To be honest, I discovered the Bloody Roar series not too long ago and I started with this episode on PS2 a few months ago, which I find cool.
So I'm maybe not the best person to talk about this game series, but I think it deserves to be more in the spotlight, especially at a time when Tekken has a monopoly on 3D Versus Fighting (well, then there's Sega, which seems to want to revive Virtua Fighter), because I find it quite original to have our character transform into a beastman in the middle of a fight.