Eventhubs.com has posted an article comparing The King Of Fighters XIV with KOF XIII. The story basically the latest installment isn’t doing to well when compared to its 2d big brother. Many factors play into this as I will post them below as the article writer Ginni-Lou talks to many players in the fighting game scene as well as old KOF fans. This gives us an idea of what is preventing the game from excelling in the US. From Netcode to graphics. If you heard of it before you will probably hear that and new reason why it isn’t doing good in the states.
“KOF was very big in other territories due to NEO GEO Cabs being cheaper to have overall. MVS was supported until 2008, if I remember correctly. If you bought a cab in the early 90’s, you didn’t have to buy another cab, and you could load multiple games. It was cheaper and more abundant, versus having to upgrade and re-buy CPS1, CPS2, CPS3, NAOMI, and Taito cabinets.”Jeffery Hill
“The MVS was a cheaper alternative for arcades, so while the US could afford expensive stuff and could see returns on it, it was more viable for people outside of the US in arcades or small convenience stores to have one machine they could easily update the game on, hence the success of the MVS and why games like The King of Fighters were everywhere”Andreas Velasco Coll
Twitter responses
“KOF graphics are garbage and it’s 2017.The graphics—with the exception of KOF XIII—have never been very good.People compare KOF14 to a PS2 game, which turns a lot of people away.”
It should be noted that the graphics were improves since launch but still not enough.
“I feel like needing to learn three characters from the jump is very intimidating. In most games, you only need to focus on one.” A lot of people share this response.
“Ever try jumping in KOF.Just jumping, not combos or meta. You have to practice precise jumps to even be slightly competitive.”Chau Nguyen, owner of esports website PAR,
In understand the net code and graphics as many have complained about them with the net code. These have been the complaints of the game since launch with XIII having a bad taste in people moths from the poor net code yet excepted for the cool graphics. Meanwhile the graphics shown pre beta early turn off a lot of people and they never came back around.
Those I get but the talk about 3v3 being trouble some it being to technical doesn’t work as Marvel Vs Capcom games are widely liked yet they are 3v3. As for technical we have people sayin too much one hand with KOF XIV yet SFV is seen as not enough gameplay mechanics. It Is hard to understand for me but please read article and let me know what you think.
As always thank you for reading.
