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Re: KoF XIV

#3461 July 19, 2016, 10:06:13 am

Byakko said, July 19, 2016, 08:56:24 am

That's not a fair comparison, those games rely on the era atmosphere, the musics are an integral part of the theme.

Even then it doesn't really matter because it's fucking boring to me anyway. Nothing more boring in a fighting game than ambient sounds and low key "background noise-ish" music. I expect my fighting games to have actual music and I'm thankful that SNK dropped what they did in KOF 97 with the soundtrack in general (The actual songs were good though).

Samsho 4 has freaking great tracks... When there's actual music.

"Bad News" Hoffmann

Re: KoF XIV

#3462 July 19, 2016, 10:20:51 am

Just played the demo

My Impressions:

1. The game really looks technically not as advanced as Mortal Kombat X or Street Fighter V but it looks quite charming to me.
2. The soundtrack is absolutely nothing to worry about, its neither as bombastic as the Killer Instinct soundtrack or the classic KOF ones but it is good and fits the characters and the action. I wouldnt call it background noise.
3. Those easy combos that can be done through spamming Square are weird to see for me. They are like the easy mode in Marvel vs Capcom or BlazBlue and even end in a super if the super meter is at least at 1.
4. The stages are gorgeous.
5. Sylvie is crazy.
6. The effects of the special moves are looking awesome
7. Animations look choppy sometimes while others look fluid and great
8. 4 colors per character from the get-go..no survival grind needed there ;-P
8. Pre-Ordered. My PSN nick is Tekken-Noob666 and I want to kick all of your asses.

S.D.

Re: KoF XIV

#3463 July 19, 2016, 10:22:17 am

ゴゴゴゴゴ

Walruslui said, July 18, 2016, 10:50:59 pm

oh man, kof xiv's soundtrack is the best kof soundtrack to date hands down.

Not even.

Also, the game does look better in person. It feels slower than a 2D KOF but that's just placebo since I've seen the speed comparison videos, it must be some illusion due to the game being 3D or something.

lui

Re: KoF XIV

#3464 July 19, 2016, 10:25:23 am

well, in my opinion it is. i never was a fan of the older kof soundtracks for the reasons i stated earlier.

from what i can see the "illusion" is probably due to the shift to 3D, which is something SNK hasn't done much with KoF aside from MI. It's said that many of the staff are inexperienced with this 3D shift so the animations seem a bit...floatier as a result. most of them lack the impact and weight the sprites had, Ramon is a great example of this.

K.O.D

Re: KoF XIV

#3465 July 19, 2016, 10:35:14 am

what a shame

i don't really dig the new k' team track, misses the heavy industrial vibes the old themes had. feels like some shitty shmup track, very generic

MellyInChains

Re: KoF XIV

#3466 July 19, 2016, 10:38:01 am

i'm a gay trans lady
to hell with this site, find me at mffa or w/e

the mexico team theme however is one of the few times i've actually paid attention to KoF music. inexplicably reminds me of something in a suda51 game

MAO11

Re: KoF XIV

#3467 July 19, 2016, 10:43:46 am

Yeah some character animation feels like skipping a frame or 2

Segatron

Re: KoF XIV

#3468 July 19, 2016, 12:54:42 pm

MUGEN IS MY LIFE /I promise from not to derail.

I had high hopes for the soundtrack that sound just fair not outstanding as the previous ones atleast old ones like KOF XI had the intensity. Saxophone Under the Moon doesnt sound sexy as kof 96 version, COCO is magnificent, Inheritance does gives a homage to Tung's FFS Theme but yeah feels weird, KD-SR aside from the opening Its just not the fun like the previous, Sky Blue HAIL THE LUCHADORES!!!!! Venetor Ballare not that I'm a fan of Opera BUt I f Remember KOF MI's Reqiem for 50,000 well then I prefer the former albeit it suits the team, Splendid Soldier is ......Yeah soundtrack needs a little patch up the only fave of mine from this is Yappari Esaka

Esaka rules Beat that.... Or Just Get outta my way

Last Edit: July 19, 2016, 01:15:36 pm by Segatron

LarsAlexandersson

Re: KoF XIV

#3469 July 19, 2016, 01:47:56 pm

Hearing Splendid Soldier (Team Women Fighters' Theme) makes me wanna go back to Tom & Jerry again -w-

Team K's Theme, KD-SR reminded me Benimaru Team's 2000 Theme. That song part looks similar

oraora?

Re: KoF XIV

#3470 July 19, 2016, 02:13:21 pm

Hoffmann said, July 19, 2016, 10:20:51 am

Just played the demo

My Impressions:

1. The game really looks technically not as advanced as Mortal Kombat X or Street Fighter V but it looks quite charming to me.
2. The soundtrack is absolutely nothing to worry about, its neither as bombastic as the Killer Instinct soundtrack or the classic KOF ones but it is good and fits the characters and the action. I wouldnt call it background noise.
3. Those easy combos that can be done through spamming Square are weird to see for me. They are like the easy mode in Marvel vs Capcom or BlazBlue and even end in a super if the super meter is at least at 1.
4. The stages are gorgeous.
5. Sylvie is crazy.
6. The effects of the special moves are looking awesome
7. Animations look choppy sometimes while others look fluid and great
8. 4 colors per character from the get-go..no survival grind needed there ;-P
8. Pre-Ordered. My PSN nick is Tekken-Noob666 and I want to kick all of your asses.

odd, I can't find the demo of it

is the demo free for all or must pre-order in order to get the demo?

when will this personal crises ends? it just won't stop!

videoman

Re: KoF XIV

#3471 July 19, 2016, 02:16:54 pm

Mingnon Wins yay!

DatKofGuy

Re: KoF XIV

#3472 July 19, 2016, 02:36:01 pm

Hungry Wolf
Aspiring Sprite Animator

tehdevil said, July 19, 2016, 02:13:21 pm

odd, I can't find the demo of it is the demo free for all or must pre-order in order to get the demo?

If you go on the PSN Store and go to the demo section, it is literally the first demo there.

Niitris

Re: KoF XIV

#3473 July 19, 2016, 02:48:04 pm

Demo is out in AU/NZ right now. It's gonna be available later today in other regions.

Game looks about what I expected to. Not great but serviceable, hardly the atrocity some people swear it is. It looks slower but certainly doesn't feel that way. I've seen frame comparisons as well so it's objective fact that the speed is the same in general and it's just a visual thing. Music sounds great in game, not nearly as good by itself. 96 had better composition, only rivaled by 99 and 2000 imo. 97 as well when it wasn't crowd noise.

Nelson's control scheme is fun to mess with. Still wish normals for some were a bit stronger, someone like KoD (other big chars too from what I've seen) could really use a damage buff there since they move and attack so slow. I also wish they gave Shun'ei a jump cancel command move. Sylvie's pretty straightforward, but has some fun things to play with. One of her SDMs is an OTG.

Antonov is a pretty confident guy. Train all you want, but you'll never beat him!

Last Edit: July 19, 2016, 03:04:48 pm by Niitris

Bastard Mami

Re: KoF XIV

#3474 July 19, 2016, 06:23:42 pm

S.D. said, July 19, 2016, 10:22:17 am

Also, the game does look better in person. It feels slower than a 2D KOF but that's just placebo since I've seen the speed comparison videos, it must be some illusion due to the game being 3D or something.

could it be input lag? since the netplay now has to work in china