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Title: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on June 07, 2011, 08:03:15 AM
http://www.atlus.com/kofxiii/

:bow FATLUS :bow2

It's $50 on Amazon at the moment, and it shows an October 25th release. But the site says Holiday 2011, so who knows if it's accurate.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Bebpo on June 07, 2011, 11:23:59 AM
Nice.  Will give final SNK fighter a try even though XII sucked.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on June 07, 2011, 01:24:49 PM
I'm glad it's finally coming at home.

But after XII, I'm incredibly skeptical on how the online play is going to be.  They've had mixed results with the titles they've released since it came out.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 07, 2011, 01:32:59 PM
Lately SNK has been doing a decent job with online play. It's no GGPO, but NGBC and KoF2002 are pretty decent on a good connection. I'd still prefer it if they outsourced it to ArcSys or something... if Arcana Heart can do it, why not SNK.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Akala on June 07, 2011, 01:52:55 PM
Wooo
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on June 07, 2011, 02:17:10 PM
NGBC was good, but 2002 had issues, and overall they still are not as good as other online fighters.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 12, 2011, 01:27:00 PM
Atlus talks about the netcode:

"The game will be based on version 1.1 and Atlus is unsure if SNKP will change that. It looks as though the online will be based on the post-patch version of the XII netcode. Atlus will be working closely with SNKP on all aspects of the game. As someone who’s played a lot of XII online, the patched netcode is pretty good and, with a bit of work, may well be great."


"Folks, the online functionality in KOFXIII is still VERY early in development and is, more importantly, a HUGE priority.

Let's not jump to (or off of) any conclusions, please."


"Think of the improvements in KOFXII's netcode post-release as movement in the right direction and a positive FOUNDATION for things to come."

Oh boy.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Enl on June 12, 2011, 01:36:29 PM
Too late. I've already jumped to conclusions on the netcode the moment you said it's based off of KOFXII's. Keeping my expectations really low on this one. Really low.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 12, 2011, 01:40:35 PM
I think Atlus and SNK both understand that good online play will absolutely make or break this game. I'm still going to buy it just to support the game, but I won't be expecting GGPO quality. I hope it's at least playable on low ping. :-\
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on June 12, 2011, 04:12:28 PM
Quote from: iconoclast on June 12, 2011, 01:40:35 PM
I think Atlus and SNK both understand that good online play will absolutely make or break this game. I'm still going to buy it just to support the game, but I won't be expecting GGPO quality. I hope it's at least playable on low ping. :-\

Fuck that shit.  If they can't get the netcode working the second-time around, they don't deserve anyone's money.  If anything they should be reimbursing US as an apology for XII.   :P
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 15, 2011, 04:01:13 PM
I tried out the arcade dump that leaked. It runs a little slow on my computer, so I won't spend a ton of time with it, but I still played it for a little while anyway. The game seems pretty fast paced, and I was still able to do a few easy combos and juggles and such, so it was pretty fun. There are lots of characters to choose with a bunch of different color schemes (Yuri in Mitsuharu Misawa's colors is awesome), excellent graphics, lots of nice backgrounds, nice music, etc., so it seems pretty polished.

Definitely buying this day one. I hope the online is solid since I'd finally like to get decent at a KoF game...
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on June 15, 2011, 06:31:25 PM
It runs too slow on my PC, but this is still awesome -and like they did with BBCS, someone will probably release a simple background pack that makes the game playable on any PC- as I figured it would be. 
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 15, 2011, 10:24:42 PM
It amazes me that Taito Type X2 hardware is just a Windows XP PC :japancry

I remember the days when arcade hardware were manly motherboards of custom circuitry, like that fucking 50-pound Virtua Fighter logic board I have downstairs
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 28, 2011, 09:09:43 PM
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PS3 and Xbox 360 owners can look forward to the home version of The King of Fighters XIII on October 27. Billy Kane will appear as an original character for the home, making his return to the series for the first time since KOF2003.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/29/this_weeks_famitsu/

Console characters, yay.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Bebpo on June 29, 2011, 01:53:06 PM
So we get Mai and Billy Kane back?

Ok, that's a good start to making KoF good again.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on June 29, 2011, 02:06:49 PM
Interview with Atlus and SNK: http://orochinagi.com/2011/06/interview-with-atlus-and-snkp

They basically say that good online play is their #1 priority.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on July 06, 2011, 02:03:05 PM
Posted part of this in the iOS gaming thread.

KOF is hitting iOS today.  Looks really damn impressive.  Based on KOF XIII.  Has 14 playable characters, with more coming in the fall...including Billy Kane!

I'm sure it will play like ass, but it looks pretty impressive.  Just like XIII!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIReGjn_Jp0

From MMCafe:
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The tutorial has an illustration of Nakoruru for some reason. I think that'll cause rumors to spread. Fast.

http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765365.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765370.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765373.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765376.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765379.png - Locked colour.
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765383.png - 96 Esaka Stage & Cloth rip
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765394.png - Modes. Trade stuff at the Shop with "Rose Coins" earned by playing.

Do the handhelds have some sort of screenshot capability?

(http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1765638.jpg)
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on July 12, 2011, 02:48:59 PM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO5hpyaF-KU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

I hope this is out in October. Dark Souls and KoF13 in the same month would be fantastic.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 13, 2011, 02:51:47 AM
jesus christ i hate flat backgrounds, pass

for god's sake, even street fighter fucking 2 had some nice parallax and line scrolls
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Bebpo on July 13, 2011, 07:04:37 PM
I don't see the problem, they look nice.  Lots of detail and effects. 

Plus the whole point of XIII as opposed to XII is to not have all sorts of movement distractions and just allow the focus to be entirely on old-school 2d fighting gameplay.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 13, 2011, 08:27:32 PM
gee, those multiplane backgrounds really hurt STREET FIGHTER 2
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: demi on July 13, 2011, 08:32:05 PM
looks hot for XBLA.


wait. they're charging $60 for this?
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 15, 2011, 03:23:52 AM
Hopefully they'll keep simplifying things until we get this

(http://174.120.103.90/images-freegameaccess/stick-fighter-big.jpg)
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
who plays kof? 
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on July 17, 2011, 11:48:19 AM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
who plays kof? 

It's like soccer...popular all over the place but in the U.S. and Canada.   :lol

XIII's game play is awesome awesome AWESOME.  It's also generated more interest among American players than any recent KOF I can think of.  You can check iplaywinner.com for some nice video.

But it's the online play that worries me.  They SAY they are on top of it, but it's still hard to trust them after XII.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Akala on July 17, 2011, 12:28:56 PM
I've been a KOF fan since pretty much the beginning, but watching that video makes me feel kinda bad.

Either they have totally changed the way the combo system works in the past few iterations (didn't play XII only a bit of XI), or I suck at KOF.  :(
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 01:00:58 PM
Quote from: lyte edge on July 17, 2011, 11:48:19 AM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
who plays kof? 

It's like soccer...popular all over the place but in the U.S. and Canada.   :lol

XIII's game play is awesome awesome AWESOME.  It's also generated more interest among American players than any recent KOF I can think of.  You can check iplaywinner.com for some nice video.

But it's the online play that worries me.  They SAY they are on top of it, but it's still hard to trust them after XII.


ok, so this is pretty much how SNK stays afloat.  No sales in the U.S. but good sales in the rest of the world?

I like and own all the Ultimate Match games on XBLA and used to play KOF94 when I was a kid. 
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2011, 01:17:00 PM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
who plays kof? 

er...people with taste?
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 03:08:20 PM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 17, 2011, 01:17:00 PM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on July 17, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
who plays kof? 

er...people with taste?


get outta here with that shiz, i was just wondering.  i like kof a little.

interesting comment though-- what makes kof tasteful?  I haven't taken even step 1 in learning the game at all.  I've always wondered how balanced the games are, since they've had mega sized casts since the 90s.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on July 28, 2011, 08:15:14 AM
Rising Star is publishing this in Europe: http://www.risingstargames.com/games/the-king-of-fighters-xiii-xbox-360.html

Winter 2011
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: iconoclast on July 30, 2011, 09:18:31 AM
Release Date: USA October 25th.
Pre-order bonus: 4-CD soundtrack compilation: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/takk28/kofxiii_faithful_cdreveal_crop.jpg

Features:

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzVTmzUBik&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

Also, there won't be a spectator mode for the online matches, ala MvC3.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - October 25th
Post by: MCD on July 31, 2011, 05:06:49 AM
All this and it will still bomb.

It is futile.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: bork on August 02, 2011, 08:22:32 AM
No spectator mode really, really sucks.

Quote from: MCD on July 31, 2011, 05:06:49 AM
All this and it will still bomb.

It is futile.

Probably.  That $60 beta-test known as "The King Of Fighters XII" will forever tarnish the series' reputation.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - October 25th
Post by: iconoclast on August 03, 2011, 12:42:07 PM
The KOFXIII side tourney from EVO was uploaded here:
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZyc1I2iQo[/youtube]

Game looks sooooo good. I'll be playing it a ton if the online play is solid.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - Holiday 2011
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on August 03, 2011, 01:51:54 PM
Quote from: lyte edge on August 02, 2011, 08:22:32 AM
Quote from: MCD on July 31, 2011, 05:06:49 AM
All this and it will still bomb.
It is futile.
Probably.  That $60 beta-test known as "The King Of Fighters XII" will forever tarnish the series' reputation.
I sure hope not.  I think this might actually do okay, as Atlus' cred will help and SNK fans should have gotten used to taking it up the rear long ago anyway.  If its a SNK product that fully delivers on modern expectations then its easily a GOTY contender, for fighting games at least.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - October 25th
Post by: iconoclast on September 28, 2011, 12:58:49 AM
So this got delayed until November 22 (in NA anyway). Now this will be releasing a week after UMvC3. SNK is doomed, again. :lol

Doesn't bother me though, now I'll be getting this instead of UMvC, and as a bonus I'll have a game to buy in November besides Metal Gear.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: Beezy on September 28, 2011, 03:20:05 AM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZk8ULvlAQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on September 28, 2011, 06:01:21 AM
:bow Mission Mode :bow2

Hopefully they teach bread and butter combos for each character. Every fighting game should have that at the bare minimum these days.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - October 25th
Post by: bork on September 28, 2011, 01:10:40 PM
Quote from: iconoclast on September 28, 2011, 12:58:49 AM
So this got delayed until November 22 (in NA anyway). Now this will be releasing a week after UMvC3. SNK is doomed, again. :lol

Doesn't bother me though, now I'll be getting this instead of UMvC, and as a bonus I'll have a game to buy in November besides Metal Gear.

If it's still coming out in October in Japan, I'm importing for sure.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 28, 2011, 01:14:21 PM
Is Kasumi in this one or no?
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: bork on September 28, 2011, 10:13:06 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2011, 12:02:51 AM
;(
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: originalz on September 29, 2011, 07:55:03 AM
Got delayed in Japan too.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on October 27, 2011, 06:28:36 AM
So SNK has been uploading videos over the last couple weeks, showing some of the balance changes from the arcade version. It's all in Japanese though, so who knows what it's actually saying. But anyway, the videos show some fancy combos with a bunch of different characters, and a whole bunch of stages, so it's nice to watch anyway:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQd_Q_RrCIs[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTyna8T-ZOU[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U85vwDddyTs[/youtube]
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And a video of one of Kyo's high level combos from trial mode
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I31Xe43eiHc[/youtube]


Game looks like the total package. I won't be surprised if it winds up being the best 2D fighter this gen; I just hope it plays well online.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: iconoclast on October 30, 2011, 12:52:29 PM
hour and a half of direct-feed console freeplay footage here:
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGGNbDsRlAw[/youtube]

Game looks soooo good. Better than SF4.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Akala on October 30, 2011, 02:48:17 PM
looks great! Takuma looks awesome.

come onnnnn netcode! 
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on October 30, 2011, 03:18:39 PM
Quote from: Akala on October 30, 2011, 02:48:17 PM
come onnnnn netcode!

We need a "fingers crossed" emoticon here.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 10, 2011, 03:10:57 PM
The 22nd has been re-confirmed as the release date!  Amazon is now offering release-day shipping.  :hyper
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: iconoclast on November 17, 2011, 05:07:06 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWclyTo7Gw

So gooooooood. Only a few more days!

I hope Best Buy is going to carry it; it's not listed on their site, but I've got a gift card there I want to use.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 17, 2011, 08:08:58 AM
The game has been confirmed to be using the same software (GSS?) as KOF XII did for its netcode.

Doesn't mean it will be shitty, but that again makes me incredibly hesitant to buy this right away.  I am double-dipping and will keep one version unopened if the online play appears to be even the tiniest bit shitty.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Beezy on November 17, 2011, 09:48:16 AM
I feel like this game has no chance in the US. Too many good games came out this month.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: tiesto on November 17, 2011, 10:04:07 AM
I thought 98 UM had decent netcode, that sucks that this is confirmed to not have it :(
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 19, 2011, 01:50:05 AM
Quote from: tiesto on November 17, 2011, 10:04:07 AM
I thought 98 UM had decent netcode, that sucks that this is confirmed to not have it :(

'98 UM XBLA had AWFUL netcode!

There's no real confirmation on whether or not this is good or bad online yet.

Quote from: Beezy on November 17, 2011, 09:48:16 AM
I feel like this game has no chance in the US. Too many good games came out this month.

Doesn't matter since it's a niche title.  But the game getting pushed back to a week after UMvC3 was a bad idea.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 19, 2011, 02:46:46 AM
Someone on my PS3 friends list was playing this tonight.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 22, 2011, 01:29:46 PM
It looks like the apartment front office staff may have lost my package.  How the hell do you sign for something then manage to lose it in the span of 30 minutes? 

Why couldn't this have happened to Marvel instead?   :P
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Akala on November 22, 2011, 01:36:02 PM
That sucks! I actually forgot I preordered this from amazon. Lulz.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 22, 2011, 01:52:48 PM
They found it...time to see if the online sucks or not.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 22, 2011, 03:00:34 PM
So this already more than makes up for the abomination that was KOF XII.   Game play is so.  Damn.  Good.

iPlayWinner founder Haunts has been big into this game and playing the arcade version like crazy.  His 1up review (B) can be found here: http://www.1up.com/reviews/king-of-fighters-xiii-13-ps3-xbox360?pager.offset=0 (http://www.1up.com/reviews/king-of-fighters-xiii-13-ps3-xbox360?pager.offset=0)

So far I've played some matches online in the PS3 version.  One two bar ranked match, which despite having lag, was actually PLAYABLE, making it 1000000 times better than XII was right there...did not feel much input lag and was able to finish off the match with an EX-into-DM cancel at the right moment with no problem.

Then I played some player matches with someone with a three bar connection.  Felt pretty good, although definitely not as good as SSF4.  I'd put it on par with MvC3 so far.

There's plenty of filtering options available (you can do BOTH region AND latency in some modes), which is good.

Installing the 360 version now.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Bebpo on November 22, 2011, 03:11:54 PM
Picked this up to support more viable alternatives in the fighting game market.  KoFXII was one of the only fighters I've never bought because it felt so half-assed and empty, so I just rented it for a weekend.  This looks like a legit meaty KoF and I'm always down for that.

When I replace my dead ps3 I plan on playing this and Gundam Vs. Extreme a bunch online.  If anyone is still playing in a few weeks I'm in.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: tiesto on November 22, 2011, 04:29:24 PM
Quote from: lyte edge on November 19, 2011, 01:50:05 AM
Quote from: tiesto on November 17, 2011, 10:04:07 AM
I thought 98 UM had decent netcode, that sucks that this is confirmed to not have it :(

'98 UM XBLA had AWFUL netcode!

There's no real confirmation on whether or not this is good or bad online yet.

Quote from: Beezy on November 17, 2011, 09:48:16 AM
I feel like this game has no chance in the US. Too many good games came out this month.

Doesn't matter since it's a niche title.  But the game getting pushed back to a week after UMvC3 was a bad idea.

My bad, I got confused with 2002UM. Anyways, if you guys ever want to play me, XBL name is AfrikaShoxx, just send me a request, don't be shy! I should have this tonite.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Enl on November 22, 2011, 04:58:18 PM
Just put in about 15 matches with Lyte before we started lagging out. With the exception of a sudden freeze in one match and the last one the online play for us was pretty smooth. Lyte kicked my ass hard (only won one match). Admittedly I just got the game 5 minutes before we played so I spent most of the time learning the characters.  The game plays fantastic and is a major improvement over XII in every way. Looking forward to spending some time to learn this game.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Bebpo on November 22, 2011, 07:20:39 PM
Man, the soundtrack package is so nostalgic.  I grew up on these games.  Never liked them as much as Capcom games because of the stiffer animation and tougher combo chaining, but played them year after year after year.  From Fatal Fury 1 to KoFXII.  I remember when '99 came out on the Dreamcast and it totally changed up KoF with the experimental striker system and was a weird ass game like Tekken 4.  Then they slowly evolved the striker system until getting rid of it completely.  So many good matches, great characters, great backgrounds.

Wish my PS3 wasn't dead because I'm actually really looking forward to trying XIII.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 22, 2011, 08:15:19 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on November 22, 2011, 07:20:39 PM
Man, the soundtrack package is so nostalgic.  I grew up on these games.  Never liked them as much as Capcom games because of the stiffer animation and tougher combo chaining, but played them year after year after year.  From Fatal Fury 1 to KoFXII.  I remember when '99 came out on the Dreamcast and it totally changed up KoF with the experimental striker system and was a weird ass game like Tekken 4.  Then they slowly evolved the striker system until getting rid of it completely.  So many good matches, great characters, great backgrounds.

Wish my PS3 wasn't dead because I'm actually really looking forward to trying XIII.

There's an option to use older music in-game (soundtrack B) but it seems to be mostly from 2003 and XI.  I wish they went with more nostalgic music.  :)

SNK was on fire in the late 90's.  KOF '98 was the best, but it's hard to beat Real Bout Special and RB2, the Last Blade games, SS4, etc.  You also had awesome third party games like Ninja Master's and Waku Waku 7. 

I think KOF XIII is so good that it may end up as in my top three KOF titles, following '98 UM and 2002 UM.  This beats XI IMO.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Akala on November 22, 2011, 11:22:13 PM
ups delivered at 9:54 PM and left it in my carport  :-\

spoiler (click to show/hide)
still gonna try it right quick before zzz
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Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: bork on November 22, 2011, 11:50:51 PM
I forgot all about this "trick."  If you press select or back when selecting certain character's colors, you get different looks:

Raiden: Loses mask, gets Big Bear head
Elizabeth: KOF XI outfit (me bouncy part two)
Kyo: KOF '94-'98 outfit
Yuri: Gets ponytail back
Andy: Ninja colors/face mask
K': Multicolored/split-colors on outfit
Joe: Tiger striped shorts
Ralf: Camouflage colors
Takuma: Gets Mr. Karate mask!


Quote from: Akala on November 22, 2011, 11:22:13 PM
ups delivered at 9:54 PM and left it in my carport  :-\

spoiler (click to show/hide)
still gonna try it right quick before zzz
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UPS has been weird lately.  One time I had a package delivered to my folk's house, and they stuffed it in the mailbox at 9:00 PM.  Just...weird.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII - November 22nd
Post by: Akala on November 23, 2011, 12:08:55 AM
seems good!
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on November 26, 2011, 06:51:39 PM
Got this today. I just spent a few hours in training/mission mode trying to get a feel for some of the characters, since I'm still pretty new to KoF (the only one I spent more than a few hours with was '99). So far I like: King, Kim, Robert, Shen, and Terry was okay too. I want to use K', but he has a lot of combos that rely on doing his slide cancel (214K -> 214K) almost immediately, and I'm not fast enough to do it. I hope there's some shortcut or buffer that I'm not aware of. I also tried using Elizabeth for a while since I like her character design, but I absolutely hate her playstyle so I won't bother with her. :(

I still haven't even played a real match, but so far the game feels really nice. Gonna spend a lot more time with it tomorrow most likely.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: tiesto on November 26, 2011, 11:59:27 PM
Been playing a few versus matches against my brother and friend, game feels really solid so far. I'm pretty much lost when it comes to move canceling and some of the deeper gauge functions, though.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: bork on November 27, 2011, 06:10:25 PM
The one thing to keep in mind is that this not Street Fighter.  "DURR HURRRR DERP," I know, but so many people online just don't get it and ultimately fail.  Hard.   The way that normals and special work is different...yes, I can punch you out of your super.  No, doing it again probably isn't a good idea.  No, attempting to turtle in KOF is bad bad bad.  But please  let me do hops and CD attacks to take your dumb ass out.   :P

K' seems to be this game's flowchart Ken, too.  More so that Kyo.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 27, 2011, 09:26:31 PM
i like this game. feels like garou. this > umvc3

shame about the flat, ugly-ass stages
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: Owl-faced Wizard on November 27, 2011, 10:14:45 PM
I'm interested in this but I don't think I can justify buying more than one fighting game a generation, and that will probably be UMvC3.  I know it will probably just end up sitting there unplayed.  If it sells reallllly shitty I'll probably give it a pity purchase.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on November 27, 2011, 10:42:49 PM
Raiden has the best alt costumes. One of them is clearly Tiger Mask, and his 10th one is Venom, which is kinda odd but awesome nonetheless. I also like Yuri's green/white Misawa costume. :bow wrestling
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: bork on December 05, 2011, 12:52:31 PM
Anyone catch KOF XIII on the NEC stream last night?  Good shit!
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: iconoclast on December 20, 2011, 03:29:26 AM
Some info on the upcoming online patch:
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According to ATLUS and developer SNK PLAYMORE, the patch will seek to make the game's network infrastructure more consistent for users, ensuring that the evaluation given connections is more accurate to the actual play experience. Moreover, the patch will introduce ranked host-side filtering, eliminating the frustration of match hosts unable to avoid matches with players with poor connections. In addition to a number of other improvements, the update will also address a number of rare glitches reported since the game's release. No release date currently exists for the update, but ATLUS reports that the developer is making every effort to release the patch as soon as possible.
http://atlus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9865

Which is nice and all, but I hope they try to improve the actual connection quality a little. This game deserves better online play.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: bork on December 20, 2011, 08:07:28 AM
Three (and the rare four) bar connections generally work well enough, so a little improvement should bring everything up to speed.

Having double-dipped I'm also finding way more people online on PS3.
Title: Re: [360/PS3] King of Fighters XIII
Post by: bork on January 31, 2012, 01:37:40 PM
Patch is up for PS3!

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The patch is only for PS3 at the moment. The Xbox360 will be getting it as well, but there's no solid date as of yet.

    Ranked Match Filtering: one of the most requested additions; players may now set conditions for their opponent's connection. When a player who doesn't meet the standby conditions tries to enter the Ranked match, a warning message will be displayed and the match cancelled.
    Improved Filtering: filtering functionality in general is dramatically improved. Previously, certain connection data was insufficiently filtered and the player had a chance of connecting to opponents with poor connection quality. Now, more aggressive filtering should ensure that players are only matched with opponents who meet their filter settings.
    Improved Connection Antenna: the computation behind the players' connection antenna, the meter indicating the quality of a player's connection, has been improved, resulting in a more accurate and consistent measurement.
    Temporarily Saved Custom Match Settings: players may continue searching for opponents with the same settings as long as the player remains in the PLAYER MATCH/RANKED MATCH menu.
    Character-specific Bug Fixes: NESTS-Style Kyo and Iori with the Power of Flames no longer become unresponsive under certain circumstances.
    Additional refinements, fixes, and more!