The release date can be changed, like I said here in Japan there were rumors that this game was supposed to be announced way back. But we all act like companies dont push shit back. Any of you all waiting got Might No 9 that was supposed to be out March then September, now December. I think they are saying 2016 just to have a reason to show it at TGS, but it could be pushed back could be December 2016.
Dont forget that when XIII came out they waited for a long ass time before they released so that they wouldnt compete with SF4 and BB.
I get the knee jerk reactions but if this was capcom there would be hella more people saying stay calm and give it a chance. Look at SFxT.
So yea I have been playing Snk games since I was a kid and Im hoping they get their shit together and make XIV as good (if not better than) XIII. I do hope that everyone who is angry at the trailer has at least played some of the past SNK games. If there are people hating who havent even played XIII I see you argument as irrelevant.
If they are âtrying their bestâ, they must be a bunch of freshmen that didnât even finish school. How can they make look worse than early 2000s fighting games? If these developers are âdoing their bestâ they must be college interns then⌠This looks completely horrible, I havenât seen any video game trailer so underwhelming, and Iâm not just talking about fighting gamesâŚ
If the studio turns out to be good but budgetâs so limited then they simply shouldnât do the video game, itâs just inconceivable that theyrâe trying to sell this PS1-level graphics for the PlayStation 4. But even with a limited budget, good art direction can sort of makeup a little for that⌠but these aesthetics are just awful.
this is the worst vg trailer Iâve seen since Mega Man Xover, but at least that was a spinoffâŚ
Nonsense? You call complaining about this piece of crap NONSENSE? Dude, this is the standard reaction to the trailer, havenât you seen ? NONSENSE is being such condescendant with the company you are accepting theyâre trying to sell a PS4 video game with a horrid trailer featuring PS1-level graphics, THATâS NONSENSE.
Just stop defending the game, or I mean, if youâre going to, look for better arguments because youâre not making any sense. Even you have to recognize this is an insult to the quality KOF has delivered along the years, even with limited budgets the game you could see nice artistic direction, smart ideas⌠this KOF XIV looks completely hollow.
That has nothing to do with the fact this trailer is horrible and the game looks terrible. I appreciate your support to KOF but donât make this into an argument of âwe must support SNK no matter what!â, thatâs just fanboy-ish.
The Batman movie franchise would have been better if Joel Schumacher hadnât made Batman & Robin, we agree?
Again youâre generalizing, do you see the thread filled with âWHENâS THE NEXT KOF GAME GOING TO RELEASE?â threads. No. I think people was in general happy with how the series ended with KOF XIII, it was a worthy game, it was fun, it made the new sprites shine, it showed a lot of love for the franchise, the characters, easter eggs, great gameplay, everything. I didnât see too many people constantly making pressure to SNK for a new KOF game.
I was happy on how all this closed and I didnât ask for a new installment. But I would gladly accept one if it was decent. But this⌠this is crappy beyond belief, and the worst thing is that itâs not just a cashgrab spinoff game, but a numbered entry!! Itâs the definitive sign they just stopped giving a shit, theyâre planning to make the franchise into a bottom of the barrel budget game! This long-time respected brand will be completely destroyed here onwards⌠Seriously, WHY?! Why donât you some respect to this series trajectory?
Do we want it to be âperfectâ? No. But we want something more worthy than PS1 level graphics⌠thatâs just an insult. Itâs an insult to themselves, mainly, because they no longer value the great franchise theyâre guardians of. They will destroy the brand completely for years to come, theyâre ultimately hurting themselves because of this incredible display of mediocrity and stupidity.
You are allowed to be happy, but if you go around saying people to âshut up, stop complaining, you have to love and support the new KOFâ, youâre going to have a terrible time, because your arguments are the true NONSENSE here.
No John, youâre not and Iâm not taking your holier than thou shit this time.
Weâre allowed to want a new KoF and want bigger aspirations for them. I understand the problems that SNK has, but at no point does that mean I should lower my expectations just for them.
You want to throw âWHY THE FUCK ARENâT YOU POSERS PLAYING XIII?!â Because the netcode fucking sucks and I said from day fucking 1 of XIIIâs release that SNK needed to deliver on that netcode if they wanted a good amount of people to stay around. Not everyone has a goddamn scene to go play in and Iâm not playing in underwater conditions just to support SNK. On top of that, all I hear from the old heads is âXIII is just a scrubâs KoF, real KoF players play 98/02â all the fucking time.
I do NOT support game companies. I donât believe in that shit, thatâs a waste of my time. I will support games that Iâm interested in and I believe are worth investing in. I donât give a shit what companies they come from. I donât care if a game comes from a company thatâs failed 500 times, if it looks good and they mightâve hit a winner, Iâm going to invest my time in at least following, researching and if all goes well, playing. I dontâ care if a company has hit the ball out of the park 500 times, if a game looks like shit I dontâ care. I donât care what your financial issues are, or whatever outside influences are affecting you. If itâs that much of an issue, take an extra year on that shit and come back to us or donât bother making the game if itâs that big a financial strain.
Right now, KOFXIV looks amateur hour. Iâll give them this much, the game could look like vomit and play potentially great. But until actual gameplay footage comes out, which it probably wonât for a while because it looks absurdly pre-alpha, this is all we have to go on. It may seem unfair to compare to Capcom and other companies but you know what? Itâs entering the arena where a ton of Fighters are out and active. By the time it comes out, SFV will be out, MKX will be a year strong, Guilty Gear will be bringing out an update, Blazblue may be out or on the horizon, Tekken 7 will be out on console, and this is not even taking into account offerings on other consoles besides PS4. It HAS to compete with these games, being Anti-SF4 or Anti-Capcom isnât going to be enough to get eyes on it immediately. KOFXIII had the fortune of coming out at a time where people were getting tired of Capcomâs offerings and other companies hadnât stepped up as much. They will not have such a luxury this time.
They have to get by with quality and quality alone and Iâm sorry, when did KOF earn such faith? This is a franchise that has had 50% of its offerings at least be poor showings and thatâs being nice. 98/02/XI/XIII are the only ones that people truly get behind. You get some niche following for the others for various reasons, but those are the big 4 (or the big 3 and XI but Iâll give it the benefit of the doubt) that really stand from the rest. The other 9 games faltered, especially ones involving the Strikers, or just didnât stand out for very long. So why the hell should anyone have such absolute faith that this game will be a gem?
So you know what John? Fuck you, go ahead and sit on your throne all you want saying that people are frauds and are too stupid to support SNK. Iâm going to sit over here, not be a fucking SNK Dick Riding moron, and let KOFXIV prove to us that itâs actually worth our fucking time. If they think what they just showed at TGS was acceptable, theyâre terribly wrong. If the game wasnât ready they shouldâve taken more time with it before presenting it to the public. Just say KOFXIV is coming without the visuals and be done with it, that would bring hype and no issues would be had. If they want the gameplay to stand above the crappy visuals, then they better show us that itâs worth a damn. Gameplay AND Netcode better be on point. No excuses anymore. They think they deserve to stand in the ring again, they have to show something better than that, period.
I mean, it doesnât look modern, but itâs not âPS1 levelâ.
The lighting effects seem to be about late 7th-gen, early 8th-gen at best. The character models are in the same range as many budget titles from Japan or Korea. Honestly, itâs more the art direction thatâs an issue. Those faces are just meh, and combined with the budget animation which is what makes them look bad.
The thing Iâll give that does look 6th-gen is the stage which looks to have bad textures and a low polygon count.
In fact, if anything, we SHOULD be complaining, because weâre the true fans and we care about the brand. Do you think SNKP is caring about the brand trying to sale a Nokia N-Gage-graphics level game for the PS4? NO! Theyâre just destroying the brand, they will make KOF into the laughingstock.
Maybe if we complain hard enough, they will realize what theyâre doing and decide to drop the âXIVâ from the title and present the game as a spin-off series instead⌠thatâs what they should do if they donât want to destroy the name of the franchise; KOF XII was enough of an embarrassment, donât destroy everything theyâve accomplished with this awesome series until nowâŚ
Yeah no, you shut up too now. Thereâs no âbrandâ destroying. Youâre overselling what the brand is. Making a spinoff wonât make the game any better. I donât care if itâs KOFXIV or KOFMI3 or KOFZIEK, I just want a good game.
If youâre making âcanonâ a bad game in the series, youâre polluting the franchise, they shouldnât consider these awful titles âtrueâ KOF games. If theyâre trying to sell this new concept as the ânext step in the KOF evolutionâ⌠then people will just become pessimistic and think series will only decline after this, because itâs a huge stepdown.
Imagine if Street Fighter EX was called âStreet Fighter IIIâ back then⌠the peopleâs conception of the series would have been very different. Not saying EX series was terrible or something, but it doesnât hold a candle to whatever Capcom genius were doing back then.
I never did like when fans use SNK financials as an excuse. As a customer, itâs not my role to care. The companyâs financial issues and difficulties in developing their games has no effect on me as a consumer. All I want is a quality product. XIV right made an awful first impression with itâs shitty visuals and crap animation.
I donât give a fuck what anybodyâs crying about. New KoF has got me AMPED.
I think the models are honestly alright. Itâs the animations and lack of fluidity that need tweaked. It doesnât help that we only saw each sequence for maybe a second, with cinematic rotating cameras that somewhat distort my perspective on the action shown.
What other thing that has visually seemed off-putting is Kyo and Iori have some white auras about them. Like the lighting doesnât make any sense compared to the angle of their shadows. In 13, that lighting effect wouldâve never been applied because it wouldâve looked even weirder to put on sprites. so they just gave them generic noon-time shadows, which could be easily done here. The way the lighting is for 14 reminds me a lot of that terrible milky white stage in 13 that nobody would choose to play on.
So yeah Iâm optimistic about KoF. I wish more people would be expressing hype about there being a new KoF rather than ram their knobs in SNKâs butthole over seemingly outdated graphics. For me, graphics are the last concern I have when it comes to a good game. I was raised on shitty 8/16-bit sprites, and highly pixelated PS1/Dreamcast/N64 3D models. It never stopped those games from being fun so long as the control was good and there was replay value.
Lastly âlolâ at people talking shit about graphics and then out of nowhere start creaming about âCvS3 being on the horizonâ, as if it wouldnât look just as bad as this to yâall. Iâd take certain CvS mechanics put into KoF14 before Iâd act so deluded to think CvS3 is a realistic possibility in the near future.
But hey, maybe if those sponsors in the KoF14 stage were real, the graphics would be high enough to appeal to the masses that donât concern themselves for what lies beneath.
I have no Issue with this game so far except how Kyo looks but its what ever. Canât wait for me detail on this game. Let the Nay sayer be. While Im not fan of Negative reaction, any promotion IMO benefits KoF/SNK, true fan will stick around.
Itâs not just the graphic polish/polygon count, the art direction is absolute shit. There is nothing within the trailer that brings any sense of yearning or excitement other than it is KOFXIV. It looks awful, we see awful renditions of classic characters doing moves weâve seen many times before, it doesnât sound remarkable either. Why even show this trailer, I donât know.
I remember SNK said last year they were working on a new KOF which would be easier execution, be close to KOF 98 in design, and have the largest cast ever as well as the largest production team ever. It sounded exciting, this trailer kills all of that.