kof neowave loke test impressions, oh boy....

[beelzebubble]

this game seems like ass!

ill start with the last piece of info i got, this game is being made by noise factory is what i was told by the loke test game centre staff.

graphics:

they are terrible. the OLD kof sprites look about 4x as pixelated as when they were on the neo.. why coz of the mvc2 style high res backgrounds. the bgs look OK. some are sorta cool but as per svc very sparse and boring, lifeless. i think the whole style was done better in svc to be honest. they sorta look like rumble fish bgs. yeah the rez is nice but the design isnt.

the hit sparks are low rez and the just defend ones look horrid, they are huge and blue very cheesy. the layout looks ok at certain points but once a match starts they look photoshopped on like a windows screen or a 5 year old cutting edge website.

super flash for certain super moves looks nothing short of cheesy and terrible (the super where kensou throws a fb and it comes back at him for example).

animation frame rate does seem more stable/higher.

characters:

11 teams plus long haired suit wearing boss geese. (who looks like a ffspc sprite btw though now that i think about it he sorta looks rage of the dragons.. a little incongrous.)

1.kyo, beni, daimon
2.clark, ralf, leona
3.terry, andy, joe
4.chang, jhun, choi
5.iori, vice, mature
6.saishu, king, shingo
7.athena, sie, chin
8.kula, yamazaki (2k2 sprite), billy
9.yashiro, shermie, chris
10.ryo, robert, tak
11.k, maxima, whip
12.mai, mary, yuri

most are there 2k2 sprites it would seem.

gameplay:

3 options, super cancel, guard break and max2 mode

has a 5 button called heat.. not sure how it works.

stages:

angkor wat, suspension bridge near a city, shipyard and bridge, glass dome arboretum, clock tower, train yard with huge tv screen which says "snk, sammy and atomiswave" on it...,

random bits:

* no character names
* in game art is ok at best.. some looks really horrid, the expressions... not sure of the artist, doesnt seem to be one of the regulars.
*seems really incomplete.. might have a lot of work left to be done (fingers crossed)
*geese also has a stage inside his office or whatever. he has a fire wave, fireball, dragon punch, rush super and a glowing fist juggle thing.... he looks sillly/lame imo.

i probably wont go again.. it didnt grab me at all....

[Fran]

good,
i hope the game will be ignored by japanese arcades / players

so playmore will start developing kof 2004 and 2005 on GOOD old neo hardware

ah,noise factory < visco

[Fygee]

Noise Factory made this? o_O Oh well, at least we have quality music to look forward to.

At any rate, Noise Factory's style just doesn't fit with KOF's, which could be why there's such a problem. They made good games with Sengoku 3 and RotD, and an awesome game with Matrimelee, and I'm sure they'll just get better with time, but when you get a company that's still not in its prime taking another franchise and putting it on new hardware, then don't expect things to be stellar.

Anyways, this clearly is not the fault of the hardware its on, so I really don't think people should go knocking the AW just yet. I remember people knocking the Neo-Geo when it first came out because of that "shitty Nam-1975" game.

[Devil_Gans]

I already figured that SNKp/noise factory/whatever would screw up the sprites on the new hardware. Also looks like they rushed the game. It seems that SNKp's games won't be in clean high res even on the atomiswave. I hope they have better luck next time. Only good thing that came out from it is the animation.

[Orpheus]

Jesus fucking christ

[LWK]

This game looked like crap to begin with, so I can't say im dissapointed.
Problem is the roster, I mean damn, I'm sick of the copy and paste.
Show me something new already.
Why play this when I can play 98? Better roster to.

I wish they would make a new Geese or Krauser or bring chars from established series into KOF.

Its so funny to look at the striker sprites in 2000 and see some of them rival the newer char creations animation wise.

Who needs this game? We got 2k2 and this is the same damn thing as far as im concerned, maybe with a few worthless changes.

ALA enlightenment in ssv.

This series will die away from the neo at this rate.

At least neo posed a challenge for these bastards, to actually make some new shit like they did in 2003.
Yet, I see this mess and wonder if the wave is simply just a easier medium to be lazy on.

[Fran]

shitty nam 75 game?
that one's still a classic today,after 12 + years

much better than cabal / blood bros,imo

anyway scott,
what about loading times?

if the game does have loading times,i can only say this :

[leGionellz]

Originally posted by Fran
good,
i hope the game will be ignored by japanese arcades / players

so playmore will start developing kof 2004 and 2005 on GOOD old neo hardware

ah,noise factory < visco

I hope so too.

The game seems to suck even more then I expected.

And my expectations were very low to begin with.

Damn, it seems that the atomiswave has made SNK or whoever is developing this game lazier then ever. How hard can it be to design some new hit sparks eh ?

[Fran]

Originally posted by leGionellz
I hope so too.

The game seems to suck even more then I expected.

And my expectations were very low to begin with.

Damn, it seems that the atomiswave has made SNK or whoever is developing this game lazier then ever. How hard can it be to design some new hit sparks eh ?

i feel all warm and fuzzy inside when i think about those AW aficionados

"haha,fuck you neo fanboys,your hardware is shit,kof on the aw will be in high res with 146 characters and sf3 animations"

and they bought an AW kit with dolphin blue...

and now they find out their hardware is crap,
has loading times and cant handle 70 low res sprites

[Fygee]

Originally posted by Fran
shitty nam 75 game?
that one's still a classic today,after 12 + years

I remember the game not getting good reviews and not many people liking it back then. Some did, but most didn't. Just what I remember. :\

And its too early to tell if the hardware is crap. I don't think any other AW game has loading times like that, if any.

[kanakura]

Paymore strikes back...

[beelzebubble]

anyway scott,

i dont remember there being a loading time... at least not one you would really notice...

[Fran]

Originally posted by Fygee
I remember the game not getting good reviews and not many people liking it back then. Some did, but most didn't. Just what I remember. :\

And its too early to tell if the hardware is crap. I don't think any other AW game has loading times like that, if any.

hey,its alright
i mean,some people didnt like magician lord back then
and some people dont like it now

their loss,really

nam 75 + lord + aso 2 = timeless classics

imo

but lest keep focusing on the aw kof,yeah?
sorry about hijacking your thread,beelze

[FeelGood]

lolz

[LWK]

I gotta admit, I just love sitting back and watching this fail.
Glad I stood by the neo.
I don't think I'll ever see a fucking mega game like Kizuna Encounter on Atomis Wave. I actually don't want to.

Whats worse is no arcade to home shit.

What can you guys expect, we've been taught this lesson countless times, these companies are fucking lazy and money hungry more then ever.
People used to complain about sprite swaps for the shoto's in sf2, well, that shit is trivial compared to what we deal with.

Anyone want to make a pool of bets on whos gonna be in kof 2004?
Do not have faith in this stuff, just wait for it and don't be excited. You will feel less let down if it sucks.

Like me with KOF NEO"copy&paste"WAVE
Hahah its sad that they have already let down the Atomis fanboys, man its like these companies take turns ass reaming neighborhoods.

[Visuatrox]

Mixing highrez and lowrez is a bad idea. But then it was expected to happen, they could not have re-drawn all characters this fast. Anyway it will be interesting to see how their next KOF game on the AW looks and plays like (if they ever make one that is).

[Electroman]

I think Praymore is LAZY:

-Small hit sparks
-Low res sprites
-Not being able to explain the 'HEAT' button
-SVC

Ok what Praymore needs to do, is really decide for themselves if they want to commit to uh... developing software, or choose another business. If they decide to continue to develop software, then get it right! What's to stop them from using previous fighting game engine code anyway? Hello, SNK did MOTW, can't Praymore build off that?

[Setsuna Badguy]

Playmore should stop screwing 2-D fighter and make Pachinko machines.

Playmore is ruining SNK NAME!!!

[Alkanan]

Well....I dunno what else to say but shame on you Noise Factory.

Btw, Kanakura...I love your sig. BOOBS MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND.

[leGionellz]

Originally posted by Setsuna Badguy
Playmore should stop screwing 2-D fighter and make Pachinko machines.

Playmore is ruining SNK NAME!!!

I agree to the fullest extend.

That's why i quoted you

[Nomax]

Originally posted by leGionellz
I agree to the fullest extend.

That's why i quoted you

Agree too! Fed up with Playmore's lazynessssssssssssss!!!

[Spike Spiegel]

What a bunch of CRAP! WHY oh WHY would anyone want to play this? It sounds like they worked on the game for about a week. Bunch of lazy bastards.

Jesus, what a horrible TERRIBLE start for AW. It better get about 100 times better than this, or shit's going to go down fast.

Spike

[SonGohan]

Man... This is so fucking terrible. It really is. There's SO MUCH potential they have sitting at their fingertips with the AW. How do they kick it off? Mugen KOF. It's pretty sad. I can't believe I was excited for this hardware change. So pathetic.

Where the fuck is the old SNK? The SNK that would pump out a good 3 to 4 games a year. Fresh games. Now they cut and paste everything (metal slug, kof, ss). In light of all this though, it's not much better on the Neo. Only we're getting cut and paste SNKP crap on two systems now.


/off to play FFS

[Lets Gekiga In]

Originally posted by SonGohan
Man... This is so fucking terrible. It really is. There's SO MUCH potential they have sitting at their fingertips with the AW. How do they kick it off? Mugen KOF. It's pretty sad. I can't believe I was excited for this hardware change. So pathetic.

Where the fuck is the old SNK? The SNK that would pump out a good 3 to 4 games a year. Fresh games. Now they cut and paste everything (metal slug, kof, ss). In light of all this though, it's not much better on the Neo. Only we're getting cut and paste SNKP crap on two systems now.


/off to play FFS

Yeah, from how this is sounding so far on the Atomiswave it definitely sounds like we are getting shafted terribly. For some reason I was hoping this would be a new start in many different ways, but if it's just copy and paste...why should I or anybody else care about this game?

[RBjakeSpecial]

This is devastating news. Noise factory doing a kof game?? The teams look pathetic! Nothing new here at all! Im shocked. I thought (hoped) something really good would come out of this.

So far AW doesnt really impress me. The knights game, demolish fist, and GG Isuka are amazing games. But Rumble Fish and then this (and the 3d kof coming out, which Im gonna keep my fingers crossed)

Things are just looking worse and worse. At least kof 2k3 is good and we can continue to play that.

Beezlebubble- Thanks for the info!!!