The King of Fighters XIII

[Flabio]

Gametrailers review...

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-king-of/724333

[Shoju]

Jesus, "now loading" between every single round. I'm avoiding this, its using the same code as last years. Loading screens between rounds? Didn't even get that on the PSOne ffs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFTv...feature=relmfu

Got it today, played a bit and so far and even without installing the loading is faster than in that video of the beta and faster all round compared to when I played it at SVB in the summer (that was frustratingly slow). After installing the loading between rounds is about the same as the vid of the arcade I linked except it breifly says now loading. It's a shame your intent on hating this game without trying it since it has many of the things you've been asking for.

You can bring up the command list at a touch of a button in practice mode.
There's modes for survival, time trial, combo trial (with demos), story and a basic tutorial.
There's a bunch of stuff to unlock.
The AI is much better and more challenging than in KOF12.

Give it a try at some point, it might erase the bitter memory of KOF12

[Jay]

Anyone taken it online yet? I'm dying to know what the net code is like.

[Shoju]

Anyone taken it online yet? I'm dying to know what the net code is like.

According to the Americans on SRK 4 bars is really good but very rare, 3 bars has mixed opinions (good to not bad) and anything less than that is awful.

I tried it last night on PSN but there weren't many players on and everything was showing 1 bar connections. Hopefully it'll pick up now since today is the official release.

[KusoGaki]

I tried the netcode a little bit last night with two friends (all of us based within London) on Xbox live.

First set was a 2 bar connection, although the game runs smoothly there was noticeable input delay (similar to 02UM if you have ever played that over XBL).

The second set was a 3 bar connection, there was still some minor input delay but a lot more playable.

[Flabio]

Couldn't even get it to find a game for me this afternoon on XBL.

Liking this a lot though. There's an awful lot to learn for me though, not played a game in this series for some years now. Muscle memory means I'm at least not awful with Mai, but it'll take me a while to pick a team I think.

[Shoju]

This won Gamespot's best fighting game award, nice to see it getting some good mainstream recognition for having turned things around.

http://uk.gamespot.com/the-king-of-fighters-xiii/videos/best-fighting-game-best-of-2011-awards-winner-6347816

Also Nests Kyo + stage/theme DLC just got released. Never really used that version before but he seems a lot more interesting than standard Kyo. Lots of rekka chain variations instead of a fireball among other things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEeya1ZAutE&list=FLz07x2DvZPzZe3Itx8s4uyw&index=11&feature=plpp_video

His stage at night is probably the prettiest looking one in the game.

[KusoGaki]

Currently ?14.98 from Game as part of their sale if anyone was waiting for a price drop.

http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/AjaxCatalogSearch?storeId=10151&catalogId=10201&langId=44&pageSize=20&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&pageView=image&predictiveSearchURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.game.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FAjaxPredictiveSearchView%3FcatalogId%3D10201%26langId%3D44%26storeId%3D10151&searchTerm=king+of+fighters+xiii&searchBtn.x=0&searchBtn.y=0

[NeoDragoN]

Awesome.

Bought.

[Shozuki]

yup ditto, does that price drop mean that the game tanked pretty bad then?

[hudson]

Bought. Thanks Kuso'!

I tried the demo. Seems ace in terms of gameplay, content and features. The online wasnt too good though.

Anyone having a great online experience?

[teddymeow]

Largest when I tried it on PS3 earlier. Real input delay.

Shame. The rest of it is great!!

[Paddy]

yup ditto, does that price drop mean that the game tanked pretty bad then?

I'd prefer to think not but with a reduction like that it makes me wonder.

Are people that in love with 2D fighters done with a 3D style such as UMvC3 that anything that 'looks'old is ignored just for that fact? I enjoy UMvC3 but its pick up play style together with quick knock-downs means it doesn't have a as much depth as the likes of KOF XIII in my eyes.

UMvC3 is like Erdinger. A nice German malt beer with lots of taste, flavour and served in a tall unique glass.

KOFXIII is like a fine Yebisu beer. A Japanese region-specific beer, made to the highest standard with a superb crisp taste to it that can't be replicated with any other beer. It just needs to be appreciated.

That's my 2 cents anyway. At 15.00 for what you get you can't go wrong tbh. Or get them both for 40.00. Bargain!


N.B Netcode needs that patch presto. I want some good online play Goddammit!

[Sane]

Bought. To my shame I've been waiting for this to drop in price. I would've loved to have bought it full price when it came out but I simply couldn't afford it.

[Paddy]

I don't think it's shameful. Current cost of living against wages=less expendable income for gaming tbh. After all, we aint getting any younger.

a full-priced game is a much bigger consideration nowadays. Guess I need to keep on looking at increasing my job prospects :P

Still, looking forward to geting my hands on alternate Kyo, Iori and Mr. KArate when they become available. Good stuff.