Maybe I made a mistake in my search, however, looking through this forum section, I didn’t find one King of Fighters 11 thread. Perhaps I missed it somewhere, if so I apologize for making this. If I’m correct and one couldn’t be found, I’d like to make one. I’ve never played a King of Fighters game more than I’ve played King of Fighters 11 with my friends. This game is just, in my opinion, really worth a play and something to get into. It has alot of characters missing that I’d wish to be in the game, but I like alot of the characters in 11 and they make up for alot.
How the game works
Like every other King of Fighters, you have a team of 3 characters. The roster is actually quite large for the game, so there are many to choose from. One huge complaint was that alot of favorite characters aren’t in this game, but in my opinion, there are alot of other cool characters in the game to make up for it that people won’t give a chance to. The gameplay is pretty solid and simple in a way.
Basically, most of the combos (Not all) in the game involve going from a characters poke, into a character’s command move, into a character’s special move, into a SuperCancel (Huge letters saying SuperCancel will appear if you did it right), and then DreamCancel (The same thing will happen for a DreamCancel). After selecting a character, you are able to choose your Leader. Mattering on whom you choose, the leader will not only have a chance of their theme song playing during battle, but they are the only characters who can use a DreamCancel during a match. Dreamcancels cost 2 Super Bars (Also called Power Stocks).
You can also switch your characters in and out during fights and in between combos, this costs a “Skill Gauge” to do. Skill Guages are used to do escape rolls, saving shifts (lets you shift characters while you’re blocking and can be saved from combos), Guard Cancels, Cancels, etc… The best combos involve quick shifting into another character and comboing. Some characters such as Ralf however, have great DreamCancel combos that do so much damage, Shift Canceling would be pointless. Doing a cancel all the way from a poke, special, super, and dream costs 3 Super bars.
One thing about this game is, even though it might not seem it at times, this game is actually pretty balanced. Almost everyone (with few exceptions) has a chance at winning in this game and some kind of advantage. One of the biggest controversies is how good a character is because of their DreamCancels.
Example: People argue that Athena is one of the worst characters in the game, which is why she’s at the bottom of the tier, however, they also argue that she has one of the best DreamCancels in the game. The reason for Athena being bottom is because she’s actually quite punishable for alot of what she does with not as much worth from it. Honestly, if you do choose her, I recommend making her leader because of her really good DreamCancel.
Anyhow, discuss this game please.
Thank you sir.