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Andy Bogard Confirmed for KoF XIV

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

I get the impression they're blending together his claw and flame selves from the latest iteration, and both he and Leona have a history of briefly going into Riot of Blood mode during supers.
 
Oh hey Andy's back...sadly I was never fond of his playstyle, it was kinda boring compared to Terry who had some pizzazz. Anyway, hope the graphics improve.
 
While they keep making shading improvements i dont think KOFXIV is gonna be a looker... hopefully the gameplay is top notch.

And even if the gameplay is bad.. WILL BUY FOR THE STORY MODE

Where is his waifu?
Dunno if their engine supports THAT many polygons!
 
I get the impression they're blending together his claw and flame selves from the latest iteration, and both he and Leona have a history of briefly going into Riot of Blood mode during supers.

Was wondering if maybe they were bringing the in round activation back (like Leona could sacrifice half her life gauge to turn into Orochi Leona in 2002).

Losing Claw Iori is a bummer, really liked that version of him.
 
I'm sorry to say this but whoever is doing the trailers should be fired.
First of all they need to focus on the new character and second i would specify that the game is early in development and that there will be improvements exactly like it's happening.

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

Chang Reveal Trailer:


Andy Reveal Trailer:

Huge improvement, but not enough.

Just let's give them more time, it won't be the best looking game but imo in the end it will be decent, let's not forget that it will have 40+ characters!

I would like to see how the game looks with same assets and a cel shading effect, i bet it would look way better.

Too bad for the awesome 2d though :(
 
I know it's easier for hell to freeze over, but I'd love to see this KoF done in a similar style to Xrd. I know that's asking for beyond the impossible.
 
First of all they need to focus on the new character and second i would specify that the game is early in development and that there will be improvements exactly like it's happening.

It looks like they were concerned with the animation/gameplay first and are just now getting to the character models.
 
Kind of paused through the vid during the fighting and Kyo definitely looks quite a bit better.

Considering the reactions to her absence in XII and how that affected her presentation in XIII, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the effort was being put on her and she's getting revealed last.

Yeah they are probably saving the more anticipated reveals like her, Terry etc. for later. They will most likely be stretching the reveals till release.
 
You know if this game IS getting a China team, I demand the best Chinese SNK character to be in it
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The time has come SNK!
 
SNK needs to just go ahead and have 2 Ladies' team:
FF Ladies' team: Mai, B. Mary and B. Jennet
AOF Ladies' team: King, Yuri and Kasumi
 
He looks way too slim and young in XIV.

Well, you are the guy with the Kim K. avatar, but I have to stop you there...;) Most of the earlier KoF games had mini biographies for the characters with stuff like age, blood types, hobbies etc. If I remember correctly, the age range of many of the male fighters (especially the "archetypical" fighting game main characters like Terry, Andy, Joe, Ryo, Robert etc) ranges only between ~ 20 and 25. Everything over 25 is usually reserved for battle hardened war veterans (Ralf and Clark), or "older" (in anime terms) women like Mature, Vice and Chizuru (all in their late 20s I believe). Characters also did not age between games if I'm not completely mistaken. That excludes games that obviously take place in the "future" like Garou MotW.

So technically it's not wrong for Andy to look pretty young, when he's only 23 or so. =P
 
In Andy's defence, after he peaked when they made his full screen dash move input downback-forward on KoF XIII, the only way for him to go was down.
 
Am I seeing things or did they give Kyo his brown hair back?

Yeah, and that's good!

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.

I'm sorry to say this but whoever is doing the trailers should be fired.
First of all they need to focus on the new character and second i would specify that the game is early in development and that there will be improvements exactly like it's happening.

YES!

Just let's give them more time, it won't be the best looking game but imo in the end it will be decent, let's not forget that it will have 40+ characters!

I would like to see how the game looks with same assets and a cel shading effect, i bet it would look way better.

Too bad for the awesome 2d though :(

There are too things that convince me that these upgrades wont be enough:
1) 40+ characters;
2) 2016 release date.

They really need to improve the models, they are fucking ugly... they don't need to be SFV tier but c'mon, Andy almost looks like it's from Final Fantasy 8. Too flat...
 
In Andy's defence, after he peaked when they made his full screen dash move input downback-forward on KoF XIII, the only way for him to go was down.

That was the move's motion in most if not all of the games he's in.
It had the reputation for being particularly strong in Fatal Fury 2 though, which was apparently the strongest Andy ever was.
 
holy shit, this looks awful. should've stuck with 2D if they couldn't make good 3D characters.

Half the reason they're 3d is because it's hard to find 2d animators for games. Don't forget it's a new team. All the know how from KoF13 is lost.
 
when is the day when we all wake up from this nightmare and turns out KoF 14 looks just like 13 and turns out to be better? I want this to turnaround and end up being at least a good game that fails to be as good as an amazing game that is 13.
 
Half the reason they're 3d is because it's hard to find 2d animators for games. Don't forget it's a new team. All the know how from KoF13 is lost.

IIRC the director of KOF13 is on the project so the gameplay will probably be good.
 
well, at least they're trying to improve step by step. we rarely get to see improvements made like this. it's usually the other way around with bullshots and downgrades :D

SNK trying to innovate again. the future is now.
 
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