Was Zangief any good?

[Jeffster]

NEWS JUST IN:

After a deep and meangful conversation about late 80's/early 90's video games, I now officially relate to Jeffster as a kindred spirit.
.

See, all it takes is one deep and meaningful conversation.

Now, which one of the ladies wants to be next?

Well, now: If anyone can talk intelligently about Golden Axe, Double Dragon, Street Fighter/X-Men, Bad Dudes, Shinobi, Gauntlet I/II, or Ninja Gaiden, I will be perfectly happy to add them to my list in some capacity.

Damn, you lost me with the "intelligently" part.

YOGA FIRE! YOGA FLAME!

 

[Magic Poriferan]

I don't know why everyone acted like Zangief wasn't any good...

 

[Totenkindly]

I don't know why everyone acted like Zangief wasn't any good...

Zangief rocked! (You just had to know how to actually play a guy who wrestles instead of punch/kick.) I finished the game with him pretty easily.

Anyone else wanna be on "Jennifer's Kick-Ass List of Crazy 88 Gamers"?

are you one of those people who reads those books where they talk about the heroine feeling the hero's "warm member" pressing against their dusky thigh? believe me, it could get a lot worse

cranny-hunter??

 

[substitute]

I don't know why everyone acted like Zangief wasn't any good...

It was just his chest toupe, man. It looked like something that had been taken from atop a female pornstar's "quivering mound" and glued onto his chest. It was most distracting.

*relates to Magic*

 

[Jeffster]

I don't know why everyone acted like Zangief wasn't any good...

What amazed me was the fact that Zangeif could body-slam Chun Li without her shattering into a hundred pieces. That is one tough chick.

 

[Totenkindly]

What amazed me was the fact that Zangeif could body-slam Chun Li without her shattering into a hundred pieces. That is one tough chick.

"TEE-HEE!"

btw, if anyone says "Blanka iz l33t," you're off my friend's list, permanently.

 

[Magic Poriferan]

what do you mean by 88? Because if you're talking about the year, I wasn't even alive.

But yes, Zangief was my favorite character. And when they started letting players pick the boss characters, I rather liked Vega. In later games though, like Street Fighter Alpha, Rose surprassed Zangief in my list.

 

[substitute]

What amazed me was the fact that Zangeif could body-slam Chun Li without her shattering into a hundred pieces. That is one tough chick.

She was actually Jackie Chan in disguise.


Vega was ghey.

 

[ThatsWhatHeSaid]

I don't know why everyone acted like Zangief wasn't any good...

Ummm...

1) He was probably drunk the entire game.
2) Executing his 360 spinning piledriver was practically impossible.
3) He was slow as ass at doing anything useful.
4) His victory dance was ghey.

(Thread split.)

 

[Magic Poriferan]

It's apparently an endemic problem of the common gamer to not know how to use slow characters.

 

[substitute]

damn, that thread split has ruined the flow. that was well ghey.

we were relating to each other and everything.

 

[Totenkindly]

She was actually Jackie Chan in disguise.

Now that we managed to get split, I have to say I burst out laughing when I read this!

Ummm...
1) He was probably drunk the entire game.
2) Executing his 360 spinning piledriver was practically impossible.
3) He was slow as ass at doing anything useful.
4) His victory dance was ghey.
(Thread split.)

BUt he still rocked...!

And I have to admit, I loved kicking Dhalsim's and Blanka's ass (played by 10-year-old's, usually) with him. That made me all rosy inside.

I think I did beat Street Fighter with each one of the characters. Even Bison and the other guy (Sagat? Can't remember.)

 

[substitute]

Now that we managed to get split, I have to say I burst out laughing when I read this!

Did you burst out with awe at the clip though?
I sure did, first time I saw City Hunter

remember the skateboard scene from that movie anyone? AWESOME.

 

[Magic Poriferan]

Yes, Sagat. The inexplicably tall Thai kick-boxer.

I was just thinking that people hate characters like Zangief because they usually prefer to play as swarmers... But now I'm suddenly asking, "why do people like to be swarmers so much?".

 

[Totenkindly]

Yes, Sagat. The inexplicably tall Thai kick-boxer.

I was just thinking that people hate characters like Zangief because they usually prefer to play as swarmers... But now I'm suddenly asking, "why do people like to be swarmers so much?".

It's the learning curve.

Blanka and Dhalsim were easy to play if you couldn't play at all, and you were playing someone who wasn't very good. (And Rhu and Ken were also both good for n00bs... easy, just kick and punch.)

Blanka, Ken, and Rhu were still decent if the other guy was okay (a n00b could still do serious damage just by flailing at the buttons), but unless you knew what you were doing, Dhalsim sucked if the other guy was any good.

Dhalsim was actually a lot of fun going the whole way or playing other good players... if you knew how to use him. You just had to play "zone" and keep most everyone at bay.

'course, then there was Guile and that damnable "shield" flip of his. Ugggh. And that lower-leg extension sweep that seemed to go the whole way across the board!

 

[Magic Poriferan]

I've always had the most success with a reactive play style. Recently, me and my INTJ brother broke out some mid-nineties fighting games and started playing. I was using Rose in SF Alpha, and I would do the anti-air throw on him as soon as he jumped, like every other time he jumped.

And then I used Charlotte a lot in Samurai Showdown, and well, she's a fencer, so obviously reactionary....

I had a win ratio of like 5-1 in both games. I don't mean to brag, but I'm definitely better than him.

 

[Totenkindly]

...And then I used Charlotte a lot in Samurai Showdown, and well, she's a fencer, so obviously reactionary....

Oh, yeah, the blond fencer -- I remember her.
I forget most of the toons in that game tho.

But I liked how they all used different weapons.

 

[Magic Poriferan]

Oh, yeah, the blond fencer -- I remember her.
I forget most of the toons in that game tho.

But I liked how they all used different weapons.

Oh that game was awesome. As much fun as I had with Street Fighter, Samurai Showdown is definitely better. And you have to love the horrible tranlations.

"Give you my knock for justice"
Whatever you say, Seiger...

I wonder how quickly I can remember them all.
Earthquake.
Haohmaru.
Genjuro.
Jubei.
Charlotte.
Cham cham.
Seiger.
Hanzo.
Nakaruru.
Galford.
Wan Fu.
Kyoshiro.
Gen-an.
Ukyo.
Caffeine Nicotine.

I feel like I'm missing someone... I know Tam Tam was only in the first one, so I didn't put him in the list...

 

[Jeffster]

(Thread split.)

Oh, for cryin out loud...

damn, that thread split has ruined the flow. that was well ghey.

we were relating to each other and everything.

Yeah, exactly. I think we must be stuck in one big puzzle game, and it's this forum.

 

[swordpath]

Far superior to Street Fighter:

Kabal FTW!