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What do you expect/hope to see out of KOFXV?
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These probably won't happen, but my hopes are that most of the KOF XIV roster returns, and that SNK introduces a button-shortcut for short hops.
I know these games are very different, but pretty much every platform fighter/Smash style fighter has introduced some kind of button-shortcut for executing short hops. I hope KOF does the same. Something like neutral+button for a neutral hop. Forward/backward+button for forward/backward hop, and forward, forward+button for a hyper hop.
I know these games are very different, but pretty much every platform fighter/Smash style fighter has introduced some kind of button-shortcut for executing short hops. I hope KOF does the same. Something like neutral+button for a neutral hop. Forward/backward+button for forward/backward hop, and forward, forward+button for a hyper hop.
So long as King is in I'm happy
Also Jesus at those demanding they go back to 2D. Like guys, XIV was their first foray in HD 3D and they had a choice between art and characters. Since then they have worked on more 3D games and have gotten better. Of course XV will look better
And lol "PS2 models". Go actually look at a PS2 game. Goddamn exxagerators.
Also Jesus at those demanding they go back to 2D. Like guys, XIV was their first foray in HD 3D and they had a choice between art and characters. Since then they have worked on more 3D games and have gotten better. Of course XV will look better
And lol "PS2 models". Go actually look at a PS2 game. Goddamn exxagerators.
If they keep most of the roster from XIV, add Shingo (maybe a team with him, Adelheid and Rock?) and some of the "revived" people implied in the endings I will be happy. Anything extra and... It would be too good!
That's so boring. Therefore, it'll likely be that.
They're already using Unreal Engine 4 :p
I want the models to look as good as Terry's Smash model. That can't be too much to ask for, right?
I'm hoping for good rollback netcode, lobbies not to be a downgrade like KOF14 to SamSho, Teammates in the background like 98, keep improving visuals, special intros between certain characters, more costumes, crossover characters (particularly from Tekken, Characters from their own franchises (particularly more Mark of the Wolves and add The Last Blade), Roster Size similar to 14.
I expect delay netcode, awesome music, and a roster size smaller than 14 but no sure how much tho. Other than that no idea what to expect. They could go in a number of different ways with this game interested to see how it plays out.
Characters I want that weren't in 14: New Face Team, Shen Woo, May Lee, and Krizalid.
I expect delay netcode, awesome music, and a roster size smaller than 14 but no sure how much tho. Other than that no idea what to expect. They could go in a number of different ways with this game interested to see how it plays out.
Characters I want that weren't in 14: New Face Team, Shen Woo, May Lee, and Krizalid.
You know for all the "ThEy NeEd To Go BaCk To SpRiTeS!" people, I think this is a reasonable compromise. 3D that LOOKS like 2D sprites. Only Don't make it like cel-anime, Oda has said the pixels in classic KoF games were never meant to be anime but rather they were meant to be live action/realistic. Find someway to make it look like the old style somehow. But honestly, whatever they can do to balance visuals with roster count. I'd hate to see a "pretty" small rostered game.
Seriously the lack of alts was really disappointing especially when you look at Maximum Impact 2 which had 16 costumes for everybody. More of THAT please.
The art promotions for KOF are depicted like Seinen art style.
That would be something different
Yeah, despite what Oda said (I mean how would you explain Leona), I think that's what they were really going for until the Playmore era where they really "Anime'd" up the sprites. I'd be cool with that.
I want non forgettable stages. Most fighting games, and that has been for years now, including kof, have very boring stages. I miss the time when those were iconic, related to the characters or usually tied to a city, country, monument, religion etc...
Remaking old stages would really work for me, like an homage (will probably put those as paid DLC though.)
As for characters, Hon-fu, Bob Wilson, Eiji ,John Crawley, Xiangfei, Krauser, Hayate, Hanzo and Fuuma, Kim Dragon or Rasputin from WH in a more serious design.
Visuals... Difficult, i like KOFXIV , it is basic but well done, especially after they improved the lighting. Samsho sometimes looks like a blurry mess of colours ,especially the stages. Characters are nice though, but not outstanding.
I usually like a less realistic look for fighters, but KOF has always been the less 'anime/comic' look, less colorful, (except for xii and xiii that were a mix of vAoF and Garou, and my most loved 2dfighters ever)so, for a change, something like MK maybe would fit the game and give it comercial boost in the West.
I hope it just gets enough sales to keep a healthy online for 2-3 years.
Remaking old stages would really work for me, like an homage (will probably put those as paid DLC though.)
As for characters, Hon-fu, Bob Wilson, Eiji ,John Crawley, Xiangfei, Krauser, Hayate, Hanzo and Fuuma, Kim Dragon or Rasputin from WH in a more serious design.
Visuals... Difficult, i like KOFXIV , it is basic but well done, especially after they improved the lighting. Samsho sometimes looks like a blurry mess of colours ,especially the stages. Characters are nice though, but not outstanding.
I usually like a less realistic look for fighters, but KOF has always been the less 'anime/comic' look, less colorful, (except for xii and xiii that were a mix of vAoF and Garou, and my most loved 2dfighters ever)so, for a change, something like MK maybe would fit the game and give it comercial boost in the West.
I hope it just gets enough sales to keep a healthy online for 2-3 years.
Better art direction and character models. I can play ugly games but not that ugly. Decent online too I guess but I don't expect miracles.
Less teams, like 12 or 13 because of the better quality (they said they wont reuse the 3D models from XIV) so the most of the cast from kof xiii+nakoruru team with jeane from WH+orochi team+new rival team
Return of the "HD bar" and EX not tied to "cancel mode"
Rollback netplay (yeah, right...)
Return of the "HD bar" and EX not tied to "cancel mode"
Rollback netplay (yeah, right...)
Art style based on Hiroaki's designed with a slightly reduced roster with a mix old old/new teams.
Reintroduce more returning teams throughout the years
Reintroduce more returning teams throughout the years
14's models were actually fine. It was the lighting/shading system that made them look so bad.
Just look at some of the model swaps modders have done where they simply dropped 14's models into SF5.
I don't know where this rumours come from? iirc it wasn't the bankruptcy that was threating game division. It was the pachinko loving CEO that treating and threatining the game division like a cartoon villain. He had a pachinko is the future presentation for the new buyers just days before closure of pachinko division. A great ending to a villanous plan. He was the one tanking the game division, not "expensive" 2D sprites.
Plus if we learn anything from GGXrd 3D sprites arent cheap or easy afterall. Now money is not the biggest issue. Especially after Ledo buyout, plus all the money they made. Ithink the biggest issue is the talent.
I believe that CEO scare/waste the pixel talent and the old talent who came back just wants to excel in 3D.
Eventhough I do wish to see more of SNK's pixel work which is almost witch craft (see XII-XIII's ray tracing like pixel art technic), but it won't happen for mainline KOF. Hopefully in other projects.
So with that out of way, I would love to see a great art direction. For the roster, I hope to see some of my girls: Shermie, Kasumi, XiangFei, Foxy, Hinako and Whip and my boys Gai, Krizalid, Shingo, Shen and Jhun. New comers like Reiji from Kagura clan and Shroom from previous Saga.
KoF Team ride is great!
I'd honestly take some really cool shader effects. I'm cool with how plain jane 14 is, even after all their rebuffing, but I look at it as a baseline that they could really make look good with the next installment, given the right tlc. Samsho, I think, shows they are moving in the right direction.
I hope you are not referring to Eikuchi Kawasaki when you say CEO because you don't know what you are talking about if so.
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-Huge roster at launch
-Terry Bogard with his KOF14 jacket
-Game feeling/playing like Garou
-Better lighting than 14 (the models were good but somehow they looked ugly in game)
-Terry Bogard with his KOF14 jacket
-Game feeling/playing like Garou
-Better lighting than 14 (the models were good but somehow they looked ugly in game)
I would love to be proven wrong but I just don't think that's enough for Japanese devs outside of Capcom to really care. Even being, Capcom is doing a proprietary rollback netcode but that is failing on all accounts. The dream is for them to work directly with the Cannon brothers like KI and MKX/11 but that's not happening this lifetime.
DEMAND MORE! ALWAYS DEMAND MORE!
Samurai Shodown was a lot improvement in how snk handle graphics since xiv. Andvthey can still improving so my hopes are high.
There's a theory about a villian called Uni because the last villian was called Verse. Uni-verse. lol
If some villians are revived in xiv ending would be great for the variety of characters.
There's a theory about a villian called Uni because the last villian was called Verse. Uni-verse. lol
If some villians are revived in xiv ending would be great for the variety of characters.
No, I'm not talking about one of the founders of SNK. I'm talking about SNK Playmore president Koichi Toyama. He was the one pushing pachinko, saying he wanted to turn video game fans into the pachinko fans.
Irrelevant to corporate drama, 2D and 3D is both expensive and hard to produce. With 2D, fresh talent must be the bigger issue.
There's also a return on investment issue with 2D vs 3D. If SNK's planning to sell this as a full price $60 title, sprites aren't gonna fly at that price point, particularly among casual consumers who think 2D is the realm of the bargain bin or older consoles. And those casual buyers vastly outnumber the forum dwellers who sing the praises of SNK's pixel art.
No. I think modern SNK has taken a bit of a dive and this is the kind of character inclusion I (unfortunately) expect them to make.