The King of Fighters XV Review

King of Fighters 15 is not the most ambitious or revolutionary fighting game to come out in recent years, but what few changes have been made to distinguish it from its predecessor are done well. Its biggest triumph is its great rollback netcode that makes the classic franchise a heavy hitter when it comes to online play.

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[IGN]

Hey all! As some comments have pointed out, Ash, Chizuru, Yashiro, and Chris are also making their return to the series after missing KOF XIV. Also the comparison on the Ralf Super should have the KOF XV footage on the left side, but it's on the right. I deeply apologize for the errors. - Mitchell

[th_Link]

Man says Shermie hasn't been in a kof game since 2002, completely ignoring Yashiro and Chris. 😔

[FoguYanker]

People from north america will never appreciate KOF as us from latin america. KOF is a religion here and we didn't have to watch any tutorial to learn difficult combos. We just destroyed those arcade machines trying and trying back in the 90s; especially with KO98 <3 .

[mr.horseshoe]

Been a KOF player since KOF 94. Happy the series is continuing to thrive. Oh, and Shermie is back!

[RyuDaBurninator]

Raise of hands to those that have been playing SNK fighting games since Fatal Fury 1. 🙋‍♂️

[axelprino]

Only mentioning Elizabeth and Shermie as returning characters while ignoring the male fighters makes think that the person that wrote that had his priorities clear when looking at the roster 😉

[RobSomeone]

"Using the same animations that are 6 years old"
Tekken starts sweating profusely.

[Waltersop]

The other 34 are straight out of 14...umm no? 30 are from 14 but team Orochi, Elizabeth, Ash, K49 Chizuru, Isla and other chick are all new to 3D games lol

[pank]

The rollback being fantastic is a massive W for SNK.

[mkooij]

Man this has just become a direct buy. All the downsides you name aren't a big deal for me. It seems like an extremely fun and solid game

[NeoDragoN]

The super comparisons are labelled as the wrong games....also Yashiro and Chris are back as well as Shermie...

[allmightylowercasejay]

Terry/Joe/K that has always been and will always be my team

[obiwanmedeiros]

This is the best review I've ever seen from IGN, congrats to the involved.

[samjeancharles]

Best review from ign period, this was very well articulated might even pick up the game.

[GhibliNova]

Best IGN review in a very long time, glad you got someone that can actually play the game 😂

[reekhavoc]

39 characters to start off is pretty great

[snippyjay]

Imo the lack of a story mode isn’t really a con. MVCI and SFV proved that focussing on a story mode is a really bad idea compared to refining gameplay, which SNK has done. Great review tho

[kathrena]

characters and mechanics story in fighting games

[NocturneCesarito]

Not really liking the new characters looks, but returning characters look better than ever. It's fantastic to have the new face team back and there are rumors of their orochi counterparts as dlc.

[A.R.MakeYouDance]

No need for a review. If you're a fan since way back then you already know this is an instant buy