Looks awful. SNK throwing in the 2D towel pretty much puts the last nail in the 2D fighting game coffin.
looks like a fanmade 3d rendering of a gackt video. the gaudy background doesnt do the rest of the visuals any favours either.
i would normally say that when you try to reproduce a certain artstyle in 3d, it can end up looking like an entirely different thing instead of a 3d version of the 2d games, but the changes to the clothes, hair, and lighting look intentional (and bad). maybe a different stage and some regular gameplay without dramatic angles would help.
The nail was put in that coffin when Guilty Gear made the move. SNK was at least forced to, they canât financially deal with going with 2D anymore.
These 3D models are terrible but if I had said a week ago would you rather have KOF with 3D models or no KOF at all, I doubt people would go with the latter just to have the comfort of knowing that SNK went out on 2D.
I think these graphics and artistic direction are just unacceptable. If theyâre willing to sacrifice quality to this extent, I rather prefer them to not to release something that can damage so much the brand theyâve built.
If they still want to release the game, I think they should change the title to present it as a âspin-offâ and not a numbered entry. But by this point, itâs clear they completely gave up on the idea of bringing quality games⌠and thatâs completely heartbreaking.
Thatâs an idiotic statement. I guess people forget how small SNK is and how much money they DONâT have. If they werenât trying to make a quality game, they wouldnât be making the game at all. Just because the visuals arenât super high budget doesnât mean the game is going to be awful. This is probably the best they could do with the budget they have and the time they had to get the trailer out.
There were rumors that they were going to announce this game back in 2014 but I bet it was worse than now. Sadly we have no information, so until we hear more I think we should just be happy that a new KOF was announced
How many companies have the resources and budget to make HD 2D sprites. I wonder if capcom could even afford it at this point.
The game scheduled for release next year. If the release window holds true than I doubt weâll get a dramatic improvement on the visuals and animation.
Câmon guys, SNK has clearly shown they know how to make games in 3D. Samurai Shodown Sen, Fatal Fury Wild Ambition and the Maximum Impact series redefined fighting games as we know it.
Thisâll be the best thing to happen to SNK since Eolith.
That would be preferable.
The artistic direction looks awful, this just looks terrible all around. If theyâre trying to sell us the game with this, if they try to build hope or hype with this, if they think this is acceptable for PS4, I have no hope for them⌠what a terrible embarrassment, this will damage the franchise irreversibly.
I mean, KOF XII was a failure, yeah, but at least there was an artistic direction behind, there was an attempt to promote the series to mainstream level, while this⌠I seriously see nothing good here, thereâs not a heart, thereâs not the KOF spirit, thereâs nothing that says me this has the potential to be good, it looks awful in every level.
Itâs obvious this isnât even developed by SNK Playmore, they must be hiring another (cheap, amateurish and terrible) studio to work in this, just like theyâve done before with games like Samurai Shodown Sen.
Now, that would be more or less acceptable if this was a spinoff game, but if theyâre willing to let their âjewel of the crownâ franchise to be handled by a bunch of terrible unknown programmers and artists, itâs a clear hint that SNK Playmore just gave up on the franchise. And Iâll do the same.
For me, this is a mock of KOF, this shouldnât exist and I wonât support it in any way. This is not what KOF deserves, thatâs just not what this great fighting game franchise deserves, itâs just a nightmare, itâs completely unacceptable.
That much Iâll agree with. It really looks like they put no effort into it and isnât worth the support, especially with a release date of next year. Iâll keep an eye on it, but it honestly reminds me of KOFXII in all the wrong ways.
SNK wants to move onto Pachinko, they might as well just go the full way. Hell even the Pachinko KOF models looked better.
At leas the KOF XII trailer made a good impression and a big splash because of the incredible update of the graphics. KOFXIVâs trailer is underwhelming in every wayâŚ
Iâve never seen the game in action, so I had no idea it used 3D models. Before I full screened the video I thought those were modified KOF13 sprites.
If it is coming out in 2016, it will be quickly forgotten. SFV, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear and more MKX changes is going to make KOFXIV very easy to ignore.
Itâs sprites, based on 3D model photographies, like Donkey Kong Country.
Gato or fuck off. Yep, that sums up everything.
Yeah, it looked very similar to how Ranbu supers looked in Maximum Impact, which makes the name âMaximum Impactâ quite ironic.
A lot of dudes talking big in here. Are you on the development team? Have you been to the studio where theyâre making the game? No? Then fuck off with âthey arenât trying.â You donât know how hard theyâre trying, you donât know how much time theyâve put into the game, you donât know how much of a budget they have. If you donât like how the game looks then fine, whatever, but shut the fuck up with this nonsense. On top of that most of the names in here I donât ever see talking about SNK games in the first place, and you people have no business saying anything about the game because you werenât even going to play it regardless. Everyone dickriding how good 13 looks, oh man 13 sprites are so good, why did they drop sprites.
Hereâs a question, why the fuck donât ANY OF YOU play 13? Tournament turnouts are dead in the entire country, that EVO side tourney barely got 100 entrants. And yeah, Iâm guilty of not entering that tournament either for my own reasons, but you guys say it would be better off if SNK didnât make a new KoF game? Fuck you. It has been 4 years since 13 came out and everyone abandoned it after 1, all anyone ever said about 13 when it was the new game was how they wished it played more like 02 or how they wished it played more like 98 or how they wished it was this, that, the other, XYZ. Well now thereâs a new game and everyone wants to wax poetic about 13, where the fuck were any of you for 13?
SNK is the company that has the most people who say they support them but the fewest number of people who actually support them. This is why they keep going fucking bankrupt. I canât even tell you how many people I saw on twitter who would complain time and time again every time SNK put out a new pachinko game, always whining âSNK PUT OUT KOF, WE WANT KOF, MAKE A CONSOLE GAME,â and now that thereâs a console game youâre all complaining because it isnât your perfect dream of what you want. A new game isnât good enough, it has to look exactly how you want it to be regardless of the budget, SNK be damned this game is for ME not for SNK. I canât believe I have to be mad about this announcement, not because the game isnât visually appealing, but because the complete and utter disdain this game has had from day 1. All I wanted was a new KoF game and I got it, I was so excited when I saw that trailer, then I go to Twitter and apparently Iâm not allowed to be happy.
Iâm already tired of this. Itâs already to the point where I have to avoid news posts and thread about this game because I canât put up with all of the stupid comments people make about this game like theyâre an insider and know more than everyone else making these big claims about Chinese outsourcing and no effort when none of you people know shit. I CANâT believe that the thing Iâve been waiting for is finally here and I have to be mad at everyone involved. That blows my god damn mind.
Yes, it does. And itâs embarrassing.
I hope that for SNKâs sake, that they would delay this title, especially now that theyâve been obtained by a Chinese company. The reveal has already got a very bad reputation on their official page on Youtube as it is (first impressions always counts in everything!).