Customer Reviews

King of Fighters 2002/2003

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Looks like I'll be the first to review this item. This game actually includes two games. One KoF 2002 and KoF 2003. 2002 is good, a little hard here and there but nothing serious. It has a large selection of characters, even ones from the first Art of Fighting. Ryo and Robert. The best one in my opinion is KoF 2003, because it actually has a storyline! :0 KoF hasn't had a storyline since 98' I believe. But it has a bit less in character choices, but offers more dynamic gameplay in return. Terry also has a new look. You can also play as King! The powerfull fighter I haven't seen in a KoF besides this one. King is from Art of Fighting too. Ash is also available to play as. As well as Shingo, Kyo, and Iori. Two possible endings are available (I don't know if they're more.) one rarer than the other. So buy it now! It IS the King of Fighting Games.

I just want to inform anyone else who is wondering. Only 2002 works for the 360. 2003 doesn't work, but for some reason the xbox website says they both work.

I love this game, even though I can only play 2002. The only gripe I have with KOF 2002 is the graphics. And it's probably because of the 360's backwards compatibility, but on the 360 when you play the game, you can clearly see grid lines on pretty much every character. I don't know if that's how it is the original xbox, but that's how it looks on the 360. It's more noticeable on some characters than others. I can look past it, but can you?

And 2002 is uncensored, which means there's blood and Mai's bounce.

Let me start out by saying I had this game on the original Xbox and loved it. SNK makes awesome fighters, especially the KOF series. I sold my Xbox and all the games a few years ago when I went off to college. A few months ago I picked up a 360 Elite and decided to get my fighters' collection going again. Backwards compatibility was one of the selling points, and the Xbox website has this game as listed 360 compatible. Silly me to just confide in that alone. But after all, my Street Fighter Anniversary works perfectly on my 360, so I expected nothing different for this game. Well, the KOF 2002 disc is VERY glitchy. Parts of backgrounds glitch in and out and the arms and legs of characters disappear during gameplay. There are grids that appear over top of the characters. The KOF 2003 disc is completely unreadable. At first, I thought I just had defective software. I drove over to my friend's house who still has his original Xbox and both discs played perfectly. After searching the web, I came across other people who've had the same problem. There is even a Wiki page dedicated to how well each original Xbox game plays on the 360. I wish I had done my research first rather than blindly believe what the Xbox website showed.
Some people may find it unfair for me to rate the game so low when it is an awesome game but just not compatible with the 360. This is how I see it; I am reviewing the overall product in its entirety; KOF 2002/2003 on Xbox is advertised as being compatible/ playable on the 360 by Microsoft themselves. I bought the game on this pretense. It proved to be false, and since I no longer have an original Xbox, this game is no good to me. I still rated it 5 stars for fun since it is in and of itself an awesome game, and if Microsoft were true to their word and it was compatible, I would've given it 5 stars overall.
For anyone who does have an original Xbox and is a fighting game fan, I'm sure you already have this game and know how sweet it is. And if you decide to get a 360, hold on to your original Xbox 'cause 360 'backwards compatibility' is a joke.

if you love classic 2-d fighting games. this game will definately suffice. not overly original, but top notch none the less. this is precisely what you'd expect from SNK.

I am a fan of "retro" fighting games, and I found this 2 disc edition to be especially fun. We all know that 2-d games are never as challenging as the current 3-d standards of today. But a games "fun" factor and ease of play are also important! For me, playing King of Fighters 2002/2003 was easy vs. the computer, but I quickly found winning against my friends to be more of a challenge! Game-play and character movement is fast, precise, and relatively easy. The animation quality is good, with superb sound effects. If you like other classic fighting games such as Street Fighter, then I think you will enjoy King of Fighters as well. This is a very good game for your collection of Old-school X-box games.