I wanted to like a Fatal Fury game since I love KOF. But now I finally have one (and two I guess with RB Fatal Fury Special). You can also thank this game for making me switch from Kyo to Geese.
1-lane stages suck and in general the lane system feels super-sidelined. i like terry slightly more in RBS and i think overall the character artwork here is way less appealing than that game. but top tier grappler geese is like the hardest shit ever i cannot lie
bob
not as good as the other 2 real bouts, presentation is odd
This game made us Terry mains.
Aesthetically pleasing but not much else here. When I beat Geese and the credits rolled I was surprised that there wasn't any ending cutscene or dialogue at all. How can I take Geese seriously if he doesn't call me a pin-headed son of an icecream maker!?
I started up Real Bout 2 excited to see any new changes or animations out there that SNK made, and while I was hit with an amazing intro, my experience kept declining from there. Gone were a lot of the more dynamic entries and animation that made Real Bout Special so good, and what I was meet with was really a more bare bones game than even the first Real Bout.
There are a few new changes to the game, and while there is a bigger roster, I honestly didn't feel too excited for any of them. Fatal Fury games are far more ratio'd toward men, and while Mai and Mary are absolutely fun to play, Li being the only new female addition didn't put my hopes up too high for a diversity win. On top of this, a lot of the stages are now duller in animation or less expressive in general. The majority of the stages still have 2 lines to use, but are back to the original flanking bits over outright fighting on different lines. On top of this, stages no longer have ring outs and some stages even opt out of the whole line system all together.
Arcade mode did get an extra boost in helping novice players beat the game by adding a handicap each time you get a game over though, and I will say this is a step in the right direction.
Still with all these new changes to the real bout series as a sequel, I honestly feel like SNK just wanted to make something safe that would sell well. Not only did these changes take a lot of the uniqueness away from the series, but it really just made it worse than the original Real Bout. Having something unique and interesting to play over something more safe and tourney friendly is not something you really want to have when you have plenty of other fighting games to pick up the slack there. Sadly this really means that the Real Bout series went out on a whimper over it's banger middle, and while I'm sad that it wasn't as good as the rest of the series, it's by no means a bad fighter. Average at best with decent fundamentals is still something to talk about; it just lost the spirit of what made it better than that.
There are a few new changes to the game, and while there is a bigger roster, I honestly didn't feel too excited for any of them. Fatal Fury games are far more ratio'd toward men, and while Mai and Mary are absolutely fun to play, Li being the only new female addition didn't put my hopes up too high for a diversity win. On top of this, a lot of the stages are now duller in animation or less expressive in general. The majority of the stages still have 2 lines to use, but are back to the original flanking bits over outright fighting on different lines. On top of this, stages no longer have ring outs and some stages even opt out of the whole line system all together.
Arcade mode did get an extra boost in helping novice players beat the game by adding a handicap each time you get a game over though, and I will say this is a step in the right direction.
Still with all these new changes to the real bout series as a sequel, I honestly feel like SNK just wanted to make something safe that would sell well. Not only did these changes take a lot of the uniqueness away from the series, but it really just made it worse than the original Real Bout. Having something unique and interesting to play over something more safe and tourney friendly is not something you really want to have when you have plenty of other fighting games to pick up the slack there. Sadly this really means that the Real Bout series went out on a whimper over it's banger middle, and while I'm sad that it wasn't as good as the rest of the series, it's by no means a bad fighter. Average at best with decent fundamentals is still something to talk about; it just lost the spirit of what made it better than that.
The lane is system is stripped down compared to the other games, what we get instead is an extremely focused and bombastic fighter. The combo system gives it so much character than a lot of other fighters at the time. It feels like all the characters are full secrets waiting to be discovered.
the only game where you can play as Laurence (That isn't handheld or homeport)
Its a peak sandwich
Its a peak sandwich
No relevant story, charismatic characters or great gameplay additions make this a pretty pointless game, specially compared to RB or RB Special.
This is the best Fatal Fury game that doesn't have Rock Howard but has Rick Stroud
Virou um dos meus fighting games favoritos , muito divertido e com um roster otimo rick strowd melhor char do jogo
easily the best non-garou fatal fury game. The level of polish towards everything is awesome and the character roster is also really solid with tons of characters that aren't even in KoF. I played a lot of this on fightcade with the boys back when fight nights were still a thing and I can confirm, game slaps.
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 | MaraSNK%
E é isso, essa é a versão definitiva para os jogar os clássicos Fatal Fury, RealBout 2 é mto bom
Mto bonito, mto gostoso de jogar, tem vários personagens, ring-outs excelentes, endings de arcade super engraçados
Recomendo mto jogar!
9/10
E é isso, essa é a versão definitiva para os jogar os clássicos Fatal Fury, RealBout 2 é mto bom
Mto bonito, mto gostoso de jogar, tem vários personagens, ring-outs excelentes, endings de arcade super engraçados
Recomendo mto jogar!
9/10
When the comers are new.