Back to Blog
The king of fighters xv publishers5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, The King of Fighters XV is the best the series has ever felt from a gameplay standpoint. This will hardly surprise anyone, especially after a successful open beta period before launch. Not since The King of Fighters ’96 has the music stood out on its own as it does here, and you can select from both modern and classic tunes from the digital jukebox. Sure it has some modern rock tracks, and some of the vocal songs border on cringe, but the best parts are when the big band jazz kicks in to create a vibe and energy we rarely ever see in fighting games anymore. The series has always featured some fantastic music, but the soundtrack of The King of Fighters XV might be the best produced. What bolsters the presentation to make the experience memorable is the music. It’s just great to see so many familiar faces return for a new gaming generation, especially when the story mode has moments of random banter between them as an homage to their storied past. While the character models lack strong graphical detail, the character designs have never looked better and carry a strong anime flair with 2.5D finesse. On next-gen hardware, it performs with unreal fluidity and smoothness, and it’s just a joy to witness all the particle effects light up the various colorful stages. It may not be the cutting edge of 2.5D graphics right now, but what the game lacks in graphical prowess more than makes up for in sheer style and artistic substance. Not since The King of Fighters 2002 has a lineup of fighters been so perfectly representative of the series. Whether it’s Terry Bogard, Kyo Kusanagi, Kula Diamond, or the return of the Orochi team from The King of Fighters ’97, this is a roster that will satisfy fans both old and new alike. Fresh newcomers Dolores and Isla are a stark departure from the norm, but this game is a celebration of one hell of a legacy and some of the best fighting game characters ever. The roster here assembles the very best of the best with some new faces. There are, of course, DLC plans for 12 new characters to join later, but honestly, the base game alone gives you more than enough gameplay variety. SNK has long become notorious for creating some pretty insane final bosses, and this one is right up there as one of the most extravagant final bosses they’ve come up with yet. The King of Fighters XV offers an enormous selection of 39 characters at launch, plus an epic boss character. The King of Fighters XV enters the next-gen gaming fray as a top contender, one that feels like a perfect blend of nostalgia and evolution. ![]() A lot has changed in the fighting genre, and yet the sheer novelty of the ultimate dream match still manages to be just as exciting in 2022. Several decades later, after numerous sequels and spin-offs, the series now enters its fifteenth mainline installment with The King of Fighters XV. All-star cast aside, this pioneering fighting game allowed players to control a team of three characters, duking it out in an elimination-style battle royal. Then, in a stroke of pure genius, SNK brought some of their most popular characters, along with some originals, together into one epic fighting game dream match, with The King of Fighters ’94. In 1994 developer and publisher SNK had many established IPs, such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and Ikari Warriors, among others across both fighting and non-fighting genres. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |