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Underrated and Overlooked fighting games
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MightyHedgehog
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World Heroes 2 Jet and Groove On Fight. To a lesser degree, other installments in their respective series, Power Instinct and World Heroes Perfect. Also, Karate Champ.
shaowebb
Member
I bought both KOF XI and NeoGeo Battle Coliseum on the same day as well. Both were amazing. One was the penultimate KOF roster and the other was just an insane tribute to NeoGeo in the form of tag fighting. Each was their own beast and both were well worth the money. Folks NEED to have played both. They were some of the most memorable SNK moments for me.
xiceman191
Banned
forgeforsaken
Member
Tech Romancer
Vince DiCola
Member
Such a good game! Inscrutable as fuck sure, but systems everywhere.
Found it with my SNES in the attic what a find!,
Vinegar Joe
Member
Came to post this, and left happy it has some love from GAF already.
Waku Waku 7 is ALWAYS fun.
This thing is so damn mid-ninties anime you'd swear it was a parody. Well, it kind of is, but it gets everything from the OTT gameplay right down to the nauseating music so spot-on it works both ways. I've not seen the style done this well before or since.
It also has the best bonus stage ever bar none. I need my Bonus Kun avatar back...
Alright, since nobody said it (I'm ashamed in all of you):
Two buttons fighter. Totally legit.
Bonus: Great OST
Decision
Near by the Death
Road For Oneself
Right Way
Two buttons fighter. Totally legit.
Bonus: Great OST
Decision
Near by the Death
Road For Oneself
Right Way
I don't spam. I try to play as skillful as possible but I forget the basics sometimes. I can't even find a good combo video for wolf. Or what moves to use to keep fadt characters at bay. Which moves should I use that's a fast poke? He's my fave!
check out vfdc...thats the place you wanna go to get vf info. nice community too.
http://virtuafighter.com/forums/wolf.91/
Slamtastic
Member
NRS should put Anubis and Voodoo into MKX.
Kappa
Valkerionseven
Member
Some of these games are not unknown or underrated at all.
Damn I miss 90s anime.
Its a good game, ya'll just haters.
Psychic Force
Damn I miss 90s anime.
Street Fighter EX+a
Its a good game, ya'll just haters.
Fun thread. ADK (aka Alpha Denshi) and Arika have made some excellent, underappreciated fighting games.
- ADK got a bad rap with World Heroes, which started as a pretty shameless Street Fighter II clone. But it gained a stronger and stronger identity with each iteration, culminating in World Heroes Perfect, a really great fighting game with an awesome cast and tons of personality.
Trivia: World Heroes Perfect is the first and (I am pretty sure) only 2D fighting game with head tracking, i.e. when one character jumps, the character on the ground looks up at him.
- ADK also did a game called Ninja Master's, a bit like Samurai Shodown but with a darker vibe. Some great, memorable character designs and a cool combo system where you had different moves with and without your weapon.
- As for Arika, I always felt Street Fighter EX + Alpha was grossly underappreciated. There was a ton of stigma around the idea of a 3D Street Fighter, but EX + Alpha played like 2D, had some great animation and feel, did radical and cool things with the classic characters, and introduced new character designs that were straight-up better than what Capcom was doing (e.g. Skullomania, Darun Mister, and Cracker Jack).
- ADK got a bad rap with World Heroes, which started as a pretty shameless Street Fighter II clone. But it gained a stronger and stronger identity with each iteration, culminating in World Heroes Perfect, a really great fighting game with an awesome cast and tons of personality.
Trivia: World Heroes Perfect is the first and (I am pretty sure) only 2D fighting game with head tracking, i.e. when one character jumps, the character on the ground looks up at him.
- ADK also did a game called Ninja Master's, a bit like Samurai Shodown but with a darker vibe. Some great, memorable character designs and a cool combo system where you had different moves with and without your weapon.
- As for Arika, I always felt Street Fighter EX + Alpha was grossly underappreciated. There was a ton of stigma around the idea of a 3D Street Fighter, but EX + Alpha played like 2D, had some great animation and feel, did radical and cool things with the classic characters, and introduced new character designs that were straight-up better than what Capcom was doing (e.g. Skullomania, Darun Mister, and Cracker Jack).
Beaten!
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
I just realized I'm in the wrong thread.
FIGHTING GAMES YAY!
- Rushing Beat was under-rated, if ropey.
> Obviously Tobal No2 and Bushido Blade.
- Fighter's History / Karnov's Revenge were decent and got cussed out due to the over-homaging of Street Fighter.
- Double Dragon Rage of the Dragons on Neo Geo IS HARD AS FUCK. But combos were fun.
- Fatal Fury Real Bout Special is still one of my favorite 2D fighters ever. And the PSOne version was so over-looked. They added 2 whole characters ffs!
FIGHTING GAMES YAY!
- Rushing Beat was under-rated, if ropey.
> Obviously Tobal No2 and Bushido Blade.
- Fighter's History / Karnov's Revenge were decent and got cussed out due to the over-homaging of Street Fighter.
- Double Dragon Rage of the Dragons on Neo Geo IS HARD AS FUCK. But combos were fun.
- Fatal Fury Real Bout Special is still one of my favorite 2D fighters ever. And the PSOne version was so over-looked. They added 2 whole characters ffs!
MightyHedgehog
Member
Yeah, those EX characters were the best of the roster, too, and more to play than the vanilla cast.
Don't hear anyone on Fighting GAF talk about Blade Symphony, which came out a few months ago. Seems to play like Bushido Blade.
it looks cool but more like a riff on character action games than bushido blade...i mean its got lifebars. also a camera attached to the characters back.
for real tho someone make a new bushido blade inspired game.
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
Don't hear anyone on Fighting GAF talk about Blade Symphony, which came out a few months ago. Seems to play like Bushido Blade.
WAIT WHAT WHERE!!!???
jinxthejiv
Member
Powerstone
Def Jam Fight For NY
Im still bitter that Some asshole stole my copy of Def Jam. Sigh. Hopefully I can find a copy someday.
Def Jam Fight For NY
Im still bitter that Some asshole stole my copy of Def Jam. Sigh. Hopefully I can find a copy someday.
SerTapTap
Member
If Virtua Fighter counts you bet your ass I'm saying Skullgirls. Deserves way more than "pretty good for an indie game" sort of attention. Dev team has the worst goddamn luck too, but damn it is everything I love about 2D fighters and why I prefer 'em over 3D (graphics and gameplay-wise).
Love the artstyle of that, someone suggested I do a video on it once which is where I heard of it, not really the sort of game I LP though. And I'm bad enough at fighters/dedicating time to fighters that Skullgirls and Xrd are going to be plenty for this year and most of next
Love the artstyle of that, someone suggested I do a video on it once which is where I heard of it, not really the sort of game I LP though. And I'm bad enough at fighters/dedicating time to fighters that Skullgirls and Xrd are going to be plenty for this year and most of next
ADK's World Heroes Perfect is one of the better non-SNK fighting game on Neo Geo IMO (with Ninja Master's, Breakers and Waku Waku 7).
Here a nice write up on shoryuken.com:
http://shoryuken.com/2014/05/02/num...eroes-perfect-with-funkdoc-keits-and-tuskdon/
Here a nice write up on shoryuken.com:
http://shoryuken.com/2014/05/02/num...eroes-perfect-with-funkdoc-keits-and-tuskdon/
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
Waku Waku 7.
Had a lot of unique fighters of varying sizes. Sort of like a proto-ASW type of game. Pretty smooth controls even though the combo trees were somewhat shallow. Really pretty art style.
Had a lot of unique fighters of varying sizes. Sort of like a proto-ASW type of game. Pretty smooth controls even though the combo trees were somewhat shallow. Really pretty art style.
Don't hear anyone on Fighting GAF talk about Blade Symphony, which came out a few months ago. Seems to play like Bushido Blade.
I've seen SteamGAF talk about it a few times. It always seemed interesting.
ALLseeingEYE
Member
Fist of the North Star, by Arc System Works.
While not the deepest game (character selection was limited), it was great. It was a more grounded fighter by Arc, more like KOF or Street Fighter instead of Blazblue or MvC. Always wanted a copy of this (I had fond memories of Last Battle on Genesis to boot).
While not the deepest game (character selection was limited), it was great. It was a more grounded fighter by Arc, more like KOF or Street Fighter instead of Blazblue or MvC. Always wanted a copy of this (I had fond memories of Last Battle on Genesis to boot).
jinxthejiv
Member
Don't hear anyone on Fighting GAF talk about Blade Symphony, which came out a few months ago. Seems to play like Bushido Blade.
Thats looks awesome. I love the Customization. It kinda reminds me of Warframe
you pulling my leg?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mGHFVdl3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3O9dDj4Ck
this game like a legendary kusoge. i mean i kinda respect how kusoge it is but man... its so broken.
zero shift
Banned
That Yu Yu Hakusho MegaDrive game was awesome.
The real memorable moment was how each game was only $15. While in today's Steambased world it seems typical it was a crazy value at the time. Two games for less then the price of one.
The real memorable moment was how each game was only $15. While in today's Steambased world it seems typical it was a crazy value at the time. Two games for less then the price of one.
Joy Mech Fight is probably the best 8-bit fighter I've played if you're looking for something novel. It came out post Street Fighter II on Famicom and has some of the best animation on the system.
It's a first party Nintendo game:
http://youtu.be/HTGsVlSvYl4?t=1m35s
It's a first party Nintendo game:
http://youtu.be/HTGsVlSvYl4?t=1m35s
Alright, since nobody said it (I'm ashamed in all of you):
Two buttons fighter. Totally legit.
Evil Zone was my fucking shit!
My vote goes to Rumble Fish and Dark Awake.
chicagocubsfan
Member
The Naruto 2D Ultimate Ninja games from CyberConnect.
this thread is your best friend.
here are some combos to practice. keep in mind that VF has a 12 frame input buffer, meaning that timing combos is really easy. Just input your next move in the tail end of the move you just did.
ALLseeingEYE
Member
Oh man, rough!
To be fair, I only played it casually in my local arcade, so I had no idea it was that broken. Otherwise it seemed to play great.
Especially AoF2 in my opinion. That game was awesome.
I think AoF2 (along with Samurai Shodown) have the best writing in any fighting game. Tons of weird, great humor and big, memorable personalities.
yup, this right here.
I really want to play that, but I don't think there's any way to outside of a Japanese arcade as it's tied to the Nesica X Live system.
Apparently it plays a bit differently to Akatsuki though, more air-based I hear.It gets ignored because Sega hasn't made a new VF in, like, ten years.
VF5 did sell pretty well, or it at least exceeded their expectations. I don't know what they're waiting for.
abstract alien
Member
Unique scoring system and the combat was simple but could be tactical thanks to the chance of a 1 hit KO.
This was going to be my entry outside of Weapon Lord. Damn game gets no love.
The generic designs is what made the game be overlooked. I wish the game had a 3rd game on gamecube era.
MrCunningham
Member
I love me some Fighters Megamix.
This too. It was Super Smash Brothers in a 3D arena.
I'm also going to say Eternal Champions on the Sega CD.... guilty pleasure fun.