IGN Reviews - King of Fighters XIII Game Review

IGN gives its review of King of Fighters XIII. SNK's flagship brawler returns for its 13th entry. Is this a fight for the ages?
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[nintendodreamer]

I can barely hear the reviewer talking. I'm too busy admiring the awesome fighting game playing in the video.

[darkricky]

Not gonna lie, this is coolest looking fighting game i have ever seen. Imagine DBFZ sequel with those visuals ʘ‿ʘ

[Guy-mxfb]

wish they kept this animated art style for ps4

[musicisthebestF]

7.0 ? the game at the very least deserves a 8.5 Score

[portalalchemist]

This game deserves more than a 7, its easily a weak 9 to a strong 8.

[YungSkrimbo]

@-@ The GRAPHICS is what sets you off? Thats one of my favorite parts of this game! Personally I wish more fighting games stayed in 2-D. The way they look in the new street fighters disturbs me...those faces xD

[Linka]

why are they criticizing a fighting game based on ARCADE MODE boss? thats like criticizing an FPS based on its campaign

[fullfist]

you can't spell 'IGNnorant' without IGN
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classic pearl of wisdom right there

[ImTheCrew]

Who is here for Games with gold for January 2021?

[ikeaaron]

He must've never played an SNK fighter before! XD

[MrDmoney]

The King of Fighters is better than boring ass Street Fighter! Ever since street fighter went 3D it became shit imho! You dont see KOF pulling that sorta crap (except that one time with Maxium Impact and THAT was about it!)

[Spacirelei]

@Zephyr16 Yes, but what you must realize is SNK created these characters in 3D models; added dynamic shading and then redrew them as sprites. So it was a conscious choice to keep it like that. If they wanted to they could have made it look like SF4, or Blazblue. But they didn't. Props to them for keeping it alive.

[acidpunk]

again, its snk, obligatory the bosses need to be as cheap as they can, you'll get used to it as crazy as it may sound.

[TheAvatarEXE]

And years later this game become quite literally one of the Fighting games ever!

[drtzilla]

Here I am trying to find out if the game is fun enough to prioritize getting before sfIV or blazblue, not if the reviewer is salty about sucking against the bosses.

[LuigiFan]

SNK: Customizable fighter color palette :D
CAPCOM: DLC

[DrowsyBean]

This is easily the best 2d fighter besides bb...

[outsideredge]

Did this game really bankrupt SNK again? It’s easy to see why as it oozes production value: Tons of hand drawn animation, with lots of special effects and colourful lighting and detailed, busy backgrounds, not to mention netcode and an entire story mode. Yeah, they swung for the fences here. It’s beautiful and unique.

[Slappaccino]

Still the best looking fighting game of all time in my opinion. SF3 being a close second, and GG Xrd not far behind. If KoF14 had these sprites instead of those awful 3D models, it would be the pinnacle of the franchise.

[musicisthebestF]

The reviewer obviosly has never played KoF 1996-XI or else he would know
that very very Hard Bosses are a Trademark & Tradition of The Series

I mean i still hate this Magaki Guy from KoF XI until today but i managed to learn how to beat him with almost every character after like 55 Minutes

I cant remember IGN mentioning SSF IV Lag issues in their review i wonder if they even played Online