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

[sycoticfatboi]

The jumps seem to have a way too high of an arc

That UI is hopefully an early build and will improve
Too much white all-around in the menus (white title screen - same as SF5 huh)

Also 60 seconds for a round? Why not 99?

KOF have always been 60 seconds. Except for kofxi iirc

[CaptainGinyu]

According Wild Wallace, normals feel strong and anti-airs feel really strong.

[King9999]

Some are reporting that the game has just defends.

[BiGGDaddyCane]

They need to cut the bullshit and bring back Orochi Team.

Fuck a Story Line, I don’t care if the’re dead. I want em.

[JohnGrimm]

Some are reporting that the game has just defends.

They’re also saying no one knows what the hell they do. Not an obvious mechanic so it’s probably not the SNK just defend you’d think it is.

[Great_Dark_Hero]

Sure a lot of characters to take into consideration…
We 02UM again…!

[Bubba_da_genius]

The only KOF i ever played was KOF97, I really liked it. I played with Leona, Chizuru and Shermie. Shame that the last 2 apparently arent in this game Guess there’s little demand for them if they arent in a roster of 50 characters

Chizuru will probably be back with a roster of 50 characters.

Not according to the leaked roster she won’t.

*Depends on how accurate the leak list was, and what are the potential DLC plans for the game. For example, there’s not a single representative character or team from the last arc of the game. No Shen, Dou Lon, Ash, Betty, Oswald etc.

If the leak is right I fully expect Yamazaki to be the third member of southside team. No idea who will comprise the new China team. *

I hope you’re right about Yamazaki (Blue Mary would be nice too).

On a different note, how is everybody liking the redesigns. And I mean purely from a design stand point, I don’t need you to tell me that the game’s still not too easy on the eyes. I like all the new costumes except Leona and Kyo’s, I wish they went back to they’re classic looks(Especially Leona). Though I really love Billy, Ralf, Chang, and Andy’s new looks.

[JohnGrimm]

All of the redesigns look fine to me. I don’t have a problem with any of them but none of them are particularly amazing either. I couldn’t say I would rather have anything else though, on some level something new will always be more interesting than something I’ve seen before.

[Hawkingbird]

The redesigns ain’t nothing special. All the characters have kept their core design with a different set of clothes.

[luckyjim]

So they’re going for quantity over quality, that explains it.
Lord knows we would never see a roster of this size in XIII with how demanding the sprite-work was.

All they did was convert 3D models to 2D for kof13. I’m sure it wasn’t that hard, it wasn’t hand drawn shit. Graphics look better, hopefully continues to improve, king looked shifty.

I don’t believe that’s correct… I was under the impression they used rough 3D models for proportions and then drew overtop them. Some of the sprite work in 13 is too good that I don’t know how they could’ve just converted that from a 3D model. And all the spritework from KoF12/13 practically bankrupted the company.

[Komatik]

KOF is only bad because is an incomplete game, not only because the cast but also for the lack of modes and terrible netcode, but mechanically is a really solid game.
I actually liked it for what it was.

The KOF system is one of the best pieces of system design I’ve ever seen for a competitive game.

[BzChoy]

I’m pretty sure he was talking specifically about KOF12.

[kenuran]

Some Gameplay

[AT_Ryo_Sakazaki]

[sycoticfatboi]

Is rush any use if anybody fiddled around with it.

[AT_Ryo_Sakazaki]

New system

• Just Defend

• Wall Bounce neutral C+D

• Forward ground recovery roll (KOFXI style, can be hit)

• Rush Autocombo : mash LP close to opponent

• You get one super meter when you lose a character (like KOFXI)

Maxmode :

• Uses 1 meter
• Ex moves (depletting time) and Ex DM
• 1/2 time if activated during a normal

[JohnGrimm]

New system

• Wall Bounce neutral C+D

Why the hell is XIV adding Neowave mechanics?

[AT_Ryo_Sakazaki]

New system

• Wall Bounce neutral C+D

Why the hell is XIV adding Neowave mechanics?

only on counter.

not a real wall bounce

[JohnGrimm]

New system

• Wall Bounce neutral C+D

Why the hell is XIV adding Neowave mechanics?

only on counter.

not a real wall bounce

Oh, it’s not even Counterwire. That’s not so bad I guess. Still kinda odd.

[The_Adventurer]

Seems like a way to corner your opponent.