There’s Ranked and Casual online multiplayer, as well as an “endless lobby” Rooms mode. Pick a preset team, find out what happens when you beat the end boss. In that regard, players should know what to expect in terms of game modes. I’m being flippant about it because, well, what more can I possibly say about the series? It hasn’t reinvented itself, or focused on story over substance, it’s just merely continued doing what it’s been doing for all this years. It feels odd reviewing an arcade beat ’em up in 2022. Just near-40 ass-kickers of varying speeds, strengths, silliness and super move shenanigans. This isn’t Tekken 7, there’s no garish fighter dressing up modes. There isn’t much in the way of customisation with fighters, outside of palette swapping their outfits. Busty, attractive women fight against hyperactive, manic schoolgirls… and there’s a dinosaur. Stereotypical, big mouthed wrestlers fight against stern, secret agent types. But in terms of stereotypes, SNK have covered every base. There have been plenty of changes over the years, and considering I don’t play King of Fighters regularly, I couldn’t tell you who’s who.
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The series mainstays are here: the Bogards, Joe Higashi, Benimaru and later stalwart K’. With thirty nine initial fighters to choose from, players will either be spoilt for choice or overwhelmed when they start. Believe me, there’s a lot of variety here. However, I am not a veteran, but what I did enjoy was just mix-and-matching it up with the roster. If you’re a KoF veteran, there’s all the whizzy moves like Guard Cancels and whatnot too. A dedicated dash button will close the gap if you’re getting air countered, whilst dashing away will get you out of a bind (maybe). Uppercuts, screen-skipping split kicks, projectiles and god knows what else can be rattled off with quick inputs. King of Fighters has always been about the spectacle and style, with the fifteenth iteration being no different. With a roster of thirty-nine fighters across thirteen teams (with more planned as DLC, of course), there’s plenty of styles to get used to.īefore we get into character specifics, we’ll talk about the fighting in general. Battles are either 3v3 or one on one, with the former being the default/standard type of fight. What we’re here for is the fighting, and in that regard, King of Fighters XV delivers. I’m being flippant, of course, but it’s a beat ’em up. There are teams, all with rhymes and reasons for getting involved, each with a little epilogue after the story is complete. Another new entrant also has powers, there’s a sinister motive to rebirth Verse… that’s really as much as I can give away.
There’s a new lead character, the teenager Shun’ei, who’s inherited some of Verse’s mystical powers and wants to find out why. In the midst of the chaos, unexplained powers saw thought-dead fighters brought to life, not unlike Mortal Kombat’s revenant gimmick. There was a big, evil entity called Verse wreaking havoc, mysterious powers, all that jazz. That’s not to sound dismissive, it’s just hard to decipher when the game doesn’t give you much to go on.įrom the “research” I did (read: Wikipedia’d the KoF XIV’s summary), events continue on from the ending of that game. Unlike, say, the fleshed out modes of Mortal Kombat 9-11, or Street Fighter V’s eventually-added one, this one just feels… there. Much like any modern counterpart, King of Fighters XV has a story to it. This review will be, however, one of spectacle from a fighting game fan. Now, quick disclaimer: if you’re looking for an in-depth analysis of the mechanics, systems et all, this isn’t it. So whilst Tekken and Street Fighter haven’t made that leap, KoF XV now joins Mortal Kombat in that regard. Whilst not the first King of Fighters to go fully 3D, it’s the first to go current gen. So as a curious bystander, when King of Fighters XV was announced, it piqued my interest. But that’s not to say I don’t respect it or its lineage that SNK have carved out over the years.
Will it convert those unfamiliar with it? The Finger Guns review.Īs some of you may have gathered from my King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match review, I have never been big on the series. The fifteenth main game from the long-fighting series, King of Fighters XV looks and plays well.
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