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SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (Playstation 2)

(Currently available in Japan only) SNK & Capcom's most popular characters put their lives on the line in this heart-pounding battlefest! The 2D fighting game that drove game arcades wild is now on PlayStation 2. You can use 34 characters from the start, more characters than the arcade version. Use your battle instincts to take on the ultimate opponents and see who is truly the strongest!!!

SNK NeoGeo
Fighting, Action
Players: 2
T (Teen)
Developer: Playmore
Released September 28, 2004

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

56 / 100

Critic Reviews

80 3DAvenue
These games are all about gameplay over graphics and SNK Vs Capcom Chaos does not change this one bit. The game is fast paced and the focus is all about the action.
70 Siliconera
There are so many better fighting games in the market "Soul Calibur 2," "Naruto: Narutimett Hero," "Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution" and even the recently released "King of Fighters 2000/2001" to name a few, which makes this game pale in comparison. [JPN Import]
63 Weekly Famitsu
6 / 6 / 7 / 6 - 25 [Vol 785]
62 IC-Games
It’s a shame that the game is let down by poor graphics, presentation and an imbalance of characters as SNK vs. Capcom Chaos is fun to play with has quite a long life span if only as a game that you play for only half an hour at a time with your friends.
60 games(TM)
With none of the finesse of a Capcom title, but feeling too diluted against some of SNK's previous outings, SVC Chaos manages to just keep its head above the average waters. It fails to go too far in either direction to please either set of players, leaving itself lost in the middle. [Jan 2004, p.106]
50 Pelaaja (Finland)
SVC Chaos is made for retro-hungry fighting game enthusiasts. The whole game is so tightly based on SNK’s own games, that it could as well been a new "King of Fighters" game, despite the Capcom characters. [May 2005, p.78]
50 GameBiz
If you want a game featuring the two teams going head to head, track down a copy of the superior Capcom VS SNK 2. The graphics are better, as is the sound.
40 NTSC-uk
Completely average. As it retains none of the high standard of precision on show in Capcom and SNK titles of old, it is useless for tournament play, losing the so-called ‘hardcore’ vote immediately. Visually, the game loses a lot in transition to the PS2. [JPN Import]
20 AltGaming
Playing SNK Vs Capcom SVC Chaos, among today’s flash beat-em-ups, is comparable to watching Star Wars directly after the Matrix - cheap and shoddy.

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