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Cyber Caesar
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I wish the money spent developing this was spent on the King of Fighters Destiny web series. This game will do poorly in the West.
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Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Where are people getting that Thief Arthur will be paid?
Nowhere has been stated about it. And NISA has consistently called it "Add-on"
Nowhere has been stated about it. And NISA has consistently called it "Add-on"
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I wish the money spent developing this was spent on the King of Fighters Destiny web series. This game will do poorly in the West.
It honestly is t helping they there is zero advertising for it like 98% of Japanese games.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
There is a translated developer interview on Siliconera for anyone who might be interesting.
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/09/0...lain-roster-choices-why-tag-battles-and-more/
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/09/0...lain-roster-choices-why-tag-battles-and-more/
TheDuskwalker
Member
I think this is the first time I've seen a fighting game developer openly admit they just throw in the characters they want us to like regardless if anyone actually does. I guess that's better than pretending your popularity were anything more than a waste of every ones time.
MayauMiao
Member
So Critical Hit gave it a 3.5/10, not sure if reviewer hate the fanservice has anything to do with the score:
"SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy might rightly draw ire for its overt, unnecessary sexualisation of fighting games’ femme fatales, but its problems extend further than social problems. It's anaemic in content and the fighting itself lacks any real depth."
https://www.criticalhit.net/review/snk-heroines-tag-team-frenzy/
"SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy might rightly draw ire for its overt, unnecessary sexualisation of fighting games’ femme fatales, but its problems extend further than social problems. It's anaemic in content and the fighting itself lacks any real depth."
https://www.criticalhit.net/review/snk-heroines-tag-team-frenzy/
Ulysses 31
Member
Well the reviewer calls it a problem and usually those dock points in reviews. >.>
Ulysses 31
Member
I wanted to stick it to the libs extra hard by getting the Diamond Dream edition. >.>
Rhazer Fusion
Member
How does the game compare to kof14 depth wise? It looks like it plays very similar.
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SidViscous
Member
It plays very different. It's designed to be easier to pick-up but still have enough depth for tournament play.
- No crouching, at all.
- Block button similar to Mortal Kombat, so no holding backwards. This is even weirder when you consider it doesn't have the crouching and standing levels; instead you have to use guard breaks to get past folks just holding it down the whole time.
- Health starts at 50% and you pick up items to raise it. Rustles my OCD jimmies!
- To win a match you have to do a special attack when their health is zero, sort of like Mortal Kombat but your opponent can continue to fight back until you manage to pull it off and win the round.
- Then finally specials are done by hitting a button and a direction similar to Smash Bros, so no QCF etc.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
It seems like you beat the shit outta the AI and then magically they get good items and get a second wind
Final boss gets all the items even if you own his ass hard 2
Final boss gets all the items even if you own his ass hard 2
Fuz
Banned
Dislike.
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Rhazer Fusion
Member
Dp
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Rhazer Fusion
Member
Thanks for the detailed write up. No crouching and a block button? Um, I hate block buttons, but I still might try it out eventually. The finishing move stuff might get annoying also.
dottme
Member
This is looking interested. It might be targeted for the non-hardcore fight crowd like me.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
They're playing this on Max's stream and it's really a crazy mix. You have breakable shield block on button with roll out/roll through, directional specials on a stick, and items like in Smash. Tag team, very active meter management, zoning and supers like Marvel. Then you have the very unique component of the whole merged lifebar/special bar thing, and the win condition seems to work to ensure you win by really besting your opponent not lame chip damage tactics. It's far more interesting than I expected it to be.
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Orangepowarangur
Neo Member
I quite enjoy plot myself
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Sales numbers are out
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/media-create-sales-9-3-18-9-9-18
For comparison, XIV sold 20k copies at launch
http://www.mmcafe.com/news/posts/10215.html
So I think we can say that Heroines was another success for SNK.
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/media-create-sales-9-3-18-9-9-18
- [PS4] SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – 10,018 / NEW
- [NSW] SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – 5,493 / NEW
http://www.mmcafe.com/news/posts/10215.html
So I think we can say that Heroines was another success for SNK.
Ulysses 31
Member
Both plot points per character. >.>
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
If you are ok-ish at it you can beat the game in like an hour (story mode) with different/all pairs of characters.
I seriously only bought this for Shermie cause they killed her like 10+years ago for being too thicc.
I seriously only bought this for Shermie cause they killed her like 10+years ago for being too thicc.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Ulysses 31
Member
There's DLC fighters coming soon!
MayauMiao
Member
She looks normal for the first time ever
2 out of 3 of her outfits are awful. I think SNK must have save the really good ones for DLCs.
Mecha Meow
Member
Jesus, this shit is a parody and them some anymore. I can't wait until this retarded phases passes us by eventually.
SidViscous
Member
Oh wow so they confirmed the character is paid for? The game is so anaemic on content that's a slap in the face.
Wish they met on the middle ground and had the new characters for free with one costume, then the additional costumes are paid dlc.
Wish they met on the middle ground and had the new characters for free with one costume, then the additional costumes are paid dlc.
IbukiLordSA
Member
Can they please patch in 60fps on Switvh so I can give them money?
SidViscous
Member
It's a bespoke game engine, I suspect they just haven't had time to optimise it for the Switch.
It's worth noting that despite KOF looking rather shitty, it had some nasty frame-rate issues too in the preview builds; so I guess there is a valid concern that the engine itself is just slow and poorly built, in which case it might not be fixable on the switch without a ground-up rewrite.
It's worth noting that despite KOF looking rather shitty, it had some nasty frame-rate issues too in the preview builds; so I guess there is a valid concern that the engine itself is just slow and poorly built, in which case it might not be fixable on the switch without a ground-up rewrite.
Ulysses 31
Member
In your opinion what else does the game need other than a bigger roster to be worth the money?
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SidViscous
Member
Well, the game is pretty well padded out in most other aspects. The photo mode is surprisingly good and it has the usual game-modes you would expect from a fighter.
But the roster is just way too small, given that you don't even need to learn any specials for the characters you can get a feel for each of them and learn some basic combo's in a few hours. You could argue that the longevity comes from multiplayer mode, but it's taking so long to find a game already that I suspect other players felt the same way. Once you've unlocked the cosmetics for the few fighters that are here, there is very little to come back for.
kunonabi
Member
It's a shame that the game is receiving such a prudish backlash. On the lewdness scale it's like a 2 at most and the game actually does a really good job of fleshing out the characters and letting their personalities and relationship dynamics shine. The newcomers are way more endearing and interesting thanks to this game.
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Ulysses 31
Member
64 on MC
TheDuskwalker
Member
I really dug this games arcade mode (even if SNK call there arcade modes story mode now just because). This game is why I always prefer really good arcade modes to this cinematic story mode shit. The fact all characters have there own interactions with each other, and have a back and forth with the boss, is for more fun than story modes where a majority of the cast will get screwed and/or only interact with a handful of characters (in Tekken 7's case, only 1 character, in DOA5's case 0 characters). I find the approach to cinematic story modes kind of contradicting to the second main point of a fighting game, the characters themselves. It's why Tekken 7's story mode was so hated, it's just about a handful of characters, yet in Tekken the main characters aren't the most popular so no one cared.
Ulysses 31
Member
CatCouch
Member
I looked over the reviews on Metacritic and some were just sad. This trend of shaming games for sexual content or even just fan service has really damaged reviews as a whole for me. Ever since Polygon gave Bayonetta 2 a 7.5 while going on and on about how offensive it was I just lost faith. The second I see words like "creepy" pop up in a review I tend to cut that whole site out of my reading list. I don't have a lot of sites left to read...
I bet it's going to happen with SoulCalibur VI, too.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
That’s one of the reasons I don’t even read or care about reviews anymore. They care more about politics and crap like that than actual gameplay and fun. It’s unfair to the game and the developers.
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Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Looks like Thief Arthur DLC will be free after all.
What do you mean? The blog says it will cost five bucks.
Ulysses 31
Member
Oops, didn't see the part below.
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