Which is the best SNK fighting game series?

[Anonymous No.10122836]

Fatal Fury?
King of Fighters?
Art of Fighting?
World Heroes?
Something else?

Also, Mai put on weight in Kof 96!

[Anonymous No.10122852]

>>10122836
Samurai Shodown if you ignore post V Special installments.
The rest are trash.

[Anonymous No.10122856]

>>10122852
I played some FF and KoF, they're as good as Street Fighter II, just more boring characters.

[Anonymous No.10122863]

late FF and Garou are quite good. but the same can be said about LB2 and KoF best games. kizuna is very underrated btw. hard to pick the best one, it's a matter of taste.

[Anonymous No.10122865]

>>10122856
This depends on exact FF, KoF and SF2 versions.

[Anonymous No.10122870]

>>10122865
I played FF2 and KoF 96. The controls leave nothing to be desired, but some of the bosses in FF2 are so fucking cheap you need a special strategy to beat them (like the plane switching against Krauser).

[Anonymous No.10122879]

>>10122836
SNK haters at least know how to play the games ? Players who know how to play know very well the JANK of these games but most haters don't know basic shit like the jump system in KOF

[Anonymous No.10122885]

>>10122836
i liked last blade
world heroes is great too
but objectively KoF is the "best"
then probably fatal fury & samsho

[Anonymous No.10122890]

>>10122836
SNKfag here. I'll break it down:
KoF 98/02/XIII if you want the most "FGC" game. also good if you want fast, rushdown-oriented game that doesn't care that much for footsies. finally, also great if you're in it for waifus and cool characters. just don't cry when you get your ass whipped by Mexicans and Koreans on Fightcade.
Garou is second closest to this as "FGC" game. Great graphics, but small roster. It's a pretty easy standard 2D fighter on beginner level, but a rather autistic kind of expert. Also it lacks planes from Fatal Fury.
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special & 2 if you want "real" Fatal Fury with planes. It's a bit simplified compared to other deeper / more complex 2D fighters, so it fits those who just want to chill and not go full on FGC.
Fatal Fury Special, Samurai Shodown 2 and KoF 95 if you want "boomer" fighters (i.e. like SF2—lots of stun, slow, short combos, less accent on supers etc). Those are usually picked by those disappointed with modern fighters. Expect a lot of jank and broken stuff though.
Samurai Shodown V Special is somewhat related but unique. It has only short combos and huge damage and lots of neutral like old fighters; but at the same time it offers tons of depth and unorthodox stuff with it. it's a weird mix of part 'tism, part dumb strong normals that cut off 50% of your life.
Art of Fighting 1-2 are only to be played for laughs. 3 is actually a cool weird ix of 2D fighter and Virtua Fighter mechanics. cool and looks great, but rough around edges.
World Heroes is a meme and no one pretends it was any good.

[Anonymous No.10122914]

>>10122870
I mean, most of FF and KoF games play worse than SFII Champion Edition. Then KoF 98 is so good it almost approaches Super Street Fighter II Turbo quality.

[Anonymous No.10122916]

>>10122890
>SNKfag
>doesn't mention SamSho 2 and SamSho 4
poseur

[Anonymous No.10122917]

>>10122914
>Mindbroken by fightcade players
I love SF but you are just seething

[Anonymous No.10122919]

>>10122914
>FF and KoF games play worse than SFII Champion Edition
No they don't. They have exactly the same level of precision that made SFII so famous. Playing SFII and FF2 today made me realize how unfairly popular Capcom's games got. SNK's games were just as good, gameplay-wise.

[Anonymous No.10122937]

>>10122919
I just fail to see how can anyone play a couple of FF2 matches and think "yep, this totally plays as smooth as SF2". This might be possible with Real Bout or later KoF games, but early SNK stuff is too janky.

[Anonymous No.10122938]

>>10122937
Not at all. The plane switching is dumb (but it's a great way to look at Mai's fat ass), I'll give you that, but everything else is great.

[Anonymous No.10122942]

>>10122938
with actual human opponents the plane switching makes each fight play out like a cheeseball action movie
i liked it but when the cpu ai abuses it it can be v annoying
i use my dip settings and turn the difficulty to the lowest - its a fuckin quarter muncher otherwise

[Anonymous No.10123030]

>>10122942
Why not FF Special though? It's faster and smoother.

[Anonymous No.10123036]

Fatal Fury 2/Special and Real Bout Special for me

[Anonymous No.10123059]

>>10123036
I prefer gritty RB1 look over RB Special and RB2. They felt like SNK tried to ape Capcom style and color palette with those two.

[Anonymous No.10123063]

>>10123059
When you knock Mai into the water in RB1, her fat ass floats up to the surface. Absolutely hilarious.

[Anonymous No.10123070]

>>10123063
Ring outs and third plane were kino. SNK should've improved and balanced the features instead of removing them altogether

[Anonymous No.10123076]

>>10122890
AoF2 is worth playing in English just for the fact that they essentially did a gag translation

[Anonymous No.10123083]

>>10123076
AoF2 had some huge sprites. Yuri looks much better in AoF2 than she does in the Kof games.

[Anonymous No.10123097]

>>10122836
Overall, KoF with some exceptions like MotW here and there

[Anonymous No.10123123]

>>10122870
Fatal Fury Special is much better than FF2 and IMO KoF 95 is much better than KoF 96

[Anonymous No.10123269]

>>10123123
Kof 96 has Mai's ass jiggle. Kof 95 doesn't. They redraw all the sprites for 96, and gave Mai a flabby backside while at it.

[Anonymous No.10123275]

>>10123269
They didn't redraw walking sprites though. Looks cheap and half-assed when Kyo briefly becomes dorky looking KoF94 Kyo when walking in Kof96-98

[Anonymous No.10123469]

>>10122836
This brings back memories. I remember an old British forum called Higher Voltage (this was early 00s). They had an ass tournament where they voted for the best ass of KoF. Funny thing, they excluded Mai from the tournament because her ass was, as they called it, "a little flabby".

[Anonymous No.10123498]

>>10122890
Good breakdown

[Anonymous No.10123503]

>>10123269
I hated KoF 96 when it came out, especially due to the impact sound when you hit, it felt so flat and unsatisfying; in KoF 95 it sounded like a loud slap, the most satisfying move was the RAIKOOOKEN of Benimaru in 95 when it landed well... in 96 it was meh

[Anonymous No.10123507]

>>10122914
I rented 98 from a local video store for my Dreamcast. I never returned it and the store closed down

[Anonymous No.10123519]

>>10123503
>RAIKOOOKEN of Benimaru in 95 when it landed well
Hell yeah, I can feel the feeling of it