The gameplay looks awesome.
I hope the graphics will be improved.
Between this and SF5, I'll be too busy to play any other games in 2016.
I hope we get the tag battle system back again. I don't know why they ditched it after XI.
If it looks as good as SF4 (which I'm sure it will) all will be good.
The gameplay looks awesome.
#FREEUSASPORTSTEAM
Just sayin'.
#FREEUSASPORTSTEAM
Just sayin'.
Leak about the roster ? : http://shoryuken.com/2015/11/04/king-of-fighters-xivs-roster-may-have-leaked-months-ago/
I'm still on board but man do I miss 13 sprites.
The gameplay looks awesome.
I gathered all the '?'s' in that list were for new characters. I could be wrong though.
Just a quick question about KOF in general. I've been playing 98 recently and love how your teammates and the opponents teammates watch the match at opposite ends of the stage and react to the match and the defeated characters lie on the floor and stuff like that. I then played 13 and realised that it didn't have anyone other than the fighters on screen and it really disappointed me. I looked back at previous games and realised that they too had gotten rid of this. I don't expect it back in 14 at all, but I was wondering if there was a reason as to why they got rid of it?
Just a quick question about KOF in general. I've been playing 98 recently and love how your teammates and the opponents teammates watch the match at opposite ends of the stage and react to the match and the defeated characters lie on the floor and stuff like that. I then played 13 and realised that it didn't have anyone other than the fighters on screen and it really disappointed me. I looked back at previous games and realised that they too had gotten rid of this. I don't expect it back in 14 at all, but I was wondering if there was a reason as to why they got rid of it?
I get why they probably went with a yellow top for Leona (the color would go well with the blue hair) but it seems like such an odd choice for her character.
Wonder what Ralf and Clark will look like this time, classic size or plus size. Leona losing that grenade belt, or whatever it was, probably means that they also won't have it.
I prefer the belt without all that volume from the grenades, so that's fine.
Her pants now having a camouflage pattern is a neat touch, and I wonder if that's supposed to work with the now yellow top as camouflage for some story element involving a mission in a desert environment - I like the older darker colors, so I wonder if the new ones have particular relevance...
It is kind of funny though that they revealed both Chang and her in the same trailer since a relationship of some kind between them was kind of hinted at in the past iirc.
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That hint appears to have been a programming typo in 98, where Leona would salute Chang (a salute which I think was meant for Ralf, I'd have to recheck if she salutes Ralf there, like she does Heidern and Clark) - he's the 2nd member of the Kim team while Ralf's the 2nd in her team.
If in the game's code the teams are numbered in the order they're displayed, with Kyo's as 1, Terry's as 2, Ryo's as 3 and Leona's as 4, then the teams can be represented like this:
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And if the characters are referenced by their team and position in it, Chang would be team7(2) and Ralf team4(2).
So maybe the Chang salute was a typo - on a numpad, 4 and 7 are pretty close, so Leona could be programmed to salute team4(2), but it ended up as team7(2) by a programmer's slip of the finger, and it wouldn't be a game-breaking bug, just an oddity.
Just a theory, really.
In KOF 98, Leona mysteriously salutes Chang Koehan and belittles Ralf. This was originally thought to be a bug in the game mechanics, but developers add that it was her showing respect for "real power". The exact meaning of this statement remains unclear though it became a popular subject in fan doujinshi for a time.
If they are gonna have a 60 person cast like the leak implies... for them to have KOFXIII or GGXrd level visuals it will cost them an astronomical amount of money. And even if they had the budget, is there enough talent out there to produce models and animations of such quality within the time frame? You have to decide between the graphics and roster. whynotboth.gif can''t apply here unfortunately.
Seems that he's speaking for character visual design and not so much system wide art style or graphics.Don't think this has been posted but here's a translation of the interview with the producer.
http://www.orochinagi.com/2015/10/i...ii-hits-top-3-sales-charts-fgc-ebook-free-pdf
Most important info from this is:
-Producer seems to be aware of the complaints about the art style doesn't seem to care, as long as the gameplay is good.
-We all probably figured but it pretty much confirms this is the start of a new arc.
I'd rather have less characters and a nice engine like Xrd (or just continue with XIII's amazing sprites). Then with sequels XV and XVI for example they can add more characters.
An ugly game is an ugly game forever, and KOF XIV is an UGLY game.
Well...that's not what most players play KOF for. For most, it's the the large character roster that makes a KOF game.
King of Fighters 13 ResultsSays who? The competitive scene in 13 is like 4 characters and dont even get me started on 2002. I very rarely see any character variety.
Well...that's not what most players play KOF for. For most, it's the the large character roster that makes a KOF game. And that's what made KOF the clear moneymaker for SNK, even though games like MOTW and Last Blade were decidedly much prettier games on the MVS (not to mention what Capcom was running with on the CPS2 and CPS3 at the time).
Again, trying to get things back to a "MVS era" pace, where they can churn KOF games out quicker, and add oodles of characters each time, seems to be what SNKP is aiming for, starting with XIV. Not everybody is going to like that, but it's what I imagine will most delight KOF players out east.
Chang model is pretty good:I actually don't mind the graphics at all, just the art style is atrocious. I'll be surprised if they don't screw up the other main characters, as Kyo and Iori already look pretty bad.
King of Fighters 13 Results
1. Karn (Kula, Elisabeth, Chin)
2. AlvinG (Duo Lon, Shen, Kim | King, Shen, Kim)
3. Hype|TSF (EX Iori, Mr. Karate, Kim)
4. HopperLi (EX Iori, EX Kyo, Kim)
Top 4 from a recent tournament has 10 unique chars
Np, the game isn't as stagnant in character selection as some people think. There was even a Leona in top 8 for that tournament.Cool. Thanks for posting.
Don't think this has been posted but here's a translation of the interview with the producer.
http://www.orochinagi.com/2015/10/i...ii-hits-top-3-sales-charts-fgc-ebook-free-pdf
Most important info from this is:
-Producer seems to be aware of the complaints about the art style doesn't seem to care, as long as the gameplay is good.
-We all probably figured but it pretty much confirms this is the start of a new arc.
Np, the game isn't as stagnant in character selection as some people think. There was even a Leona in top 8 for that tournament.
King of Fighters 13 ResultsThey were only talking about Kyo and Iori's new designs.
There was good character variety at SCR too iirc.
Chang model is pretty good:
Make Kyo and Iori look like prototypes made while researching art direction for the game!
Strangely in that pic, it actually doesn't look bad. Maybe they just need to get some better Antialiasing and soften the whole image a bit
And scrap the awful stage they keep showing.Strangely in that pic, it actually doesn't look bad. Maybe they just need to get some better Antialiasing and soften the whole image a bit
Seems that he's speaking for character visual design and not so much system wide art style or graphics.
They were only talking about Kyo and Iori's new designs.
And scrap the awful stage they keep showing.
The brazillian ninja could be black and the list is not confirmed.Looking at the rumored roster list , there is no black characters in KOF XIV. I don't get it with how huge the roster is and what it covers.
Ah ok fair enough. Don't know why people are complaining about the costumes though. They're are far from being the worst problem here.
Looking at the rumored roster list , there is no black characters in KOF XIV.
Looking at the rumored roster list , there is no black characters in KOF XIV. I don't get it with how huge the roster is and what it covers.
The brazillian ninja could be black and the list is not confirmed.