Honestly, the only way it’s going to take off is if a big prize is attached to it somehow. Geese wins the lottery and puts a $100,000 prize on it at Evo- it would get 200+ entrants.
As for 98 Billy- yeah, he isn’t that great, but he’s workable. Can do nice damage in the corner (downside of most of my chars- they seem to require cornering to do full potential), great pokes, but takes too much damage.
I also consider 2k2 Athena more annoying then 98 Goro (though I rate Choi over Athena). Athenas will mostly runaway/psycho ball spam, the Goro will try to get in and kill you with pokes. Runaway gets really annoying when the character is overpowered (it’s not as bad if the runaway is weak and has to runaway- why runaway Lucky isn’t as annoying)
…oh…and the fact that I miss the original Girls Team(King, Mai Shiranui, and Yuri Sakazaki) as well as Alternate version RB, KoF, AoF characters and the priority switches they possess. Except for the RB Bogards here(ewww RB Andy is gaaaaaaay. Projectile gain?! Why?!). Then comes the system select. I love groove/system options. Can’t go wrong with those. No fusion bullshit, please + thanks. Advanced[New Generation]/Easy[KoFers from time]. This enhances the playing field without altering the character movelists. Even though I like both OLD GEN SYSTEMS. Not this fangled system SNKP brought in. The only thing I like about it is the random wire effects.
Except “psycho ball spam” doesn’t work in the arcade. When I throw out psychoballs, I don’t expect them to actually hit the opponent, I want them to react to it so I can punish accordingly (if they jump/roll). There are some opponents that try to win with Athena online by overwhelming you with psychoballs and that isn’t really how you’d want to win with her in the reality. Their psychoball usage isn’t calculated…
Eh, the Guilty Gear community has made it quite well with games that are only available through importing. They’re clamoring for Accent Core now knowing there won’t be a US release any time soon.
It doesn’t really have to be, as long as you have proper distancing/spacing. The ones who don’t win with it- don’t really know what they’re doing, got predictable, or got unlucky. Eventually you do have to react to one or you get GCed or chipped to death.
once you make athena lose her chances to bait you into something she expects after a fireball (roll/jump as emil said)
her pressing game is strong too but almost everyone can deal with
that’s also why i can’t take kaillera/xbox live/whatever for serious competition
i quit playing online once i realized that some scrubby tactics were too strong due to the lag becoming almost useless in the offline game
plus it’s harder to punish stuff that require precise timing
arstal,
a decent player won’t die ONLY to fireball full/chip damage
kof isn’t street fighter
each chara have at least a weapon to deal with her
(beware i’m not telling shesn’t top tier)
i am going to have to go with 98 nice roster to many great tricks or the trade. 98 is the best kof hand’s down. 2k2 is a good game and all it ain’t no 98 chea!!!
You don’t have to guess…you can advance slowly, until she is cornered. It’s also possible to hyper hop over the projectiles, making it hard for her to anti-air you. Some people also do vertical jump attacks (the good ones like high vertical jump C with Whip) over a fireball, although this one can be countered.
Teleport isn’t a good way to escape the corner, since she can be hit easily during it. If they do that, all you have to do is advance slowly until she is cornered, then wait for the teleport…wall jumping is going to get you dped anyway. When she does get cornered, the best thing for her to do is to try to get some space by pushing back her opponent using her good pokes…far C, crouch C/f+B, etc.
I would have to disagree. I’ve seen TONS of KOF 2002 hacks in the last few months, whereas I’ve barely seen any for Garou. And I can tell by living in probably the third country with higher levels of piracy (Mexico).
Hell, I can easily say that I haven’t seen a game that has been hacked more than KOF 2002 since the “Rainbow Edition” days of CE. :looney:
how is this even a debate?
2k2 is an obvious attempt at going back to 98 only with nests folks.
why would they do that hmmm?:wonder:
lets put it like this…some of us/many of us might like our characters
when they were really good, not changed/nerfed all to hell to give the new stars
the spotlight.
what the hell is wrong with a poke game?
im sorry but i expected much more from 2k2 other than sdms & bc combos.
(mexico-tv fighter lol )no offense gringos!
Well, I would still ban King because her damage ratios are (for some reason) messed up the hoopla (basic jump D -> stand D -> Mirage Dance does 40%) :wasted: But I still don’t see why Shingo gets shunned. It’s not like someone’s gonna suddenly dominate with him or anything. I’ve seen him being used in competitive play and it was no biggie.
I agree with you actually I see eye to eye with you there Lantis you are right…the moment someone starts beasting with Shingo in Mexico I’ll eat my words hahaha
