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| TheBeast
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|  "Animal punches"
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I played this game at the movies,Martial Masters. It's a beautiful game,even better than the LB series.
Do you have any info on this game,or screens. This game,sadly,looks like it'll fade away with other awesome games like Warzard.
Here's a link,for anyone that can read Chinese(Naruto or Chuplier?) on info of the characters:
Here
I can read Chinese, but what do you actually wants me to translate to?
Basically the martial arts these characters practice follow the style of animals...so you have characters with crane punches, monkey punches, snake punches, tiger punches etc etc....
The only antidote to my poison is death...Hey! No fair! You have a resurrection move??
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| Rolling Start
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| "Re(2):Professor(any info on this game?)" , posted Sun 24 Mar 11:39
Sigh...as i already explained in the other post you made about Martial Masters: it's not that great. The animation on some characters (Drunken Master, Crane) is spectacular, but on others (Tiger, Monk, Monkey Boy) it's nothing special.
Another thing that I don't like about this game is it has many little commands that don't really do anything. There's attacks on the ground, and everyone has a move like Rolento's Mekong Delta Escape (I think, it's the one where they roll back, then attack) that is just as iffy as rolento's version. Plus one of the throw commands is wp+hk, which is quite a pain to do.
Seriously though, if you have questions about ANYTHING (stages, supers, shadow attacks, etc) then ask away!
Here's a character list just to show my authenticity:
Tiger: White priest, fights like dudley with Sabretooth's qcf+pp super.
Monk: Bald Caffeine Gaira, which a kettle drop like Anakaris' Coffin Drop
Ghost Kick: Black pirate who fights like Eddy Gordo but 2D
Drunken Master: Typical drunken master, but easily best animated in game. Has rushing attacks and a counter.
Crane: Very cool stance, waving her arms like a crane's wings. Kinda cheesy though...throws feathers and does a rising tackle.
Black Lotus: Boss of game, has a normal human body with a sort of thistle (the plant) head. Uses flower attacks. Possibly the boss.
Snake: I think that's her name, anyways she's a white girl with Arabian dress who fights with the snake fist style. Many fast combos.
Master Hwang: Kinda boring monk, who fights like a slower Yun.
Monkey boy: Little cracked out monkey boy, who has a super like Legion where his animal buddies come attack. He can kick watermelons at you.
Little Annoying Bao-alike freak: Sigh...I hate this character. IIRC, the only character with an energy-based projectile, which is very fast. One of his/her supers is an instant anti-air huge fireball, kinda like Oro's big super booger, except for it comes out right away, and if you're jumping you basically can't do anything but get hit. Plus, again IIRC, one of it's shadow attacks is like ryu super cheese custom of fireball over and over.
I think that's everyone...there are special intro's, but the only one I remember is Tiger with most of the girls, they blow him a kiss and he blushes...
PS: I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about character background other than what I can discern from their looks. Everyone's win quotes are extremely generic, ranging from "I won" to "Forgive me." I have yet to see one that is more than two words long, lol.
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| Satoshi Miwa 673th Post
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| "Martial Masters play test" , posted Sun 24 Mar 12:11
We've covered this before, haven't we TE? ^^
But since it's been brought up again and I've given the game one more play through I'll update my comments.
Perhaps no word best describes the game Martial Masters better than the word Average. From the bland and unappealing backgrounds, to the unispired play system, this game seems content to be an average attempt at a 2D fighter.
The character design is painfully average, with balnd and unintresting renditions of Chinese legends. Characters like Wong Fei Hong and Goku are all rendered in a rather unintresting fashion, especially the Goku design (Which is one of the more bland Monkey King designs I've seen). And while they animate decently in game, and have a good amount of colours, they still don't match the animation of your average CPS-2/MVS game. Which is a shame, because Chinese legend is such a gold mine for quality game designs and characters (See Koei's Dynasty Warrior series).
Gameplay is also non-descript, as it's a rather bland mixing of KOF style gameplay with Marvel style supers. The game is very super intensive, with the largest Super bar this side of Pocket Fighters. Add in Shadow moves, and you have a very power move heavy game. Too bad most of the power moves are bland and unintresting, and lack the over the top nature of the Marve;/Darkstalker games. Combos do exist, but they're simple combos for the most part meaning that advanced KOF type strategy isn't really needed.
Music was bland, nuff said...
And the translation...Err..Is lacking, big time.
So yeah, this game is very much average. While not as bad as KOF EX and MKA, it doesn't much surpass the levels of Capcom and SNK fighters from 1996. And while you can kill time with it an arcade or movie theater, you really won't feel the need to come back and play more.
Star rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 stars
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| Rolling Start
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| "Re(3):Rolling Start,and everyone!" , posted Mon 25 Mar 08:26
Tiger's stage is just a street scene. Basically empty dirt road up the middle of the stage, with a kind of market i guess up either side. Kinda cool, IIRC.
Oh yeah, and he's from america (from the site prof posted.)
As far as character design, yeah, Tiger is cool. In order, my favorite designs are Ghost Kick (I love the stance, only breakdancing sucks, fighting game or otherwise. But black theif/pirate characters haven't been overdone, so he gets the nod), Tiger (Love the bible reading winpose), and Monk (just cause I like the big guys...).
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| talbaineric 2877th Post
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| "Re(4):Rolling Start,and everyone!" , posted Mon 25 Mar 08:54
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Tiger's stage is just a street scene. Basically empty dirt road up the middle of the stage, with a kind of market i guess up either side. Kinda cool, IIRC.
Oh yeah, and he's from america (from the site prof posted.)
As far as character design, yeah, Tiger is cool. In order, my favorite designs are Ghost Kick (I love the stance, only breakdancing sucks, fighting game or otherwise. But black theif/pirate characters haven't been overdone, so he gets the nod), Tiger (Love the bible reading winpose), and Monk (just cause I like the big guys...).
Is his that one with all those British flags on it? Or someone elses?
If put right,breakdancing could work with some characters. Cammy has a break-dancing move when she gets up.
How about Crane's stage. The only stages I've seen are Monkey Boy's,Master Huang's and Red Snake's.
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| Rolling Start
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| "Re(5):Rolling Start,and everyone!" , posted Mon 25 Mar 21:13
Oh man, sorry Eric, you're quite right, I hadn't seen Tiger's stage lately (been playing as him too much :p). Anyway, his stage is outside what looks like a British Embassy (you're right, there's Union Jacks hanging on the walls of the embassy) in the street. There are lots of people crowding the street; in the front, there are numerous gunmen kneeling down. They look kind of like the stereotypical old Evil Mexican Army guys, kinda fat, with tan double-button shirt and pants, and the helmet that looks like a UFO (small round metal top with rim around). The people behind watching the fight all look like British noblepeople. When Tiger loses, the gunmen look sad; however they might do that no matter who wins...
And yeah, Ghost Kick's breakdancing does work quite well. He also has a move like Chun Li's lightning legs, which does lots of damage but only hits high.
One other thing that I forgot to mention, is that there is usually a BIG difference in speed/power with all normal attacks. Quick attacks are quick and combo together, whereas most hard attacks are double hitters, and take a LONG time to come out. Most people can vary their strong attacks by holding back or forward.
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