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wow!
first time ive laid eyes on the game in person due to snkp's apparent reluctance to loke test the game in osaka before its release.
what can i say, im mighty impressed!
as always the system could be broken, only with heaps of time spent on it and a couple of months in the arcades under its belt are we going to know how that side holds up...
BUT
1. presentation is excellent, from the in fight screen to the new effects (nice and subtle imo), from the character select screen to the art. it all looks very nice i found.
2. graphics are much better than i expected. except for a couple of exceptions the 3d bgs look very 2d. there is heaps of movement and the different locations around the world are excellent.
3. the new characters all look cool, earthquake is unless im mistaken almost totally redrawn, has a new stance and plays very differently to his previous incarnations (loved his svc version). genjuro might be an old sprite not sure. iroha and suguroku look nice!
4. the graphics are very sharp which surprised me... i thought after neowave, nbc and kof xi it wasnt really possible. suguroku and ukyo even look HIGHER rez than previous games, very clearly drawn. earthquake and sankuro look bout the same as ss5spc. nobody looked blurry ala NBC though.
5. pace felt nice, feels very very tight (even tighter than 5 or 5 spc which had problems with doing throws or heavy hits easily as 2 button moves occasionally wouldnt come out, very frustrating!), i was able to run about, do all my normals right away and dash throw with ease despite this being my first time to play the game. no adjustment period (as far as control is concerned) required!
anyways i am going to be updating this thread with impressions and stories like i did the nbc one over the coming weeks. ill be concentrating on genan, earthquake, charlotte, basara and maybe some haomaru, caffeine, seiger, etc!
first time ive laid eyes on the game in person due to snkp's apparent reluctance to loke test the game in osaka before its release.
what can i say, im mighty impressed!
as always the system could be broken, only with heaps of time spent on it and a couple of months in the arcades under its belt are we going to know how that side holds up...
BUT
1. presentation is excellent, from the in fight screen to the new effects (nice and subtle imo), from the character select screen to the art. it all looks very nice i found.
2. graphics are much better than i expected. except for a couple of exceptions the 3d bgs look very 2d. there is heaps of movement and the different locations around the world are excellent.
3. the new characters all look cool, earthquake is unless im mistaken almost totally redrawn, has a new stance and plays very differently to his previous incarnations (loved his svc version). genjuro might be an old sprite not sure. iroha and suguroku look nice!
4. the graphics are very sharp which surprised me... i thought after neowave, nbc and kof xi it wasnt really possible. suguroku and ukyo even look HIGHER rez than previous games, very clearly drawn. earthquake and sankuro look bout the same as ss5spc. nobody looked blurry ala NBC though.
5. pace felt nice, feels very very tight (even tighter than 5 or 5 spc which had problems with doing throws or heavy hits easily as 2 button moves occasionally wouldnt come out, very frustrating!), i was able to run about, do all my normals right away and dash throw with ease despite this being my first time to play the game. no adjustment period (as far as control is concerned) required!
anyways i am going to be updating this thread with impressions and stories like i did the nbc one over the coming weeks. ill be concentrating on genan, earthquake, charlotte, basara and maybe some haomaru, caffeine, seiger, etc!
