Post by Joe Snack Road on Jan 17, 2007 13:59:09 GMT -5
Good God. Apparantly by SOMEONE’S demand, Jenny McLanahan’s been given a full freakin’ article to discuss a video game in “The Nerdcore Princess’s Totally Awesome and Most Excellent Video Game Reviews!” For brevity, we’ll call it a TAME Video Game Review.
King of Fighters 2006 – Pretender to the Throne!
Graciously Written For Your Lazy, Unwilling To Waste Money Ass By Jennifer T. McLanahan
The King of Fighters series, long held to be much better than Street Fighter by anybody who’s not retarded, has always been about three things:
Team combat instead of the lame round system.
Kim Kap Hwan’s shiny teeth.
Making more
Shiranui hentai.
Oh yeah.
You’ll be sad to hear that two thirds of the above is no longer true.
Firstly, and believe me, biggest, is King of Fighter’s jump to 3D – sadly, I can’t recall 2005 so well, so I think this is the first one in 3D, and I hope you appreciate the lame side stepping and moving in three dimensions, a-hole, because the team format is GONE, GONE, ALL GONE.
Kim isn’t playable at the start, either – you get Kim Lite, or Chae Lim, which… well, I guess. Whatever. He is unlockable, but his teeth just don’t shine like they used to.
Frankly, I feel this is a series that has always been at its BEST in 2D, and apparently, so does SNK, because side stepping – fluid, easy to do in other 3D fighters like Soul Calibur 3 – is clunky, but the addition of a “knock away” button is pretty cool, and it adds a nice layer of depth to a game that might’ve been otherwise a 3D rehash of a 2D gem.
The last boss, in typical SNK fashion, will make you shatter a controller in frustration – pro tip, kiddos, he’s got reach like Dhalsim. C’MON! Couldn’t you drag Geese Howard’s corpse out of the trash again for a REAL boss fight? (Okay, seriously: Geese is a hidden character in KOF2006.)
Random Notes
Iori looked cool with emo hair. Now his pompadour frightens small children and old women, but not in the way it used to.
For each character, there’s now an alternative costume. There’s not a lot of difference in some characters (Kyo sans jacket, for one) but in the palette swaps, you can find the older costumes of some – Chae Lim’s older KOF attire, instead of her new Tae Kwon Do gi.
You have the option to turn on subtitles, too. isn't saying, "Me bouncy!" she's saying something about being Japan's number one ninja. I think. I can't be bothered to fact check.
Overall
Remember that fighting games are a great way to make friends or enemies, so playing together with a second person is the best way to play a fighting game.
Except, I can’t say for fact that this is one you’d want to pull out. As far as challenging the reigning king of all fighting games (Marvel v. Capcom 2), it fails miserably. As far as being a decent addition to the series, its not doing so hot either. Ignore the other KOF games that are not only better, but have better music, the TEAM FORMAT and are much more affordable, and you have a decent game to work with, for sure.
Overall Worth: $25-30
King of Fighters 2006 – Pretender to the Throne!
Graciously Written For Your Lazy, Unwilling To Waste Money Ass By Jennifer T. McLanahan
The King of Fighters series, long held to be much better than Street Fighter by anybody who’s not retarded, has always been about three things:
Team combat instead of the lame round system.
Kim Kap Hwan’s shiny teeth.
Making more
Shiranui hentai.Oh yeah.
You’ll be sad to hear that two thirds of the above is no longer true.
Firstly, and believe me, biggest, is King of Fighter’s jump to 3D – sadly, I can’t recall 2005 so well, so I think this is the first one in 3D, and I hope you appreciate the lame side stepping and moving in three dimensions, a-hole, because the team format is GONE, GONE, ALL GONE.
Kim isn’t playable at the start, either – you get Kim Lite, or Chae Lim, which… well, I guess. Whatever. He is unlockable, but his teeth just don’t shine like they used to.
Frankly, I feel this is a series that has always been at its BEST in 2D, and apparently, so does SNK, because side stepping – fluid, easy to do in other 3D fighters like Soul Calibur 3 – is clunky, but the addition of a “knock away” button is pretty cool, and it adds a nice layer of depth to a game that might’ve been otherwise a 3D rehash of a 2D gem.
The last boss, in typical SNK fashion, will make you shatter a controller in frustration – pro tip, kiddos, he’s got reach like Dhalsim. C’MON! Couldn’t you drag Geese Howard’s corpse out of the trash again for a REAL boss fight? (Okay, seriously: Geese is a hidden character in KOF2006.)
Random Notes
Iori looked cool with emo hair. Now his pompadour frightens small children and old women, but not in the way it used to.
For each character, there’s now an alternative costume. There’s not a lot of difference in some characters (Kyo sans jacket, for one) but in the palette swaps, you can find the older costumes of some – Chae Lim’s older KOF attire, instead of her new Tae Kwon Do gi.
You have the option to turn on subtitles, too.
isn't saying, "Me bouncy!" she's saying something about being Japan's number one ninja. I think. I can't be bothered to fact check.Overall
Remember that fighting games are a great way to make friends or enemies, so playing together with a second person is the best way to play a fighting game.
Except, I can’t say for fact that this is one you’d want to pull out. As far as challenging the reigning king of all fighting games (Marvel v. Capcom 2), it fails miserably. As far as being a decent addition to the series, its not doing so hot either. Ignore the other KOF games that are not only better, but have better music, the TEAM FORMAT and are much more affordable, and you have a decent game to work with, for sure.
Overall Worth: $25-30
