BTW what I like about WAR! (even though others may hate it) is the mixing of in-game and out-of-game info on the same page.
I passionately HATE flipping through a book or discovering at a much later time that there is no stats/game info on a certain topic /slash/ having to guess which parts of in-game info I'm just now reading will be covered later in the book stat-wise.
I know it's not the traditional SR presentation style (that means: it totally IS the traditional way (helloo, Street Samurai Catalogue), but was dropped after 1st or 2nd edition I think), but it really increases usability at the gaming table.
As long as both kinds of information are seperated on the page (i.e. by using text boxes) I'm TOTALLY fine with that.
Plus, WAR! has some great artwork (I'm not talking about my pieces, I'm talking about pages 31, 58 (great!), 62, 67 (I am a HUGE fan of in-game ads! Bring 'em on!!), 82, 86, 124 (awesome!), 128 (may well be my favorite piece at all, I love the composition, the cold-hearted cruelty, the "Best Dad" mug, the detached expression of the two people ... brillant), 152 (I love character pics like that)).