KOF 2002 UM - Steam
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Alpha Skyhawk
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I'm looking forward to it. KOF98UM on Steam turned out great after the unfortunate state it was in at launch.
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Turned out great? ... No. ..... Better?..... a bit. It's still very wonky and personally I get better connections on the XBL version and that is not highly regarded.
I personally wanted it to put it on my arcade cabinet, but I wouldn't recommend the game to any of my friends. I'm buying '02UM for the same reason, but don't expect a lot better. The only thing it has going for it is the '02UM netcode on XBL is way better then '98UM XBL netcode, and if they are just porting that game (like they did with '98UM) they have a better netcode to work with in the 1st place.
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It's still pretty awful. Even playing people a state away, there's noticeable input lag. That said, even if it didn't have online play at all, it would still be worth $12. The UMs are the best KoFs in my mind.
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Okay, ignore netplay, and the port turned out pretty great. I'm just happy to have it be great offline, personally.
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Well, I'm preordered. There's no way I'm missing this one.
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I played a bunch of this earlier this morning. It's amazing how much better it is than regular KOF02. I've played the MVS version for years and the Dreamcast version for even longer than that, and this is my first time playing 02UM, and I'm just blown away. It's still no 98UM, but it doesn't feel stunted like vanilla KOF02 did.
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I haven't played it online. Still, I'd recommend it over the 360 because what do you think will be around in 20 years? A functioning 360 you can play the game on? Or a PC that can be rigged to play it? Do you think you'll even be able to download it on the 360 in 20 years?
The merits of PC gaming vs. console gaming aside, it plays great and looks fine. The developers have been totally tits about ironing out bugs and even looking into UDP-based netcode for both 98UM and 02UM.
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This steam post also mentions Tougeki version updates are added to this version of the game: http://steamcommunity.com/app/222440/discussions/0/617329150702327650/
Considering how I remember for sure that 98UMFE on Steam has updates that supersede the 98UM on XBLA, I'm inclined to believe that to be true. Like I said, the developer has been totally tits about making sure the game's in tip-top playable shape.
Considering how I remember for sure that 98UMFE on Steam has updates that supersede the 98UM on XBLA, I'm inclined to believe that to be true. Like I said, the developer has been totally tits about making sure the game's in tip-top playable shape.
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It's definately different netcode then the 360 version. The overall netplay is smoother but the tradeoff is the input delay jumps around like a jackrabbit most of the time. It all depends on what you like.