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| Hungrywolf 765th Post
 
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|  "Re(7):Best Kof game????"
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'96. I may think that Mr. Big is crap, but the whole boss team thing is just...cool. Plus, this is the KoF with the best music, IMHO. '98's music was such crap compared to 96, or any other KoF, or almost any other fighting game for that matter. '98 does get pops for the Billy-Yamazaki-Mary team. If it wasn't for Blue Mary (whom I despise) this would be my hands down favorite KoF team.....
Oh, and Yamazaki is an UBER PIMP!!!!
You despise Blue Mary, Iron D??? That's a worst crime than Eric despising Chun Li. Oh well, I won't hold it against you....I guess.  Anyway, my favorite, though not a regular favorite of many is 99. I haven't gotten to play 2k or 2k1 yet. I just really like 99. teams of 4, new story, Kyo and Iori have to take the back seat to a new hero (though I like Kyo and Iori a lot)...I think it's a great game.
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| Time Mage 428th Post
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| "Too soon to judge 2001." , posted Sat 27 Apr 05:45
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I for one; I am between '96 & '2001 (that's why I won't vote now)... Then again I think I am several persons....
I'm between '98 and '2001, but I've voted '98. Why? Because, for me, 2001 should't have been added to the poll. And Why that? Because '2001 is very new, and I think games need time to be judged properly. A few examples of this:
- At first, '96 was taken as a bad KOF, but that's because people wasn't accostumed to the new engine. At first I didn't liked it, but as time passed, I aprecciated it more and more (it's still one of my least favourites, but I recognize it's potential).
- The oposite happened with '2000, at least between my friends: At first all was "wow, look all the amazing combos you can do" and "look how powerful is this striker". Now, the game has become an Another Iori, Seth, Joe and Vanessa striker fest. Those strikers provide you an excesively good defense against many enemy actions, and also allow you to destroy them afterwards. With this system, players sit in a corner waiting for the other to come, call the striker, and punish them FOR ATTACKING. The game became boring, so.
To sum up, I like '2001 VERY much, at '98 level, but I think it's too soon to judge it, because there may be more things to discover about it.
As a final note, my main grading tool to judge a game, is how fun is it. I like graphics, music, and, as a nice extra, the story, but the important thing is that it's fun to play against your friends.
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| TheBeast 291th Post
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| "Re(1):Too soon to judge 2001." , posted Sat 27 Apr 06:21
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I for one; I am between '96 & '2001 (that's why I won't vote now)... Then again I think I am several persons....
I'm between '98 and '2001, but I've voted '98. Why? Because, for me, 2001 should't have been added to the poll. And Why that? Because '2001 is very new, and I think games need time to be judged properly. A few examples of this:
- At first, '96 was taken as a bad KOF, but that's because people wasn't accostumed to the new engine. At first I didn't liked it, but as time passed, I aprecciated it more and more (it's still one of my least favourites, but I recognize it's potential).
- The oposite happened with '2000, at least between my friends: At first all was "wow, look all the amazing combos you can do" and "look how powerful is this striker". Now, the game has become an Another Iori, Seth, Joe and Vanessa striker fest. Those strikers provide you an excesively good defense against many enemy actions, and also allow you to destroy them afterwards. With this system, players sit in a corner waiting for the other to come, call the striker, and punish them FOR ATTACKING. The game became boring, so.
To sum up, I like '2001 VERY much, at '98 level, but I think it's too soon to judge it, because there may be more things to discover about it.
As a final note, my main grading tool to judge a game, is how fun is it. I like graphics, music, and, as a nice extra, the story, but the important thing is that it's fun to play against your friends.
I agree fully with Time Mage that we shouldn't based our opinions too soon on a game. For me, I have played KOF2K1 in the arcades for 4 months now, and I think to a large extent I really do not like it. Crappy art/background, cheap bosses and overpowered characters (too many May-Lee, angel and Lin players running loose) are the main reasons why I dislike it, and the new system seems to much like CVS2 ratio system. Maybe I need to give it more time....
I do not think there was a KOF that I particularly like, but 98 was more of a well-balanced game than the others though...
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| Freeter 2478th Post
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| "Too soon to judge 2001?" , posted Sat 27 Apr 08:09
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I for one; I am between '96 & '2001 (that's why I won't vote now)... Then again I think I am several persons....
I'm between '98 and '2001, but I've voted '98. Why? Because, for me, 2001 should't have been added to the poll. And Why that? Because '2001 is very new, and I think games need time to be judged properly. A few examples of this:
- At first, '96 was taken as a bad KOF, but that's because people wasn't accostumed to the new engine. At first I didn't liked it, but as time passed, I aprecciated it more and more (it's still one of my least favourites, but I recognize it's potential).
- The oposite happened with '2000, at least between my friends: At first all was "wow, look all the amazing combos you can do" and "look how powerful is this striker". Now, the game has become an Another Iori, Seth, Joe and Vanessa striker fest. Those strikers provide you an excesively good defense against many enemy actions, and also allow you to destroy them afterwards. With this system, players sit in a corner waiting for the other to come, call the striker, and punish them FOR ATTACKING. The game became boring, so.
To sum up, I like '2001 VERY much, at '98 level, but I think it's too soon to judge it, because there may be more things to discover about it.
As a final note, my main grading tool to judge a game, is how fun is it. I like graphics, music, and, as a nice extra, the story, but the important thing is that it's fun to play against your friends.
I can judge 2K1 right now. Nowhere near 98's level. And why? Simple. One Kim combo can smack off 50-75% health easily. Add the ratio system(which I hate with a passion), boss with a free infinite, bland graphics, weak music, and Strikers, and you got a title that easily gets low marks from me.
I still say KOF should revive the dream match concept, that was its foundation, after all...
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| Time Mage 429th Post
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| "Re(1):Too soon to judge 2001?" , posted Sat 27 Apr 08:48
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I can judge 2K1 right now. Nowhere near 98's level. And why? Simple. One Kim combo can smack off 50-75% health easily. Add the ratio system(which I hate with a passion), boss with a free infinite, bland graphics, weak music, and Strikers, and you got a title that easily gets low marks from me.
I still say KOF should revive the dream match concept, that was its foundation, after all...
I can't judge a fighter properly until playing it a year or so. That way I can distinguish the games that I'll play after that time (SF3:3S, KOF98...), and the ones that, although not being bad, get old really quick (KOF99, SFA2).
About that 50-75% health easily... you mean 1 char, 3 strikers vs 4 chars, No?
I consider the game pretty balanced as for now, but it's also true that I'm playing it in the arcades (and not too often), for about 2 weeks only...
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| Hungrywolf 767th Post
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| "Re(2):Too soon to judge 2001?" , posted Sat 27 Apr 09:10
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I can judge 2K1 right now. Nowhere near 98's level. And why? Simple. One Kim combo can smack off 50-75% health easily. Add the ratio system(which I hate with a passion), boss with a free infinite, bland graphics, weak music, and Strikers, and you got a title that easily gets low marks from me.
I still say KOF should revive the dream match concept, that was its foundation, after all...
I can't judge a fighter properly until playing it a year or so. That way I can distinguish the games that I'll play after that time (SF3:3S, KOF98...), and the ones that, although not being bad, get old really quick (KOF99, SFA2).
About that 50-75% health easily... you mean 1 char, 3 strikers vs 4 chars, No?
I consider the game pretty balanced as for now, but it's also true that I'm playing it in the arcades (and not too often), for about 2 weeks only...
Just be glad you've gotten to play 2k1 and 2k, cause I haven't....Darn it, Mary and Terry are finally on the same team in those games and I have NO WAY TO PLAY THEM!!! I like all KoFs, it's a great series, and Terry has always been there to make it great!
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| Just a Person 252th Post
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| "Re(1):Best Kof game????" , posted Sat 27 Apr 17:59
They are :
1. KoF'96 : in my opinion,it has a nice playability and the best teams . Also,Mature and Vice were alive there ! Besides,we had Kasumi,Yuri,Leona,King,Mr.Big,Daimon and lots of other nice characters (only Takuma and Heidern weren't here,otherwise it would be perfect)
2. KoF'99 : lots of changes,the 4-members teams,a nice Female Team (King,Mary,Kasumi and XiangFei) and a new hero (I like Kyo,but K' brought a new look to KoF) . Do we need more ? (besides,the NESTS story wasn't so serious then)
3. KoF'94 : the first game . It was very nice to see for the first time someone controlling not only one,but three characters . The only thing there I didn't like was the possibility of tearing King's and Yuri's clothes (they are pretty,but this was completely stupid and offensive to some players;besides,why couldn't they do the same against Mai ? Maybe because she is already fighting almost undressed . And if this was a tribute to the AoF series,why didn't this happen against Ryo,Robert and Takuma ? After all,we must consider that there are also girls playing KoF) .
That's it . Or maybe not,since I still haven't seen KoF'2001 . When this happens,maybe my opinion will change ...
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| Iggy
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| "Re(8):Best Kof game????" , posted Sun 28 Apr 14:02
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You despise Blue Mary, Iron D??? That's a worst crime than Eric despising Chun Li.
Why? Mary is the worst girl to have entered the girl team since 94. I'm happy she was fired and Mai could come back where she belongs... I hope she won't come back there to spoil it. She can stay with ridiculous characters like Terry and Andy (sorry Joe...), they understand her.
Oh, and by the way, just before KOF 99, she switched personality with her dog. Actually, it's Anton's mind in her body since then. That's why she suddenly went that intelligent. But it doesn't make her more sympathic however.
And it's normal to despise Chun Li... she's fat, fat, fat, so fat her leg is bigger than the child's body in SF3... It's all the fault of Final Fight 2, where she ate forever as long you where in her screen.
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| Jazzie D 989th Post
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| "Hmmm..." , posted Tue 30 Apr 10:18
This is a toughie.
Each KoF game had something unique and special. '98 had a big cast. '96 had the best music. (Yes, I even thought Big Shot was a good theme for the Garou team.) '95 had Eiji. '94 showed your real skills. (Anyone can play with a Terry, Kyo and Ryo team, but why not try the Korean team?) '97 had a killer story. '99 had a spiffy roll though the drawback was rolling backwards. '00 was a display of comboes galore. '01 had strikers weaken, which was a good idea to begin with.
So, for me, I can't decide. The Zero series for me is easy. 2 was the best. Here, I can't decide. Most likely, I would pick '97, but there wasn't much music in the game.
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| RugalBernstein 1736th Post
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| "Re(4):no contest." , posted Wed 1 May 18:51
I don't understand what you're saying here, but '96 re-uses the USA sports team's theme from '94, the women's teams themes from both '94 and '97, the Japan team's '96 theme, the Ikari team's '96 theme, which was heavily re-used already, Iori teams '96 theme, Psycho Soldiers '95 theme (WHY??)... And the AOF team re-uses Todo's song from the original AOF (!!).... Teams/characters with new themes, if I recall, are Orochi Shermie, Orochi Chris, Rugal, Omega Rugal, and the Father's team.
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