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Charles Choi
I'm a game addicted insomniac that rules the night!
I don't have a particular favorite genre and would play any as long as its superb. However I do lack interest in most athletic genres besides Snowboarding and Skateboarding.
Currently playing:
PC - Hellgate: London, Audiosurf, Bioshock
Playstation 3 (PSN:Animateria) - Burnout Paradise, Rock Band, Metal Gear Online, Grand Theft Auto IV, Tekken 5 DR, Street Fighter 3 (PS2 Anthology Collection), echocrome
Playstation Portable - Patapon, Crisis Core, Wipeout Fusion, Street Fighter Alpha MAX
Nintendo DS - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, The World Ends With You
- Wishlist -
Trying to collect some Fighting games instead of mooching off my friends or emulation. I currently need a copy of Guilty Gear, and Virtua Fighter.
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3
Many other games I won't particularly state. (Why did I write this then?)
Also available at my personal site pixel-junkie.net
(if I can get the site to work anyways)
I'm a game addicted insomniac that rules the night!
I don't have a particular favorite genre and would play any as long as its superb. However I do lack interest in most athletic genres besides Snowboarding and Skateboarding.
Currently playing:
PC - Hellgate: London, Audiosurf, Bioshock
Playstation 3 (PSN:Animateria) - Burnout Paradise, Rock Band, Metal Gear Online, Grand Theft Auto IV, Tekken 5 DR, Street Fighter 3 (PS2 Anthology Collection), echocrome
Playstation Portable - Patapon, Crisis Core, Wipeout Fusion, Street Fighter Alpha MAX
Nintendo DS - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, The World Ends With You
- Wishlist -
Trying to collect some Fighting games instead of mooching off my friends or emulation. I currently need a copy of Guilty Gear, and Virtua Fighter.
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3
Many other games I won't particularly state. (Why did I write this then?)
Also available at my personal site pixel-junkie.net
(if I can get the site to work anyways)
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After reading the recent SNK PLAYMORE articles. I thought about my interest level in fighting games. I came of with this personal list after much thought. ------------------- <Anticipated Fighting games list by ranking (For console release)> Must Buy! - BlazBlue, Soul Calibur 4, SF4, Tekken 6 Hyped! - BattleFantasia, (eventual) VF6 Interested but not sold - KOFXII No anticipation... - MK vs DC. ------------------- I loved KOF 98-99. Enjoyed 2k. However, 2001 and 2002 killed the KOF interest in me. Many of the new character designs and all character illustrations in the games were pretty awful. As with the messy unpolished feel of the game's set up (not the actual fighting mechanics, I'm not hardcore enough to have much of a say there). It seemed like they had no clue what they actually wanted to do. In my heart, I always blamed it on Playmore. They ruined KOF for me and made Metal Slug 4 a backward step from Metal Slug 3. I'm not sure if my blame is misdirected but I wasn't happy with what happened to those series after the jump. To be fair, I haven't played a KOF game since 2002. And am not sure if they finally got everything down to the level of other fighting games. I just didn't care for the series enough . Hopefully XII will rekindle my heart for KOF, and deliver as much as every other AAA fighting game, if not more. But I remain skeptical if the game can deliver as a whole. -I have a couple questions for other KOF fans. Did I miss out on any superb KOF in the years of 2003-2007? If so which would you recommend? Is Playmore really to blame or am I just being unreasonable? And how would you rank KOFXII in your fighting game anticipation list?
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
I'm not that hyped about KoFXII, but I will happily play it once it's out.
Street Fighter IV on the other will be bought and most likely hated on for various reasons.
But to be honest, 2k3 took some growing into. The team aesthetic was quite different than the past games.
*being able to switch on the fly! -it made team balancing easier, and alot faster, I didn't mind switching when I felt like it. Honestly its something that should have happened a long time ago.
When I picked up Max Impact, I was a bit surprised how odd KOF felt as a 3D/2D fighter. It takes more patience, just trying to get everything reacquainted on a different playing field. Those submissions are just plain hard, and not alot of fun.
My biggest beef with SNKP's release(s), is that they didn't keep their word. For the most part, the PS2 has been on the receiving end more often. KOFXI, MI2, NGBC.. FFBA1&2, and soon KOF94-98 re-releases. But how about other consoles? Nope, nothing after Max Impact. XII is promised, but no one may even see an SNK title but on the PS2 (if not the PS3).
Its really frustrating to say if I'm holding out or not. It took me 2-3 years to track a copy down of 2k2&2k3, NeoWave, and MI. (and thats buying directly off the shelf, not online)
Maybe XII could be hopeful, maybe not. Its too early to say right now.
My list probably goes something like BlazBlue, SF4/SC4(even), KOF12, BattleFantasia, VF 5.5 (updated with that sumo wrestler and another new character, might become downloadable content not sure), Killer Instinct3 (I'm waiting for the announcement)... something like that
I'm with you on the must buys; I'd move KoF XII up to hyped, and VF6 down to interested. I was never that much of a VF guy. I always liked tekken better.
I still gotta pick up copies of arcana heart and neowave.
KoF XI is worth it. Granted I hated the whole tag system in 2003 (and that could've been cause I was playing on the emulator.) but things are always better on a arcade stick. I'd personally look out for KoFXII just for the actual new sprite redesign and well....no more tag system. So it's back to pick your order of who comes out and 1 on 1. Which I loved.
I personally loved 99. Probably cause of the music as the game itself wasn't that great. I'd put 2001 up there just cause well..Kula and it was awesome.
And yes, playmore's to blame. Though, they make K9999, Angel, and May Lee yet don't even use her. May Lee got quite a fanbase and I really want to learn Angel just to use her again.
I actually bought a copy of Neo Geo Battle Coliseum for my friend's birthday and played it all day. It was missing some characters I really prefer to play, so I'll probably pass on it for myself.
K9999 was to much of a legal problem. I was surprised they weren't sued for that design. I liked Angels design and fighting moves but May didn't look particularly good. Though her move set isn't bad at all.
I think SNKP should decide to do revisions rather than system changes for KOFXII. Make a 'KOFXII 2nd Edition' instead of a KOFXIII. Polish the sucker rather than try something new yet shoddy every damn time.
I guess I'll look around the net for KOFXI videos to see if it appeals to me. I'd be happy if its a great fighter.