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The King of Fighters XII Video Review

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  • Posted Jul 31, 2009

A lack of features leaves King of Fighters XII lying face down in this video review.

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164 Comments

  • EpicNoobOwnage

    Posted Aug 3, 2011 4:44 pm GMT

    This game really sucked. I traded it in the next day after I got it. I was like omg I just wasted 60 bucks on this garbage. The character's look good but the lack of character roster and no replay value and no epic boss battle either. Pretty lame, this game deserves a lower score.

  • reubthadude

    Posted Apr 26, 2011 8:14 am GMT

    This review does kinda suck but I don't think any of the KOF games had much content...it was simply about picking from one of the 10,000 characters on their roster and fighting!

  • Testament

    Posted Jan 23, 2011 9:02 am GMT

    Capcom, help this game again

  • lairok

    Posted Dec 3, 2010 5:22 pm GMT

    The graphics were nice but the characters were a little too large on screen. Music and voice acting was weak! Definitely not worth a full game price tag and I couldn't even find a match to play someone online. I want a KOF collection with online play and some updated graphics for widescreen tv.

  • nevilleaimar

    Posted Sep 12, 2010 9:55 pm GMT

    the grapfics in this one is good but it just doesn't play like a kof game. it lacks the smooth and fast-paced gameplay of kof series, and the size of the characters is so big that I've always wondered if this is kof. fortunately they fixed these problems in kof xiii, which is awesome btw. i've been playing kof since 10 years ago and don't wanna see its end. so keep up the work snk!

  • GenesisV1

    Posted Jul 23, 2010 10:20 pm GMT

    Considerable assets INDEED.

  • lookin_boy

    Posted Jun 10, 2010 8:09 pm GMT

    reviewer is funny ^_^ still think im going to try it for myself though i love 2-D SNK

  • manilove2d

    Posted Dec 2, 2009 6:33 pm GMT

    This game is really good in offline versus mode with a friend or friends. The new gameplay make this KOF feel really fresh and solid and a LOT of fun.

    Too bad these days, a fighting game is judged on its SINGLE player content....

    Anyway, i play online also, add me on Xbox, gamertag: Violent Ryo

  • zovice

    Posted Oct 12, 2009 1:32 pm GMT

    The only story they got was this series took place in the year 1995 (according to their age in the data). So what's with going back to this time, like hanging from no where. When KoF was once a year that time and already had '94 & '95.

    Haha, I like the Video Review last part, "You Lose". I don't know they just happened to put it this way or not, but it suited very well for the message I was thinking about.
    I still love the older series better.

  • Danymoon

    Posted Sep 23, 2009 8:54 pm GMT

    Pity----i cant really think KOF got into this point...i always enjoyed so much playing with it....like Capcom Vs. games...if they were trying to make something good i guess they should at least have included more characters, specially knowing how "demanding" Mai is.....really shame, cause i used to love this game....but guess not even here in Europe is going to be so popular this time......good graphics, but just not so good overall...

  • Dante553

    Posted Sep 22, 2009 7:09 am GMT

    HUGE LETDOWN!

  • ultima_weapon21

    Posted Sep 12, 2009 6:42 pm GMT

    i gotta say the movement looks great and so do the specials,but it seems TOO slow paced.does anyone agree?still i love fighting games so im gonna rent the see if i want to buy,i remember the one for xbox that had like 40 plus characters(cant remember the title) and that one was great.

  • NinjaKey

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:08 am GMT

    looks good plays like an arcade fighter

  • geedotherodian

    Posted Aug 27, 2009 11:06 pm GMT

    what a disappointment

  • Ryan5000M

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 5:40 am GMT

    i have kof maximum impact for ps2 and it was a cool game, very detaild even the girls boobs lol, it was fun and looked great, so what the heck is with this one because it looks streetfighter

  • Flawless_Gamer

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 8:07 am GMT

    never really played a KOF game but after seening this review im happy i havent and is dose not look as good as good as blazblue or marvel vs capcom 2 !! but i must say the back ground grapics look amazing but thats all i really saw that i liked.. but other then that the game looks boaring!!

  • Mafiaboy19524

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 6:29 pm GMT

    Ok well ive heard some complaints about the offline modes and some people have issues with the aliasing. If you like CvS then you wont care and it doesnt look that bad. As far as this review goes i think the reviewer is just a bit bent over having no Mai. I mean i would love to see an updated version of Mai bouncing around but to say it cant compete against other games because it doesnt have enough characters is ridiculous. Online is pretty critical these days especially since arcades are more or less dead but if youve never played KoF and you like 2D fighters I think it should at least be worth a rental.

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