King of Fighters '98 (Neo Geo)
Graphics: 10 Sound: 10
Gameplay: 10 Overall: 9.5
Man, let me start by saying few fighters have reached the
level of greatness this game has.KOF 98!!!!!! a great compilation
to the others and with so many
great faces who has arguments???? KING' 98 introduces the
old and new in one huge event so lets get started!
CHARACTER LINE UP - 10 Excellent with so many great faces
who can go wrong heck you can use the new face orochi team
from 97 in both forms and
others have alternate or original versions as well this
game is pure "class" and deserves its perfect
score. I was blown away at how many nicely animated
characters they had its great to see old favs like Rugal
be resurrected again in this all out fighters fest, man
what a treat this game is with so many characters to
master you'll be in your house for days.
GRAPHICS-10 beauty perfection, a tear falls:) For those
who don't know kof backgrounds and the neo in general are
known for there gorgeous detail and
work put into everything that is neo. I loved the backgrounds
that had interaction with how the characters used them in
example in the masters temple you hit
the wall and stuff falls down showing the damage that you
accumulated what a nice entry. All the characters look sweet
from the last boss omega Rugal to Kyo
and Iori its intense kof and even competing with the "next
gen systems like the Dreamcast" a perfect translation
was still not possible of the neo original you
get what you buy!
MUSIC-10 Duh, perfect this is great the music matches the
characters exactly, the end bosses them is great the ff
teams is great and my personal favorite the
grudge theme when Kyo and Iori are great man I love I love
it I tell you!!!!!
GAMEPLAY-10 perfect again don't think I've gone soft and
biased if you own this you know that this is one of the
best KOF's out there its got it all basically
the characters moves are many and the comp AI is great on
expert for beginners its amazing after 4 years this game
still has such a fresh feel to it "gameplay is
the ultimate would be an understatement" when you talk
about 98' its the majorities favorite kof and for good reason
the gameplay is a neo tradition and will
keep you learning till you master!
STORY- 8.0 Ok, keep in mind that the story this game has
is not a story at all characters like vice and mature are
good examples (*for those that don't know
when you Iori went violently nuts after his awakening he
killed them both) of which they exist here and its also
labeled dreamatch which means that this game
was a collection of years past but the story which makes
little sense is still enjoyable
CHARACTER INTERACTIONS - * a side note this is a new category
* well there are great grudges between the characters and
how they interact like Kyo
and Iori its all there its nice to see the characters were
taken so much time on and it shows because of how they act
towards each other for example Kensou and
Athena, Andy Mai, Mary, Terry, its nice to see some interaction
and makes you feel like the characters have feelings like
people -very nice- SNK
OVERALL 9.5 I cant resist this game is so good if you don't
have it you should pick it up in any format and thank goodness
its not rare on HC -thanks to the
readers that get me to write and thanks to NeoLord for letting
the neo community express its thoughts and ideas.
-LWK-