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Malin
made by Meta Gouki
review by Villain
download: Mugenesis

I'm going to start off by stating that as this game is not currently playable in a format where I could check things as easily, I won't be able to critize things such as the character not having accurate clsn and axis, as at this time, I can't really check those things. What I can tell you is that evem without those things, this character is still complete crap at this point in time for the reasons I will now illustrate:

For starters, ignoring the lack of a method to get proper clsn, it still doesn't excuse the shoddy job done on it. There is clearly enough examples out there that the creator could have referenced in order to make some better judgement. It varies from being too broad to being too specific from anim to anim. These proves to be a problem later on.

Next, the creator took the liberties of replacing what may be considered a slightly shaky system with one that is quite worse; a bastardized version of the Capcom Vs series. Light attacks chain in into other light attacks, light into heavy, and heavy into light. The latter can be used with the kicks alone to set up an infitite combo with only standing basics. Just continue to mash those two buttons, and if one contacts, you have virtually won. Mix and match the punching and kicking basics to get a constistant 4-5+ hits. Not very good.

Hitsparks? Mostly unaligned. Damage values? Quite questionable. Sound? None, but as debug isn't available at this time, this one is at least somewhat understandable. Crappy use of clsn has no excuse, much like the mismatch of a combo system that was given to Malin. In the case, the best amount of change from the original should be none.

Edit: After looking up a few things, I ended up finding Malin's sounds within minutes. Considering the lack of effort required for that much, the author should have at least included the voice files as they are available. A sign of laziness by Meta Gouki.


Pros and Cons
+ I got an excuse to play 2k3
- Combo system is crap
- Clsn is crap
- Balance? None
- Infinite, and overall shoddy chaining
-can you say "debug flood"? i'm sure you can

Overall Score: 9
This reminds me of the Core conundrum...