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Only good for nostalgia

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: August 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Art of Fighting was never that good a series in the first place. It had poor strike resolution, EXTREMELY demanding joystick control (you need to be REALLY accurate with the fireball, dragon punch motions, etc., to get the specials out at all), almost no combos, and ungodly cheap CPU characters.

AoF had a small following but for the vast majority of fighting game fans it was always the game that you played if the local pizza shop or candy store didn't carry SF or MK. It was an innovator in the genre because it was the first to introduce a separate power bar for specials and a desperation move (though some will argue that those features were introduced in other games such as Crossed Swords, they were never in any head to head fighting game until this one), and the zooming display. But its animation is jerky, the zoom is very heavyhanded and tends to be disorienting, and the game mechanics were just not that good overall.

SNK didn't put out a really good fighter that was competitive with the SF and MK franchises until Samurai Shodown. Fatal Fury wasn't even that good until FFII.

Some of the fans out there will enjoy this because it's a fairly complete and faithful port, but honestly -- the game was never that good to begin with, and the benefits of buying this game on a new system will mostly be for nostalgia only.

This collection is far from great. This is a lazy a55 port man!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 22
Date: June 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Its barely recommendable to be honest. I remember the arcade ports perfectly for the first 2 clearly because I played them so much. This is the first time I ever heard of the 3rd one. I gotta tell you, I'm disappointed with this. The Art of Fighting games were hard then. You would think that snk would actually add a difficult setting that works. They have the settings but the bad thing is, playing the games on easy is no different from hard or normal. The cpu characters are cheap. And to make matters worst the controls for each of the games is hellacious. Thats the only way I can describe them. Now, they are not exact ports from the arcade. Even though its a small detail but its there. The arcade version never refered to the father as "Karate". Thats from the SNES version. He was called "?". And also the subtitling for 2 is off like he11 in the intro. But those are small things that I had to mention. The other things are exactly like the arcade. The original soundtracks, graphics, voice overs and slow down. If anything I say the voices are clearer then the arcade versions. Now as for part 3. I think it sucks. The fighting stances are horrible. Especially for Robert Garcia. Its like he's trying to dance salsa with a prostetic leg or some s**t. The characters aren't that interesting. The music for the stages is lame. The faces don't get mangled during a beating. And you can get further button mashing then trying to pull off moves. And who cares about the graphics if your not having fun anyway? Also to include my controls are not messed up either. I bought two brand new ones together with this so me and my boys can play other multiplayer games.

I'm sorry to say... but SNK dropped the ball with this one. On my way home I was so excited and I was thinking how cool it would be for SNK to drop more compilations. Such as Samurai Showdown, World Heroes, or another compilation featuring; Magician Lord, Nam 75, Cyber lip, and Ninja Combat. But after playing this, I can only expect the worst. RENT THIS BEFORE BUYING! If you must buy a fighting game anthology. Invest your money in the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology. I'm so p*ssed that they were so damn lazy with this port over.

A more than solid collection of the series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: May 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For casual gamers, SNK's Art of Fighting franchise may not be as well known as their King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, or Samurai Showdown franchises, but that has never made it any worse. The Art of Fighting Anthology collects the three games in the series that follow the fighting adventures of Ryo and Robert as they take to the streets. The first game is the only one that has a storyline that makes any kind of relative sense (the pair are on the hunt for Ryo's kidnapped sister Yuri), but since when have you played a fighting game for the story? All three games have been emulated relatively perfectly from their Neo Geo arcade counterparts, which is good and bad. The first game suffers from a bit of slowdown and offers somewhat archaic controls, while the second game improves on this. The third Art of Fighting game is undoubtedly the best and re-vamps the graphics and tweaks the gameplay as well, making this collection worth picking up for alone. Though it would have been nice if some extras were included on the disc, the Art of Fighting Anthology is an excellent pick up for the price; and offers some great, old school 2-D fighting action that is still enjoyable to this day. Like the Metal Slug Anthology before it, maybe SNK will release some of their other franchises (like Fatal Fury or Samurai Showdown) in compilation form for the PS2 before it finally goes to console heaven.

The Old Days

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Its funny how you remember something from your childhood. Something that you remember as a kid can affect you in many ways. With early fighting games its always a hit or miss. If you are a diehard fighting fan it is a no brainer, you probably grew up loving ALL of the Capcom/SNK fighters and other misc ones too like Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, Tekken and even Pit Fighter etc...

Art of Fighting is definitely old school. The first game in this collection is quite dated and at times laughable but you have to love it for what it tried to do for its time by allowing your character's face to get all messed up during the fight. Its almost laughable now but how many fighting games still maintain this realism of face mangling IN game (not just at the screen where you lose like SF). Its a classic just like (Donkey Kong), (Pacman) etc. Early fighters are going to really appeal more to the people that remember them and there might be a few new gamers who might like it but its going to be rare because the Art of Fighting games look and feel quite dated up against even early SFII and Fatal Fury games.

I think the real gem here is (The Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3) and really worth buying alone for this one along with the nostalgia of the first two. Its always fun once in awhile to go back and see how far the fighters of today have come! For ANY SNK/Capcom fanatic like myself You have already snatched this gem up and have already relived these classics for yourself. For the price its really a steal!

Art of fighting Anthology

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, it's good for anybody who was playing 2D fighters at the arcades back than, but there's a old saying, "you cannot ever go back" I tried, and the magic just wasn't there anymore. For hardcare oldschool 2D fighters collectors ONLY!

the art of fighting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

it was fun for a while, but pretty outdated when compared to tekken or soul calibur.

Game review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is great. Fighting style is similar to the Street Fighter II games. The game is very fun to play.

Not a Bad Collection, But Could Have Been Better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I always believed that the Art of Fighting series were badly underrated. It never really caught on like the Fatal Fury or later the Samurai Shodown series. But it did had its merits nevertheless from the hugh characters to the sprit meter which limits how often you can special moves to the graphic scaling.

All 3 games in the series are 100% versions of the arcade ports. Sadly, SNK Playmore didn't bother to do more like tighten up the controls in the 1st. Art of Fighting game (I'm still having problems exucuting Robert's Lighting Kick, the Haoh Sho Koh Ken & the Ryuko Ranbu). The second game improves on this, but its best to play with another player as it's tough, even on Easy mode. AoF 3 is the best looking of the series. It plays a little like Virtual Fighting (despite the fact that it's still 2-D. SNK planned to make Aof 3 in 3-D. But I guess the Neo*Geo couldn't handle 3-D graphics).

If you're an old school gamer like myself & like fighting games, this collection is at least worth a rental.

4 Stars!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i used to play this on the arcade. now, i own the game over my PS2! this is a great game! classic!

Isn't what I expected!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the arcade version (Old Version). This game doesn't add any especial when played in the Playstation Systems.

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