3 count bout is cool

ForeverSublime

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3 count bout is a fucking cool game. It has a couple of really neat tunes, good variation in stages, nice attention to detail, and some vicious gameplay. You can really get a workout playing that game. It's bloody ass hard, though! The difficulty jumps like crazy when you go from the 1st tourny to the second.

The game is dirt cheap for any format as far as I know... it's worth a pickup. It's a great game to play with a friend.

What do you guys think about this game? Favorite characters? Anything you want to say, go ahead.

I really like the Street Matches where you can ram the cars. If you smash the cars on the bottom of the screen its owner will come and yell at you. Then you can pick him up and throw him at your opponent. That's fucking COOL! I also like a little sound detail in that stage on the red car. If you smash it a couple of times and make its engine smoke, it makes a little sound of air escaping that is done REALLY well.

The move I like best is definitely the Knife Stab (B button from "sleeper") by Blues Hablam. What a fucking dirty move! He stabs the guy in the head numerous times, and then gives him one good gouge. When he puts the knife away he lifts his shoulders and puts out his arms as if to say, "I didn't do anything".

It doesn't push the neo's capabilities by any means, but it's just a load of FUN! I miss games like that. I just came back from visiting a board member in PA for a few days and out of the HUNDREDS of games we had available to play, we by far played 3 Count Bout the most. That's something I'll remember for a long time.

Another cool thing to note about this game is that in the wrestling stages, you only wrestle on the top half of the ring. Because you never see the ropes from the bottom of the ring the developers were able to make the characters very large, and didn't have to worry about anything obstructing the view of the sprites/gameplay. Cool idea.
 

Pep

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Yes I love this game too, I was hooked on it long long ago, I bough a new Euro AES copy of that game few years ago on a flea market for just about 25 USD or less.

The game is damn hard in the end and it really can destroy your fingers. My favorite character is The Red Dragon, one of my favorite SNK characters too, he should be in a KOF game too.

The referee voice is great and the Wrestling environment is very well reproduced, the presentation of the characters are really cool too.

Nice game
 

chris1

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It's fkn hard..I never got past the first guy.
(I suck)
I need to play this game more.

Question..
Does the MVS version have the parts of the game that ForeverSublime mentions?
 

SSS

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I've gotten past a few people, but that match where the ropes are electric, I got my ass kicked in 5 seconds. Still very fun game.
 

DangerousK

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It's a nice looking game.

But god almighty, it's incredibly cheap and difficult. I can get past the first couple of guys, but after that I usually get fucked up. My hands have no energy left from pounding the buttons.
 

Lastblade

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It is too hard for me as well.... Pounding the buttons like mad is.... insane.
 

Michael Yagami

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I love 3 Count Bout, but my love for it, like my love for AOF2, is a double edged sword. Great games, but both are way too fucking hard!

Mike
 

chainsawyak

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That game rocks, I'm glad to finally own it on home cart. I'm glad to hear you like it Matt, we'll definitely have to jam on it someday once we get out of all this fucking snow.
 

EVIL NICK

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It is so hard, I never got past the second team either...

Or was that the first? frown
 

Tiptonium

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I like the game but it really gives me severe hand cramping after 30 minutes or so of play! Like you said, major workout!
 

Pep

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Retaliator:
If 3CB is a good game then I am the pope ...
Wow!!! Such an eminence posting on the forums:eek: eek! buttrock buttrock

<small>[ February 19, 2003, 09:16 AM: Message edited by: Pep ]</small>
 
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