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| High-Octane
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|  "KOF 2002 REVIEW BY ME!"
, posted Sat 12 Oct 09:36
Ok, I finally had time to go down to the arcade to play KOF 2002...
TheBeast: You must be really waiting for this! 
Ok... first up, overall game play...
I really really loved what they did! The background were really well done, and it actually brought back life to the KOF series!
The controls felt like 2001 but with a nice 98 battle feel...
The absence of strikers really had an impact. Unlike in 2001 where you mainly know you will lose when you are cornered bysome fella whom uses his strikers to confuse you, the absence of strikers WILL bring you back in time... The fun of one on one slugging it out was back. Believe me, it's more fun this way.
I can't say anything about the background music right now, couldn't hear as the machines beside had their volumes too loud.
Kula's infinite has been REMOVED.
The idea of being able to choose the team to fight with also gave more life. Knowing which team you would hate to fight later (as we know, the skill level increases a little after each battle), it's a good idea to fight the team first and not meeting them in a later round.
To all player who intend to use characters from KOF98 (Mature, Vice, Yashiro...etc) You'll be happy to know the old 98 combos still work like a charm... Vice's and Orochi Chris's idle stance have changed... Looks nicer in my opinion. Prepare to laugh your head off when you see the alt K's colour... It's actually Kula's normal colour... makes him look like some faggot... L L
Ok... characters....
Well, as I said, the old 98 characters were not really modified in anyway.
Kula feels weaker... I think her combos have to be modified a little since the infinite combos doesn't connect anymore.
The sites were wrong about K9999... He is still the same as in 2001... His    still makes him slide forward. His new move has great potential for combos. You can't stomp as easily on computer opponents on the ground anymore compared to 2001.
Yuri's fireball has major improvements! It flys further (about 1/3 of the screen) and is able to protect her from opponents jumping in.
Takuma has gone through the most MAJOR changes. His fireball has been replaced with some sort of move where he looks like he pushes the air forward to damage you instead (like those Tai Chi fighters using their internal strength to push the opponent away, if you know what I mean) It covers HALF the screen where he is standing from and is INVISIBLE! Blocking the attack will cause a guard crush and being hit by it makes you fly back as if you were hit by a   attack. He has this move where he floats and does a double kick which also makes you fly back on contact. Seen players using him... great combos, great damage!
Iori doesn't seem as strong as before.
Kensou has a new speacial where he takes out the really huge bun and eats it (I don't know what happens next as I hit him after seeing this)and yes, it is that huge bun you see him holding in the move list.
Not much on the other players yet, didn't see anyone using them... I personally used K9999, Vice, Kula, and also Iori... I have decided to set my team as K9999, Vice and either Mature or Orochi Chris. Still no code on using Rugal yet, hope there is in the first place...
Overall... Great improvement from 2001!!! The feeling of slugging it out one-on-one made the KOF fun factor return. The colourful backgrounds and the idea of using chracters from the game also brought life (instead of those ugly looking bystanders they used in 2001 which made the background look gross). So far I have not seen any infinite combos and I hope I don't either! I didn't get to play against Rugal... some fella challaged me when I got to the last team and after that, a whole bunch of people notice that machine which was hidden at a corner and all started to challage me... got booted out after winning a few matches... darn...
Go play it! No regrets! I'll give a better review next time!
 Power is... losing control... UWAAAAHH!!!
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| TheBeast 1137th Post
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|  "Short comments from TheBeast"
, posted Sat 12 Oct 09:58
High-Octane: Good job in the review, and no I already played the game...heh.
Some short comments from me:
1. The overall game play feels OK. Definitely better than KOF2001. It has a very strong 98 battle feel to it, though not as intense...Game speed seems to be a nit slower...Hopefully it is because everyone is still experimenting with the game.
2. If you are a 98 and 2k1 veteran player, this game doesn't offer anything to you. I played 98 often on emulators, and I won the first 2 player matches using 98 characters. Nothing much has been changed.
3. Everyone seem to be rather balanced out at the moment, even May-Lee or Orochi Yashiro.
4. Normal Shermie has changed by a fair bit.
5. Graphics not that fantastic, definitely not worse off than 2k1, but hardly a good one by KOF past standards. Backgrounds are interesting, but laziness of EOlith is evident when Geese's face is a total blank, and Krauser twitches his eyes too much.
6. I haven't seen much terror in the Power-up mode yet. Basically I think everyone is treating it like a V-ism without "moving forward with shadows" now.
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| High-Octane
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| "Re(1):Short comments from TheBeast" , posted Sat 12 Oct 10:02
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High-Octane: Good job in the review, and no I already played the game...heh.
Some short comments from me:
1. The overall game play feels OK. Definitely better than KOF2001. It has a very strong 98 battle feel to it, though not as intense...Game speed seems to be a nit slower...Hopefully it is because everyone is still experimenting with the game.
2. If you are a 98 and 2k1 veteran player, this game doesn't offer anything to you. I played 98 often on emulators, and I won the first 2 player matches using 98 characters. Nothing much has been changed.
3. Everyone seem to be rather balanced out at the moment, even May-Lee or Orochi Yashiro.
4. Normal Shermie has changed by a fair bit.
5. Graphics not that fantastic, definitely not worse off than 2k1, but hardly a good one by KOF past standards. Backgrounds are interesting, but laziness of EOlith is evident when Geese's face is a total blank, and Krauser twitches his eyes too much.
6. I haven't seen much terror in the Power-up mode yet. Basically I think everyone is treating it like a V-ism without "moving forward with shadows" now.
True about point 5... But well... beats the 2001 backgrounds!
For point 6, that is cause people are still in the experimental stage here... give it 2 more week... you'll start seeing the damage of it...
For the speed wise... I feel it is more balance then 98... during 98, if Yashiro traps you, there is little chance of escape... It seems that they are trying to reduce the chances of infinites or combos that lock the opponent trapping them to the sides...
How does it feel to be defeated by the Champion of the World?
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| High-Octane
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| "Re(5):Short comments from TheBeast" , posted Sat 12 Oct 20:52
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It is my understanding that the Speed of KoF reached its MAX in KoF '96; just look at the short jumps or the speed of the attacks...
Does speed means eveything to the gamer now days??? Maybe that's why I don't see anyone else with enough guts to play Maxima or Chang...
Speed does matter a lot in fighting games, as least to me....Isn't winning fighting games about thinking up strategies fast with lighting reflexes? I still enjoy KOF95's intense battle feel, though KOF95 wasn't as balanced as KOF98.
Using Maxima or Chang is another issue unrelated to speed, I suppose. It is basically about employing a strategy using slower chaarcters but stronger strength, and how to control the pace of the match.
Iggy: I don't know much about the game yet, I just had a feel of the game today...and to me the intensity wasn't there...Like I said, maybe everyone is still experimenting...
JJJ: I got it from www.kofonline.com but I gotta changed back to Rugal avatar coz my supporters are starting to make a big fuss 
Burning Kyo: I'll look around for Kyo users for you!
Iggy: I said appeared weaker... I guess the combos have to be modified to power her up again... Her Crowbite doesn't really seem like a protective move anymore...
TheBeast: Actually, from my friend's opinion, the slower speed of Maxima is actually his ADVANTAGE... don't ask me why... he uses Maxima for competitions. When everyone has experimented enough with KOF2002, you'll start seeing all the major damage... then you'll go "Woah! Ok... That IS intense!"
And no... I didn't cheat you all! See! I've changed back to my Rugal avatar! I'm just waiting for one with the Ultimate Rugal!
How does it feel to be defeated by the Champion of the World?
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| Chupiler 719th Post
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| "My comments" , posted Sun 13 Oct 01:41
Balance:
Very well balanced. There's no horrendously overpowering character so far.
Backgrounds:
It's rather annoying, actually, I mean, it's not amusing to see all these characters (esp the one that were in KOF at one time or another) that I can't play. Although overall they're better than 01, some BG characters have no animation (like 3-4 frames), leaving them to repeat some stupid-looking twitch the entire match.
I would have preferred it if they did it Buriki ONE style and have just one plain BG, in exchange for more characters. And Hinako isn't even in the BG...
Character selection:
OK, I guess. I would've taken the Boss team or the US Sports team over the Orochi team any day. Or they could've put in Krizalid, Zero, and Ignis and made it a dream match NESTS part. Then I'd accept the existence of Angel, Testuo and May Lee, who've only been in one year.
May Lee and Takuma, IMO should've been taken out. If they bothered to completely change them, they might as well have put in some other character.
In fact, I'm wondering why they stuck to the team idea, when there is no team ending this year, plus it's a dream match. If the took off the team limit, they wouldn't have to force to make teams.
This game is well balanced, which makes me all the more mad that Hinako, Kasumi, Geese and Big aren't in there...
Music:
Selection = good. Sound = bad. I don't know what they used to play the music, but they really made some bad choices. Some of the ways they were remixed didn't go well with my ear.
Overall:
Although the game speed is faster, most of the old strategies still work. So I feel that this game doesn't really offer much new. Esp since I end up playing against the same characters I've been playing against every single year. Due to the limitations of 1 year, KOF never really gets changed.
KOF 2002 is a good game, and a good vs tool, but a cat can't become a tiger: in the end it's still KOF.
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