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| Cain Highwind
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|  "What's so bad about SS: Warriors Rage?"
, posted Fri 20 Jun 23:47
Seriously, my friend had gotten a copy a long ways back. He was finally done with it and let me borrowed it, and I think it's damn good attempt at a 3D fighter by SNK.
I've seen people in past posts, specifically Rugal, say how crappy the game is, I just want to know what makes it so bad. Having NOT played SS64 1 or 2 I'm sure I'm just missing something.
What I think of the game:
-Nice presentation: Sure the grpahics aren't groundbreaking (I find the character models at the same level of Rival Schools or Star Gladiator). But the art style of the game is truely awesome whether it's in the story dialog scenes or the rather enjoyable and artistically well done FMVs or seeing Senri Kita's character designs are great.
-Nice music: I really enjoy a lot of the music in this game. Of course since there's no limiations on the PSX soundsystem, that's pretty obvious. But being a big Game Music fan that I am, I can't help but appreciate the nicely composed and atmospheric themes.
-Gameplay: I'm actually not a big fan of the SS series in this criteria. The only one I really enjoyed was SS4. But here, I found the controls very smooth and responsive. Not to mention all the little extras.
I think if that upcoming KoF 3-D for the PS2 can be along these lines, I'd be on of the first to buy it.
But seriously, how does this game compare to the SS64 games. I would play them, but the games are pretty much impossible to find. I don't think they're even emulatable are they?
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| Genjuro 541th Post
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| "Re(1):What's so bad about SS: Warriors Rage?" , posted Sat 21 Jun 05:02
quote:
Seriously, my friend had gotten a copy a long ways back. He was finally done with it and let me borrowed it, and I think it's damn good attempt at a 3D fighter by SNK.
I've seen people in past posts, specifically Rugal, say how crappy the game is, I just want to know what makes it so bad. Having NOT played SS64 1 or 2 I'm sure I'm just missing something.
What I think of the game:
-Nice presentation: Sure the grpahics aren't groundbreaking (I find the character models at the same level of Rival Schools or Star Gladiator). But the art style of the game is truely awesome whether it's in the story dialog scenes or the rather enjoyable and artistically well done FMVs or seeing Senri Kita's character designs are great.
-Nice music: I really enjoy a lot of the music in this game. Of course since there's no limiations on the PSX soundsystem, that's pretty obvious. But being a big Game Music fan that I am, I can't help but appreciate the nicely composed and atmospheric themes.
-Gameplay: I'm actually not a big fan of the SS series in this criteria. The only one I really enjoyed was SS4. But here, I found the controls very smooth and responsive. Not to mention all the little extras.
I think if that upcoming KoF 3-D for the PS2 can be along these lines, I'd be on of the first to buy it.
But seriously, how does this game compare to the SS64 games. I would play them, but the games are pretty much impossible to find. I don't think they're even emulatable are they?
Well,I've not played myself the SS64 games but SS Warrior's Rage has nothing to do with them..SSWR gameplay is not 3D,it is 2D..It just has 3D models set to pre rendered backdrops..for me this game is a big dissapointment and this because it could've been great..many new chars are very nice in design,the music is AWESOME(as always the case with SS) and the storyline doesn't seem that bad either..
Imagine how the game would play if it had 2D sprites instead of 3D models(which are not on par with Rival School's btw).Some may accuse me of this,but I don't think this is "2D fanatism"(as TimeMage would say  )..I just don't see any point in this..
..and those FMVs are kind of crappy..
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| Mosquiton 788th Post
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| "My major complaints..." , posted Sat 21 Jun 06:41
1) Very poor graphical presentation
Sure, graphics aren't everything, but this is the first thing that hits you. The backgrounds are grainy, messy, devoid of interesting objects and completely static. The character models are very poor, especially considering when the game was released, and combined with the jerky animation this strips any ability to impress away from the more interesting moves/techniques.
2) Gameplay... is pretty crappy.
My main gripe is the way the life-bar is split into the multiple sections. Not only do you get an annoying pause when each one is depleted, but if your opponent has only a tiny sliver of his second bar left and you hit him with what would be a fatal move... it ONLY takes off the one tick of damage. I'm sorry, but to me this seems like poor design.
3) The moronic coin-flipping game
If I want to unlock art, I'd like to do it automatically, in a game of skill, or be able to buy it. In this game you get coins which you have to FLIP. Heads or tails, one gets art the other doesn't. No skill involved at all, just a 50% chance that the coins you got won't get you a damn thing. The art resolution is terrible anyway.
I'm a big SS fan and I did buy this game, but I actually ended up taking it back for store credit after I beat the game with Hanzo Jr. To its credit, the story mode seemed pretty cool although the FMV was kind of embarrassing.
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