World Heroes fans: Jet, worth owning alongside World Heroes 2?

ifkz · Oct 7, 2015

What is the consensus for WH Jet versus WH2? I know the deathmatch option was taken out of WH Jet, and a lot of players miss it. Some of the backgrounds in WH Jet also seem to be a step down from those in WH2 (specifically the game show background); they seem to be not as imaginative IMHO.

I look at Jet despite these issues and I see a lot of new content that is not found in part 2. Are there positives and negatives in owning both?

cdamm · Oct 7, 2015

its a series you either like or hate. if you like world heroes 2, then yes- its worth it.

SuperGun · Oct 7, 2015

I posted this a while back:

SuperGun said:
I have always felt that WH2 was the best. It improved & expanded on WH1 better then any other sequel at the time. It added 6 new characters to the roster, as well as the same character versus same character feature. Also put in all new backgrounds, added a new boss character, all new endings, and a bad ass introduction. While Jet & Perfect added a few things, they took step backwards by also taking things away. Most notably they changed the single player story mode which was intended to hype up the tournament, but I felt it missed the mark & they totally ruined the versus mode because for some odd reason your stuck with the same music & background over & over again. It gets annoying quick.

Even after buying Jet, my friends & I would always reach for WH2 on my shelf whenever we wanted to get some World Heroes matches on. Jet just collected dust on the shelf.

oliverclaude · Oct 8, 2015

Amongst the left-outs: Death-Mach mode. This ruined both sequels for me, still, they have the right to collect dust on my shelf

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joe8 · Oct 8, 2015

IMO the first two World Heroes games were the best, as they had the popular Death Match mode. Apart from that, there wasn't much I liked about the World Heroes games, apart from the stage backgrounds. But a lot of SNK fighters, even the ones that aren't very good, have some good backgrounds. And just about all fighters are fun, if you play against another person.

MattBlah · Oct 8, 2015

I like the series and own both 2 and Jet. When I feel like playing some World Heroes I usually go for 2, but Jet is still nice to own. You can pick up Jet pretty cheaply, so if you're a fan of the first two I see no reason not to give it a try.

Samuray · Oct 8, 2015

It's only four games, and the first three are really cheap....I think it's definitely worth owning all of them. I like to play 2 and Jet both, so...yeah.

oliverclaude · Oct 8, 2015

oliverclaude said:
Amongst the left-outs: Death-Mach mode. This ruined both sequels for me, still, they have the right to collect dust on my shelf .

joe8 said:
IMO the first two World Heroes games were the best, as they had the popular Death Match mode.

Eh... joe. there is a quote button. I suppose you use it once in a while or, by any means, would you like to be called drongo8?

Heinz · Oct 8, 2015

oliverclaude said:
Eh... joe. there is a quote button. I suppose you use it once in a while or, by any means, would you like to be called drongo8?

Did you just use an Australian slang term? I'm impressed you actually used it properly and suggested a superior name for Joe8.

andsuchisdeath · Oct 8, 2015

cdamm said:
its a series you either like or hate. if you like world heroes 2, then yes- its worth it.

What a generic stock response!

Anyways, like others said 2Jet obviously doesn't have death match mode. It lacks the WH2 tap A auto combos.

The game also contains very little music compared to WH2. All the non-team battle OG WH2 stages have the same theme song. None the original WH2 themes are present even though the stages are.

EDIT: So, 2Jet has a slightly different engine, new moves, Ryofu and Jack, better artwork, worse music.

EDIT: Oh, and less moves for some characters too.

BerryTogart · Oct 8, 2015

For my personal view of this see the fighting game quest signature.
I'm a big WH fan but have to say I did like WH2 the least of all - death match doesn't give me enough incentive for playing WH2 over Jet, so I'd say: yes it's worth getting (not being expensive anyways)

FilthyRear · Oct 8, 2015

Jet > 2

Takumaji · Oct 8, 2015

Jet is great. It has dashes and a halfway decent CPU. Not that it really matters, games like that are meant to be played by two people but it also can't hurt.

Atro · Oct 8, 2015

It has its charm.
I just can't stand some BGMs on the first instalment.
It's no KOF, but you can get some fun out of any WH game.

When I first saw Mudman throwing is projectile on WH2 at the arcades back in the day I was like "WOW" I have to play this one.
It doesn't hold up very well today, but that cab got a lot of coin and just aside there was a Hyper Fighting cab...

Takumaji · Oct 8, 2015

and yes, it's worth to own alongside WH1 and 2. All three games have a few little twists here and there, they're also quite cheap on all formats so go for it.

Now Perfect is another can of worms, most people rate it as the best WH but not me. It's a cool game and all but lacks that raw charme of the prequels that I love.

Atro · Oct 8, 2015

It's not bad by any means, just not as appealing.
I still consider Jet to have the best controls of the series.

Dr Shroom · Oct 8, 2015

fuck world heroes

GohanX · Oct 8, 2015

I'm not expert, having only played each of the games a little bit, but the later games are probably better legit fighting games than WH1 and 2. However, they lose a lot of their charm, 2 is still my favorite.

oliverclaude · Oct 8, 2015

lachlan said:
Did you just use an Australian slang term?

You've noticed? I definitely enjoy your subtle take on irony.

Takumaji said:
Now Perfect is another can of worms, [...] lacks that raw charme of the prequels that I love.

Yep, tongue-in-cheek games are so helpless w/o it's trash feel, like a penny dreadful dressed in a luxurious leather-bound and rough edge gilding.

Liquid Snake · Oct 8, 2015

Just got a WH2 MVS cart after reading this thread.
You guys suck.........making me to spend more money this month :mad:

Dr Shroom · Oct 8, 2015

nobody to blame but yourself

gusmoney · Oct 8, 2015

I own em all and looking back WH2 & WHP are the two best. Jet is a skip in my book (characters are too unbalanced).

GutsDozer · Oct 8, 2015

I like Jet better for sure.

city41 · Oct 8, 2015

Liquid Snake said:
Just got a WH2 MVS cart after reading this thread.
You guys suck.........making me to spend more money this month

I hope you tried it in MAME first. World Heroes is really love or hate.

Liquid Snake · Oct 8, 2015

Dr Shroom said:
nobody to blame but yourself

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