The King of Fighters : Maximum Impact 2
Written by aru on May 27, 2006 – 3:53 am
review by: aru
The King of Fighters : Maximum Impact 2 is the second attempt by SNK Playmore to bring the franchise into the world of 3D. The first Maximum Impact in 2005 was a rather dissapointing experience, with its bland graphics, small number of fighters (compared to the 2D series), and cheap combos.
Care for a light, mate?
The second Maximum Impact takes its cue directly from the many shortcoming of the first one. Cool intro movie, more detailed, smoother and beautifully drawn graphics that match the expectation of a PS2 owner, excellent sound, brand new character sprites, moves and customes, a total of 38 fighters (including hidden ones), and less cheap combos.
Characters
There are 5 new characters (including the boss). They are Ninon Beart (Mignon Beart’s sister), Lilly Kane (daughter of Billy Kane), Luise Meyrink (whose moves reminds me to Chizuru Kagura), Nagase (which moves like Hattori Hanzo from Samurai Spirits), and the final boss, Jivatma.
Nagase, one of the new main characters
Other old characters who made their first debut in 3D are Geese Howard, Billy Kane, Kula Diamond, Kim Kaphwan, and Mr. Karate (aka Takuma Sakazaki).
There are also characters borrowed from other SNK series, including Wild Wolf (aka Terry Bogard), B. Jenet, Rock Howard (the three of them are from Mark of the Wolves), Fio (Metal Slug), Richard Myer (the first ever Fatal Fury back in 1991, wow!), and Hanzo Hattori (Samurai Spirits, what is he doing here?).
Graphics
Tha graphics is simply beautiful, as expected from PS2 engine. Those who has played the first Maximum Impact can notice immediately the differences in character details, color, lighting, special effects and bacground animation. The graphics quality can now par with the like of Tekken.
Retaining the special feature from the first Maximum Impact, players can freeze the fight and view their favourite scenes from any angle, zooming in and out. This is especially entertaining during DM or SDM animation.
Iori’s strangulation routine was captured using the camera feature
Gameplay
The featured moves includes the ability to parry, counter strike, super cancel and moving aside. Even though the game is 3D, the feel is still much like the old 2D. The only exception is the new moving-aside, which feel like the old dodge move, except that if timed right, we can now attack the opponents from his/her side.
Just like the first Maximum Impact, players can still easily invoke a long combo. Some short combos can even be performed by tapping a single button (bwa hahaha! eat this!). Fortunately, the damage has been reduced now. Still, a long chain of combos concluded with a Desperate Move can bring so much frustation to the receiving end.
Sound
The Japanese version brought excellent voice casts, with every character has their own long lines of dialog after beating the last boss. Of course, old characters still retain their trademark one-liners, which serve well for long time fans of KoF.
The stage music are top notch. I don’t have sensitive ears, but I can tell that the music feels much better than its 2D predecessors.
Extra Stuffs
Plenty of extra stuffs available to keep players preoccupied with this game. There are Time Attack, Quest Survival, Easy Mission and Extra Mission. My favourite is the Extra Mission, in which player can choose to destroy a car, fight a Metal Slug tank, carving a stone, or blowing up a bulldozer.
It’s Metal Slug alright
Each time a player finish a character story, the character profile will be unlocked, which will will display his/her Stats, Bio and Prologue. The profile mode will also let the player to change costumes, rotate the character model, zooming in and out.
Conclusion
Overall, this game is a beautiful gift from SNK Playmore for every KoF fans. Even if you never play KoF before, this game will serve as a good introduction to the world of KoF.
Format: Play Station 2
Genre: 3D Fighting
Developer: SNK Playmore
Posted in Game Reviews, PS2 | 46 Comments »
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May 28th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Nice screenshots. Can you post some more?
January 3rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
lollolololo
February 5th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
hello
March 11th, 2007 at 11:52 am
quero combos da king of fightrs maximo impcto2 todos os combos dos jogadores!
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 am
It looks cool, if you can bring more pics into it.
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
fala
June 7th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Hey, this wasnt SNK’s first 3d fighter. Look up FATAL FURY: WILD AMBITION for the PS1, it was a remake of the first FF game, just with 3d graphics. it was actually pretty fucking good.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
yo no lo e jugado pero medicen que esta padre si sale chizuru quiero puros combo de ella
July 1st, 2007 at 9:28 pm
The King of Fighters sienpre tan inovadores y originales son delo mejor
July 11th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
gracias por la descarga
July 14th, 2007 at 9:33 am
es lo mejor ne encanta iori saben yo tenia un novio k se parec mucho a el IORI YAGAMI es su jemelo .es un chavo super chido el cual me sigue robando el sueño ojala me perdona .HEY SI LLEGAS A VER ESTO ABLAME SI …T CONFIESO ALGO TE AMO… YO K NO CREO EN ESAS CURCILERIAS ,TE QUIERO MUCHO,MUCHO,MUCHO…
PORFAVOR TOMAS …..
August 9th, 2007 at 10:59 am
son puras mamadas las que ponen en esta chingada paginapurascosas de putos
August 10th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
bsr je ma peele jkawa de maroc exactement de marrakech je sius utudient
August 12th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
simon esos esto es lo mas perron que puede haber
August 12th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
holazz te mando esto para k veas a la monita…..
iwal……………..nose nota muzho…………jajaj
wenuzz t kero zhauu.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:41 am
LOVE
August 25th, 2007 at 11:52 am
eu jogo dequi ou faiti
August 27th, 2007 at 4:48 am
When will Maximum impact 2 be released in South Africa?
September 2nd, 2007 at 10:45 am
esta calida todas las fotos de iori y ryo bueno tambien el neo geo yo lo tenia bueno adios
September 6th, 2007 at 10:18 am
la raja este juego se pasaron
k k o o o o o f f f f f f
k k o o f
k k o o f
kk o o f f f f
kk o o f
k k o o f
k k o o f
k k o o o o o f …
September 9th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
this is the most biggest play. really is the maximum.
i love iori ans isn´t that i be gay, no. is that iori is the man or the animation more exitant and sexy that i saw and know.
sorry for the english i´m mexican and i have 16 years old only. my e-mail is psdt. i love kula too
September 9th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
the game is the most good. is bother don´t seee at Whip in the game. I love Iori, and the same for Kula i have and special page by she..
be happy and… my e-mail is , I´m mexican please search me, ok. (sorry for the english, is not so good. jijiji i´m learning, i have 16 years old only).
September 9th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
A little task…
Lilly Kane not a daughter of Billy,but she’s sister of him ¬¬
September 11th, 2007 at 9:16 am
quiero jugarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
September 11th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
me facina lo que es iori y k
September 14th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
aguant v.dp.
September 14th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
a guante kimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm y tambien iori
September 30th, 2007 at 2:05 am
IORI
October 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
It’s the best game in 3d of KOF’. I’m sure of it!!! Iori is hitting too much!!!
E, a propósito, prefiro KOF’ XI, ok?
November 21st, 2007 at 2:38 am
the game is the most good. is bother don´t seee at Whip in the game. I love Iori, and the same for Kula i have and special page by she..
be happy and… my e-mail is
November 24th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
viva chavez
November 24th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
es lo mejor jjojojojoj
November 24th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
hola was yagama
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:15 am
OMFG They’ve got the Metal Slug in it!!!! YEAH MAN! JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:21 am
é massa esse jogo mais so q ninguem ganha pra mim q pena né mais continuem treinando quem sabe um dia né
se quizer deichar recado no mei email é
February 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
yo soy fanatico de iori auk no juego sus game ,pero esta chido
April 18th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
u guys are gay
October 31st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
eu quero toda barra do rugal
e a do iore e a do kim
e o infenito deles
February 14th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
i loooooooooooooooooove kof
lover 4 ever kof
August 12th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
iori es el mejor de todos
October 28th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
YO PIENSO QUE LA MÀS GRANDE RIVALIDAD ES KIO VS IORI
November 25th, 2009 at 10:33 am
iori e yashiro e cris e kio sao os melhores jogadores
December 5th, 2009 at 8:52 am
le plus bon joeur de vous viens pour me combatre je vais le cassée
April 12th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
mejorenlo porque no me gusta
June 4th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
mi super reta es iori,joe y kusanagi
February 7th, 2012 at 12:50 am
OMFG They’ve got the Metal Slug in it!!!! YEAH MAN! JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!