I get what you’re saying, but when did SNK fans expect this? Because they’ve been completely up front about what this game is and what it contains content wise. It’s just common knowledge if you’ve been keeping up with it. There really aren’t any surprises here.
Deep in our hearts the words “We’re making the ultimate 2d fighting game” still live 
Yeah, they should have not said that, it creates a lot of expectation. Leaving it at a KoF re-birth, re-imagining, whatever, would have been better. “Ultimate 2d fighter” makes it sound like the game will give you a BJ every time you win and makes breakfast for you. It does neither of those.
Word. Everybody’s acting like this game killed their father and raped their mother, and like they got blindsided when they expected the world of it. If they’d bothered to at least READ about how things were going (and SNK gave the most in-development info and progress reports I’d EVER seen before the game came out), they’d know to expect an at least decent, but bare-bones game. That could change with dlc. They couldn’t push the game back further (Blazblue ran into that problem but they got the game content finished on time), so I suspect they will dlc/patch a LOT of shit that they wanted in the game as they finish working on it.
I’ve had KoF XII since Friday and I’m in love with it. Despite a fairly large roster (by fighting game standards, not KoF standards), there are no clone characters. It’s much more balanced than SFIV and has a deeper system than either SFIV or BlazBlue. I played a few online matches - one against a stranger that was laggy as hell and a few against a friend who lines nearby and those games were on par with SFIV online. I’m hopeful for the patch next week. For some reason, this game really speaks to me. I love the graphics, animation, lighting effects and the atmosphere. Score a win and listen to the crowd go wild and tell me it doesn’t feel good. I think SNK did a superb job on this game.
I think the game is a lot of fun, and I’m confident that the bad netcode is getting patched on the 28th.
My biggest gripe with the game is the price. I’m dissapointed that I paid 60 dollars for this. It feels like it was released before it was done. I think it’s mainly cosmetic, because the cast as it is now plays well and fun, but the lack of stages and background story is weird. Which is odd, because I always play vs. mode and hate SNK Bosses lol.
The cast could be bigger and I’m hoping that’s what those links to the online store in the menu is for. Where is Mai? I don’t even play Mai but it bothers me that she’s not there. What if Capcom released SFIV without Chun li?
Bottom line, should you check it out? Yeah it’s a blast, but only if you can find it for cheaper. You might be able to pick up a used copy in a week after all the SFIV Ken’s realize it isn’t for them and return it to gamestop.
My only major gripe is that after spending 6 minutes beating arcade mode, i’ve experienced everything the game has to offer. While I agree that stages/music/whatever doesn’t affect the fighting game in a gameplay sense, its easier to become bored of the stages when you see them over and over and over and over again.
Sure the game lacks content but content that are just extra perks. Which will be forgotten in the next 2 weeks. When it comes down to it, this is a fighting game. Its designed to be played vs other human opponents. The fighting engine is really balanced more so than SFIV. I love the graphics and animation. When it comes down to it in a fighting game, the fighting is al that matters. If you want the KOF series with this new graphic style reach rosters like KOF2002 and KOFXI, you need to support this game now.
i agree with you, more so because the game had fuckin mai!!! im so pissed off at this game for not havin mai, it would be fine with all the lackluster shit, but no mai it makes u look at this game in a different light, like no taunts no character fight intros, 6 stages so the music will get old and its not even that good,long loading screens per rounds, horrible fuckin lag, the computer on hard mode attacks thin air at a distant and do nuthin when u fireballs but eat them over and over, when u get critical counter they jump over and over again, so u need to know someone to have fun with this laggy ass game!!!they have like two special moves so the game is gonna get old fast as shit!critical counters its gonna get old fast!combos are very situational…sigh snk u suck!
…you noticed all that just cause of Mai? …holyshit.
well said man.
Jerking off to Mai’s tits is what the causals want.:wonder:
well said man, there more so like 5 becuase, two of the stages are the same, but i feel like because u can run and dogde and no a zoning master like they have in blazblue, (lmao if arakune, rachel, jin, or v-supergod13 were in stages this large they would never ever lose), attacking from a distance is not very effective so u will indoubtly close the long gap eventually by running,not hoping like on sfiv, or dogding/jumping/or one the two moves that allow the character to move closer…but u know they could have let athena though i never liked her to keep that teleport move.
yo im not into that whole perverted hentai lookin at game chicks bullshit that so many no sex gettin gamers do, i like using mai for her personality and fighting stlye i love all of mai’s moves, my favorite is the one that comes from out the ground in a great large flame, i love her on capcom vs snk, her grab were hot and had alot of personality to them i been of mai soley for the entire character she been in every every single game until kof 12 and then they showed the game art like that??? to make a person eagered to await to see if they can use the character they always use in kof games for three months to then not even let her be in over elizabeth and mature sigh…i never been so disappointed in a game that was missing such minor things to make it better…they probadly owuld have given her like two moves like everyont else anyway so i guess i wouldnt have liked what they did to her anyway
omg well said man, and no elizabitch is not only lame but ugly as shit, they could have added king and yamazaki way cooler characters, or even better mai and k-dash, mature’s lame too and she has a horrible horrible english voice!
HOLY SHIT DUDE STOP MAKING NEW POSTS.
There is a button, it says EDIT, this allows you to change posts instead of posting a billion straight. It’s a forum, not a chat room; if a mod catches you doing that you’ll get an infraction or banned.
And fuck yes Yamazaki needs to be in this game.
The edit button is there for a reason.
Wow I’m normally not a grammar nazi but I cant even read your shit. Learn english, thus not taking you serious
how do u feel that kof gameplay is deeper then blazblue, please explain that to me, there way way more possiblities on blazblue as far as gameplay the mechanics in play bb allow so much more then kof12, so im really confused at your post, but i do agree its more deeper then sfiv
i didnt mis-type hardly any of those words, and if i substituted words for others like, wat=what, or r=are, then come on man its not that serious if u cant comprehend the meaning of stuff like that then my friend are the one who needs learning