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[tzare]

Rewatched the trailer. I think that the background/stage looks even worse than characters. The syles do not fit at at all.

Maybe if the stage was nicer characters wouldn't look so much out of place and overall the game could have a pass.

 

[Road]

Watching the trailers for this thing is like slowing down on the road to watch a car crash - you know it's bad but you just can't help it.

 

[Shifu-Sushi]

Graphics are better no ?

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Rewatched the trailer. I think that the background/stage looks even worse than characters. The syles do not fit at at all.

Maybe if the stage was nicer characters would'nt look that out of place and overall the game could have a pass.

Unbelieveable how blurry and muddy the game looks.

 

[Reverend Funk]

 

[joekusa]

Why god, WHY?!! They kill KoF more and more... This animation will kill me...

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Why god, WHY?!! They kill KoF more and more... This animation will kill me...

What do you mean with more and more? 13 was pretty good.

 

[Rocketz]

 

[LuuKyK]

There really is no defending the artistic choices made in this game, which is sad considering KOF usually has very good art design in general. :/ It just looks... wrong. And cheap.

 

[Hyun Sai]

The only hope for this game is that the netcode is some Top tiers shit of heaven better than Killer Instinct.

Yeah, won't happen

 

[Yager]

The art style in this game is so...bland. Everything looks boring.

 

[IbukiLordSA]

Seriously release XIII again on PS4/X1 and use those funds towards the game. I'd buy XIII again in a heartbeat if I could play it on PS4.

 

[Comfort Jones]

He looks so bad... like 90s cg bad.

My brain genuinely cant comprehend the fact that this is a game releasing this gen. A King of Fighters game.

 

[T.O.P]

Seriously release XIII again on PS4/X1 and use those funds towards the game. I'd buy XIII again in a heartbeat if I could play it on PS4.

XIII with a decent netcode would be a insta buy for me

 

[Boss Doggie]

Anyone else thought his specials animated badly? That Kuuhazan kick attack :/

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Seriously release XIII again on PS4/X1 and use those funds towards the game. I'd buy XIII again in a heartbeat if I could play it on PS4.

I'd be okay with KOFXI as well.

 

[joekusa]

What do you mean with more and more? 13 was pretty good.

I mean more they show this Kof, more they kill the licence...

 

[MightyKAC]

You know it's bad when the only bright side you can think of is that maybe this'll get a Vita port.

 

[Krammy]

So hey, Iori's looking different? Got some of them Orochi Blood eyes now I guess.

Chang Reveal Trailer:

Andy Reveal Trailer:

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Hahah!

 

[OrochiJR]

I hope the graphics are just stand ins using some old assets and they try to get the gameplay done before moving on to the visuals later during development. If this right now turns out to be their serious attempt at graphics for a PS4 game it'd be rather sad.

 

[Stone Ocean]

So hey, Iori's looking different? Got some of them Orochi Blood eyes now I guess.

Chang Reveal Trailer:


Andy Reveal Trailer:

His textures improved quite a lot too.

 

[Oyashrio-Sama]

He looks so bad... like 90s cg bad.

 

[Tizoc]

Now that's some quality 90s CG, Topped only by this

 

[colinp]

I feel like I need to laugh to stop myself from crying whenever a new KOF14 thread pops up.

But Shane Bettenhausen has faith in this game so I'll try to as well.

 

[Acquiescence]

No hyperbole, it looks even worse graphically than Star Fox Zero.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I'd be okay with KOFXI as well.

Don't forget 98 UM and 2002 UM .
I would buy all of them lol.

 

[Drakendodertje]

Gross, but I won't lie I'm playing this day one since I have never tried KOF.

so....many....paradoxes (head hurts)

 

[Atolm]

Gross, but I won't lie I'm playing this day one since I have never tried KOF.

You're kidding right? Go and buy XIII instead of this turd.

 

[Loona]

Also Andy appears to be wearing different clothes, likely inspired by his Wild Ambition outfit?

His WA outfit was pretty standard - the major thing about it was that the main skin for his model had a white outfit and loose hair, while the 2nd model had a dark outfit and a ponytail, like in FF3 and Real Bout. Here they sort of mixed the aesthetics, although I think the ponytail would work better.

The graphics aren't done right?

Right?

They been adjusting them between trailers at least - things like Kyo's hair have changed between the 1st and 2nd, and in this 3rd one it changed from black back to his classic brown.
Who knows what else might change given enough time...

 

[Ryu bogard]

wow this really does look like a mobile phone game.

 

[TheSpoiler]

You're kidding right? Go and buy XIII instead of this turd.

While this game looks like shit graphically, we have no idea how balanced or technically sound it is.

 

[DJ Lushious]

Now that's some quality 90s CG, Topped only by this

I remember when Tekken came out and these FMVs were OMG-eye-bulging-amazing. I would watch the Soul Blade FMV over and over again.

 

[cireza]

There are still so many problems with the overall look of the game. They need to fix this. I am sure they can improve a lot on lighting.

 

[Finaika]

Guys, this will come out next year, I'm sure they will improve the graphics by then.

Chang Reveal Trailer:

Andy Reveal Trailer:

See? Huge improvement.

 

[BadWolf]

What really hurts is how beautiful the sprites were in XIII, Andy's sprite there is one of my fave ever:

So badass.

He looks way too slim and young in XIV.

That aside I think gameplay-wise it still looks promising, hopefully they show some new mechanics soon.

As for Iori, are they combining regular and orochi into one?

 

[Rymuth]

Guys, this will come out next year, I'm sure they will improve the graphics by then.



See? Huge improvement.

All I see is that Iori contracted glaucoma between trailers. :/

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

After the huge improvements, it still looks like garbage.

 

[Subaru]

First trailer:

Last trailer:

Huge improvement, but not enough.

 

[CaviarMeths]

The announcer reminds me of the boss guy from House of the Dead 2.

"The King of Fighters!"
"The original sin that man is responsible to!"

Not terribly familiar with the series. Is it the same announcer as previous games?

 

[BadWolf]

Huge improvement, but not enough.

Am I seeing things or did they give Kyo his brown hair back?

 

[orioto]

So if they continue releasing videos with this graphic quality, after the reactions.. it seems obvious that this is not gonna change a lot..

 

[Stone Ocean]

Huge improvement, but not enough.

There's plenty of room to improve and they're making big strides between each trailer.

Sure it will probably never look actually good but it's something.

Am I seeing things or did they give Kyo his brown hair back?

Nope, brown hair is back.

 

[delSai]

Huge improvement, but not enough.

They showed that they actually still work on the game/graphics, that's important.

Am I seeing things or did they give Kyo his brown hair back?

His hair is definitely brown again.

 

[jett]

I guess these graphics are here to stay, not that was any sort of surprise.

 

[correojon]

Yay! Andy´s always been my favorite KOF character

Even though the game doesn´t look good, I like that the matches look like KOF matches, I feared the gameplay would be slowed down or something with the transition to 3D models.

 

[ZeroX03]

Looks like the PS4's PS2 emulation is running pretty solidly. Good effort SNK.

 

[NEO0MJ]

He looks so bad... like 90s cg bad.

That's a very apt description of their current characters. Even if you disregard how bad the models look something about them feels so off and creepy.

 

[Galdelico]

The announcer reminds me of the boss guy from House of the Dead 2.

"The King of Fighters!"
"The original sin that man is responsible to!"

Not terribly familiar with the series. Is it the same announcer as previous games?

Sounds more like the dude from the Fatal Fury Premium pachislot machine's trailer (from minute 1:20 onwards): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdfKy-rja2I.

 

[freeofgreed]

I've already come to terms with the art style. I'm still hyped as fuck for this even more than sfv. As long as it plays well and has good netcode i'll be alright. Plus every reveal trailer the graphics get better bit by bit so if this game does have the rumored 50 characters then by the time the last one is reveal it should look amazing right?

Spoiler

lol

. Plus Snk is a company that has been on the verge of death again and back so many times. So if this is the only way we can get more kof then so be it.