@awp69 I don't know how anyone can compare this game to Strive and think Strive is the better game. Is it graphically superior? Sure, easily. But KOF has no overly simplified mechanics, instead the game builds on what has come before in the series with MAX-less EX moves and Shatter Strike, it has no gutted movesets, despite adding some things for newer players such as autocombos and making climax inputs universal the game clearly respects the fanbase that has followed it for decades, it has a sensibly designed lobby system instead of a bizarre Habbo Hotel looking thing, it launched with 39 characters instead of a paltry 15, it features over 300 music tracks from all over KOF and SNK history, it has all sorts of soulful little touches like special intros between characters, unique announcer voice overs for story mode, and some cute special secret endings. None of the e-sports pandering nonsense Capcom has gone for in recent years either. Strive was fun for a bit, but I got bored very quickly, there just isn't much to do there, player expression was clearly not a priority at all over appealing to new players. This game here is easily a 9/10 for me, one of the first true and pure fighting games in years.
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@awp69 I don't know how anyone can compare this game to Strive and think Strive is the better game. Is it graphically superior? Sure, easily.
But KOF has no overly simplified mechanics, instead the game builds on what has come before in the series with MAX-less EX moves and Shatter Strike, it has no gutted movesets, despite adding some things for newer players such as autocombos and making climax inputs universal the game clearly respects the fanbase that has followed it for decades, it has a sensibly designed lobby system instead of a bizarre Habbo Hotel looking thing, it launched with 39 characters instead of a paltry 15, it features over 300 music tracks from all over KOF and SNK history, it has all sorts of soulful little touches like special intros between characters, unique announcer voice overs for story mode, and some cute special secret endings. None of the e-sports pandering nonsense Capcom has gone for in recent years either.
Strive was fun for a bit, but I got bored very quickly, there just isn't much to do there, player expression was clearly not a priority at all over appealing to new players.
This game here is easily a 9/10 for me, one of the first true and pure fighting games in years.