Comments on: Why King of Fighters XII is a Major Disappointment http://www.split-screen.com/2009/08/04/why-king-of-fighters-xii-is-a-major-disappointment/ gaming news, reviews, discussion, tutorials and humour Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Vijay Sinha http://www.split-screen.com/2009/08/04/why-king-of-fighters-xii-is-a-major-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-17933 Vijay Sinha Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:44:17 +0000 http://www.split-screen.com/?p=3633#comment-17933 I agree that KOFXII doesn't make sense to buy from a normal consumer point of view, but I feel the gameplay really holds it up for die-hard fighting game fans. Sure, they've cut down the number of moves and gave pretty much everyone (but two characters) one special. But I found the guard counter and CCS to be pretty effective against constant spammers, and give matches a more unpredictable feel than say something like Street Fighter IV (and that's arguably a much more dumb-downed game, but it's still effin' fun!). To compare it to MotW is kinda pointless, as not even the previous KOF games before XII had anything close to that. If anything, XII is the closest we'll ever get to the amazingness that is Garou, and in some ways, mirrors a lot from Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Needless to say, I'm already aching for the next game in the series! I agree that KOFXII doesn’t make sense to buy from a normal consumer point of view, but I feel the gameplay really holds it up for die-hard fighting game fans. Sure, they’ve cut down the number of moves and gave pretty much everyone (but two characters) one special. But I found the guard counter and CCS to be pretty effective against constant spammers, and give matches a more unpredictable feel than say something like Street Fighter IV (and that’s arguably a much more dumb-downed game, but it’s still effin’ fun!).

To compare it to MotW is kinda pointless, as not even the previous KOF games before XII had anything close to that. If anything, XII is the closest we’ll ever get to the amazingness that is Garou, and in some ways, mirrors a lot from Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Needless to say, I’m already aching for the next game in the series!

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