Reasons why your friends don't like KOF? (if they don't)

NeoGML · Jul 24, 2001

Well, some of my friends don't totally love/dislike KOF because of its extreme complexity.

They are right in a way though, since i can't think of any fighters that are more complex than it out there.

KOF2000 graphics in my opinion, are superb, so smoothly animated and very colorful.

The gameplay is what really makes the game shine, because it's so complex, yet at the same time, somewhat simple.

I also disagree with people who say it plays too slow, since i think it plays much faster than any street fighter.

It's just pure fighting at its most complex.

Exactly what i wanted, exactly what i paid for <IMG SRC="smilies/smirk.gif" border="0">

What about you?

SHIN-HIDOSHI · Jul 25, 2001

A number of my friends, who played street fighter 2, don't seem to be able to adapt to the newer kof's. I still to this day, play every fighting game like street fighter 2.
The concept of all these strikers and assists{MVC2} leaves them with a hanging jaw. Most of my friends who watch the combos that people do now, can't believe how nice they look and how much the world of gaming has evolved to the changing needs of players.
I guess some people just move on to other things. Or come to a realization that they can no longer enjoy the game because they do not understand to the fullest extent of what they are playing.

Devil_Gans · Jul 25, 2001

i have some friends who hate kof and snk games in general.if asked why,they would say the graphics are boring,outdated...blah,blah..and all those crap.most of those ignorants seem to focuse exclusively on the graphics part.And they also said that tekken tag's graphics are more lifelike than kof,which is true but they don't seem to realise that kof is all about gameplay and not graphics.Even kof 99 evolution on dc which has awesome graphics don't seem to exite them.they seem to favour capcom's fighters and 3d fighters more.

Takumaji · Jul 25, 2001

Originally posted by NeoGML:
Well, some of my friends don't totally love/dislike KOF because of its extreme complexity.
[...]
The gameplay is what really makes the game shine, because it's so complex, yet at the same time, somewhat simple.

I also disagree with people who say it plays too slow, since i think it plays much faster than any street fighter.

It's just pure fighting at its most complex.

Exactly what i wanted, exactly what i paid for <IMG SRC="smilies/smirk.gif" border="0">

What about you?

KoF99, apart from Garou MOTW, more and more becomes my favourite fighter. You already stated why: Complex yet smooth gameplay, superb fx/gfx and hard but fair. Cool.

Apart from my 11-years-old nephew none of my friends particularly likes the KoF series or any other 2D SNK fighter, mainly because of their, I quote, "weird moves and jerky two dimensions". They all sit in front of their PS2's and bore themselves to death with their 3D adventurial gaga... <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

N.B. I don't think that KoF is any faster than Street Fighter, at least not if you compare any part of KoF with SF2CE or SF2Turbo.

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koolking · Jul 25, 2001

1. They think its obsessive
2. The local arcade is smoke filled
3. They think its retro a 2d fighter
4. There are a lot of fobs
5. Its too violent so when we play when for example you do the Maiden Masher SDM we scream stop the violence.

Dark Lord Dragon · Jul 25, 2001

My friends hates KOF just because I said that SNK is much better than Crapcom and just because I said KOF 98 is much better than SF Alpha 3

krozor · Jul 25, 2001

My friends reckon its too hard to play and give up on it..instead of wanting to learn the moves and getting better...

Dark Lord Dragon · Jul 25, 2001

Originally posted by krozor:
My friends reckon its too hard to play and give up on it..instead of wanting to learn the moves and getting better...

The same thing happened to some of my friends

evil wasabi · Jul 25, 2001

one word: 'capcom whore'

edit: i just realized...capcom whore is two words. <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">

[ July 27, 2001: Message edited by: sonic1687 ]

ThE HeAvEnLy KiNg' LoRd YaMaZaKi · Jul 25, 2001

If my friends dare to say the name of SNK in vain, I start beating up their sorry asses with a pinata stick until I get tired of hearing them scream.

evil wasabi · Jul 25, 2001

All i get is : "what the hells a neo geo"
"whats KOF,i aint seen that before"
or "hahahahaha its 2d is it faulty"
or "thats like an amiga or a master system"
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Yes your right i dont have friends, i killed them all. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

John · Jul 25, 2001

Originally posted by snknutball:
All i get is : "what the hells a neo geo"
"whats KOF,i aint seen that before"
or "hahahahaha its 2d is it faulty"
or "thats like an amiga or a master system"
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Yes your right i dont have friends, i killed them all. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

Reminds me of something I saw in a game store. A kid was asking about the prices of games, and I said that most PS games are $30-40, but there are some $10 games, but those ones generally suck. His reply? You guessed it, "What, they're 2D?"

But I think the best remark I heard about a NG game was from my brother when he saw Robert Garcia in AoF2: "[Steven] Seagal!" <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

The Heavenly King Of Wind · Jul 25, 2001

Tell me who that kid is, so I can go kill him. kid=dead meat

NeoGML · Jul 25, 2001

but some of my friends are really into it, like Facemaster and MiniGenjuro. Mini's pretty good, and he respects the game's deepness. he also doesn't get sick of it when he loses (i hate people like that). Facemaster likes the game a lot. it's just too bad he isn't as good as Mini. he'll get better. i'll make sure of it <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

zac · Jul 26, 2001

My best friend hates KOF because he thinks the graphics are bad.

THAT REALLY MADE ME MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain · Jul 26, 2001

Man, this is the UK..... no-one has any idea what the King of Fighters is! Last KOF game to get a UK release? (Bar the NGPC title) KOF 95 on Saturn.... and that came out 2 years late! Oh, and John, My dad said the same thing about Robert <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

THEMAN · Jul 26, 2001

Not a lot of people are into the Neo Geo to begin with in the general population.

SHIN-HIDOSHI · Jul 26, 2001

All of Hawaii guys, know why some certain "master" quit don't we. When we were are trying to have fun, and playing random characters, this "expert" would pick his team. He claimed that our style of playing wasn't fun. We played the way, he deemed fun. By playing aggresively and winning, at all costs. Well, what this "master" didn't know is, that everybody can play his way, and everyone did. We obviously outnumbered him, so in the end he lost.
Realizinh that he was no match technically, he quit. He lost the will to play all video games. My equals and I, decided that beating him{with his style} with relative ease wasn't fun anymore, so went back, to how we were playing, and still beat him.
I'm not saying that he must play our style, just don't get pissed off when we beat you when we play your style.
And that is why, this expert hates KoF.

SakurabaStyle · Jul 26, 2001

Hey:

Anyone I have ever talked to who voiced some problem with the KOF series always mentions the same thing: the graphics are basically the same with every installment. They always say that the fighters have never "changed" the way Street Fighter characters have. And do some degree, this is true: compare SF2 Dash to SFZ, and then compare KOF '94 to KOF '99. Also, a lot of guys say that memorizing KOF characters moves is too hard simply because of the sheer number that they have.

But now that I think about it, I meet more people who have never even heard of KOF than people who have played. Fatal Fury gets more name recognition, for some reason.

But between Street Fighter and KOF, I've always looked at it as separating the men from the boys. I love SF, but I always have and always will prefer KOF. You don't get as many lamers and idiots playing KOF.

-SakurabaStyle

[ July 26, 2001: Message edited by: SakurabaStyle ]

SHIN-HIDOSHI · Jul 26, 2001

Yes you are right Sakuraba, but I have got to tell you something funny.
One guy who most people despise in our gameroom,{for calling people cheaters, when it is the very one who is cheating} tried to launcher a guy in KoF. He played Ryo, then did a down c, and tried to jump after the guy, eveyone started to laugh. He kept trying to launch people with ryo, kyo and and tkauma{i think}.
down c, then jump after an opponent. I told him the game just doesn't work that way, he told me to shut up. And he kept trying to launch people, until he gave up and went to play Third strike.

ImranBogard · Jul 26, 2001

My all friends hates game <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

hebretto · Jul 27, 2001

Well most of my white friends don't like it (since 90% of KOF players are Asian, don't know why) because their used to the SF style of things

PJ · Jul 27, 2001

All my friends are into the craptastic PS2's fighting games. I honestly don't understand these people, I mean why the hell is 3d any better than 2d?? It's not that big of a difference as long as its a satisifying game experience. In addition almost all the SNK games have better visuals than any 3d game. It takes talent to do 2d, 3d is just wrong in most cases. One of my friends tried to play samurai showdown and in the end got really pissed because he didn't understand how the defensive style of play is. Then theres just people who don't know how to do supers or special moves and are used to capcoms hotkey supers, (which is a very cheap thing, and also doesn't help newbies because then they don't know how to do anything else)and their stupid easy modes where you just need to jam on two buttons to do special moves and combos galore. People who fall under the above categories i have no pity because they all are too ignorant to realize how magnificent these games are!!

Daisuke Jigen · Jul 27, 2001

Thay hate KoF cause my NEO joysticks are quote "too damn big". That, and they like to play Tekken Tag and sing that "No eyes, no ears, no mind" song. <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

ThE HeAvEnLy KiNg' LoRd YaMaZaKi · Jul 28, 2001

I had a cousin over (13 yrs old I think) and we played KoF Evo 99 on my dreamcast. I kicked his ass in no time. I wanted to teach him how to play and do special moves, etc. So we went to practice mode and he picked Iori. The bastard couldn't even do a fireball!!! He said the d-pad sucked and the moves were too hard to perform (the bastard is used to playing Smash Brothers where you just press a button to do a move.) Then he said that KoF sucked. I asked him why and he replied that it sucked because the graphics sucked. He then said that SF Ex
3 for the PS2 was a much better game, because the graphics were great. Man, I wanted to spank that bitch.

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