Game Crazy selling PS2 Art of Fighting Collection *new* for $15!

[Knoxximus]

I guess this is the MSRP for the game, but I am just shocked at how cheap it actually is! For AoF 1/2 and Brotherhood? Those are NES VC prices!:lol:

[deathscythehe]

It's $12.99 on Buy.com + $10 off with GCO.
http://www.buy.com/prod/Art_of_Fighting_Anthology/q/loc/108/204523440.html

[nonggame]

Is this game any good? Does it has progressive out put ?

[Chuplayer]

Is this game any good?
AOF1 and 2 are absolute shit. It's the stuff Angry Video Game Nerd videos are made of. AOF3 is a shined up turd. The animation's nice, and there are some interesting gameplay elements, but a turd is still a turd.

I can't believe they're even bothering with the AOF collection. Where are the KOF collections? Last Blade collection? fuckING GAROU MARK OF THE WOLVES ON THE PS2 WITH ONLINE MULTIPLAYER?! The only thing that could top that is Garou on XBLA.

[Rozz]

Good to know, might pick this up now.

[nonggame]

>< thanks for the review no wonder it's only 15 bones.

[Roufuss]

Makes me wonder if this thing will have an MSRP of $15 or under, this is now the second place that has put it at an extremely cheap MSRP compared to what other games go for.

I'd drop $15 on this, if it was a universal MSRP.

[Knoxximus]

Yeah, AoF was not a high point for SNK. I'm just worried about what kind of message we are sending if we DON'T buy it. I mean, 12-15 bucks is a small price to pay for a cup coaster if it'll force their hands to release the KOF or Fatal Fury Collections....maybe even SamSho!

[Nohbdy]

It is a universal MSRP. It's not supposed to be any more expensive than $15.

[Lord Omega Yagami]

It is more than worth it. AOF1 was amazing for it's time. AOF3 is a very good game, just not up to SNK standards. But the final boss more than makes up for it. And AOF2 is very possibly the hardest game ever made. You just can't pass this up.

[freshzen]

It is a universal MSRP. It's not supposed to be any more expensive than $15.

EB/GS have it for $19.99

I did a GCO on buy.com and paid $7.39 total. I decided that was a better option since TRU is carrying both Odin Sphere and Atelier Iris 3 so I'm hoping to get those for $10 by winter, instead of $30 ;)

[eastx]

Yes, the AOF games were really impressive when they came out. They had cool stories too. The ridiculous difficulty is the only drawback to me...

[CaoPi]

15 dollars dam, but didn't GCO already expire for 10 off any $10 purcahse or more?

[TehTriggerman]

Dear CAPCOM,

Please make a fighting game compliation disc based on all the Marvel cross overs.


Thanks

Patient loving Fan
:bouncy:

[Roufuss]

Capcom would have, if they still had the rights to the Marvel characters.

But they don't, and licensing them for a compliation, well, they would never make enough money to even cover the cost of licensing unless they sold the compilation at an extremely inflated price.

[62t]

the funny thing is capcom actually sold the marvel license to EA

[freshzen]

the funny thing is capcom actually sold the marvel license to EA
That was like 3 years ago...I remember when that first happened they were talking about releasing a Marvel vs. EA fighting game that never happened. Too bad, I bet it would've sucked bad.

[-Never4ever-]

That was like 3 years ago...I remember when that first happened they were talking about releasing a Marvel vs. EA fighting game that never happened. Too bad, I bet it would've sucked bad.

There was, it's called marvel nemesis. The problem was, EA had no original characters, so the had to make up all new ones on the spot. Also, I believe the license expired, Marvel wanted more money, so capcom passed.

[Garfield]

I love my Saturn and Dreamcast in situations like this!

For $15, I will buy it just to support SNK, although I'm always interested in a AoF compilation.

[Don Chubo]

It's $15 at Amazon also.

[Kyo]

I'll probably get it just for the heck of it. I think one of my fren told me that TRU has the collections for 15 bucks (there was a sale going on - I got genji for cheap).

Who knows, they might actually come out with Last blade collection - I'll buy that in a heartbeat.

[hiamiyumi]

It's $15 at Amazon also.

ToysRus also. $14.99 in store

[Josef]

$13.99 at Deepdiscount.com

Leave it to Gamestop to charge $5 over retail. Pricks.

[depascal22]

Does anyone actually have this collection? Is it even worth it to play? I bit on SamShoV and KOF Neowave. I'm all about supporting SNK but three strikes in a row will really piss me off.

[emceelokey]

doesnt Activision have the Marvel license now?


I think Sega just accuired the rights to publish Marvel games. I think they're going ot start with Iron Man.


As for the series. AoF didn't age well at all. Even during it's original arcade release it was somewhat outdated. The first one only hd 2 characters to choose from in single player mode while Street Fighter 2 had 8 and was already out for over a year at that point. The most notable thingabout AoF is that it was the first fighting game to have graphic scaling. That feature where when the fighters were really close to each other they would almost be full screen sized but if you stepped back the screen would scroll back and keep the character in ratio.

Still. Even in it's prime it wasn't really a good game.

[Roufuss]

Does anyone actually have this collection? Is it even worth it to play? I bit on SamShoV and KOF Neowave. I'm all about supporting SNK but three strikes in a row will really piss me off.

It's arcade perfect, or pretty damn close - most of the complaints just stem from the games themselves, rather than the quality of the port.

I could do worse with my $15, I've always wanted to play AoF 2 and 3 and "relive" AoF 1, and I was contemplating importing this when it dropped to $24.90 - now I don't really have to, I'll grab this for $15.

They were also talking about bringing over Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol 1, I'd be up for that for $15 too, I could probably dump my import for $15.

[CaoPi]

so these are just ports? anything extra in them?

[Strider Turbulence]

$15 at Wherehouse/fye, looks like this is MSRP for the most part.

As a word of warning, everyone past the first battle in AoF2 suffers from a severe case of SNK Boss Syndrome.

[emceelokey]

As a word of warning, everyone past the first battle in AoF2 suffers from a severe case of SNK Boss Syndrome.


Yes, total broken boss syndrome. Thing is it's not just the bosses. I remember I emulated that a few years back and even with save points I couldn't get myself to play that game for more than 3 stages.

[depascal22]

Are they good games to play with friends? I have no experience at all with Art of Fighting and would rather not pay $15 for a crappy game.

[wizardofcoz4126]

I remeber somone saying why not import the other SNK compilations if this one was so terrible. The reason why I am reluctant to do so is because importing is not only expensive , but also there is also the language barrier to deal with as well. Between opting to either buy a Japanese system or using risky swap disc methods, its not worth hurting my PS2 or my wallet. I guess I will support the SNK cause
by purchasing this game.

[Paco]

I honestly thought that Art of Fighting would put SNK out of business.

[putney]

I'm really surprised that SNK/Playmore is releasing any fighting games at all. Between what I'm guessing terrible sales of KOF 02'/03' and Neowave coupled with many gamers who still view fighting games as "purely nostalgic", I'm really surprised we are getting anything at all.

I think we're at least seeing the PS2 versions coming out because they're cheap to localize, since most SNK games were multi-language to begin with. Perhaps we'll at least see ports made available via Xbox Live Arcade or Wii's Virtual Console/upcoming Game Channel. I know I had no hesitation dropping $15 for AoF, even though it's probably my least favorite of the Neo Geo fighting franchises. Now a Real Bout Fatal Fury anthology, that'll get me excited.

[freshzen]

I saw this game at TRU today for $14.99, they just had 2 copies though.

[ptcoakley]

AoF is obviously not one of the better series from SNK, but as a fan of them I feel obligated to buy this compilation if only to show them that some people do care. Honestly, $15 is not very much at all, and while some of you may think these 3 games aren't worth it, it doesn't change the fact that SNK did do something really cool and release a lesser known franchise for an acceptable price. If this leads to the SamSho/FF compilations getting over to our market, then I am certainly interested in helping out.

[SilverPaw750]

I'm considering using GCO to get this for $7 shipped. Are these three games good enough to provide $7 in entertainment?

[Chacrana]

I'm considering using GCO to get this for $7 shipped. Are these three games good enough to provide $7 in entertainment?

Not... really. Maybe $2.50 worth of entertainment. AOF 1 and 2 are throwaways. You could play them once if you need to prove to yourself that they're terrible, but I really wouldn't recommend it. AOF 3 isn't any good, but the win quotes are sort of funny if you're plastered. So...

Seriously, these games are lousy. I really wouldn't recommend bothering with them at any price. Save your money for some decent fighters.

[eastx]

As long as you play multiplayer, there's fun to be had here. The huge scaling sprites are pretty impressive, and I don't remember 2 or 3 but 1 had great music.

AOF is also the series to pioneer shirt-destruction - finish a female character with a fireball and her shirt bursts off. It's silly, but funny and awesome too. I think maybe some of the early KOF games kept that little feature; maybe not.

[Trakan]

Nah, there's no hidden agenda. I wasn't the one who deleted your posts, Chacrana, but it's easy to tell that the mod who did was just trying to keep the arguing out of this deal thread. I think you've made it clear you don't like the game, so maybe we should just let it go and stop fighting.

[Apossum]

if I pass by a GC sometime soon, I'll have to pick this up. yes, if only to reveal King's gender.

[josekortez]

I got it at TRU yesterday for $15. It had a goofy TRU "value priced" sticker on it.

[DomLando]

My local Game Crazy did not have any but TRU had a few copies. Picked it up there. I would not give into Gamestops 19.99 price.

[CaoPi]

I'm playing it now even on the easiest difficulty, the COM is cheap in AOF 2. AOF 3 totally killed the series not only are the characters lame the combo system is weak also...btw looks like this game is back on buy.com

[dbz4ever]

Just ordered one ^^, thanks CaoPi

I am buying it mostly for collection purposes, don't really have time to play much nowadays =(

[depascal22]

I saw this at TRU today while I was scouring for discounted games. I might pick it up when it gets clearanced out.

[depascal22]

So is anyone enjoying this game? I see everyone picking it up because it's cheap but who believes these games are still fun? I'm not bashing how great it was back in the day but how do they stand up?

[CaoPi]

So is anyone enjoying this game? I see everyone picking it up because it's cheap but who believes these games are still fun? I'm not bashing how great it was back in the day but how do they stand up?

AOF 2 is my favortie title when comparing to the past IMO this game is crap compared to standards to today of course but back then it was a blast. I rarely play AOF 1 and 3 on here...

[Oswald9599]

Closed, and then reopened. Wierd?


AOF AOF AOF.

staying on topic. I noticed that most of the stores in my area that were carrying this are actually now sold out. Maybe it will be a hit.

[Roufuss]

Closed, and then reopened. Wierd?


AOF AOF AOF.

staying on topic. I noticed that most of the stores in my area that were carrying this are actually now sold out. Maybe it will be a hit.

All the off topic stuff was deleted, and it got reopened.

There is a fighting thread here to talk about general fighting stuff, however (I saw you had a lot of info and love for fighters):

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138736

[Chacrana]

I haven't actually seen the game on shelves yet myself. Not that I'd buy it, but perhaps the 2 copies that stores are getting are actually selling... which would be very surprising.

Edit: I think half the posts made in this thread were deleted. Still suspicious.

[depascal22]

Because half of the posts were completely off topic. We should follow Roufuss to the fighting thread and bash SNK America's policies even more.

[shrike4242]

All the off topic stuff was deleted, and it got reopened.

There is a fighting thread here to talk about general fighting stuff, however (I saw you had a lot of info and love for fighters):

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138736
Because half of the posts were completely off topic. We should follow Roufuss to the fighting thread and bash SNK America's policies even more.
Correct and correct.