I have found my safe haven.
They finally stopped giving Kage flamboyant outfits and the world got worse because of it.
The only thing I can say about this one is that it is better than the first 3
a fantastic title with beautiful UI and presentation, but the expanded version replaces this in terms of mechanics
still prefer the old UI tho
still prefer the old UI tho
Kino has arrived in the 21st century.
Great fighting game. Fighting feels both fluid and snappy. Simplifies 3's evasion but getting rid of various movement tech unique to 3. I could do without unsuccessful evades being slower than 3's. Crouch dashing isn't as strict. This makes moves performed from crouching easier to pull off. Throw Escapes have a bit more dynamism to them for better or worse. However, jumping attacks are the most cumbersome they've been now that evades are UP and Down.
Character movesets are even more diversified with some having multiple stances for different purposes like newcomers Vanessa and Lei-Fei.
Then we have the new Sabaki mechanic. Basically a parry that can deflect other moves. VERY useful tool even when you're not the type to do normal reversals.
Presentation is great. Great graphics for its time even on the slightly downgraded PS2 version. Stages look great with my favorite ones being Jacky and Akira's. Even the menus look great in the PS2 version's case. Pretty sleek looking overall. Music isn't amazing but they're still cool and fit the stages well.
PS2 has quite a few cool features. There's the Kumite mode where you fight a bunch of dudes, rise up your rank like in a dojo and get items to customize your player. I believe it's the first fighting game to have custom cosmetics and a ranking as far as I know. You can also unlock old victory poses, unlock new ones and even unlock a VF1 styled character skin even for those that weren't in VF1.
There's the A.I. training mode which is my favorite mode in the series personally. You make an A.I. of the certain character and you can either train it yourself or have it watch replays whether it be yours or otherwise. Then you can sic it out on Arcade, Kumite or Versus with a buddy. It's no doubt the weirdest mode and pretty vague in how it works. But I enjoy this mode quite a lot. And I made some monster CPUs out of it.
If that isn't enough, it has the a̶l̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ greatest tutorial in fighting games in the form of its Trial mode. Teaches long time VF basics as well as its new ones.
Great game overall
Great fighting game. Fighting feels both fluid and snappy. Simplifies 3's evasion but getting rid of various movement tech unique to 3. I could do without unsuccessful evades being slower than 3's. Crouch dashing isn't as strict. This makes moves performed from crouching easier to pull off. Throw Escapes have a bit more dynamism to them for better or worse. However, jumping attacks are the most cumbersome they've been now that evades are UP and Down.
Character movesets are even more diversified with some having multiple stances for different purposes like newcomers Vanessa and Lei-Fei.
Then we have the new Sabaki mechanic. Basically a parry that can deflect other moves. VERY useful tool even when you're not the type to do normal reversals.
Presentation is great. Great graphics for its time even on the slightly downgraded PS2 version. Stages look great with my favorite ones being Jacky and Akira's. Even the menus look great in the PS2 version's case. Pretty sleek looking overall. Music isn't amazing but they're still cool and fit the stages well.
PS2 has quite a few cool features. There's the Kumite mode where you fight a bunch of dudes, rise up your rank like in a dojo and get items to customize your player. I believe it's the first fighting game to have custom cosmetics and a ranking as far as I know. You can also unlock old victory poses, unlock new ones and even unlock a VF1 styled character skin even for those that weren't in VF1.
There's the A.I. training mode which is my favorite mode in the series personally. You make an A.I. of the certain character and you can either train it yourself or have it watch replays whether it be yours or otherwise. Then you can sic it out on Arcade, Kumite or Versus with a buddy. It's no doubt the weirdest mode and pretty vague in how it works. But I enjoy this mode quite a lot. And I made some monster CPUs out of it.
If that isn't enough, it has the a̶l̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ greatest tutorial in fighting games in the form of its Trial mode. Teaches long time VF basics as well as its new ones.
Great game overall
Shun Di main went crazy
My least favorite genre... and it is a 3D fighting game, of which, I prefer the 2D fighting gameplay more. Same reason why I never really got into Tekken either...
Very underrated fighting game and franchise. Really fun
Vanessa needs to punch me in the face