kof 98 vs garou
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Tough one! I'm glad I got both already...
I'm a big MOTW fan, but KOF'98 is in a league of its own as far as replay value.
MOTW has a very beautiful look, (almost on par with the LB series) very tight and somewhat unique gameplay, average sound, and is a throwback style fighter with a limited cast (14 characters I think).
'98 has a decent look, huge lineup of people, (38 or something) good sound, and tight, but IMO kinda common gameplay. (I take a point away for DM execution which can be stiff).
If you were an AES collector like me, I'd say go for '98 'cause it's much cheaper...but since your sig indicates you're a MVS guy, you may want to think differently since price isn't that much of a factor I assume.
I'm a big MOTW fan, but KOF'98 is in a league of its own as far as replay value.
MOTW has a very beautiful look, (almost on par with the LB series) very tight and somewhat unique gameplay, average sound, and is a throwback style fighter with a limited cast (14 characters I think).
'98 has a decent look, huge lineup of people, (38 or something) good sound, and tight, but IMO kinda common gameplay. (I take a point away for DM execution which can be stiff).
If you were an AES collector like me, I'd say go for '98 'cause it's much cheaper...but since your sig indicates you're a MVS guy, you may want to think differently since price isn't that much of a factor I assume.
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MotW has the better look . art works , graphics/animations , backgrounds , great intro"s" ........ etc.
but here is a list for it's disadventages (when compared to 98) :
- it's high price
- very simple gameplay (it doesn't have anything special)
- small character cast
but here is a list for it's disadventages (when compared to 98) :
- it's high price
- very simple gameplay (it doesn't have anything special)
- small character cast
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I think KOF '98 is vastly over-rated. MOTW is good stuff. While I am not a graphics whore, I do want my games to look impressive. I don't use every character in a game anyway, so I'd rather have a solid roster with fewer characters (like with MOTW), than a behemoth selection with plenty of crap (KOF 98's Chang and Choi, etc.).
buster_broon
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get kof '98
vastly better game and easily more affordable
motw is just eye candy - not a great game imo
if you have the money for motw - get breakers instead - looks just as good and plays even better
vastly better game and easily more affordable
motw is just eye candy - not a great game imo
if you have the money for motw - get breakers instead - looks just as good and plays even better
Real Bout Maniac
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Originally posted by buster_broon:
<strong>get kof '98
vastly better game and easily more affordable
motw is just eye candy - not a great game imo
if you have the money for motw - get breakers instead - looks just as good and plays even better
Agreed.
MoTW is easily the most overrated game on the Neo. Other than graphical eye candy, it has nothing to offer ,IMO, that is any better than what can be found on other fighters on the system.
As a HUGE Fatal Fury fan, I was extremely disappointed by how poor a game Garou was. <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />
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I'm not a big fan of either games. If you want eye-candy (superb graphics), a decent amount of characters to choose from and fairly original gameplay choose MotW. Don't pick it up if you're a Fatal Fury fan.
If you like to choose from a shitload of characters and like to string combos without too much difficulty then choose KoF 98. The graphics in this game are too poor to impress but if you're a KoF fan it's not worth complaining about, the gameplay's all there.
If you like to choose from a shitload of characters and like to string combos without too much difficulty then choose KoF 98. The graphics in this game are too poor to impress but if you're a KoF fan it's not worth complaining about, the gameplay's all there.
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Originally posted by BigFred:
<strong> The graphics in this game are too poor to impress but if you're a KoF fan it's not worth complaining about, the gameplay's all there.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually I don't think MOTW have a very impressive visuals. The colors are too washed and they look DEAD.
I can't remember a stage with really great rich colors in MOTW. The Best looking stages are the train stage and Butt Stage. Both have poor palette use, while in KOF98 you have at least great vivid stages like the boat one and the USA team, Takuma team.
What's really impressive in MOTW is the superb animations of the characters.
Bottom line :
MOTW is boring in less than an hour
KOF98 is neverending playable ( if you play against a buddy )
CHRiZ-77
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Originally posted by Nostromo:
<strong>Which is the best looking one?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Garou:Mark of the Wolves is the best 2D-Fighter imo!!!
Best game for less money is "King of Fighter´s 98" definately!
Most underrated Game on Neo is "Art of Fighting 3" for sure!!!
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KoF'98 is the best Neo fighter. Period. MOTW is a lot of fun, very beautiful, and an evolved sequel with about six more good characters could have challenged for the title. But as is, between those two games, KoF'98 is a more polished game with greater replay value thanks to the larger roster and super tight gameplay.
It's like comparing Third Strike to Super Turbo or Alpha 2. Third Strike has much fancier gfx and more convoluted 'systems' (parrying, ex-specials, etc.) but the more polished gameplay and better rosters of the other two games make them better fighters. I don't know about you guys, but I need a lot of solid characters in a fighter to keep playing over months at a time. There's the not-enough extreme (SF3, Garou) and there's the tons-of-crap extreme (MvC2, Alpha 3.)
The best fighters like Super Turbo and KoF'98 have large rosters where at least a sizeable portion are good enough to win consistently with.
Is it any coincidence that '98 and ST are both the fifth iteration of their respective series?
Nope. The best fighters are usually the result of a lot of trial and error.
It's like comparing Third Strike to Super Turbo or Alpha 2. Third Strike has much fancier gfx and more convoluted 'systems' (parrying, ex-specials, etc.) but the more polished gameplay and better rosters of the other two games make them better fighters. I don't know about you guys, but I need a lot of solid characters in a fighter to keep playing over months at a time. There's the not-enough extreme (SF3, Garou) and there's the tons-of-crap extreme (MvC2, Alpha 3.)
The best fighters like Super Turbo and KoF'98 have large rosters where at least a sizeable portion are good enough to win consistently with.
Is it any coincidence that '98 and ST are both the fifth iteration of their respective series?
Nope. The best fighters are usually the result of a lot of trial and error.