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Author: Whoopty | ||
| Posted: 17:55, October 16th 2009 | |||
| Link: http://www.ignition-ent.com | |||
| Score: 5 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: £40 | |||
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Conclusion
Unfortunately King of Fighters XII is not something I would recommend, even for those that are fans of the series. The combat is, ok. The visuals aren't bad either. The music is incredibly bland, and the actual content is lacking severely. All aspects of this game have something that's not bad about them, but the downsides just crush any goodness from it.
This game bored me within 15 minutes of picking up the controller, which isn't as bad as some games, but it ranks up pretty highly as one of the worst games I've played this year. I'd steer clear of this one and grab yourself Street Fighter IV if you want something similar but done right, or Soul Calibur IV if you want my personal favourite.
| Pros | Cons |
| Beautiful animations | Incredibly repetitive backdrop animations |
| Simple controls are a great help | Music is poor, and disappears at frequent loading screens |
| Varied Special moves | Character art is heavily pixelated |
| Detailed background environments | Boring arcade mode that is purely time trial with no reward |
| Unplayable online lag | |
| Very limited move sets per character |
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