SNK vs Capcom Ofcl.Thread (Udt.10/02/03) AES re-delayed until November 13th.

FX · 26 Jul 2003, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Ammadeau

Of course there will also be a home cart version for the neo-geo, but those of us without money to burn will be forced to wait for the PS2 one.

This will probably be the last Neo Geo home cart I pick up new.

**Sl1p** · 26 Jul 2003, 08:19 PM

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All jokes about how ugly this game is aside, it was alright. Nothing mind blowing. I played about 4-5 games of it and decided that I'm still not a fan of SNK fighters. Earthquake is SO top tier though. Tessa was fun to use as well. The feeling from the regulars was a very "Meh" issue. CVS2 and GGXX were still getting more play time.

I'll post some of the pictures I took today after I play some Initial D (My PS2 came back in the mail today. Works perfectly!). There were TONS of people there thanks to the Pre-Evolution tourney. I didn't get to enter anything though, I had to leave early

I wanted to enter the SVC tourney just to see how people are adapting to it.

**Adrian** · 27 Jul 2003, 01:29 AM

Played it a fair bit now, I feel safe now about my thoughts on the game. Write-up coming soon.

**Gutsman** · 27 Jul 2003, 05:09 AM

I finally got to see the game in person today. I only got to play it twice, with Balrog and Earthquake, so I'm not going into depth about the gameplay. But I stared at the game long enough to make some comments about the graphics.

The game looks horrible. Sorry I wish there was some nicer way to put it , but that is the truth. Every single person around me made the same comments. "SSF2T looks better than this." "Why are the graphics so pixellated?" I agree with them. The backgrounds are among the worst I've ever seen in an SNK fighter. No parallax scrolling, no people standing in the backgrounds, ie none of the elements that made the backgrounds in the KOF games so interesting to look at.

I wish I can put the fault on the MVS hardware, but I really can't. Fatal Fury 2 ran on the same hardware, and that 10 yr old game had backgrounds that kill anything in this game. The MVS hardware cannot explain why the backgrounds look so pixellated and 16-color-ish, sparse, and lifeless. Like they were a complete afterthought. Sorry but there is no excuse for this, it can only explained by laziness, or lack of talent, on the part of SNK.

The overall interface, splash screens, etc also look very rushed and amateur-ish. The life bars, timers, character selection menu, everything, looks like it was rushed and done by amateurs.

The only good thing I can say about the graphics is that the new Capcom sprites were pretty well drawn. I like how Ken and Ryu look just like their original SF2 sprites. Sagat looks weird, but all the other characters are really well drawn. Of course the animation overall was lacking and choppy, due to hardware limitations of the MVS.

Anyways, like others have mentioned, there wasn't a lot of interest in this game. I think most people took a look at it and saw how horrible it looked, and moved on. I don't blame them, who wants to play something that looks like a Genesis game when there's Marvel vs Capcom 2 standing next to it?

**Josh** · 27 Jul 2003, 05:17 AM

Me.

**StriderKyo** · 27 Jul 2003, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Ammadeau

I don't have a link, but both Playmore and the guy in charge of SNK US said there would be a home port for PS2 and the target date for the Japanese release is December. There's rumors of releasing the US version at the same time, but I only have a JPS2 anyway.

Of course there will also be a home cart version for the neo-geo, but those of us without money to burn will be forced to wait for the PS2 one.

The december thing is cool, but there were mumblings about this coming to "all 3 consoles" and "Live support? We're looking into it."

I'll get it regardless, but you can only get so into a game like this with like 4 people to play against (ie. no online support).

Originally Posted by Seven Force

It's definitely more SF and the earlier, not-so-gimmicky KOFs. If you're used to to the speed and flow of the later KOF games, then you'll have no problem here.

Please tell me that means 97-98. If so, this game could have stick figures running around on a black background and still rock.

**AaronChance** · 27 Jul 2003, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by StriderKyo

The december thing is cool, but there were mumblings about this coming to "all 3 consoles" and "Live support? We're looking into it."

I'll get it regardless, but you can only get so into a game like this with like 4 people to play against (ie. no online support).

PS2 was confirmed by Playmore. The guy in charge of SNK US wants to bring it to the xbox as well, but he's not calling the shots. Neither seems to have any interest in putting it on the cube.

I'd personally be content to play this with a few friends, but some kind of online support would be great. I'm just not optimistic enough to think it's going to happen.