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Justice Gakuen Go! | | Kabuki_Raider from Honshu says (18/Apr/2002): | The first 3D fighting game is the Virtua Fighter series. It's still quite experimental though, with hard-edged polygons and not-so-life-like boning system. But it sets a new frontier to fighting games. When Capcom, through Arika, made the SFEX series, the graphics was worst. Blocky background and blocky bodies made the characters look too unreal. But the gameplay is more refined, with rapid movement combos and supers. Namco, on the other hand, had a better time with the Tekken series, improving more and more in every versions (currently Tekken 4). When Capcom, through its 3D game development team, churned out Rival Schools, everyone expected the same style of SFEX. Ah-ah, not quite the same this time. Rival Schools features a storyline-guided scenarios. With cute characters and fast gameplay, it appealed to teenagers well(there's even Sakura in it!). The graphic is much better than SFEX; although still a bit blocky, it features 32-bit textures that smoothened out the creases in the polygons. Now come Project Justice. With more stories and more characters, PJ features characters from RS 1 and 2, including several new characters. The story could intertwine ith every involved school, enabling players to catch a glimpse of other schools' stories. The gameplay's much more furious and fast, with more specials and more chance of inflicting chain combos. The characters are designed nicely. 64-bit texturing and alpha-transparency lighting effects puts more realism into the game, as well as refined modelling and motion capture system. The original characters are designed like they were in the first series and the new characters fits into the storyline perfectly (I don't know why I just love Momo and Daigo). The music fits the scenes perfectly with automatic volume reduction. The backgrounds are not just flat textures this time; they are modelled 3D background. Comic-style stories appeals well to all players of all ages in story mode. Beginners may find it quite hard at first, but that will pass soon. Gamers used to 2D fighting games will have no troubles playing PJ.
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