Random Gaming Talk

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I'm reading that the new SNK joint is a total bomba. Era is of course blaming Ronaldo, but I wonder why no one ever points out the obvious: SNK just never really transitioned to 3D all that well?

City of the Wolves is just "welp, good enough" 3D you'd see in any random medium-good game. 

This seems like an especially serious problem if you're SNK, and your ancient reputation was built on having the best of the best of the best of the best 2D graphics and animation. Feels like when they transitioned to 3D they just threw up their hands and said fuck it. I mean, look at these comparisons:




It's not bad looking, but it certainly isn't remarkable in the way SNK 2D games have almost universally been. Which seems like an obvious historical appeal of the franchise.

They're just way more complicated than Street Fighter. I haven't bought COTW yet and might not because I only just bought KOFXV last year and barely play that enough to get my moneys worth, but the amount of work to be competent in an SNK game compared to SF is enormous. Online, I'll occasionally win a match in SF6 just dicking around. No way I win a match in an SNK game.