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Opinion: I think that Art of Fighting 1 is better than Art of Fighting 2
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Ilovejapangirls
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Sorry, what do you mean by "the inability to select Robert"?
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It almost looks like a bug. They might have accidentally wrote the shirt tiles in that part of the tile map. It's not even hanging on anything that makes sense.
I think AOF2's backgrounds a mixed bag. Mac's Bar, the airport and hangar are all gorgeous. But the others are kinda clunky.
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I think Jack, Mickey and John all had much better backgrounds in AOF 1.
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I would have to agree with this. Art of Fighting was the first fighting game that really showed people what the Neo Geo could do with fighters- huge sprites, lots of colors, and the then-new zooming effect.
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Nah come on. Those are mostly some of the best stage designs for a fighting game ever.
The double-decker Hong-Kong stage is amazing
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Not being smug but I knew this from when it came out. He is a Mongolian worker, I think a builder of sorts of or such. The stage is most definetly referencing Hong Kong or thereabouts
Edit: am I remembering the game wrong? Is that double decker tram stage Lee Pai Long's stage and Temjin's stage the docks? I owned AoF2 for the AES but it's been around 22 years since
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Missile
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I prefer AO2. It's a slicker, improved version of the first game . AO1 made a massive impact at the time with the huge scaling sprites. I remember back then I couldn't figure out how they scaled the sprites since they never went blocky 
Special mention to AOF3. I enjoy it more than both AOF1 and AOF2. You can have what feel more like proper fights with it. I've had some epic back & forths on that game.
Special mention to AOF3. I enjoy it more than both AOF1 and AOF2. You can have what feel more like proper fights with it. I've had some epic back & forths on that game.
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AoF2 hosts probably my pick for greatest single sound track on the Neo, with AoF directly behind it. I loved AoF's sound track, and when that tinny ass MD port came out, or the warbly soup can SFC port, I died a little on the inside. Luckily the PCE port's AST is absolutely brilliant.
AoF 2 has some fantastic compositions, and I have a lot of respect for them having virtually every single track being composed similar to whatever the track was in the original and using similar instrumentation. It's differet enough not to be a simple remix but composed and performed similarly enough that if you heard it playing in the previous game it wouldn't stick out like a wedding dick.
AoF was a loud game, lots of screams and hollers, and those meaty thwacks still pack as much punch as they did back then. The weird echo/reverb effect on some voices like Jack and Mr. Karate make them stand out much more than a clean sample would, which is an awesome design choice.
AoF 2 has some fantastic compositions, and I have a lot of respect for them having virtually every single track being composed similar to whatever the track was in the original and using similar instrumentation. It's differet enough not to be a simple remix but composed and performed similarly enough that if you heard it playing in the previous game it wouldn't stick out like a wedding dick.
AoF was a loud game, lots of screams and hollers, and those meaty thwacks still pack as much punch as they did back then. The weird echo/reverb effect on some voices like Jack and Mr. Karate make them stand out much more than a clean sample would, which is an awesome design choice.
I had a friend who beat the game in 1997 with Takuma (including Geese) using the tactic of run, throw and Ko Oh Ken, then the enemy is sttuned and you finish him at your style...
I was going to do the same, but the next week they changed the game in that arcade (the only one who had it that late) I think they put the second Drakstalkers or a Virtua Striker in it's place... AOF never was in an arcade of my town before.
So answering the question I think while it's true AOF1 has a bit forgiving AI and better music, I suppose I prefer AOF 2 because of better multiplayer and the rising of the one and only Yuri as a fighter after her traumatic experience of being kidnapped.
I was going to do the same, but the next week they changed the game in that arcade (the only one who had it that late) I think they put the second Drakstalkers or a Virtua Striker in it's place... AOF never was in an arcade of my town before.
So answering the question I think while it's true AOF1 has a bit forgiving AI and better music, I suppose I prefer AOF 2 because of better multiplayer and the rising of the one and only Yuri as a fighter after her traumatic experience of being kidnapped.