King of Fighters has been the main competitor to the world famous Street Fighter series among fighting fanatics for years. With both series over their fling with each other during the beginning of the decade, it's come time to see if King of Fighters can live up to its name with the 12th installment.
KOF has always prided itself on being a technical fighter. While it is possible to pick up a character and pull off what looks to be a decent set of moves – only with real dedication can players deal sustainable damage to their opponents. Newcomers to the series may look at KOF as a Street Fighter clone, but under the bonnet people will find a game in a league of its own.
GameDynamo - "Fighting games have enjoyed a period of spectacular growth after being a nearly nonexistent genre for so many years prior. Because of this sudden growth, we're seeing a lot of companies taking different approaches to the traditional fighting game formula that has stood since Street Fighter II first came onto the scene."
Star Trek Online developer Cryptic has ruled out the possibility of it releasing a sequel to the game in future years - telling CVG it would rather constantly update its existing MMO.
I'm glad they aren't going to make a sequel. The current game is unfinished and flawed, they need to fix that first.
A sequel is the last thing people are thinking about right now, it's an online game! You don't need a sequel, you can just keep building the game and change the story arc for as long as you want.
The Start Screen reviews King Of Fighters XII for the PS3. They cover how far fighting games have come and with the showing that SNK Playmore's KOF XII, how far we need to go. The game was seemingly released incomplete with an time trial for an Arcade Mode and a seemingly broken online mode. Did the 772 MB patch help?