On Tung's B&B's, I have to say the fact that he can get his command normal out of (d.B, d.A, df.A) is one of the more solid aspects of him. I love poking with his Cs, but being able to get close, open up with a low, and finish with a variety of specials due to the generous hitstun from df.A really helps him feel like he's more than pokes-for-pressure.
She's one of my mains but I can't say I like that costume at all -_-
I think what I like best about it is that it's at least a bit different than the expected "naughty demon" look they could have given her. Kinda like how Nakoruru's school girl outfit is a bit more unique than the average Sailor Fuku
that Athena already has patented in all recent appearances....
I also like the fact they continue to use Angel as a character who gets some nice Skin color variations.
Anything you'd have preferred to see on her, that comes to mind?
The taunts were probably not included on purpose because iirc Japanese players really hate them and they are barely used in KOF anyway. Doubt it was a lack of time/budget issue since they went to the trouble of making unique win animations for when a character beats two characters. They could have easily used those animations for taunts instead if they wanted.
They could have, but I still feel more like it's because they already did extensive "bonus" animation work for other places of the game. Games like Tekken, Injustice, and SFIV still get away with basically only having 1 "cinematic Super" per character. KoF has unique starts for each SDM, the CDMs, and characters have unique MAX activation poses as well. And our DLC characters also have more unique knockdown animations than many of the core cast. And they still take the time to make unique dizzy animations, which I always found off, since stunning seems so rare in the series (less so now if Vanessa stays the way she is...)
Not to mention the Foreground and Background "WINNER!" Screen poses. And then we have all those poses used in Story Mode just for conversations. There's a lot in this game that serves as "taunts" with context, within this games design.
If anything, I still wish there were more pre-match animations to show off character relationships. Billy and Hein bowing to Geese is nice, but man, not having characters acknowledge best friends, family, students, or lovers at all pre-match is just... weird. Even just having the characters say each others names while doing their standard pre-fight intro poses would have been nice.
And yeah, iirc it was mentioned that a lot of the new VAs are local talent, which was probably done to have easy access to them when needed. Good stuff.
Agreed, it was an ultimately good change. While pre-match stuff might suffer outside of "story" mode, post-match is not only one of the strongest in KoF history, but some of the best in fighters.
New costumes are neat, but I really just want Leona to get her jacket back. Is that too much to ask? She's freaking cold!
If the Jacket comes back, she also gets shorts again. She's kinda cold either way!
I'd still love for a costume for her to allow you to mix the tank, Shorts, Long pants, and jacket tops in any way you wish. Equal opportunity would also love to see Ralf and Clark with the ability to remove their vest / shirts too. Many people call for "Color Edit" mode for this game, but I think I'd enjoy "Accessory Edit" even more.
speaking of SamSho (since this is kind of the default SNK community) I saw that SSVI was on PS4 as a PS2 classic. No one ever talks about SSVI, how is it?
IV was the way SNK quickly patched up the disappointment of SSIII, and is generally a very refined game in comparison. I've never spent as much time with it as I'd liked (my Saturn port bugged out with the RAM cart I had, making it basically unplayable...), but it seems like a solid game in the series.
Please make dlc that undoes Robert's cheap pimp look.
Other than the fact he's a well dressed slick looking guy, I never see his current look as a Cheap Pimp, lol. I think it's a better take on his 2003 look (especially when used with the reference color.) I feel like they'd give him something odd like a Mariachi outfit in this game, regardless of how appropriate that might be...
