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| talbaineric 5308th Post
 
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|  "Samurai Showdown Thread"
, posted Sun 27 Jul 09:34
I've been playing SS2. And I never ever knew how hard it was! I was so used to the SF/DS/KOF gameplay route,that I assumed SS2 would play the same,however it does not. The CPU is rather hard. Especially against Hanzo and Galford. I've only used Genjuro so far,and I almost was at the boss,but Galford kept defeating me and I was pissed and turned off the game. I'm still learning. And I wanna try SS4 later. I only played it like twice,but now that I have a new favorite in Genjuro(who's awesome,BTW)I'll be practicing my game more now.
And I'm sure we're all excited about the new SSZero game! I know I am. I loved the series. And Gedou looks interesting(I found out that his full name means ROTTEN BASTARD in English *LOL*  ) I'm curious to see all the new characters,especially that new archer girl(Mina?).
What's your guys' favorite Samurai Showdown/Spirits games? Mine is SS2 and SS4 for sure. As for characters,Genjuro,Nakoruru,and Cham Cham are my faves.
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| JETT 509th Post
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|  "Re(1):Samurai Showdown Thread"
, posted Sun 27 Jul 11:36
I Love SS. However I was never a huge fan of the gameplay, I just really liked the mood,characters,story,stages etc...(but I still played it)
My favorites are the same as yours, SS2 and SS4.
and My favorite characters have always been Basara (glad he's back in SSzero!), Genjuro(I dont think anyone dislikes him :) ) , Zankuro (best boss IMO), Seiger (dont know why...I think it's because hardly anyone likes him, I also tens to like whoever most people dislike) , sogetsu and Jubie's pretty cool.
Actually I really like almost all the characters, but those are the ones that stick out for me.
I am very excited about SSzero, hope it comes to home console (besides Neo geo) but if not...
Eager to see how thjat Rotten bastard plays, especially since he's so big, Mina(archer), The 5 sword guy (forgot name) and that Hibiki rip-off (ha, it's O.K since its the same company)
good game
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| UnCauzi
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| "Re(2):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 12:39:
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I Love SS. However I was never a huge fan of the gameplay, I just really liked the mood,characters,story,stages etc...(but I still played it)
My favorites are the same as yours, SS2 and SS4.
and My favorite characters have always been Basara (glad he's back in SSzero!), Genjuro(I dont think anyone dislikes him :) ) , Zankuro (best boss IMO), Seiger (dont know why...I think it's because hardly anyone likes him, I also tens to like whoever most people dislike) , sogetsu and Jubie's pretty cool.
Actually I really like almost all the characters, but those are the ones that stick out for me.
I am very excited about SSzero, hope it comes to home console (besides Neo geo) but if not...
Eager to see how thjat Rotten bastard plays, especially since he's so big, Mina(archer), The 5 sword guy (forgot name) and that Hibiki rip-off (ha, it's O.K since its the same company)
good game
SS2 is by far my favorite, but yeah, SS2 has a different feel than most other fighters because you don't get anything for free ;)
Ridiculously long combos are hard to come by and you can't just "rage" yourself without consequences.
SSIV is okay, but I prefer regular throws to push throws and all the other extras besides "suicide" I can do without. But if someone commits suicide I think they SHOULD BE DEAD! Next match! Useless I know but I think that's the way suicide should be lol.
Spinning around someone just looks ridiculous and takes away some corner game tactics. Not to mention Wan Fu isn't playable in it : /
But on to zero! No Wan Fu still! Argh BUT it does have a Huge Troll/Ogre looking thing that I will play in my tradition of playing Huge/Ugly characters in a game. I'm really interested to see how he moves, and does he ever stand up or is he another "Tam Tam/Faust" style crawl around the ground big guy. Must be hell on their knees.
Also Mr many swords seems interesting, bow girl, and I MIGHT try the old man. I generally like my old guys in video games grimy or evil like so we'll see.
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| Just a Person 584th Post
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| "Re(1):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 15:54
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I've been playing SS2. And I never ever knew how hard it was! I was so used to the SF/DS/KOF gameplay route,that I assumed SS2 would play the same,however it does not. The CPU is rather hard. Especially against Hanzo and Galford. I've only used Genjuro so far,and I almost was at the boss,but Galford kept defeating me and I was pissed and turned off the game. I'm still learning. And I wanna try SS4 later. I only played it like twice,but now that I have a new favorite in Genjuro(who's awesome,BTW)I'll be practicing my game more now.
And I'm sure we're all excited about the new SSZero game! I know I am. I loved the series. And Gedou looks interesting(I found out that his full name means ROTTEN BASTARD in English *LOL* ) I'm curious to see all the new characters,especially that new archer girl(Mina?).
What's your guys' favorite Samurai Showdown/Spirits games? Mine is SS2 and SS4 for sure. As for characters,Genjuro,Nakoruru,and Cham Cham are my faves.
My favorites are also SS2 and SS4 . As for the characters,Ukyo,Hanzo,Nakoruru and Cham Cham (I'm sure I'd love the people from the three 3D SS games if I played them,but I didn't ...)
And I'm also very excited about Samurai Spirits Zero (why zero ? Would it happen before the first SS ?) . The new characters look great,and I loved Rimururu's new look . Too bad Amakusa didn't come back ...
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| Tashoku Kisune 2103th Post
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| "Re(1):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 16:17
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I've been playing SS2. And I never ever knew how hard it was! I was so used to the SF/DS/KOF gameplay route,that I assumed SS2 would play the same,however it does not. The CPU is rather hard. Especially against Hanzo and Galford. I've only used Genjuro so far,and I almost was at the boss,but Galford kept defeating me and I was pissed and turned off the game. I'm still learning. And I wanna try SS4 later. I only played it like twice,but now that I have a new favorite in Genjuro(who's awesome,BTW)I'll be practicing my game more now.
And I'm sure we're all excited about the new SSZero game! I know I am. I loved the series. And Gedou looks interesting(I found out that his full name means ROTTEN BASTARD in English *LOL* ) I'm curious to see all the new characters,especially that new archer girl(Mina?).
What's your guys' favorite Samurai Showdown/Spirits games? Mine is SS2 and SS4 for sure. As for characters,Genjuro,Nakoruru,and Cham Cham are my faves.
I have still yet to get my hands on any of it... *jealousy*
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| Sklathill
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| "Re(2):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 17:40
I'm guessing I'm the only one here who thought SS3 was the best, eh? :)
I just loved it all...the feel of the controls, the speed, the overall challenge the CPU provided, the general balance of the game, the look... the most pleasing to me graphically and, IMO, the best competition game of the series. SS4 was too easy as a 1 player game and turned the color palette into UCK. SS2 had a pretty nice balance (well, except how really difficult it was to win with Nakoruru...) and a great proximity game, but lacked the added options and pure graphical excellence of SS3.
Hrm...I'm really tempted to say the 64 games are my favorite of the series...but I imagine that might make me even LESS popular. :D
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| ONSLAUGHT 2370th Post
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| "Re(7):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 22:14
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Well,it could be worse,if Onslaught were here,he'd flame me and almost anyone here to death for no reason.
Yes, it can be worse, much worse!
I'm glad to see I'm missed here, want me to say nice things to you? or want me to tell you the truth?
Haven't you noticed that everybody is sick of Hazzan? they find him annoying, and they have told him that... but it's no use, since he seems to post and never return...
Anyway, I find him annoying too, but at least he's 13 or 14 years old, I can understand why he act that way, but you? I can't understand how stupid you are, I cannot understand how someone with 20-something is as stupid and idiot as you...
Why am I acting like an ass? because if I don't tell you how annoying you are, nobody will; nobody wants to hurt your feelings (because, as we know, you take these board matters in a very seriously way, enough to affect your "real life" in a very messed way).
But you see, I know lots of people find you annoying, and usually they ignore, you, or give you idle responses, or they simple hide from you (are you wondering why certain people on your icq list is always offline? Surprise little boy, they're not offline, they're invisible! Goodie).
You know I tried to be tolerant with you, but you crossed the line a long time ago.
Now you can go and cry with your e-mails, I know you will.
It's a shame that worth people like ShinATproof aren't posting that much anymore, but worthless people like you post like madmen...
Anyway, to stay on topic, my favourite Samurai Shodown, is the first one. Have a nice day
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| Ultima 307th Post
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| "Re(4):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 22:35
> > Not that I pride myself on any game company, but SNK seems to tamper with stuff too much.
I agree, though they seemed to have become a lot more conservative in recent years.
> Jesus H Christ, people constantly bash KOF for not changing enough; now, I'm hearing SS changed too MUCH...
That's because SS DID change too much. SNK in their early days tried so many different things trying to find something that would equal SF2's popularity that, even when they found something good, they didn't know when to quit. Instead of giving the SS series a decent stepwise refinement that it should have received, the series totally and unnecessarily ripped to shreds after only its second incarnation, and the SS series hasn't recovered since. The KoF series is lucky it didn't receive the same treatment - KoF96 aside, the first 5 KoFs are a natural progression (of course they fucked it up after 98, but oh well; at least it could be argued that they did all they could up to 98 and they needed something new; SS didn't get that chance).
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| UnCauzi
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Occasional Customer
| "Re(5):Samurai Showdown Thread" , posted Sun 27 Jul 23:21
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> > Not that I pride myself on any game company, but SNK seems to tamper with stuff too much.
I agree, though they seemed to have become a lot more conservative in recent years.
> Jesus H Christ, people constantly bash KOF for not changing enough; now, I'm hearing SS changed too MUCH...
That's because SS DID change too much. SNK in their early days tried so many different things trying to find something that would equal SF2's popularity that, even when they found something good, they didn't know when to quit. Instead of giving the SS series a decent stepwise refinement that it should have received, the series totally and unnecessarily ripped to shreds after only its second incarnation, and the SS series hasn't recovered since. The KoF series is lucky it didn't receive the same treatment - KoF96 aside, the first 5 KoFs are a natural progression (of course they fucked it up after 98, but oh well; at least it could be argued that they did all they could up to 98 and they needed something new; SS didn't get that chance).
That's the way I felt, my GAWD I looked forward to SS3, and when I played it for the first time I felt betrayed honestly. What they did with SS2 went over very well in the U.S. at least, but 3 turned sooooo many people away from it, it was ridiculous.
I remember there being hella lines of people playing SS2 despite the freight train that was SF:Turbo being right next door. People had crazy dedication and I'd find people at the damned cade or mall at 11 AM, in friggin LINE to play. Those were the days, when I heard SS3 was out, man I figured yippie kai yai. Only to see people try it out, shake their head.....and move on.
They didn't preserve any of the atmosphere of ss2, and changed to many gameplay options. Not to mention the AI for SS3 was crazy boring and didn't do much else but counter hit you, so no motivation to even just play the computer.
Air blocking especially to early for it's time and not wanted was a surface problem, theh huge combos and damage. People WANT to be able to make a few mistakes during their game, it makes the "mind game" more involved. One mistake = death is not a mind game. It's a mistake, forcing several mistakes = a mind game.
Well I guess SS was just trying to follow suit with the other games that lended themselves to big combos and focuses on supers.
Well anyway I could go on forever but what's the point.
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