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 - the art of fightingit was fun for a while, but pretty outdated when compared to tekken or soul calibur. Rating: - Art of fighting AnthologyWell, it's good for anybody who was playing 2D fighters at the arcades back than, but there's a old saying, "you cannot ever go back" I tried, and the magic just wasn't there anymore. For hardcare oldschool 2D fighters collectors ONLY! Rating:  - This collection is far from great. This is a lazy a55 port man!Its barely recommendable to be honest. I remember the arcade ports perfectly for the first 2 clearly because I played them so much. This is the first time I ever heard of the 3rd one. I gotta tell you, I'm disappointed with this. The Art of Fighting games were hard then. You would think that snk would actually add a difficult setting that works. They have the settings but the bad thing is, playing the games on easy is no different from hard or normal. The cpu characters are cheap. And to make matters worst the controls for each of the games is hellacious. Thats the only way I can describe them. Now, they are not exact ports from the arcade. Even though its a small detail but its there. The arcade version never refered to the father as "Karate". Thats from the SNES version. He was called "?". And also the subtitling for 2 is off like he11 in the intro. But those are small things that I had to mention. The other things are exactly like the arcade. The original soundtracks, graphics, voice overs and slow down. If anything I say the voices are clearer then the arcade versions. Now as for part 3. I think it sucks. The fighting stances are horrible. Especially for Robert Garcia. Its like he's trying to dance salsa with a prostetic leg or some s**t. The characters aren't that interesting. The music for the stages is lame. The faces don't get mangled during a beating. And you can get further button mashing then trying to pull off moves. And who cares about the graphics if your not having fun anyway? Also to include my controls are not messed up either. I bought two brand new ones together with this so me and my boys can play other multiplayer games. I'm sorry to say... but SNK dropped the ball with this one. On my way home I was so excited and I was thinking how cool it would be for SNK to drop more compilations. Such as Samurai Showdown, World Heroes, or another compilation featuring; Magician Lord, Nam 75, Cyber lip, and Ninja Combat. But after playing this, I can only expect the worst. RENT THIS BEFORE BUYING! If you must buy a fighting game anthology. Invest your money in the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology. I'm so p*ssed that they were so damn lazy with this port over. Rating:  - A more than solid collection of the seriesFor casual gamers, SNK's Art of Fighting franchise may not be as well known as their King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, or Samurai Showdown franchises, but that has never made it any worse. The Art of Fighting Anthology collects the three games in the series that follow the fighting adventures of Ryo and Robert as they take to the streets. The first game is the only one that has a storyline that makes any kind of relative sense (the pair are on the hunt for Ryo's kidnapped sister Yuri), but since when have you played a fighting game for the story? All three games have been emulated relatively perfectly from their Neo Geo arcade counterparts, which is good and bad. The first game suffers from a bit of slowdown and offers somewhat archaic controls, while the second game improves on this. The third Art of Fighting game is undoubtedly the best and re-vamps the graphics and tweaks the gameplay as well, making this collection worth picking up for alone. Though it would have been nice if some extras were included on the disc, the Art of Fighting Anthology is an excellent pick up for the price; and offers some great, old school 2-D fighting action that is still enjoyable to this day. Like the Metal Slug Anthology before it, maybe SNK will release some of their other franchises (like Fatal Fury or Samurai Showdown) in compilation form for the PS2 before it finally goes to console heaven.
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