The King Of Fighters XV - SNK's last hope after SamSho2019, 70GB fighting game

[GloryHole Stalker]

I just picked up KOF 14 (5.99 plus tax was a big factor, I've never cared much for the series) The Graphics are meh, although the KOF series was never known for dazzling graphics to begin with, so that's OK. 50 characters out of the box... can't beat that. The sub and end bosses are weird, even by SNK standards. A goofy Russian dude, and whatever the fuck Verse is supposed to be, lol. In Geese's ending, they have a callback to the plot in some of the older Fatal Fury games (ancient scrolls that Geese and others were after) and apparently, Verse has to do with that, I guess. Did they follow up on that in 15? Anyhow, for 6 bucks plus tax, it is a nice buy, but it's not something I'd pay full price for.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

An oddly alluring game with a great aesthetic. Yet to boot it up but browsed the characters a bunch and the south american appeal is hard to understand. Theyll add some dude called Jengjo Sampson and people go fucking nuts. Why? Was it just cause it had a larger userbase in SA than Street fite?

 

[DocAwe]

SNK games in general were cheaper in SA and Mexico than the Capcom games.
So more availability led to more popularity?
I've also been told that the SNK characters are considered more macho & sexy than their Capcom counterparts and that is a bigger deal to Spanish/Latin dudes.
Or not maybe.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

I've also been told that the SNK characters are considered more sexy than their Capcom counterparts

Compared to today? Absolutely. Capcom is one step away from becoming the new NetherRealms and dressing up their females in burkas (or just straight up making them men, whichever one comes first).

Back then though? That's debatable. Capcom had a lot more going for it when it came to attractive women, and that's outside of fighters.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

The Graphics are meh, although the KOF series was never known for dazzling graphics to begin with, so that's OK.

Brother, I implore you to look at the sprite art, especially for XIII. Probably cope from my end but SNKs graphics was at its most beautiful when they didn't go 3D.

Slight autistic rambling here but I was honestly so disappointed when I booted up KOF 14 for the first time and they didn't animate Kim's pants.

KOF 14 is a fun game but it's graphics are early ps3 worthy.

A goofy Russian dude, and whatever the fuck Verse is supposed to be,

LOL you think that's weird? Try Maximum Impact and the gender Bender fuckery of Jivatma. At least Antonov is mildly amusing in his retardation and Verse is.....uhm....

Verse has to do with that, I guess. Did they follow up on that in 15?

Yes quite a bit actually. I could be wrong here so pardon me.

Those scrolls apparently predicted the appearance of Verse. Verse got booted at the end of 14 but got reborn with tits in 15 as Re Verse. Very creative naming.

Basically it's some weird anomaly creature born from negative energy because of shit that happened in 13. A bunch of dead people had their souls trapped in there, hence a bunch of bosses and legacy characters coming back (Rugal, Goenitz, Yashiro, Shermie, Chris and Ash amongst others)

And Verse apparently have pieces of himself existing in people, Shunei the Chinese gamer twink with a stupid outfit from 14 and Isla the white haired graffiti girl from 15.

Re Verse is a servant for the final boss of 15, stone lady with crystal hair, Otoma Raga. They speak gibberish so we don't actually know why the fuck all of this is happening. Only that it may be ending the world or something.

You can compare it to Ogre from Tekken.

just straight up making them men,

Cough cough Marissa.

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

@DenseDeerFather I've got 13, it's great. I love sprite art. I have a healthy collection of Neo Geo games on my ps4 that I spend quite a bit of time with. The KOF series never really clicked with me way back when. I never cared for the character design and all the "SNK Twinks" that manifested (infested) those games. I preferred then and now Fatal Fury and World Heroes.

Lol, Kim's pants in 14 sticks out like a sore thumb if you've played 13.

I've now looked into 15 a bit. Not interested. graphics are a big step up, but for some reason, a number of characters have an increased body size, with the same sized head they had in 14. Looks weird. I'm very likely to get the new Fatal Fury next year when that comes out. Keeping my fingers crossed that they do that series justice.