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DanAdamKOF

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OT, but Athenafan, are you in Houston? If so, check the Gatherings section.
 
Michael Yagami

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Ok, I'm not in a position to pass judgement on the mechanincs or overall gameplay of this title yet, but the art direction and asthetics, thats a whole nother story.

Shit, plain and simple. Worst character portraits in KOF history. Terry looks like someones dad and robert looks like he either has gas or downs, maybe both. Lifeless, lack luster bilge at its finest. Not to mention the fact that they're using the same damn sprites we've been seeing for the past 10 years. Way to innovate and change it up there Sammy.

Hope this installment plays better than it looks, cause it looks like my ass.

Feh,
Mike
 
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I’m not an expert on KOF, but I’m pretty sure a majority (if not all) of those characters are sprite rips. Call me naive, but I was under the impression that KOF NeoWave was going to be a radical new re-imagining of the series. Sure the backgrounds look gorgeous... but who wants to fight in a mysterious Arabic courtyard or exquisitely-rendered clock tower with Mai from KOF ‘95? I think KOF fans deserve more that this. Move along people, nothing new to see...
 
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Sean Connery said:
I'm waiting to be impressed!
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Naw, it looks alright. I like that pic of Kula's hdm. I'll probably pick up the port, but there is no way in hell, I'm paying hundreds of dollars for that.
 
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thanks for the link to the pics.

is it possible for non-SNK companies to ever do Yamazaki justice in the portrait department? Why do they keep messing his face up?

backgrounds look kind of sweet, but reminds me of SNK vs. Capcom in the way they just seem kind of drab.
 
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EvilWasabi said:
thanks for the link to the pics.

is it possible for non-SNK companies to ever do Yamazaki justice in the portrait department? Why do they keep messing his face up?

backgrounds look kind of sweet, but reminds me of SNK vs. Capcom in the way they just seem kind of drab.
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Reminds me of CVS2, old pixelated sprites against a high res 3D back ground. And they want how much for that game?
 
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I was looking at the character portraits in the new issue of Arcadia yesterday. Actually, I think the artist did a really good job. A lot of the characters look older, which is how they should look, considering they've been duking it out for over ten years.

Anywone know who the artist is? I couldn't find the name in the article. It almost looks like Murata.
 
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God it looks like shit.

There is one good thing though, it has Andy. I thought he wasn't in there. I guess it can be sort of good gameplay wise, I hope it works out.
 
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tsukaesugi said:
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Anywone know who the artist is? I couldn't find the name in the article. It almost looks like Murata.
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It does look like Range Muratas work. It's funny, because I have always wondered what KOF portraits would like look if he did them. Some charas. like Athena , Maxima, and Mai look like they are distinctively from Murata. But if it is him doing these, I think hes trying too hard to have a different style when doing Terry, Takuma and Robert's (etc). portraits. Some work, and some do NOT.
 
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SamuraiShodownSensei said:
Reminds me of CVS2, old pixelated sprites against a high res 3D back ground. And they want how much for that game?
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I'm sick of the recycled low res sprites too. Why the fuck did they retire the Neo in favor of Atomiswave if they are gonna use the old low res sprites? Lazy pricks!
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Michael Yagami

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Super Porky said:
I'm sick of the recycled low res sprites too. Why the fuck did they retire the Neo in favor of Atomiswave if they are gonna use the old low res sprites? Lazy pricks!
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But its Sammy!!! And they're going to take 2D gaming to teh next level!!!!11

Feh
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andsuchisdeath said:
It does look like Range Muratas work. It's funny, because I have always wondered what KOF portraits would like look if he did them. Some charas. like Athena , Maxima, and Mai look like they are distinctively from Murata. But if it is him doing these, I think hes trying too hard to have a different style when doing Terry, Takuma and Robert's (etc). portraits. Some work, and some do NOT.
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I still think it's someone aping Murata. The proportions of the anatomy (some characters with weird length arms, etc.) is different than I'm used to seeing from him. Unless Murata is in his 70s and his talent is starting to decline. Some of them look exactly like Murata, so I could be wrong...time will tell.
 
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Michael Yagami said:
Hope this installment plays better than it looks, cause it looks like my ass.
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Your ass looks like a Neo-Geo game with better backgrounds?

Didn´t know Neo-Geo games looked like shit to you, JHendrix. Good to know the Neo-Geo fans accept that Neo-Geo graphics look like shit compared to today´s standards.
 
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Dio_Brando said:
Your ass looks like a Neo-Geo game with better backgrounds?

Didn´t know Neo-Geo games looked like shit to you, JHendrix. Good to know the Neo-Geo fans accept that Neo-Geo graphics look like shit compared to today´s standards.
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JHendrix is cool and all, but I don't think anyone would vote him head Neo-Geo fan. He's more like our mainstreamer liaison. It's a thankless job, but he sticks with it.
 
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Dio_Brando said:
Your ass looks like a Neo-Geo game with better backgrounds?

Didn´t know Neo-Geo games looked like shit to you, JHendrix. Good to know the Neo-Geo fans accept that Neo-Geo graphics look like shit compared to today´s standards.
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STFU idiot.
 
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SouthtownKid said:
I still think it's someone aping Murata. The proportions of the anatomy (some characters with weird length arms, etc.) is different than I'm used to seeing from him. Unless Murata is in his 70s and his talent is starting to decline. Some of them look exactly like Murata, so I could be wrong...time will tell.
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Nah, it ain't Murata. But it does look similar.

Actually, it's been really interesting seeing all the different incarnations of SNK characters since Shinkiro left. We've had the SVC artist (don't know his name), Hiroaki, Falcoon, this new guy...
 
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PLENTY to gripe about now that they've 'upgraded' to 'more powerful' hardware

BUT

IMO, artistically, the garden stage is fuggin' beautiful
 
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Michael Yagami

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Dio_Brando said:
Your ass looks like a Neo-Geo game with better backgrounds?
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Yep, my ass looks like old, tired, low rez sprites over hi rez backgrounds. My ass was originally released in '94 and has more or less used the same sprites since then.

Since you're new here and all I'll tell ya what I'll do. I'll slap some hastily done hi rez bgs on my ass to compliment the low rez sprites, call it a new ass and sell it to you for $900 shipped. Sound good?

The kids'll love it!
Mike
 
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Yeah, this looks like a total rehash. At least KOF: MI looks like it has the potential to be somewhat novel.
 
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This is just a game to tide us over until KOF '04. If the sprites aren't redrawn and don't look new and sexy on '04 then I will be dissappointed, but since Neo Wave is just a dream match type of game I am not getting bent out of shape since the only thing that looks new and sexy about it are the backgrounds. Although it does worry me since all that's new about NW are the backgrounds. C'mon Playmore don't let me down!
 
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