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You ever just absolutely blow ass at a game but love its style, soundtrack and gameplay too much to really care? That's how I came away from a 2 hour session of Garou with some friends. No idea how I managed to scrub out the wins I did, but I guess I main Butt now.

5 STARS FOR ROCK MOTHERFUCKING HOWARD

fantastic sprite art, but i think the presentation in the menus is uncharacteristically lackluster for an arcade fighting game. and the announcer sounds really bored ..

the controls feel a tiny bit stiff to me, but not too much. otherwise the gameplay is fun tho im not sure what to do against the erm ninja girl and her overhead teleport move yet ..

b jenet is the perfect woman and this is the perfect game


Wanted to fuck Rock Howard, finally got to play the game after 10 years and can confirm it's good. (Thumbs up.)

Fun roster, gorgeous art, cool story even if it never got a continuation. Highly recommend

literally one of the best fighters ever made

This is one of the best and most solid SNK fighters released to date thanks to the responsive controls and amazing sprite work and corresponding animations.

The standout characters for this game are Terry Bogard and Rock Howard, and the single player arcade mode provides a good background on their story.

The new characters that are strong are REALLY strong, but the ones that aren't are kind of jokes. Still feels very solid to play.

SNK makes pretty good fighting games

It's roster is actually kind of fire, and i think it's sprite art is some of the best of SNK.

Outside of that though... it's cool. Not that much of thing I want to go back to, but I like

The conclusive end to the 2D Fighting Game discussion of the 90s. 3rd strike is neat. This game is romance to me.

I played this game for a month but still don't know what the final boss looks like

ARE YOU OK? BUSTER WOLF!!!!
Garou: Mark of the Wolves is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. The music is on point, sprite work is gorgeous, and the gameplay still holds up to this day. The roster goes for quality over quantity, and it paid off as each of these characters feels unique and I want to see them all make appearances in the future. My only complaint would've been the unresolved cliffhanger, but I can't even make that one since a sequel was finally greenlit.

First time properly playing an SNK fighting game (besides Capcom vs SNK 2 on the original xbox back in the day) Great characters, simple to play but hard to master with some immensely satisfying move animations and amazing sound design

With his gorgeous animation, smoothness and amazing pixel art, Garou: Mark of the Wolves is one of the best looking and most comfortable fighting games ever made.

This game plays so well. It’s fluid and easy to control. The cast of fighters are interesting with each being fun to play with their own gimmicks. The music bops and is probably one of my favorite son fighters. Get it.

Jesus christ even if I was straight Kain could just look at me in the eye and say "nuh uh sweetie" and I'd melt on the spot.

The story in this game is great! Rock is a great protagnist and the relationship between him and terry is really heartwarming.

The game is really fun to despite needing S rankings to get to the true final boss.
Also the Ai basically predicts your every move which gets annoying.


Rerelease this game but make Rock Howard good

Si hay algo que me gusta observar en este género es sobre la expresión corporal manifestada en sus personajes. Muchas veces tan solo basta un gesto para cambiar por completo la percepción que tenías de ellos e interpretarlos. Para mi, esa es una de las más grandes virtudes y purezas demostradas en 2D. Siento que en SNK fueron conscientes de eso, a lo largo de varios juegos han querido explorar y experimentar esas facetas dentro de sus limitaciones.
Creo que uno de los más evidentes es The Last Blade 2, con su intención de enfocar en el drama e impacto. Bueno, Garou agarra lo que intentaba ese juego y lo llevó a una dirección mucho más competente. Lo que consigue es tomarse en serio su propuesta de inicio hasta el final.
Rock es, probablemente, el mejor protagonista y el más creíble que ha habido en el género. Es ese tipo de personaje que yo lo considero como "estudiante", es decir, una figura que apenas está aprendiendo a caminar en el rumbo de la lucha, construyendo poco a poco un estilo propio pero bebiendo de los demás, es una interpretación muy similar que le tengo a Sakura (Street Fighter) y Shingo (King of Fighter), pero a diferencia de estos dos, con Rock no se trata de optimismo y entusiasmo sino de una lucha interna entre educación y genética.
Él no es el único en el que se refleja estos rasgos tanto visuales como táctiles, lo aplican con todo el roster.
Al juego no le parece suficiente y decide aprovechar los escenarios como un reflejo total de la identidad y situación en cada uno. Dos de mis ejemplos favoritos son los escenarios de los hermanos Kim, ambos sitios contrastan por completo por sus personalidades y caminos elegidos (dos hermanos opuestos continuando el mismo legado de su padre.... que familiar suena todo).
Lo que respeto de Garou es que, a la hora de actuar, supo centrarse en el impacto y tomas de decisiones sin encasillarse en su sub-mundo competitivo (como lo hacen otros); la serenidad y valor en los combos, la división de poderes, just defense y por supuesto el sistema T.O.P.
Me gusta que, por más que los aprenda en profundidad, no siento que el juego me fuerce a tomar esas herramientas como algo absoluto (y luego abusarlas) sino como un elemento más para expresarme.
Todo en conjunto termina en una dirección bellísima y yo, personalmente, prefiero mil veces eso y más que simplemente conformarse con que esté "bien diseñado".
De todos los momentos increíbles me quedo con la pelea final: ese inicio mirando las estrellas fugaces para luego bajar la mirada, ver al fondo el cuadro de la madre de Rock y él diciendo "la sangre me está hirviendo" antes de luchar contra Kain.

rejogando esse jogo n lembrava de ser tao dificil assim mas é mitada ainda

It's better than King of Fighters at least. Not really for me, though