Is the PC version of SS2 any good?
2 was a good game, still good…However Special is better.
SS2=SSF2T
SSZSP=3rdStrike
SSII ROXORS!
That is all.
rip- fierceslash
SSII is one of the most overrated games ever…
Ummm, slash and bust merely defined what special moves your character had. Basically it doubled the number of available characters. There are no engine differences between the two modes at all.
So fierce is done for good? I was waiting for it to come back.
peace
Sav
Come on fellows what about Samurai showdown 3. It is one of the best looking fighters ever and still looks great today. Gameplay and graphics were huge leap over 2.
3 looked pretty, but it was broke as fuck. 100% combos were over the place.
Man, I’ve never played SS in my life until I got SS 0 for PS2, and I must say this game is pretty slow and boring. I’m pretty sure that there’s more to learn, but SS is totally not for me.
You got the short end of the stick. Not as bad as if you had bought the PS version(sequel) of Samurai Shodown: Warrior’s Rage but still a short stick. So far the top games in the series (in no particular order) are SS2, SS5/0 Special, and SS 4.
But the SS series is usually slower paced than most games so maybe you just don’t care for that sort of game play.
That’s very much like saying “I’ve never played Street Fighter before, but I got Street Fighter Alpha for my Playstation and wow, Street Fighter sucks!”
or… “I’ve never played a Marvel game before, but I tried Xmen COTA and what a pile the Marvel games are.”
Just a little suggestion, you might want to try the games in the Samurai Shodown series that are actually considered to be good, like SS2 or SS4.
I enjoyed the Sam Sho series. Sam Sho 1 when it cameout was a breath of fresh air compared to all the SF clones that was out at the time. 2 improved on that. I own Sam sho 1,2,3,4,5 on emulator and consoles. I’ll admit 3 was better on saturn but 4 was ok on PSX. I’ll admit that the PSX verison of Sam Sho 1 and 2 was hacked somewhat but I didn’t mind (This is from a guy who stays SF2 Turbo on the SNES from time to time even though he has Collection 2 on PSX)
thats right, the fun of samsho is depth of the gameplay over fast paced action, dont get me wrong I love MVC and all capcom superfast paced fighters, heck I love guity gear even but from time to time I like a little slashing finesse :karate:
Actually I don’t know if fierceslash is done for good. Madcow might end of up making it into something or other, like a dedicated Samsho site again. But considering that we’ve all hung up our Samsho hats here, I doubt theres any interest in promoting any other SNK games anymore. We’ve shut our doors on 2D games for the most part and we all just play 3D.
Our last Samsho tourney was a blast though 40 peeps lol. Should have videotaped it but eh fuck it. (Mad pulled some crazy assed shit in all 5 samshos that would make you think it was mvc2 lol) Although nostalgia gives it props in most peoples books, noone really cares about the game anymore.
I’ll be the first to admit that it wasn’t the gameplay of SS 1 and 2 that sucked me in, it was purely the aesthetic appeal. While strategy seemed to consist mainly of trying to nail a jump-in fierce slash to drain 1/3 of your opponent’s lifebar, the visuals leapt right out of a Kurosawa epic. They were awesome for their time. That, and Earthquake was freakin’ HUGE at the time, no one had seen a fighting game sprite that big before. :pleased:
SS1 alone sold me on a NeoGeo system, unfortunately my wallet refused to cooperate. :sad:
Ahhhh, ss2. Fun, BEAUTIFUL game. The best in my book…now if someone can point me to a link where I can download Cham Cham’s Green Hell stage bgm, I’d REALLY appreciate it. This game owns so hard it’s insane. I don’t see why it hasn’t been ported to the gameboy advance/sp by now. So…has anyone been able to determine exactly what Ukyo’s saying (the japanese phrase, not the english translation) when he does his aerial hcf + slash? It sounds like “Sorry ice!” in ss1, and “Duromei dice!” in ss2…I know damn well he ain’t speaking english and saying “Swallow Swoop Slice” like it says on the game marquee…
He says “throwing dice!” Ukyo is really into craps.
I can try to rip it for you if you wan…
From the ost or rom? I have the rom and use both winkawaks and mame. If someone could tell me how to rip using an emu (I’ve heard it was possible…somewhere) I can save you the trouble.
Tsubame Gaeshi, IIRC.