Hey, Lighten Up, Dude! This Is KOF. Enjoy It!
At this point we may as well give up pretending otherwise and just make this a video game blog.
I’ve been playing Virtua Fighter 5 in anticipation of Nagy’s return to Canada. The man is a natural born Virtua Fighter, and only three months of sustained training could possibly allow me to last more than two rounds. Still, for various reasons that I won’t go into, I’ve found myself longing for a 2-D fighter, so I recently picked up King of Fighters 2002.
I’ve always been a novice when it comes to fighting games, so I never really appreciated the differences between franchises or 2-D to 3-D beyond a supreficial level. So I was surprised to discover that as much as I enjoy Virtua Fighter’s complexity and problem solving, there’s nothing quite like delivering a K.O. with a button-mashed flying kick to the face just as an opponent is about to unleash some apocalyptic special move.
Here’s hoping King of Fighters XII, seen in the video above, comes out on consoles. It’s a thing of rare and fragile beauty.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Hearing about you playing the SNK games like this breaks my Capcom heart, Steve. On that note, I’m beginning to regret my dissing of Streetfighter 4. I still think the graphics blow, but I was getting my ass kicked downtown today and loving every minute. Very solid gameplay that brings streetfighter back to it’s roots in the disguise of a 3D fighter.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
“Love has no borders, nationalities, or genders!” – Guitar Wolf.
As much as I’m enjoying King of Fighters, I’ll be dropping it the second I get my hands on a proper Capcom fighter, like that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix that’s coming out. Playing SNK is like renting a dusty big box VHS action movie from the shelves of Jumbo Video. Sometimes you just need a Dolph Lundgren movie.
Glad to hear SF4 is working its magic on you. I told some guys at the Street Fighter Tribute launch that you were disappointed in the game. Thanks for making me a liar.