Fatal Fury 2

released on Dec 12, 1992

After Geese Howard's death in the original Fatal Fury, a mysterious nobleman becomes the sponsor of the new "King of Fighters" tournament. This time, the tournament is held worldwide with fighters around the globe competing. As the single player mode progresses, the mysterious challenger begins defeating the participants from the previous Fatal Fury game, searching for the man responsible for defeating Geese.


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I was too harsh on this game, it is very good and the final boss is amazing, although it plays in bizarre ways sometimes

I'LL CHISLE YOUR GRAVESTONE, SLEEP WELL

Better than the first game in terms of amount of fighters and amount of content. It's a good enough fighting game for the era it released in but definitely shows its age in simplicity.

I saw the movie adaptation before and like how it adds more depth to this storyline (albeit still quite straightforward). In truth I definitely enjoyed the movies over the games thus far.

Out of all the fighting games I have checked out for this website so far, I would say that the original Fatal Fury is like if Mom told you that you had Street Fighter II at home. It has a lot going for it, with a good art style, serviceable combat, and a good amount of fights to be had, but with a severe lack of characters to choose from, along with little done to change the formula aside from adding another lane, the game certainly isn’t gonna be one that I am gonna be coming back to in the near future. Nevertheless, I still thought that it was a good game, so I was looking forward to eventually checking out the rest of the games in the series, even though it looked like none of the other titles looked too different from the original. Nonetheless, after putting it off for a while, I finally decided to check out Fatal Fury 2.

Now, I don’t wanna make too many assumptions, but based on what I have seen from SNK’s fighting game lineup, a lot of them look like the exact same game. I’m sure you SNK purists can prove me wrong somehow, but just from an outsider perspective, look at how many series they had in the fighting genre around that time: Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters, The Last Blade, and World Heroes, and I am 90% positive that there are more out there from them. That seems pretty excessive for just one company, especially since, again, they all look VERY similar. The reason I bring this up is because Fatal Fury 2 is basically the exact same game as the original Fatal Fury, except it is slightly better. It does fix some of the problems I had with the original game, but for the most part, I got pretty much the same experience as I did from that original runthrough.

The story is basically the same as the original game, except this time Geese Howard is replaced by a new villain who is trying to find the person who took down Geese, which is pretty appropriate given what kind of sequel this is, the graphics are an improvement over the original game, with more animations and environments to be seen, but it isn’t too much of a step-up to where it feels monumental, the music is pretty good, having some appropriate tunes to bob your head to while beating the shit out of someone, but nothing that sticks out too much, the control is a liiiiitle bit better then that of the original game, but it is more or less the same, and the gameplay is pretty identical to that of the previous installment, but with several new changes added in to make it feel somewhat original.

The game is your typical 2D fighting game, where you take control of one of 8 fighters, take on plenty of opponents in stages across the world, deal out a series of different punches, kicks, and special moves to take down your opponent, and work your way up to taking down the new main threat and keep your title of being the King of Fighters. While carrying over this style of gameplay, it also carries over the general game feel, with my experience of the game feeling about the same as the original, given how the two are so similar in many ways. However, of course, like any good sequel, there are new additions that make this game an improvement over the original.

First things first, this game tackles one of my problems from the original by adding more playable characters, with there now being a selection of eight to choose from… not sure why it took two games to get the amount of characters right, but hey, better late than never. Out of the new additions, there are some standouts that would become staples of both Fatal Fury and SNK’s other titles, such as with Mai Shiranui, and there is enough here to make the lineup feel varied and interesting… not so much as other games from the genre at the time like Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, but it is an improvement over the original. Secondly, there are additional moves to be found here, such as with the case of a brand new attack button being added for new possible combos and battle opportunities, as well as the new Desperation Moves, which can be pulled off when you have 25% or less health. While not too much of a change from the previous game, it does make the combat feel more versatile and, more importantly, less limited.

With all that being said though, there isn’t too much more to where I can say this is a massive leap in quality from the original. Fighting game syndrome is still here in full force, so this does make going through arcade mode a pain at plenty of points, but more importantly, the flow of combat feels practically unchanged. Of course, with the new moves you can pull off, as well as just the natural progression of sequels, it is improved upon, but a lot of it does feel very similar to the original, which was already somewhat restricted when it comes to movement speed and how it feels to land hits, which doesn’t feel all too great. The game still provide a good amount of fun, especially when you have a friend to play it with, but if you weren’t a fan of how the original game played, then there isn’t that much here that is gonna change your mind.

Overall, despite a lack of difference in how the combat feels, as well as fighting syndrome still being a pain in the dick, Fatal Fury 2 is still an improvement over the original, fixing the character selection issue and providing more possible combat moves to where you can have a better time with it then the original game. I would recommend it for those who were big fans of the original game, but for everyone else who just played the original and thought it was ok, then you don’t need to jump into this one right away. If only there was like, I dunno, an update to this game that would change things up to make it more desirable, while still keeping the gameplay approachable for long-time fans……………. WAIT…

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