:: orochinagi

short impressions after 5 or so games today:

graphics seem cleaner, aliasing is the improvement i see but dont quote me on that (or bother to include comparisons of screens to show me that aliasing isnt the word i was looking for...) long story short, the graphics look a little better than the last loke i remember.

gameplay seems pretty tight though im not sure the ebb and flow of the game is gonna lend itself to fun. sure it seems tight, times and damage seem spot on (yes ive only played it for a little so far but it seems quite a bit better than the loke versions i played in terms of the timer, damage levels, tagging, etc) but the tag aspect at this early point as i theorized before seems to lend itself to turtling... ill have to see how it pans out in the cades over the coming months.

havent seen the end boss yet.. ill see if i can lay my eyes on him tomorrow.

hit sounds are a little out of place i find, i dont like the lack of tightness which remains the same way it was in the previous loke tests.. it doesnt feel kof 2k2 or rb2 tight (or even breakers tight) hard to put my finger on why but i think its the hit boxes and how they match up with the sprites or something related to that... best description i can come up with is blunt (versus the "tight" feel of the games i mentioned above).

im sure itll grow on me and i plan on putting much time into exploriing its depths..

music, didnt notice it becoz i dont give a shit about music. ill keep an ear out for it tomorrow

tight like um... well as loathe as i am to say this the only thing it really reminds me of is svc...

is it cool as fuck? yeah it looks quite nice, cool roster and effects, looks quite polished. do i see the potential for it to make me like it more than rb2? no...

who's looking strong? saw a fiendish robot guy today (has some strange take a hit then counter/reversal move which seems to really be effective) with big damage, an aa throw, etc. marco is a zoning fiend with grenades that are almost impossible to jump over combined with crazy mixup from a distance with jumping in/the machine gun normal move/ground rocket special, etc.. hao does big big damage and can sit back and turtle and do really well...

gotta be brutally honest with myself.

this game is screaming shit at me!

i gave it so much of a chance to earn my love at past lokes and for the past two days but my expectations are rapidly sinking.

sure enough as a package it has redeeming features but the two biggest things i want to have done well in a game, havent been imo.

the GAMEPLAY seems to suck at this stage. defensive play rules the day, the characters seem either ass or way too good (yuki is a fiend, he can do a slide move then outprioritize you straight after the friggin thing. he has a fb that is like a takuma palm except it fucking hits the enemy on the other side of the screen. on top of that it has three hits so even if you jump the first there is a big chance of landing on the 2nd or 3rd part...). turtling pays off big and offensive strats are limited with the attacker having get to the other side of the screen with nothing but jump or the two button bar chewing step.

the FEEL also sucks. ive decided (sorry for changing my call after all the svc discussion already ) that this game isnt actually running on the svc engine but rather some totally new engine that sucks. it just isnt refined. the hit boxes seem blocky and it feels like you are controlling a small rectangle rather than a 4 limbed human being. secondly the lights and shit are crappy.. the speed is weird, they tend to come out in pairs (feels like the buttons are autofire or something with lights..).

long story short the game is not impressing me by a long shot at this point, remember the above is purely my opinion and only given as info for those interested
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soujiro wrote:WHAT~!!??
Its out already in Bugis,SS?
I'll be going there to see it.........