A full-review might be forth coming, but I just wanted to get my thoughts up quickly.
KOF2006 isn’t a traditional team-based fighting game in the series, but rather the follow-up to the Maximum Impact game (the 3D version of KOF) that was released prior. I never played the first one, but thought to give this one a try.
For the most part, the game plays fairly good, the difficulty is pretty balanced (except for the bosses, but they’re somewhat beatable unlike most of SNK’s bosses), there’s a plethora of fighters to use and unlock, and then there are the Time Attacks, Survivals, and Mission Modes that you can partake in. While the graphics aren’t the greatest, they are still fairly good and the animation is quick. The sound in this game is also pretty decent too.
This is one of those games where you get more than your money’s worth. You have a lot of options and gameplay modes to tinker around with that it’d take a few weeks to go through it all (or at least half the time if you’re really good). KOF2006 might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for fans of the series and fighting games in general, this is a worthy addition to your collection. Recommended.
dtm666 