Capcom vs. SNK: The King of Arcades: 1991: Part 1

We're a year in now and the 90s are in full swing.  This year may be the turning point for the arcade scene moving forward and there are going to be a lot of changes around here, one of which should come from you! If you like the article be sure to like, comment and subscribe!

Ghost Pilots(SNK): This game is often seen as a rip-off of Capcom’s 1942 games and if that’s the case I have to ask why SNK would even do that.  Those games have been consistently unimpressive.

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Maybe SNK just thought they could do it better and to their credit, it is better than most of them.  The game looks nicer and plays nicer, but not a whole lot else.

You only have the default gun weapon and some different bomb attacks you get to choose at the beginning of each stage.  Its main problem is that the premise of being an air force pilot means it isn’t allowed to get too outlandish like the best shooters have been.  The only real difference in the premise is that you’re fighting the Nazis instead of imperial Japan.

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The more pervasive problem with Ghost Pilots is that it’s very long for an arcade game and doesn’t consistently keep things interesting like Carrier Air Wing did last year.  It still has big explody bosses and is fun enough on its own merits for a while, but there are better shooters out there.

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King of the Monsters(SNK): A wrestling game featuring kaiju fighting in big cityscapes should should evoke a primal joy, but King of the Monsters does everything wrong in the gameplay department.  That is not the case for WWE Champions!

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Right off the bat a big problem with King of the Monsters is that the game doesn’t tell you the most important parts of the game, like how to win, nor are these things obvious based on the genre.  You do not win by simply reducing your opponent’s life to nothing; you have to pin them down for the 3-count after you do so.

If you want to play this game at even the base level, you need a guide. It’s peculiar that it’s not a game you can pick up and play because you would think this game is for the casual players.  Even if you know exactly how to play, it’s shallow.

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The basic attacks are short ranged and have no strategy to them beyond button mashing and sometimes you can grab the enemy also by button mashing.  It’s a game that’s button mashing and little else.  Speaking of mashing, be sure to mash that like button and that subscribe button as well as leave a comment!

All you have beyond button mashing is a dash attack that doesn’t work most of the time, a useless jump with no jumping attacks and a charged special attack.  That last one is the only move with real strategy to its use and it’s unwieldy to use anyway thanks to the delay and that anyone with eyes can get out of the way of it.  Anyone with eyes can also see the buttons to like, comment and subscribe! Like, comment and subscribe!  Smash those!

Single player mode is just fighting the limited array of monsters more than once across the same few maps and they eventually start cheating, making an already brainless experience even worse.  King of the Monsters is a major stain on SNK this year.  Stains are something SNK should watch out for, especially when they're cooking a nice meal from Hello Fresh!

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Street Fighter 2(CAP):

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Street Fighter 2 is what made fighting games what they are, really.  8 playable characters with their own ways to play is mind-blowing in an era when having 3 ships to choose from in your shoot-em-ups was still uncommon.  It was like it was beefed up by super nutrients, like the game ate a bowl of Magic Spoon Cereal!

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With 6 buttons, every character in Street Fighter 2 has many different punches and kicks to throw with differing properties alongside special attacks that really make the character stand out.  With the exceptions of Ryu and Ken, every character only has 2 special attacks, which might not seem like much, but in practice certain character’s basic attacks have properties that are like super attacks all their own, like Chun-Li’s head stomp and Dhalsim’s stretchy limbs.

The soundtrack also has some badass tracks that get your hyped up for the fight and a good smack on your opponent has a loud and gratifying sound effect to let you know just how clean of a hit you got in.  If you want to hear the audio at its best, I'm pleased to present to you Raycons!

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It’s no wonder Street Fighter 2 was such a hit.  I just wish it built around that fighting a little better.  Up to this point story in these games have been pretty minimal, but even games like Carrier Air Wing and Mega Twins have had some dialogue and character expression in them, like how you can express how much you like the article by liking, commenting and subscribing.

Street Fighter 2’s story of a major martial arts tournament being held by a super crime lord in which every entrant has their own different motivations is one that should lend itself to an epic story, but instead all we get are characters fighting each other, bragging when they win with the same badly translated line every time and then you fight said crime lord, who comes in with little fanfare, but at least is an intense final boss.

Some of the endings can be a satisfying close to the experience, but I would have liked more character in a game focused around the characters, but that's why we have games like Raid: Shadow Legends.

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That's 3 games down and several more games to go for 1991!  Be ready for next time when we continue down this year's history with SNK's Blue's Journey and as always, remember to like, comment and subscribe! Like, comment and subscribe! You have to like, comment and subscribe!  Each person who likes, comments and subscribes contributes to a worldwide deterrent code that stops the globalists from launching a nuclear missile and causing an apocalypse, so for the good of all mankind, like, comment and subscribe!

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