Review: Eurogamer
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So Ignition and SNK have seen fit to release a pair of new King Of Fighters games on the same day. We're not sure what the logic behind this move was but we will say this - error. Presumably the idea was to satisfy both fans of more traditional 2D battling while simultaneously laying something on for those fully immersed in the deluded concept that polygons are synonymous with quality. With so many advances in the 3D fighting market since its creation, the extra dimension is far from the only difference between the two - games like Virtua Fighter simply cannot be compared to Street Fighter and its ilk because the two are excellent in their own very different fields. The mistake that Maximum Impact 2 makes is overlooking the now gaping divide between 2D and 3D beat-'em-ups and, for this folly, it pays a pretty steep price.
Jul 17, 2007, 02:02 PM
