KOF XIV General Discussion - King of Fighters XIV Arcade Ver. Burn 2 Fight cabinets from Taito!

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I love the SF series but to be honest I love it more for the 2D generation then I do presently. The alpha series, the SF3 series and the original SF2 series are untouchable masterpieces as far as I’m concerned. SF4 ruined the series for me and while V is a improvement it’s still a far cry from the classics.

It’s hard to tell if KOFXIV will play like its glory days but what I like so far is that it’s making a effort to faithfully adapt the classic 2D gameplay. The 2D.5 SF games never felt like SF to me. I mean sure they had a somewhat similar feel but it was never quite the same, more like a imitation that lacked the essence of what made 2D SF games so great. Like I said above its hard to tell if KOFXIV will overtake SFV but if it delivers on all the right fronts and has good graphics and a good online mode, it will be a serious threat IMO.

Also just for reference here is another comparison between KOFXIV and DOA5 to illustrate my point about the improving graphics in KOFXIV.

http://postimg.org/image/4jwwbiqrh/

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I agree ReoGeoSRK, at least in part. It is probably underestimated just how much aesthetics, the visual medium (pixel art vs 3d) and so etc. is involved with how a game engages us. I think it could be argued that 2d pixel art and the old school music is not just a nostalgia trip, but perhaps the best and most honest way for a fighting game to be. For instance, the genre has always been unique for providing highly charismatic animation, very precise spacing and timing, and very clear and not subtle sound and visual cues for hits and mechanics and such. I’m not sure 3d graphics and high fidelity music can ever offer such things that games like garou and third strike could.

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More characters than players lol

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This KOF need to have the Color Edit Mode, it was one of the best modes of KOF XIII.

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If this game has special costumes as pre-order bonus and dlc, what type of costumes (packs) would you like to see?

I would like to see Halloween(ish) outfits like these

Although I’d also love swimsuits for the cast. I expect this as a pre-order bonus, swimsuits sell well for female characters (DOA, Tekken, Naruto, and now One Piece)

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Tizoc was in 11 right? So he goes from tizoc to KoD then back to tizoc lol

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For those comparing the graphics of KoF and DoA, keep in mind that you can’t really compare the graphics of the two games because of how different the art styles are. I think it’s a lot more fitting to compare the graphics to SFV which closer resembles KoF’s art style(that of a hyper realistic cartoon/anime)

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Yep. Lol I guess KOD was a temporary. Wonder what made him change :lol:

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If history is any indication, maybe someone kidnapped his daughter to make him do their bidding, forcing him to adopt a new mask to hide his identity.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfPmSRTUIAA8dBg.jpg:large

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The thing is that the art style between SFV and KOFXIV isn’t really the same. The SFV art style is a lot more animated in terms of the proportions and realism. Just compare birdie with chang, both are big fat men but chang is proportioned a lot more realistically. KOFXIV tends towards a realistic anime approach while SFV is more towards a cartoon. This has always been the case since KOF 94 and ST. If you compare the KOF 94 sprite of kyo to the SF2 sprite of ryu, kyo is far more realistic in proportion.

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The channel SNK Satella News, along with other channel called Start Animado and with the fans did a poll to show Oda the characters that could come as DLC in KOF XIV. This video is a message to the director:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTh2tJbqiZs

Ps: Share this video, maybe we can do it.

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But it looks a lot closer to SF than DoA

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That’s assuming that Garou is part of the KOF timeline, which as far as we know, it isn’t.

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Heel Turn baybay!

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Well, to hit on a few topics:

XIV vs DOA: They both have similar artistic goals. Especially when it comes to rendering skin in a way that feels like a mix of anime-ish tones, while still feeling somewhat more “cartoony”. Street Fighter kinda skips this by forcing it’s own inkstroke-inspired style onto it’s 3D models, which makes you interpet them in an entirely different way.

The bad thing about the DOA comparison to me is that DOA also has huge, multi-part stages to consider, while XIV’s are smaller and more focused. So KoF should be able to spend more processing power / memory on character models than the usual DOA game.

Costumes @Monkey66 - Your image links all appear to be broken for me. But I know what kind of stuff you’re talking about.

Honestly, I kinda don’t want any of that in KoF, surprisingly! Bikini’s and such just feel too dry and dull for KoF costumes. I could see some characters getting them, but an overall bikini set just sounds wrong, for some reason. I’d rather see themed sets that include something unique for each character, or re-designs for each character in a team by various artist.

How would Kyo’s team look with more traditionally Japanese designs? How about a Sentai-themed Team Maxim- ahem K’? Masami Obari Fatal Fury OVA set of costumes? 70’s Seinin Manga team AoF? Alternate Genre singer set for our theater and entertainment characters? SNK-Classics costume sets for everyone, making them into characters from SNK’s hundreads of IPs? Metal Slug Set for the Ikaris? This could all be great.

I’s also love to see New voicework for costumes, personally. Noone really does this currently, but you could frame a character in a whole new light by giving them different ways to say their same moves.

DLC: DLC characters made in response to a fanbase’s desires creates a sense of 2-way interaction with a product and company. SMITE does this all the time by introducing characters and skins based on community feedback, fanart, and ideas. They also include things like announcer voicepacks from the tourney personalities, or from the in game characters themselves.

I’d love to see this KOF do things like make a team made of the most requested characters from various parts of the world. Or introduce new edit characters when they release new games on STEAM, PS4, or even XB1 back-compatibility. DLC created as a promo could even be given away free to all users of them game.

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Yeah even tho I like swimsuits, I was actually saying that I actually expect it to happen. But yeah even if its not for the full cast, I see t mainly being either

A. All females
B. About 8 characters (I’d say 4 younger girls, 2 older girls, 2 males)

But I do see packs coming out for certain characters. Some themed and some random. Perhaps even a classic pack.

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http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/press/pdf/160405_01.pdf

The KOFXIV event in Japan will have 24 playable characters and will be streamed on SNK’s official Twitch channel, twitch.tv/SNKofficial. SNK is playing fucking hard ball now, the fact that there is now a representative streaming channel for the company has a lot of implications.

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We have a date for the event already?

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Yes, it was going to be on the 29th, but they actually moved it up to the 25th.