The latest game in the long-running King of Fighters franchise was today announced at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference. Titled The King of Fighters XIV, the brawler will be coming to PlayStation 4, however developer SNK Playmore didn't reveal if it'll be exclusive to Sony's super machine.
While its reveal trailer is fairly short and unhelpful, it appears as if the game may be returning to the 3D style attempted in a few previous titles in the franchise. Do you like the look of The King of FightersXIV, or do you prefer its 2D roots? Get a KO in the comments section below.
[source gamespot.com]
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2D or don't even bother
It looks like it plays 2D, like SFIV and V. I can't say I'm a fan of these particular 3D models but keeping the gameplay 2D while using 3D models for the improvement in animation and possible character customisation is not a bad thing. People can't blame them for this, KoF XIII is a great game with wonderful 2D graphics but it sold badly and has hardly any tournament support. In the fighting game community it's considered a dead game. They're just trying out different things because doing what their relatively small fanbase asks - and doing it well - has just lead them to creating a game that lacks popular or tournament support.
Was excited when i seen this headline, but... That trailer was not encouraging, the 3D graphics and art style look strange. And as a long time player of SNK/SNK Playmore games, i don't have any faith at all in the company in its current, mainly Pachinko/Pachislot based model. Who knows, but they've literally never made a good game in 3D.
I always liked more KoF than SF, but after years and years of bad or "ok" games, I can't help but be worried.
SNK is like Sega in that the quality has dropped considerably since the early 2000's.
But, longtime SNK / Neo Geo fans are also part of the problem, SNK just can't continue with 2D sprite based games, well, not all the time........everytime they just try to do anything different, people take up arms.
Well, to be honest, I'm just happy we are getting a new KOF. The Chinese ownership may actually be a plus, because on it's own, I don't think SNK had the resources to really do much (again, that's mostly on them, but the fanbase has a bit of blame as well).
Well, I thought KOF 2006 on PS2 was alright. Maybe there's hope for this one. Maybe
KOF13 was solid as well, although I think the best titles are KOF 96, KOF 98, and the often forgotten KOF 03.
Nice to see another KOF. Will keep an eye on this.
"Burn to Fight"??
English is not my native language, but didn't they mean BORN to fight??
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@MrBert "Burn to Fight" makes sense in English, though it's certainly an awkward bit of phrasing.
Among its other meanings, "burn" in English can mean to have an intense desire, so "Burn to Fight" basically means, "To have an intense desire to fight."
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