KOF 2001 disappointing

Hi~guys
just play KOF 2001 at my local arcades today and just want to give some comments. Very disappointing indeed.
First I want to know who the fucker who did the art for the character.
I thought the pictures look bad before release, I also fainted when I saw the real thing. (For those who think the art looks great, wait til u see Yuri and BAO at character selection screen)
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Next is the stupid blood bar /character face at the top, its looks so big and cover the top screen, with the ugly face icon.....
And also the character looks much bigger than KOf 2000. (same as KOF 96)
Theres only a few upgrades such as a few moves and everything plays the same, you feel like playing KOF 2000. Theres nothing refreshing and the new character are not very
impressive.
Theres 2 boss to fight,
mid-boss is a ZERO clone with white hair (Exactly the same), he has a few new moves and he got 3 strikers.
Final boss looks very impressive and powerful indeed, wait til u see his SDM.
The only good points I can say is the backgrounds, same as KOF 97. Alot of audience at the back cheering , very good!
Hope those who wish to purchase the MVS now consider first or wait til the price lower a bit...
Has anyone play the game yet? <IMG SRC="smilies/crying.gif" border="0">

What do the new chicks look like in action compared to Mai? <IMG SRC="smilies/drool2.gif" border="0">
And what about the music? Remixes? New tunes? Quality in comparison to KoF 2000?

how about all those DM cancel,were they impressive?

i have seen the artwork of the game in its early stage and it resembles teh MOTW type of artwork which is not a bad thing.i heard that kyo's new super rocked and there are some tweaks made to him.i don't give a shit about yuri and bao's artwork,i've never liked them anyway.i agree that the blood bar a lil' ugly.the graphics are indeed awesome from what i've heard.

...yup juz checking on the censorship of this game too, is Mai's perkiness still bouncing or did they turned that shit off?!? <IMG SRC="smilies/redface.gif" border="0">

Originally posted by Kyokugen Star:
<STRONG>What do the new chicks look like in action compared to Mai? <IMG SRC="smilies/drool2.gif" border="0">
And what about the music? Remixes? New tunes? Quality in comparison to KoF 2000?</STRONG>

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Oh yez-always ask the most important questions first! <IMG SRC="smilies/drool2.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/loco.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/makeface.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/smirk.gif" border="0">

Originally posted by Kyokugen Star:
<STRONG>What do the new chicks look like in action compared to Mai? <IMG SRC="smilies/drool2.gif" border="0">
And what about the music? Remixes? New tunes? Quality in comparison to KoF 2000?</STRONG>

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1)Mel-ling looks quite cute using most moves with kicks, Foxy looks like robot???, Angels looks zombie??? Mai still rules. (almost forget xiangfei)

2)I cant really hear the music cause its very noise with so many KOF 2001 machine there, I can only hear those character voices/grunt.

3)Quality is much better than KOF 2000 with more details in characters and backgrounds.

One more thing I notice is that when u hit your enemy hard/ CD button, they will fall backward and bounce back when they tourch the end of the screen . (same as Last blade 2 )

As for censorship, good news, in my country, evry KOF was set on US version/ country with no blood and Mai bouncing.
But this KOF 2001 was different, I could see the blood and Mai bouncing... in English version.
I think Eolith or Breezasoft they forgotten about it.

We need SNK....
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[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: deffty ]

I have seen most of the new art, and I have to say I love most of it. And the gameplay changes sound like fun as well, although I won't know for sure until i get to play it. (4 on 4 matches and strikers take a super bar? right on!) I think the CD wall bounce is a lame addtion though. And I'm undecided about cancelling supers into each other. Could be fun, or it could be abusive and ruin the game overall. Oh well, it looks a lot better then kof2000 does though.

Matt

Originally posted by Force:
<STRONG>I have seen most of the new art, and I have to say I love most of it. And the gameplay changes sound like fun as well, although I won't know for sure until i get to play it. (4 on 4 matches and strikers take a super bar? right on!) I think the CD wall bounce is a lame addtion though. And I'm undecided about cancelling supers into each other. Could be fun, or it could be abusive and ruin the game overall. Oh well, it looks a lot better then kof2000 does though.

Matt</STRONG>

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The one thing that totally turned me off when I saw the game running, is the Life and Power bars are to damn HUGE. They take up a good 20% of the fcking screen!

The top life+character avatar are so damn huge it's ugly.

None of my local arcade carry any neo games <IMG SRC="smilies/veryangry.gif" border="0">

im gonna put in a request for my local
arcade to get it in.
man....
cant wait.
sounds like the dissapointing things
that you pointed out is the art...
is that all?
heh.. this topic seems kinda misleading...
:P

I think it's going to be kick ass.

ha ha ha!

None of my local arcade carry any neo games

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Yup, It sure does suck around where we live for Neo. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

I think all special into supers could get real cheap real fast. Example ok i know it takes a level 2 but here goes
kyo
r.e.d. kick if they ever block it all be like grab super
punch combos blocked or not all be like grab super.

Just a couple examples but you see what im sayin'.

My main complaint at first glance is that the character sprites look about the same as they did in the last game. I was really hopping for a mark of the wolves style cartoonish animation for the characters. But No; looks pretty much the same! <IMG SRC="smilies/veryangry.gif" border="0">

Well...I think it sounds cool still. *shrug*.

KOF has'nt changed really since 98 the only addition being strikers!! it becoming abit SF2,SF2 turbo,SSF2,SSF2 Turbo etc u know what i mean small tiny upgrades not nearly enough to warrant a buy......

Originally posted by NeoDragoN:
<STRONG>KOF has'nt changed really since 98 the only addition being strikers!! .</STRONG>

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lol

it hasnt changed much


98 was perfection and 2000 is shit

they added strikers,

added new SUPER LAME fighters and removed the cool ones


that aside,it aint changed much


heh

funny

anyway
THE KING OF FIGHTERS RULES
and any new part of it and neo geo game is worth the money!

KOF really hasn't changed much ever since KOF99. However I still like playing KOF2001 at the arcades and I don't mind the artwork since the characters look more like anime art.

Gameplay wise. Not much as changed which is fine with me. At least they're are more then one boss this time around. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

Tonko did the art. The way characters look here reminds me of the Last Blade 2 style.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen it in any arcades near me. <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0"> My area isn't too good for Neo MVS either.