Testurteil: "2.5 out of 5 stars"
Test: Einzeltest: King of Fighters XII
Zitat: Pros: + Beautiful animations
+ Simple controls are a great help
+ Varied Special moves
+ Detailed background environments
Cons: - Incredibly repetitive backdrop animations
- Music is poor, and disappears at frequent loading screens
- Character art is heavily pixelated
- Boring arcade mode that is purely time trial with no reward
- Unplayable online lag
- Very limited move sets per character
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.