I KNEW K9999 reminded me of someone!! Well that sucks that we won’t see him in any other KOF games. He was one of my top favs.
I was playing Single Survival mode in KOF '03 and I ran into some hoe that has a twin. She was teleporting all over the placed and had these after image movements. She owned me for free. Maybe I’ve found the broken character in the game already.
I’ve played Mark of the Wolves. GREAT game. Terry in KOF '03 feels very similar to the way he did in Mark of the Wolves so maybe that’s why I like him so much in '03. It’s actually harder for me to play as Terry in KOF 2000-2002 but in KOF '03, he just rocks.
Yeah, it’s Chizuru Kagura and her sister, Maki. Actually, Chizuru is the one who’s pretty tame and very beatable. When she tags out to her sister Maki, is when all hell breaks loose. The best suggestion I can give is to see when she starts “rolling” towards you (or spinning, whatever), count 3 spins, then throw her. She’s also vulnerable when she throws an image and she remains with her arms lowered…you can blast her then. Just don’t go in attack recklessly…you’ll DIE!
And I reckon you haven’t faced Adelheid or Mukai yet?
Just spin attack (Chang, Billy, etc.) that Kagura shit down. Or if you’re good, you can rush and keep Chizuru on lockdown, preventing her from tagging out by hitting her out of tag and tag-counter attempts. I do this most often with Shen.
Isnt Mukai the guy with the full screen instant pretification attack x.x
And it seems some of his attacks have invincibility cause punches go right through if he doing something usually.
Oh and i beat the last hidden level 6000 boss in Phantom Brave and i dont want to play it again. I think the sword i made had over 1 million attack on it. Took 5 turns to kill the boss with one person.
Traded in a few games at Game Xchange. Got rid of the shitty X-Box port of Metal Slug 3 (not arcade perfect), Tetris Worlds (Tetris with a story; WTF?), and Yoshi Touch & Go (Kirby is basically a better version of the same thing).
Happened to find the PSX version MS3 (is arcade perfect) and MSX there, so I got those. Also picked up some X-Box game called “Malice”. No idea what it’s like, but it’s in my favorite genre, platformer, and the main character is a red-headed chick with a nice rack, so I figured it was worth $9.
hahah…Malice was shown before Xbox was out, and it was supposed to be a launch game…and it just came out earlier this year, I think. I wasn’t a fan immediately due to the Bratz-doll looking character design on that girl. Atrocious. :tdown:
*so far my murderous, destructive rampages in Destroy All Humans have been much more fun and satisfying than my rampages in any GTA game. Though I enjoy the 50’s B-movie style humor and presentation in this…often times I wonder how all this would be if the game had a more serious tone…and so I try to imagine Crypto as without the Jack Nicohlson-inspired voice actor…and perhaps more like Freeza…or Mewtwo(*the only thing I ever liked about Pokemon). And of course on those occasions…I imagine the Majestic as more serious “men in black” figures…like the classic myth really is…or like the modern representation of them; Matrix Agents.
Traded my Game Boy Advance SP for it. In a way the Duo version is better than the arcade too, collision detection’s improved a bit. You can still do the spin kick as if you’re playing the NES version.
Yeah, that’s Mukai…His invincibility frames are totally obvious in his “stone pillar” attacks. :bluu: But for some reason he eats rushing attacks very often.
shrugs I like redheads. Turns out the game sucks though. Real easy, lame combat. One of the worst platformers I’ve played in a long time. Not worth $9.
I got the 5 new maps on Halo 2 early, and a new TV (got me a 32" widescreen HDTV + Xbox Monster Cables for $500 after the ridiculous texas tax), so I’m gonna be playing lots of Halo 2, Destroy all Humans, and Jade Empire.
My Halo 2 map review:
Relic - looks pretty awesome for one flag CTF and slayer and assault. basically its like zanzibar in the fact that its one heavily fortified base. Has a real “omaha beach” feel to it.
Terminal - one of my faves,its alot larger than it seemed in the previews and whatnot. 4v4 on this map wouldnt work too well, but 8v8 would be perfect. Lots of vehicle combat, one sniper rifle from what I’ve seen. That train is a beast, it comes at random times. This is definitley a slayer or one flag map, a bomb game would be stupid on this map.
Elongation - havent played it yet
Backwash = walked around for a bit, its another symmetrical map with 2 distinct bases, first map I’ve seen with sentinel beams. a shotgun or sword user with camo will be a god on this map. Limited vision + sword lunge = victory. Good map for slayer, multi flag and probably neutral flag/bomb. Oh and King.
Gemini - I like this map, it feels like single player mode on this map. The big covenant structure of a prophet looks dope, and its a real close combat map. The sword and brute shot will run this map. Looks good for a neutral bomb/flag game, crazy king, and slayer.
So took that crappy Malice game back to the exchange place. By far the worst platformer I’ve played in a long time. Possibly ever. Foretunately, they have a 24 hour even exchange, so I got all $9 back in store credit. And even more crazy, they had a copy of the first Devil May Cry. I’d already borrowed and played a friend’s copy, but now I have my own (had to shell out another $10, but well worth it).
Had about a 3 and a half hour UC2 online marathon last night. Great games. So many beatdowns, Predator is one hell of a great ability, the amount of melee damage you do is ridiculous, you’re almost unstoppable.
IMHO, the key to being good/decent at this game rely on 3 things:
Be a whore with the adrenaline pills, take them all, even if you are full, unless your teammate(s)is/are nearby and need them.
Use your adrenaline abilities, and use them wisely. Using adrenaline abilities gives you a huge edge over those who don’t. It is also important to know which ability to use when.
Control the U-Damage. Know where it is, and when it’s about to respawn, and make sure you’re near it when it does respawn. The same can be said of the super-health and the Super-adrenaline. Controling these items means controlling the map, although the U-Damage should take priority over the other 2.
I’ve also been hosting my own dedicated server, and it seems to work out well. No more bullshit about people dropping a game when they start losing, and the games running off a dedicated server seem to lock your Xbox up a whole lot less than a non-dedicated game. Worth buying 2 copies of the game…
no ps2, but I eventually must get one. I’ve said it before, but I will eventually have to get one…because Sony somehow managed to snag Soul Calibur 3 as exclusive(*and I remember reading the ps2 SC2 wasn’t even the best selling version).
Of course it figures that the one I don’t really care much for, SC2, gets multiplatform release…yet the one with CUSTOM CHARACTER gets put out as a damn ps2 exclusive.
*I read recently that the U.S. release of the Sonic Gems collection will NOT have the Streets of Rage games…because SoA apparently wants to keep an E rating or some bullshit. Whatever, whoever made that decision is welcome to kiss my entire ass.
Destroy All Humans —I finally beat Armquist…that was the toughest mission in the game so far. I’m having to go back though, cuz I haven’t been doing as much brain extraction in the past few missions…I was only concerned with beating the missions…so of course now…I’m kinda short on DNA, and I can’t afford one more upgrade that’s at Pox’s lab. I forgot what mission is next…I’ve just been on killing sprees for dna lately.
edit—oh yeah…I’ll be back on UC2 perhaps this weekend. I still haven’t downloaded the new stuff from Halo2.
There’s also the cheap tactic of kill-stealing. Unless people just really suck at the game(meaning even I can beat them in a “fair” straight up fight)…this is my bread and butter tactic for getting at least some points. It’s the same as in Halo 2. I’m always looking to surprise someone, especially if they’re already engaged in battle…then I can take advantage of their weakened condition and get some easy kills. With the somewhat cheapness of this in Halo 2…I can get double and triple kills sometimes…by merely tossing a grenade into the fray. Haha…yeah, I’m a cheap bastard…and I’m proud of it.
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