/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4969809
Or NEO•GEO games.

>>3678386
Next, Samurai Shodown. SNK's second-biggest IP, but perhaps not as popular in the West.

The first and the second installments was pretty much SFII, but with samurais. The game had several interesting features though, like very much more damaging sword attacks, rage moves (which inspired ultra moves in SFIV), dashing and several others. They play pretty good, not as balanced as SFII of course but pretty fun and bright. The rest got a bit more experimental, and I can't really say much about them. I'm not a pro, and SSV Special was a bit too complex for my understanding, and due to its lower popularity I abandoned it. Still, I can say it has a more "experimental" feel than other SNK series. The series allows to take off more than 2/3 of opponent's health with one lucky blow, for example.

Finally, Last Blade. A game is set in Japan, but in a later period than Samurai Shodown (in XIXth century). A beautiful game for sure—amazing backgrounds which are known beyond the fighting game community. Gameplay-wise, it features chain combos like in Darkstalkers and different modes (like in SFA3, for example). Also, it has a parry-like mechanic. I haven't played it that much though, it's not that popular today and feels a tiny bit style over substance.

As for the rest of SNK games… Some would remember World Heroes maybe, there are also games published on Neo Geo but not made by SNK. They have their fans, but frankly, they never were as popular.

A little last word on the later SNK games. They tried to go 3D with KoF but without much success (Maximum Impact sub series). KoFXIII and XIV are good and are totally worthy of being sequels (aside for XIV's disappointing graphics). As for the rest of the games, Samurai Shodown got a 3D game and it sucked. SNK had been in dire straits trying to make ends for most of the 2000s. Mostly they either made retro collections for every platform or milked their IPs with pachinko or date sims. Except Card Fighters was a banger.

>>3525412
Basically anything by SNK like Metal Slug or Samurai Shodown, pic related