badgenome said:
Don't be so flippant, you! |
I just think that SNK had a good chance to attract a lot of new fans with this game, but they put out a pretty miserable product that even some fighting game enthusiasts are mad about because of atrocious online play and a complete lack of playtesting (Raiden's super glitches the game when done to Elisabeth - if they can miss something like that I image there are other minor but potentially gamebreaking glitches). It's a shame because they make good games and the engine in KOF XII is great, but given how polished Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue are, you can't really get away charging full price for a game that essentially lacks any real single player option (arcade mode is just a time attack) and has horrible online netcode to boot.
Why would I want to play a game with horrible netcode when I can play Blazblue or Street Fighter IV, both of which have much better online play? If I really wanted to play KoF I'd just go on GGPO or drive down to the local arcade (which probably isn't an option for most people).
And there's no Mai - I don't care but apparently a lot of perverted KoF fans do. Ema Skye is much better than Mai, though. Ten times better, in my honest opinion.
