WTF SSV?
That game is awesome. How is that game a let down? Its broken yes, but the additions were cool. My main issue was dumb enlightenment and the near heartless background animations. Honestly, I liked it. Don't regret getting the US home version around release either. Suija was such a cool character to play as in 2D also.
I tried, just didn't feel "fun" to me. Playing a real person (physically & internet) who knows how to play helps, but it still was lacking somehow.
I want to chalk it up to:
- having rose colored glasses in terms of the past samurai showdowns
- tastes have changed/matured/etc etc
- not being able to play it in the "wild" of an arcade vs. random strangers
But to me, the truth is that it's just not up to snuff. You always hope a series gets better or at least matches the quality of previous iterations. But in my eyes SSV just doesn't (even if the factors listed above don't count), so it's a disappointment.
Yeah I definitely tried to get into it. Heck I paid money, I wanted to get my money's worth. I wanted to be open minded to one of my favorite gaming companies and franchise.
The game definitely has some nice pluses to it, which I did appreciate. However it just wasn't enough to prop the whole thing up, imho of course.
Another game that was a bummer was SVC chaos. Picked up the JAMMA board version on release. Later on got an MVS cart cheap for the ease of game swapping/selecting. I like this one just a tad bit more than SSV, but overall I think it's pretty whack also.
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