
The classic King of Fighters flow is present and correct though, and it just feels right, even if each character still has auto-combos to annoy the purists. If you’ve played any of the earlier titles, or indeed any fighting game in the history of ever, there’s not much in KoF XV’s move list that’ll truly surprise you. They work their way up from regular variants all the way up to the visually impressive, and downright destructive, Climax Super Special Moves. After that it’s onto each character’s special moves with quarter and half-circles sitting alongside the odd Z motion as well. There’s a host of tools at player’s disposal, starting with your plain old punches and kicks in both light and heavy varieties.

I’m sure we’d all prefer not to have DLC characters when they could, or should, be in the game already, but that’s not the world we live in, and if it keeps interest in the game going then it’s a price worth paying. King of Fighters XV’s roster makes for an impressive starting point, with six further characters set to appear as part of the first team-pass DLC, delighting fans of Garou: Mark of the Wolves in the process. I’m expecting him to be someone I enjoy beating up online. His morphing T2/Doc Ock arm makes things a bit more interesting though.
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I’m not as sold on Krohnen McDougall, falling into a goggle-toting, slightly generic character-design hole from the PS2 era.

Her mystical holy sand attacks are powerful and effective, though they can occasionally look a little cheap. The beginner-friendly Isla may look like she’s escaped from Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge, but her spray-can throwing mystical hands make her a dangerous opponent at mid-range.ĭelores meanwhile is an African hermit who looks as though she’s shopped at the Bayonetta boutique for dangerous women. The newcomers will be the first port of call for a lot of returning fans, and they’re a pretty cool bunch.
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all-star Terry Bogard – I love that this is where some people will recognise him from – along with the rest of the Fatal Fury crew, while series stalwarts like Ryo and Iori are also present and correct.
