktai.

Puzzles: Boktai and Boktai 2 had as much puzzle solving as action. There were block puzzles (pushing large blocks to form paths or activate switches), ice block puzzles (similar, but kept sliding until they hit a wall, and could be melted with fire), switch puzzles (lure an enemy onto a switch or push a block onto one), math puzzles (push blocks with numbers and functions to form correct equations), and a few other types of puzzles.

Password entry: When you beat Boktai and Boktai 2, it gives you a password to enter online. When you enter it, it gives you all the information about your results, and gives you a picture based on your rank (Berserker, Bishop, Trigger of Sol, etc).

New game plus: In Boktai, when you beat the game, you would start over, except with everything from your first file. This, of course, made going through again much easier. In Boktai 2, there was no new game plus, it just allowed you to continue playing.