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Yeah sure, I enjoyed the game, but.......

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

.......I might as well have been playing King of Fighters '98 & '99. Honestly, I am just going to wait until the 2 new games come out: King of Fighters: Maximum Impact (King of Fighters goes Street Fighter EX style), or King of Fighters 2002/2003, both comming on September of 2004. It's cool to pick up and test out, but nothing serious.

Less than a triumphant return for SNK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of the King Of Fighters series since KOF '96. I was always one of the small group of geeks who pump quarters into the MVS cabinents, while others were decapitating people with Kano. Anyway, I fell in love with this series because of the great moves, and the rewarding system that came only with patience and practice.

Either way, to make a long story short, I stopped playing video games. Around 2001 I restarted and got me a cheap Dreamcast. Thats where I feel back in love with 2-D fighters. But, importing was expensive and I got a PS-2.

To my surprise, SNK was returning to the states with with the 2 in 1 game of King of Fighters. Honestly, this was my first time ever playing this game. I had heard of 2000 and 2001, but never had a chance to play it, working with inferior computer hardware, and not having enough money to get it on Neo-Geo. I was skeptical about the PS2 conversion.

First, the graphics in 2000 are horid. They are extremely blurry. However, within 5 minutes of gameplay, you'll forget all about the crappy graphics. The animation is awesome to say the least. Which is really a shame, because of the unresponsive controls. I found myself having problems pulling off such simple motions as qcf x2. Although you can get the SDMs out, sometimes they miss. And is a long way from becoming second nature when it comes to combos. Playmore did a horrible job with the controls that they bring down the gameplay. And this weird things is, they completely took out any options for the analog control.

Pick up a joystick for this game, or else your are going to cringe in frustration. The presentation in 2000 is pretty bad. The menus would be unintuitive for even an old SNES game. Thankfully 2001 decided to add more spice. However 2001 has much worse graphics. The rendered 3-d backgrouds look out of place with the 2-d sprites in the foreground. As to what game has a superior fighting system, its up in the air. I personally enjoyed 2001 alot better than 2000.

There are over 35 players per each game. And I must admit, Angel and May Lee are my favorites. Both characters may take a while to master. The same is true with the other characters, but I tend to gravitate to less acessible characters.

This game is definitely worth a rental. If you are a 2-D fighting fan, you should own this game. My score goes down because of the PS2 dual shock controller.

Half good, half bad.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

King of Fighters 2000 is great although not as good as the Neo Geo version, the controls seem a little slow or late, I dont know something is just different about them. KOF 2001 is not good at all the only thing good about it is the extra characters, it seems to run slower and has worse graphics the attacks seem slow. If you can get a hold of a Neo Geo emulator you would be better off than buying this, KOF 2000 plays so smooth on MAME32. Hope this helps.

the underwhelming return of the legendary SNK

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The KOF series is unquestionbly one of the longest running 2D fighting game franchises in the history of gaming. The last SNK developed KOF was '00 while a new company called Playmore picked up with '01. Many would argue the series hit its peak with '98 (available on the DC) and I couldn't agree more. It's not that these two games are bad, on the contrary. There is a ton of stuff to master for the initiated. The gameplay isn't so much the problem as it's appeal. The graphics engine is very old and what was once passable well into the late 90s is now very dated and yawn inducing. The 2000 edition of the game is ported directly from the NeoGeo, with the same 2D backgrounds, character animations, ect. There is the option of unlocking opening movies from the entire KOF series from 94 to 99, but I didn't find it a big deal. The demos are interesting but not really worth the effort to unlocking them. Now maybe if an entire KOF game was unlocked (preferably 97) then it would be a different story. As a bonus, a wealth of new strikers have been added, some new, a lot from previous SNK games (awesome for the dedicated fans). Gameplay wise I always looked at 2000 as the weakest game in the series-with an almost identical game engine to 99 and no real improvements with the (very limited) ability to perform juggle combos. 2001 is much improved game play-wise, but suffers horribly in all other respects. The game's "upgraded" graphics include characters with a higher resolution, incredibly pixilated (more so than the original Neo game), awful looking 3D backgrounds that are hard to tell if they're polygonal or not, and the worst "music" I have heard in an SNK fighting game since the original World Heroes. Ah, but the gameplay is quite good. For the first time in the series' history there is the ability to to chain combos, controlling the fighter/striker ratio before battle and lots of other cool little game play tweaks. I think it's fantastic that SNK is back in business, but they need to do some serious hardware upgrading and move this series forward. Imagine a KOF game that looks like SF3! As it stands, the only people who will most likely get a lot out of this game are the fans who haven't burned out on the series already, or newbies curious about getting into the SNK cult. Unfortunately for them, KOF 2000/2001 do not represent the series finest hour and would do better to seek out the older games. Only the truly dedicated will get there money's worth out of this cool little package. Next up Metal Slug 3!

Nostalgia factor is through the roof

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Back when fighting games ruled the arcades-back when there were arcades-the battle for quarters was never fiercer than the one between SNK and Capcom. Capcom may have refined tag-team fighting with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and other titles, but SNK started the trend in 1994 with the first King of Fighters title. King brought together fighters from some of SNK's most popular franchises-most notably Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting-for team-based combat. Issued as a two-disc set, this KOF features pixel-perfect arcade ports of the 2000 and 2001 offerings, and both are a nostalgic throwback to the days of old-school 2D sprite-fighters, where two-in-ones and cross-ups rule, and it isn't uncommon to rack up 13 hits in a single move. Some console-exclusive features have also been included, such as unlockable extra fighters and other goodies exclusive to this home release. KOF 2000's 35-fighter lineup is slightly outnumbered by 2001's 40-fighter roster, but several characters share all-too-familiar move sets. By today's standards, these games probably won't mean much to gamers who grew up on the combo flow-charts of Tekken and Soul Calibur, but these King games are nevertheless very playable thanks to responsive controls and intuitive easy-to-execute moves. If you're a diehard fanatic of 2D fighting games, take the Fun Factor up a notch.

Kof fights there way to the new millenium!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game should be the hottest fighting game ever! When i went to japan and played it... It was like i was in heaven!This game has new features and new rules. You can unlock old kof videos to remember the classics! It also has a very cool striker system as used in kof 99 where you can get with your partner and attack them out of no where! I Also like the graphics. There staying with snk's good ol' originals! There not as colorful or bright as capcoms 2D fighting games but thats what makes the graphics much more detailed. They also had pretty great endings(Although ive only seen one). With cool animated pictures and a 3d backround feature. And it has a brand new mode called Party mode, Where you have to defeat a certain amount of charecters at a certain amount of health. This game sounds really fun! I had really fun playing kof 2000 at japan and kof 2001 at an arcade in japan. There really fun!

To rent or to buy? I'd say you should rent it when it comes out to make sure if it doesnt suit you much but to my comments i'd buy it.

King of Fighters rules

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

King of Fighters has and will probably be one of the best fighting games there has ever been. Tekken has nothing on this and neither does Street Fighter. This has been a game that anybody can get used to with its variety of characters and the way that the storyline can have the affect on you with the characters.

A very awesom 2 in one, All for 40 bucks!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very awesom! Kof 2000's graphics have improved alot, Since 1999. There are alot of unlockables! In 2001 you can unlock 2 secret charecters, in 2000 you can unlock Videos of the good Kof classics! And unlock some secret strikers, From alot of Snk games! Although the art work arn't the one's we are use to... Kof 2001 art work is a little icky, But who cares? That's not the fun in the game! They've also have a new 3D polygon backround feature, The characters are still 2D( To tell you if you've never seen the pictures...) And Kula appears as in Extra
in 2000 and appears to be a character in 2001! The story lines are okay but not the best i've seen... The music of Kyo is very cool! I could listen to it all day! ^_^... Well these are my opinions, This is a must buy but, What the other guy said, Rent it first and see what you think!

5 Stars all the way!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! I love fighting games! This game is better than street fighter! I always thought that Kof will never be as good as Street fighter, But boy was i wrong! The graphics are much detailed, The sound is okay... But no unlockable charecters... But the rest is 5 5 and 5!

Two classics, one great package!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Any fan would be crazy not to pick this up..
Both KOF 2000 and 2001 are included here and feature 3d backgrounds, 75 playable characters and a set of 5 trading cards (mail in)

The KOF series has always been one of quality and skill. No button mashing will suffice. I am certain some will dismiss the old school looks of this series but if you are a fan of 2D, hand drawn goodness, by all means, pick it up!
For serious competitors only..

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