Post by sepiasongs on Dec 29, 2004 13:00:19 GMT -5
well, i'll start by becoming a mainstream whore in thinking '98 is the best. form '95-7 the series in my mind is marked out by being consistently good. but this was consitently great. not a single aspect of it feels rushed, ill-fitting, wrong or pointless. something that's come to tarnish not only kof but most of snk's output since.
in other words, if this was crufts i'd award '98 not just best in breed but best in show too. in fact its actually my favourite fighting game of all time. so there you go.
after that i'd personally go for 2003 since it brought stacks of new life into the series with the first new characters in a long time which wern't shamelessly plagerised but actually quite interesting (duo lon in particular springs to mind) as well as very smooth and balanced gameplay.
but, since you said you like aof 2, i'm guessing you'll be into the old skool kof's which is no bad thing as i personally love '95, that has the best soundtrack in the series and was the game that got me hooked. though there's also the insanely hard difficulty and some disgustingly overpowered moves. but i think they'll serve to make it just your cup of tea.
finally, eiji is overrated*.
*that's not an opinion that's a fact. i'm sure its in the dictionary somewhere.
in other words, if this was crufts i'd award '98 not just best in breed but best in show too. in fact its actually my favourite fighting game of all time. so there you go.
after that i'd personally go for 2003 since it brought stacks of new life into the series with the first new characters in a long time which wern't shamelessly plagerised but actually quite interesting (duo lon in particular springs to mind) as well as very smooth and balanced gameplay.
but, since you said you like aof 2, i'm guessing you'll be into the old skool kof's which is no bad thing as i personally love '95, that has the best soundtrack in the series and was the game that got me hooked. though there's also the insanely hard difficulty and some disgustingly overpowered moves. but i think they'll serve to make it just your cup of tea.
finally, eiji is overrated*.
*that's not an opinion that's a fact. i'm sure its in the dictionary somewhere.
