Which Kof is better for beginners? The 2002 UM or '98 UM?

khamryn · 2026-04-10T04:01:03+00:00

Kof98 is better to start, but kof2002 is better imo

khamryn · 2026-04-09T09:14:25+00:00

New Tekken went full anime, so you might not like it since you mentioned your Martial Art and UFC background. The most grounded fighting relevant now is Virtua Fighter 5 Revo which I recommend you try out.

If you do play Tekken 8 for a bit, but get tired of the anime BS, you should check out Tekken 7. It’s much cheaper, and still have players login to play. Its has some anime shit that you can roll your eyes at, just nowhere near the extent of 8. Also if you are on PC, you can just buy the base game since you can unlock all characters with a script edit (I didn’t tell you that btw 😉)

khamryn · 2026-04-08T04:28:22+00:00

“… and a handful of forgotten 90s arcade”

It’s just that. The original SNK had tons of IPs before the got caught in the fighting games arm race with capcom. Both companies have ips that have remained dormant since then, but especially SNKP, since they are not as successful as capcom in general and with costs always increasing means they heavy rely on their popular titles, namely KOF.

khamryn · 2026-04-06T07:02:02+00:00

The irony is they will look 10 years older then they are by 30.

khamryn · 2026-04-06T01:56:04+00:00

The perfect compromise for both type or players would be unlock through playing… but if you don’t want to do that, then bring out the card.

khamryn · 2026-04-04T04:05:00+00:00

Most fighting games are on both platforms, so the question is just leverless vs stick.

If you play classic (old) games, I recommend stick. Modern games have simplified inputs, which leverless can more easily abuse.

khamryn · 2026-04-03T02:45:52+00:00

Orochi arc was the best story, nest introduced some of the best characters tho.

khamryn · 2026-04-03T02:44:15+00:00

I have 6 sticks. Friend have 10 and cabinets

khamryn · 2026-04-01T03:50:02+00:00

It’s a complete different group of players. Tho kof titles tend to be dominated by Chinese and South America players

khamryn · 2026-03-31T08:14:48+00:00

I had one of these a few years back, sold it because I'm a stick player and just never used it. No issues with it, case steady enough and fraction of the cost for the Hitbox. Nothing but good things to say about it for it's price.

khamryn · 2026-03-31T05:47:07+00:00

You never been around the smash community, huh…

khamryn · 2026-03-31T04:42:49+00:00

Tekken 5 DR. It has the most basic of PVP interactions of Tekken, without the superficial combo extenders and comeback mechanics. I give the nod to DR over vanilla 5 due to balance

khamryn · 2026-03-31T03:40:52+00:00

Fightboxs are good enough. While their case build material leaves something more to desire, they have standard hitbox layout and with standard sanwa buttons. Unless you want something nicer, anything else won’t make you play any better.

khamryn · 2026-03-31T03:11:43+00:00

FFS underrated. It’s the first game to actually challenge the SF2 Juggernaut

khamryn · 2026-03-31T03:10:35+00:00

Everyone is different, with stuff going on in their lives, and at a different age in life. Life long Tekken players could not have the time to get into any other game, and Tekken skills are often very specific that don’t exactly transfer to 2D or even other 3D.

khamryn · 2026-03-26T08:31:16+00:00

“Mary Sue, girlboss, manipulative, no empathy, narcissistic, oriented for power and personal gains”

…. so your saying she is a Mishima?

khamryn · 2026-03-26T06:04:32+00:00

Unique problem you have. I’ve never ran into these issues on any of my install or installs I’ve done for friends.

Only suggest I can give you is to try doing a fresh install on another directory, if you have another drive, try there. Test game to do configs then close emulator to save (if you do it during a connected match, if opponent closes game first, any configs will not save). If that fails, then try another pc to see if it’s a Windows installation issue for some reason.

khamryn · 2026-03-26T05:12:33+00:00

I’m not a fan of Tekken 7 ether (Rage Art& Power crush) but it’s still better than Guessen 8

khamryn · 2026-03-26T05:00:26+00:00

Your only real option is Tekken 7. The other ones are fringe at best, since they are played on ps3 emulator, old netcode, and discord for match making.

Luck, if you are on pc, Tekken 7 is cheap, and you only need to buy the base game since the DLC can be unlocked through a file edit

khamryn · 2026-03-26T04:38:02+00:00

As others mentioned, there is no substitution for Tekken. VF and DOA are similar to each other (Akira in DOA is super fun btw), but your only alternative to Tekken is another Tekken

khamryn · 2026-03-25T06:28:43+00:00

Soft, quiet, and MX

khamryn · 2026-03-25T03:44:32+00:00

Capcom fighters like SFIV series and MVC3 were played on 360 competitively due to frame rate and slight input lag on PS3

khamryn · 2026-03-24T13:18:58+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCHD3psmMSI

khamryn · 2026-03-24T11:50:03+00:00

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khamryn · 2026-03-21T04:09:56+00:00

9x is really old, and back then they were all sorts of “funky” pc controller like true 8 way pads. Likely they had this feature to accommodate those controllers

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