E3 2016: Where Will The King of Fighters XIV Fall on The Ranking of Fighters?

I would say just from this short clip somewhere near the bottom maybe just above Ranma 1/2...

Man, this game sure ain't pretty. Hope it plays well, at the very least.

Arrrgh Come on game, make me like you!

Yeah, I still can't see this being anywhere near as good as the 2D games. And XIII was so good, too. :(

Edit: Also, I miss Vanessa.

Oh god, Mai's face...why would you put that on the disc? Why the hell are her eyes yellow now? Is this that same weird 3D modeling fuckup that gave Ken and Karin yellow eyes?

Also, I thought I was the only Vanessa fan out there. But hey, if Ramon and Angel can come back, anything is possible!

Sprites are what made King of Fighters special. These 3D models look generic as shit.

If this has Tung Fu Ru in it, I'm fucking sold.

I was unsure on this one since XIII was so bad, but after playing for an hour , i am sold.

Why? Seriously, why? Stick with great 2D graphics instead of Dreamcast like 3D ones please.

I have yet to like any 3D KoF game, this doesn't look like that's going to change.

Had to watch it in mute.

This PS2 game looks REALLY good.

Still not sold on this. Good to hear some positive impressions though.

I have a feeling this will end up like XII and the first Maximum Impact, where it'll be hurt a bit by its lacking character cast and some roughness around the edges polish-wise. But like XIII and Maximum Impact 2, once they make the second game it'll be chock full of characters and have everything fixed and just be awesome.

All I want is SNK vs Capcom 3

Really bad call on the 3D models. Looks like trash.

Kind of want to play this but those character models look gawd awful in this trailer. Yet another KoF game without Yamazaki. sigh

Lacking cast? There's confirmed 50 playable characters. Aside from somewhat lacking graphics which I think look fine especially compared to what the game first looked like. This game plays like a dream on top of that. Feels exactly like KoF should feel if not a little better. The fighting in this game is so intuitive and the max mode mechanic is great. I'm happy to see that graphics > gameplay in this comment thread.

For me, it has less to do with "I don't think the game has enough polygons," and a lot more to do with "I think the design elements and art direction clash horribly, and the character models look like they were all made by different people for different games then smashed together into some kind of weird mess."

For real, every lady they've shown looks like a generic busty doe-eyed anime figurine, and something about the whole aesthetic is lifeless in a way that kinda creeps me out.

I haven't played it, so I don't know how good the fighting is.

But that trailer makes a very poor impression, it looks cheap as hell.

Why does it look like this was made for the original xbox? Hopefully it plays nice.

Give this to me now. People say they want fluid framerate in a fighter and that's the focus here. Xrd raised the bar, but they don't have to render this roster. Give. Give it. This and Disc Jam.

I have no problem with fighting games going 3D, it's much easier when it comes to animating and for any changes that many need to happen post release but did they really have to go with such a bland art style? GG Xrd is just gorgeous and it's just a shame to see one of the biggest names in the fighting genre treated like a budget title.

@MrTrecker I'd take this game's graphics over say Street Fighter 4 that had the graphics but isn't even a finished product that's missing the most core things required in a fighting game.

If anything was treated like a budget title it was definitely street fighter V. This game looks like care was put into every character's play style and personality and also looks to offer everything that SFV doesn't.

my guess maybe the low 25.... and that's being optimistic.

KoF still has better character design probably any fighting game ever!

How could they go from 13, one of the best looking fighting games ever, to this? I guess it's ok if it plays well. I hope they make it a little more accessible to noobs like me, 13 felt insanely hard compared to the alternatives.

It seems like the 3D aspect of the characters are not as detailed or as artful as the previous recent games in the series.

This is the biggest criticism (basically the only one) that the game is receiving