Considering this is the latest chapter in a series of games which have spanned more than 15 years, you'd think developers SNK would have perfected the art of the 2D beat-em-up.
King of Fighters XII is a frustratingly flawed game. Frustrating in the fact that on the surface it all looks pretty good - It has a proud line up of diverse and well designed characters who are colourful and vibrant, yet when you place the game in the disc drive and load it up, it's all a bit mediocre.
GameDynamo - "Fighting games have enjoyed a period of spectacular growth after being a nearly nonexistent genre for so many years prior. Because of this sudden growth, we're seeing a lot of companies taking different approaches to the traditional fighting game formula that has stood since Street Fighter II first came onto the scene."
The Start Screen reviews King Of Fighters XII for the PS3. They cover how far fighting games have come and with the showing that SNK Playmore's KOF XII, how far we need to go. The game was seemingly released incomplete with an time trial for an Arcade Mode and a seemingly broken online mode. Did the 772 MB patch help?
Level7: At first glance, it looks good, but how is it in the long run?
King of Fighters is an old boat to the fighting series that competed with Capcom's Street Fighter series for many years now. With some twelve SNK Playmore takes a different approach than Capcom, and remains in the two-dimensional plane. The result is aesthetically pleasing, but the content of oh so limited.
