In the stream you talked about how SNK was releasing a bunch of fighting games a year while doing the annual release of King of Fighters so I ended up looking it up. Here's a list of ones they developed or published during that time. 1994 - Art of Fighting 2, World Heroes 2 Jet (ADK), Aggressors of Dark Kombat (ADK), King of Fighters 94, Samurai Shodown 2 1995 - Galaxy Fight (Sunsoft), Fatal Fury 3, Savage Reign, World Heroes Perfect (ADK) ,King of Fighters 95, Samurai Shodown 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury 1996 - Art of Fighting 3, Breakers (Visco), Ninja Master's (ADK),Ragnagard (System Vision), King of Fighters 96, Kizuna Encounter, Samurai Shodown 4, Waku Waku 7 (Sunsoft) 1997 - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, King of Fighters 97, Last Blade, Samurai Shodown 64 1998 - Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Breakers Revenge (Visco), King of Fighters 98,, Samurai Shodown 64-2, King of Fighters R-1, Last Blade 2, Samurai Shodown! 1999 - Fatal Fury Wild Ambition, King of Fighters R-2, Samurai Shodown! 2, Buriki One, Fatal Fury First Contact, King of Fighters 99, Garou Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage, SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium 2000 - Gals' Fighters, Last Blade Beyond the Destiny, King of Fighters 00, Big Bang Pro Wrestling 2001 - King of Fighters 01 2002 - King of Fighters EX, Rage of the Dragons (Evoga), King of Fighters 02 2003 - King of Fighters EX2, Power Instinct Matrimelee (Noise Factory), SNK vs. Capcom:SVC Chaos, Samurai Shodown 5, King of Fighters 03 For a total of 53 fighting games over 10 years, with 47 of them being owned by SNK. Also 11 are made for handhelds, 9 for NeoGeo Pocket & 2 for GBA.
@@mhstylesmugen and yet bitch ass Verse has to come and ruin his tournament anyways. Well, at least that makes for real good TV when 3 normal dudes just straight beat God.
@@blastmole299 96 was hosted by Chizuru which had no reason other than to just get the treasures together and inform them about what they have to do, which was interrupted by Goenitz
I find it funny how the villain always sits at the end of the bracket of this "tournament" instead of actually participating and making their way through the bracket lol
It's especially weird when a fight is decided by _ring out._ 😏 _"Curses! I've fallen into foot-deep water! Clearly, the match is yours! I won't trouble this world again."_
@@Amesang I more so meant it from the perspective of the heroes. "Oh no we couldn't defeat him in 60 seconds. He seems to be close to death but there is nothing we can do to stop him now!"^^
Fun Fact: Steven McNair who performed the intro for both KOF XIV and KOF XV is responsible for composing Nico's Shop in Devil May Cry 5, arranged Sagat's theme in SFV, and done vocals for the score Just Another Hero from the popular anime series My Hero Academia.
It might not be the prettiest game, but it's sure as all hell one fun game Edit: The game is amazing and so are the backgrounds and CGI, but there's no denying they could've done better with some of the character models. Not hating on the game at all, it's the one that brought me into the series, but damn some of those models are kinda rough
Another important aspect is that this game "revived" the franchise after SNK left it for dead after KOF XIII /they focused on pachinko for a couple of years). It was a way to put KOF in the modern era in a humble and unassuming way. Very important game for SNK from a business perspective. XV they are pushing the potential of this entry
So some build up as to why all this happened. So after Ash stopped Saiki from going through the gate his disappearance triggered a time paradox in the kof timeline which would bring about Verse Saisyu Kusanagi (Kyo's father) and Tung Fu Ru (who was looking after Shun'ei and Meitenkun at the time) sensed this so Saisyu told Kyo to get his friends and participate in the next kof tournament being hosted by Antonov and help keep an eye on Shun'ei and to investigate the matter with Verse. Iori Yagami sensed Verse as well but also sensed Orochi's essence, Mature and Vice appeared physically again and agreed to help him look in to this matter. Nakoruru felt Verse's presence from the Sam Sho timeline and managed to travel through time to stop it. Antonov decided to form his own team including: Mian a szechuan dancer Sylvie a failed bioweapon from the now defunct NESTS cartel And Kukri a mysterious man with sand power. This information came from Shoryu game, a youtuber.
I think the face was more about how the crazy AI INSTANTLY counter supered his low drill kick. He talks about fighting game AI reading inputs and only doing something when the player does something and that was textbook "The computer's cheating!"
@@zanpakutoman4225 Max has played every single KoF game. He's knows what the CPU can do. My impression is that he wasn't expecting the computer to defeat him so stylishly while filming.
@@similaritiesendhere I feel like that's how SNK intended for their AI to act lol. 1-3 Standard difficulty, beat the game while learning its ins and outs. 4 Now it gets difficult, the AI starts reading your input more. 5 They combo your ass with added flairs, humiliation is the name of the game.
Love what you did with this Legacy series, Max. Loved it. The impressions you had about KOF games (95, 98, XI, XIII and even XIV) just by playing one after another in days was (more than) the impressions I had through all those years. I must add I have emotional attachments to 99 and 00 cuz that was the last arcade house action time I had with friends I made playing KOF before the arcade industry went down.
Been a hell of a ride going through SNK titles left and right, mostly first-time playthroughs, this past year... All because I watched the 1st KOF XV trailer, and listened to the arranged neo geo soundtracks... Thank you Max!!
The shaders are great the "bad graphics" comparison was for the release build. I'm sick of people shitting on 14s last build . The graphics look great.
I agree. I personally have more fun playing XIV than XIII The roster is much better! Many of the newcomers were great! Mui Mui, Love Heart, Sylvie, Zarina, Luong, Nelson, Najd, Kukri, Mian and Xanadu are my favorites. I don't hate Shun, my only complain would be his awful design... The music is great too Magical Sky is such a gorgeous theme. F for Mui Mui and Love Heart They will never come back 😢
@@monstersinthecity Man i'm a HUGE KOF fan, literally been a fan of the series since 1994 and it's one of my favorite franchises ever, and i don't mean just within the fighting genre. When i said the graphics were "a little rough" i wasn't shitting on the game, KOF 14 is a good entry in the series. But yes, the graphics obviously aren't great, me stating that isn't me talking down on the game or trashing it. Calm down.
In short, As Max said, _the real king of fighters was the Benimaru we tagged along the way..._ But seriously, This game was really, *extremely* good. The only thing that really held it back was the budget it had for it to be released (which was the reason for those PS3-like graphics, although that didn't bother me) _and the real actual sore thumb: _*_The online_* . If only they added rollback netcode (correctly to this game), it would had seen a resurgence like 98 and 02 saw. But hey! I'm not mad that this happened, because it paved the way for XV. Massive Kudos for the KoF Legacy, dood! Good to see that you have warmed up to SNK games now, and hope that in your free time and out of curiosity, you eventually explore the other gems of fighting games made by SNK and Playmore that were hidden between these games, especially since the scene is still going strong on fightcade! See you on XV! Gonna need to practice when it launches next week!
I started with this one too. I always thought it was lame that it was so quickly dismissed over the graphics, when it has great gameplay, neat stages, and a million characters.
Hey max just wanna say you are one of the greatest fighting game experts out there, been watching your videos for only god knows how long, have the perfect 2022
Watching this legacy has me trying the older KOF games. I always overlooked these games when I was a kid (didn't love how they looked back then, but I appreciate them now lol). Trying out 95, 98, and 2002
he most definitely just lowered the difficulty to 1, which is a shame imo since instead of a KoF legacy felt more like "Training mode and Bosses" legacy, even in older games, the "hardest" cpus are actually not that bad, all you need is a bit of patience and bnb
@@DharGez i played on the default difficulty and it was still pretty easy. Only had to go to my 3rd character once and I'm no KoF vet, so its probably just default as well. It was a fun experience, but I was very disappointed with the final boss. I always heard KoF bosses were legendary and notorious for their difficulty and cheese. This last guy just hit a little hard and thats kinda it. I need to try the other KoF now after watching this series and seeing just how busted some of the bosses are.
@@mcfry13 I've only messed around with kof 14 and I've only played kof 13 and beat the arcade mode. Definitely got frustrated to a similar degree as Max, with the Saiki and Ash fights. But, I didn't know about the potential CHEESE factor, so they took me longer. From what I've seen, SNK vs Capcom Chaos went ALL OUT with ridiculous boss fights. But from this legacy it seems like they're a little spiratic between a normal fighting game final boss and the "I'm playing a different game/coin eater" type of final boss.
@@DharGez he could have easily beat it on 3 stars or whatever the game starts on. I suck at fighting games, play every other KOF on level 1 and still struggle like hell to beat the final bosses and that's with using the help options. This one I can beat Verse 1st try on the starting difficulty. I think he's just so used to these games being really difficult on starting difficulty and that made him lower it to 1 star.
Some conclusions here. So canonically Kyo's team did infact win the tournament and fought Antonov and Verse (Shun'ei would have probably fought it but it seemed he and Verse derived from the same power source so it seemed he was overwhelmed by the power struggle) after Verse was destroyed it sent multiple spirits of previous villains and other individuals around the earth including: Team Orochi (Yashiro, Shermie and Chris) Rugal Bernstein Krizalid Ash Crimson And Orochi Kyo and Iori got word from Chizuru where Orochi's spirit was and they resealed him and Kukri was found to have been working for Betty cause she felt Ash's spirit in Verse and needed his help to recover him.
Oh right also Antonov faced multiple lawsuits for all the damage Verse caused which resulted in him losing alot of money and the kof brand he bought with it.
Max ,your videos helped me fight my depression!! I always look forward to ur uploads. Depression ain't a joke. But my love is fighting games . Do what u love and it will help.
This game really doesn't look as bad as I remember it looking when I had it. Maybe the reason it just doesn't hold up is because of how good XIII looked before it.
I guess Max ended up understanding why Sakurai personally recomended KOF 95 despite not being one of the KOFs everyone talks about (KOF 98, 2002 and the newer ones). It's surprisingly solid for how old the game is.
I actually really liked Sylvie and Xanadu, maybe i just like weird characters but i thought she was a fun twist to the "idol" character and Xanadu is just so fucking weird that i can't help but love him Antonov was also a great addition, thinking about it now. Great roster all around.
This game's visuals are rougher than Cactus S3x, but dang does it play well. Glad that KOF XV can finally put the series back in the spotlight it deserves.
@@monstersinthecity What part was he wrong about? The visuals do look like late ps2 era/early ps3 graphics. The gameplay is snappy and the Max mode made some crazy looking combos fun to do. KoF XV is taking SNK names back into major prominence and it will likely be talked about for a while until the next fighting game gets announced.
For me this game is like SF4, but the characters are not so ugly xD it's so stupid that some say that this game is graphically ugly but they love SF4, anyway, the point is that after almost believing that the saga would not return, because SNK was dedicated to pachinkos, suddenly it came back and it wasn't with a demo like KOF XII, it was with a fairly complete game.
I really agree with Max on the comparative of the KOFs and some Capcom fighters. I'd say KoF13 is like Third Strike. And I'm one of the few people on this planet who actually likes KoF 2000...
Truth be told, I never really was interested in KoF until Max started doing KoF XIV videos several years back and fought against an Athena. Now KoF is my favorite fighting game series. Thanks Max!
*Trivia* KOF XIV doesn't use Unreal Engine 4 Instead, SNK decided to make their own engine (that was Oda's idea) That's why the game looked really bad when it came... Thankfully, a patch improved the graphics and now KOF XIV looks alright
Looking at XV and then looking back at this makes you realize how ugly most of the characters were. I would love if Max did a "Rate the Glow Up" or something.
Just finished the vid finally. I gotta say, the game hits different once you've seen how far the series has come along. I like that Antonov is like the first boss to not have some ulterior motive for hosting the tournament. I really hope Xanadu returns on a DLC team with Chang and Choi so Kim can come back possibly with his kids from Garou on their own DLC team.
From yesterday’s RATE THE SUPER, to the last playthrough before the new game!! I still remember the EVO MOMENT of this game, the Goro Super Counter Comeback! The Graphics are, odd, but still a fun game!!
You're thinking of the first build friendo this looks leagues better than before. The textures look like a slightly lower fidelity than sf v! Just sick of this argument. Kof 14 will be the third strike of kof where it will have a revival online if it gains legacy rollback netcode in the future
I like this game so much that I was able to get the platinum trophy. It took me 4 long months back in 2017, though. Max knows his stuff, the stream was very entertaining.
XIV was a good game to kickstart the third coming of SNK, after 5 years of nothing but pachinko & slot games. While the newcomers were either hit (Luong, Antonov) or miss (Sylvie & Zarina) overall they left a rather positive impression except for a select few. While I get why some would dislike the pachislot girls I find Terry’s Sakura to be underrated and discount Jam isn’t too bad either. Love Heart, on the other hand... Her kit is just underwhelming leaves way too much to be desired. Good riddance to her.
Considering that Max has liked plenty of new characters from playing them in this legacy, and liking Chris in XV, I'd love to see him try tons of characters in XV to see if he finds an unexpected attraction to someone new. Seeing him discover new things with new characters gives me a sense of joy.
Max commentary Is legendary. I wish he fights the AI with challenge rather than blowing by it like he really did something. I want to see him challenge himself more often miss the boss rages
Seeing as they were already kind enough to confirm my boy Yamazaki as DLC, I hope they'll do the same for my girl Love Heart in XV. I had a ton of fun playing her in XIV and she was super unique compared to everyone else design wise.
@@KingKP96 I'm pretty sure all the games she appears in was done long before SNK lost Sky Love's IP so your argument doesn't work here. Also, K9999's situation is totally different from Love Heart.
I thought "wow, some mysterious figure didn't sponsor this to do evil shit this time around!" And then beating the Penultimate Boss to see all hell break loose really seals it and they fucked up that tv! Again!
Graphics for the characters aside, the gameplay, roster, and soundtrack to this game are fantastic! I even like some of the particle effects and background from a visual standpoint too.
The graphics aren’t that bad, but it could have been better for that time. I’m watching the Super Bowl too, and rooting for my Bengals to win their first ring! 🐯👊🏾🎙 🎮
I personally like XIV The roster is much better than XIII and although the new characters were somewhat difficult to get used to in the end I opened my heart to some of them. Mui Mui, Sylvie, Zarina, Luong, Nelson, Xanadu, Najd, Antonov, Kukri, Love Heart and Mian became my favorites. I don't hate Shun, my only complain would be his awful/horrible design.
@@sebastiandelvillarmontoya1447 Yep. I like how Shun is still l rookie and he didn't win the tournament in his debut. I personally prefer his DLC costume over his default costume in XIV
At 38:42 Kukri states “Inside that” is he talking about Dolores here? Was she dead, only to be resurrected after verse defeat? We know those two share a connection, hinting at her before her true introduction.
@@KuroNoTenno Nope, it's not. The "thing" Kukri saw inside Verse was actually Ash, and in his team's ending he even informed Elisabeth about it once Ash was released from Verse's body.
@@KuroNoTenno Unless I missed something, I'm pretty sure Dolores' revival had nothing to do with Kukri, considering the guy doesn't even aware at her being revived until shortly before XV (According to his XV's team story, at least).
A minute of silence for *Mui Mui* and *Love Heart* SNK sold their IPs 😢 F for Dragon Gal and Sky Pirate. At least they were playable in SNK Heroines. The Another World Team is my favorite in XIV *Magical Sky* is such an amazing track! 🎵
@@dragons_hook Yeah! Legs vs fist! Fun fact about Mui Mui. In her series, Dragon Gal, she can transform into her adult form. Too bad they didn't put that transformation in her gameplay in KOF XIV
It's always so weird thinking back when this game was first announced. Not only did it look rough, but there was some outcry over SNK's decision to replace ALL of the voice actors. Some of them did a good job. Others... not so much (looking at you Iori and Terry).
Yeah... Love Heart and Mui Mui were my favorites in KOF XIV and SNK Heroines. It is a shame SNK no longer owns them 😢 I wanted to see Mui Mui and Kensou as teammates
@@meganinten0078 Woah, Mui Mui and Kensou team would have been an amazing way to explore the Dragon Spirit story line. Wow I never thought of that, awesome idea!
I always like KoF XIV. There is a lot of charm to it. KoF as a whole is such an amazing series of games. I'm glad we are still getting them after all the shit SNK has been through. To lose this series to the sands of time would be a damn shame. On the upside KoF XV is a lot of fun as well.
Also can we appreciate how much better the giant hands Shun'en control look in KOFXV?... Like look at the brief moments they appear... They look boring here .-.
What level did he change the AI to after he found out it was set to 5? Sometimes the AI seemed to do not much or anything, but other times like with Blue Mary did a lot of stuff out of no where 22:03 Also that was an amazing cutscene
so i think terry is really bad in this game, like maybe even bottom 2 along with xanadu. The sleeves must be suppressing his muscles so he can't output full power. This game has the highest number of newcomers in the entire series with like 14 new characters. Some hits like luong, antonov, kukri, zarina and some misses like gang-il Can't remember who's good but i think heidern is top tier and in some top 8s of tournaments i watched i saw a fair amount of mature, leona, billy kane, kim and alice. And i think nakoruru was nerfed early on cause she was annoying. Somehow the steam version of this game is still like $50 despite the better in almost every way version coming out in a few days. But the ps4 version is like $5 on sale. Fun fact if you didn't know tung fu rue the teacher of shun'ei and meitenkun is like the super OG. He was the teacher of geese howard and terry's dad jeff bogard. As for what verse is i think it will get explained more in kof XV we don't have all the details. We kinda know a bit already cause of the team story stuff in XV but i won't talk about that. But something cool about him is that in his win quotes he actually talks as other characters. When he beats mature he speaks as rugal saying she can go back to being his secretary or some shit. Killing him revived all the dead people in kof. Akira's not the only thing they took inspiration from. I love the character designs in kof but idk if they have even a single original character. Benimaru is just polnareff from jojo.
In the stream you talked about how SNK was releasing a bunch of fighting games a year while doing the annual release of King of Fighters so I ended up looking it up. Here's a list of ones they developed or published during that time.
1994 - Art of Fighting 2, World Heroes 2 Jet (ADK), Aggressors of Dark Kombat (ADK), King of Fighters 94, Samurai Shodown 2
1995 - Galaxy Fight (Sunsoft), Fatal Fury 3, Savage Reign, World Heroes Perfect (ADK) ,King of Fighters 95, Samurai Shodown 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury
1996 - Art of Fighting 3, Breakers (Visco), Ninja Master's (ADK),Ragnagard (System Vision), King of Fighters 96, Kizuna Encounter, Samurai Shodown 4, Waku Waku 7 (Sunsoft)
1997 - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, King of Fighters 97, Last Blade, Samurai Shodown 64
1998 - Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Breakers Revenge (Visco), King of Fighters 98,, Samurai Shodown 64-2, King of Fighters R-1, Last Blade 2, Samurai Shodown!
1999 - Fatal Fury Wild Ambition, King of Fighters R-2, Samurai Shodown! 2, Buriki One, Fatal Fury First Contact, King of Fighters 99, Garou Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage, SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium
2000 - Gals' Fighters, Last Blade Beyond the Destiny, King of Fighters 00, Big Bang Pro Wrestling
2001 - King of Fighters 01
2002 - King of Fighters EX, Rage of the Dragons (Evoga), King of Fighters 02
2003 - King of Fighters EX2, Power Instinct Matrimelee (Noise Factory), SNK vs. Capcom:SVC Chaos, Samurai Shodown 5, King of Fighters 03
For a total of 53 fighting games over 10 years, with 47 of them being owned by SNK. Also 11 are made for handhelds, 9 for NeoGeo Pocket & 2 for GBA.
You deserve a Noble prize for this
I like how Antonov doesn't have any alterior motives behind his tournament, he just wants a good fight and to get the world HYPED
So far, Antonov is the only host of a KOF tournament with no hidden agenda whatsoever, which is crazy when you think about it.
@@mhstylesmugen and yet bitch ass Verse has to come and ruin his tournament anyways. Well, at least that makes for real good TV when 3 normal dudes just straight beat God.
The only clean tournaments are 97 (only interrupted by YCS), 14, and 15 (maybe)
@@blastmole299 96 was hosted by Chizuru which had no reason other than to just get the treasures together and inform them about what they have to do, which was interrupted by Goenitz
@@slimeburger7644 It's still have other reasons than just having a regular fighting tournament
What a way to bookend this legacy. You started with Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon, and you end it with Kyo, Benimaru, and Daimon!
It's because modern team looks like make it really classic. It's 15 with experiments and shattering expectations)
nice pfp
I always find it funny how the final boss is usually a fight that decides the fate of the World and yet it still has the 60 second time limit.
If Rugal, Krizalid, Mukai, and Verse waste too much time they wont make their dentist appointment. No way they can stick around any longer!
I find it funny how the villain always sits at the end of the bracket of this "tournament" instead of actually participating and making their way through the bracket lol
It's especially weird when a fight is decided by _ring out._ 😏
_"Curses! I've fallen into foot-deep water! Clearly, the match is yours! I won't trouble this world again."_
@@Amesang I more so meant it from the perspective of the heroes.
"Oh no we couldn't defeat him in 60 seconds. He seems to be close to death but there is nothing we can do to stop him now!"^^
Fun Fact: Steven McNair who performed the intro for both KOF XIV and KOF XV is responsible for composing Nico's Shop in Devil May Cry 5, arranged Sagat's theme in SFV, and done vocals for the score Just Another Hero from the popular anime series My Hero Academia.
People often forget this game looked even worse at launch. XV is definitely a step in the right direction, they nailed the 3D aesthetic for KOF!
Xiv doesn't even look that bad in it's final form, just needed refining to be better. Which is what we are getting! I am very excited
Now they new to go back to 2d animation
@@Nywraper the thing that bankrupted them yea OK
@@zuffin1864 lol i know right?
@@Nywraper pretty much not gotta help.
It might not be the prettiest game, but it's sure as all hell one fun game
Edit: The game is amazing and so are the backgrounds and CGI, but there's no denying they could've done better with some of the character models. Not hating on the game at all, it's the one that brought me into the series, but damn some of those models are kinda rough
Considering how hard XIII flopped during release, I can't really blame them. Still, the game's pretty damn good.
@@ChaosAad22 they really tried their best
Thanks to a friend I play it and it was a lot of fun
@@ChaosAad22 and now fans beg snk to make a game that looks like kof 13
Graphics aren't everything for games like this. Since not every company have to be GGXRD/Strive pretty to be good on their own.
The game looks beautiful fuck the haters
Another important aspect is that this game "revived" the franchise after SNK left it for dead after KOF XIII /they focused on pachinko for a couple of years). It was a way to put KOF in the modern era in a humble and unassuming way. Very important game for SNK from a business perspective.
XV they are pushing the potential of this entry
So some build up as to why all this happened.
So after Ash stopped Saiki from going through the gate his disappearance triggered a time paradox in the kof timeline which would bring about Verse Saisyu Kusanagi (Kyo's father) and Tung Fu Ru (who was looking after Shun'ei and Meitenkun at the time) sensed this so Saisyu told Kyo to get his friends and participate in the next kof tournament being hosted by Antonov and help keep an eye on Shun'ei and to investigate the matter with Verse.
Iori Yagami sensed Verse as well but also sensed Orochi's essence, Mature and Vice appeared physically again and agreed to help him look in to this matter.
Nakoruru felt Verse's presence from the Sam Sho timeline and managed to travel through time to stop it.
Antonov decided to form his own team including:
Mian a szechuan dancer
Sylvie a failed bioweapon from the now defunct NESTS cartel
And Kukri a mysterious man with sand power.
This information came from Shoryu game, a youtuber.
This info is also on the SNK wiki
Big burly guy that cries his heart out watching a movie about a boy and his dog?
I feel that! That's wholesome af! ^_^ That whole cutscene was great.
The look on Max's face when Angel finishes him with the People's Elbow... Priceless.
I think the face was more about how the crazy AI INSTANTLY counter supered his low drill kick. He talks about fighting game AI reading inputs and only doing something when the player does something and that was textbook "The computer's cheating!"
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@@zanpakutoman4225 Max has played every single KoF game. He's knows what the CPU can do.
My impression is that he wasn't expecting the computer to defeat him so stylishly while filming.
@@similaritiesendhere
I feel like that's how SNK intended for their AI to act lol.
1-3 Standard difficulty, beat the game while learning its ins and outs.
4 Now it gets difficult, the AI starts reading your input more.
5 They combo your ass with added flairs, humiliation is the name of the game.
To be fair to the people that complained about the visuals, SNK did do an overhaul of them in 2018. KOF 14 looks better than it did on launch.
Love what you did with this Legacy series, Max. Loved it. The impressions you had about KOF games (95, 98, XI, XIII and even XIV) just by playing one after another in days was (more than) the impressions I had through all those years. I must add I have emotional attachments to 99 and 00 cuz that was the last arcade house action time I had with friends I made playing KOF before the arcade industry went down.
Been a hell of a ride going through SNK titles left and right, mostly first-time playthroughs, this past year...
All because I watched the 1st KOF XV trailer, and listened to the arranged neo geo soundtracks...
Thank you Max!!
Graphics are a little rough but this was still a good entry in the series.
The shaders are great the "bad graphics" comparison was for the release build. I'm sick of people shitting on 14s last build . The graphics look great.
I agree.
I personally have more fun playing XIV than XIII
The roster is much better!
Many of the newcomers were great!
Mui Mui, Love Heart, Sylvie, Zarina, Luong, Nelson, Najd, Kukri, Mian and Xanadu are my favorites.
I don't hate Shun, my only complain would be his awful design...
The music is great too
Magical Sky is such a gorgeous theme.
F for Mui Mui and Love Heart
They will never come back 😢
@@monstersinthecity Man i'm a HUGE KOF fan, literally been a fan of the series since 1994 and it's one of my favorite franchises ever, and i don't mean just within the fighting genre. When i said the graphics were "a little rough" i wasn't shitting on the game, KOF 14 is a good entry in the series. But yes, the graphics obviously aren't great, me stating that isn't me talking down on the game or trashing it. Calm down.
@@monstersinthecity "great" is too strong of a world
This game is one of the best kof games definatly top 5
In short, As Max said, _the real king of fighters was the Benimaru we tagged along the way..._
But seriously, This game was really, *extremely* good. The only thing that really held it back was the budget it had for it to be released (which was the reason for those PS3-like graphics, although that didn't bother me) _and the real actual sore thumb: _*_The online_* . If only they added rollback netcode (correctly to this game), it would had seen a resurgence like 98 and 02 saw.
But hey! I'm not mad that this happened, because it paved the way for XV.
Massive Kudos for the KoF Legacy, dood! Good to see that you have warmed up to SNK games now, and hope that in your free time and out of curiosity, you eventually explore the other gems of fighting games made by SNK and Playmore that were hidden between these games, especially since the scene is still going strong on fightcade!
See you on XV! Gonna need to practice when it launches next week!
I started with this one too. I always thought it was lame that it was so quickly dismissed over the graphics, when it has great gameplay, neat stages, and a million characters.
Hey max just wanna say you are one of the greatest fighting game experts out there, been watching your videos for only god knows how long, have the perfect 2022
When chat went crazy after seeing benimaru with his hair down was so damn hilarious XD
Watching this legacy has me trying the older KOF games. I always overlooked these games when I was a kid (didn't love how they looked back then, but I appreciate them now lol). Trying out 95, 98, and 2002
I know the graphics are pretty dated but I always admire KOFXIV for the great new cast of characters they introduced like Sylvie, Kukri, and Antonov.
They created this engine exclusively for their games, while coming back from bankrupcy. Considering that, this was an excellent job...
the opening of this kof is still hype as hell
I love that he went from the AI going apeshit to them being so complacent he can treat them like a training mode
he most definitely just lowered the difficulty to 1, which is a shame imo since instead of a KoF legacy felt more like "Training mode and Bosses" legacy, even in older games, the "hardest" cpus are actually not that bad, all you need is a bit of patience and bnb
@@DharGez i played on the default difficulty and it was still pretty easy. Only had to go to my 3rd character once and I'm no KoF vet, so its probably just default as well. It was a fun experience, but I was very disappointed with the final boss. I always heard KoF bosses were legendary and notorious for their difficulty and cheese. This last guy just hit a little hard and thats kinda it. I need to try the other KoF now after watching this series and seeing just how busted some of the bosses are.
@@DharGez ah I see. After the 11 minute mark they seem to get easier. He did have it at 5 for a bit at the beginning tho
@@mcfry13 I've only messed around with kof 14 and I've only played kof 13 and beat the arcade mode. Definitely got frustrated to a similar degree as Max, with the Saiki and Ash fights. But, I didn't know about the potential CHEESE factor, so they took me longer. From what I've seen, SNK vs Capcom Chaos went ALL OUT with ridiculous boss fights. But from this legacy it seems like they're a little spiratic between a normal fighting game final boss and the "I'm playing a different game/coin eater" type of final boss.
@@DharGez he could have easily beat it on 3 stars or whatever the game starts on.
I suck at fighting games, play every other KOF on level 1 and still struggle like hell to beat the final bosses and that's with using the help options. This one I can beat Verse 1st try on the starting difficulty.
I think he's just so used to these games being really difficult on starting difficulty and that made him lower it to 1 star.
Thanks for this journey dood! This road was so fun to see on stream and here on TH-cam.
It took the whole legacy to get here, but Ralf finally landed a Galactica Phantom.
I always believed in you
I loved this legacy!! But, still want see max playing old kof more, with others teams and doods too
And actually practice combos this time!
0:00 Maaan this opening is so epic!!
Some conclusions here.
So canonically Kyo's team did infact win the tournament and fought Antonov and Verse (Shun'ei would have probably fought it but it seemed he and Verse derived from the same power source so it seemed he was overwhelmed by the power struggle) after Verse was destroyed it sent multiple spirits of previous villains and other individuals around the earth including:
Team Orochi (Yashiro, Shermie and Chris)
Rugal Bernstein
Krizalid
Ash Crimson
And Orochi
Kyo and Iori got word from Chizuru where Orochi's spirit was and they resealed him and Kukri was found to have been working for Betty cause she felt Ash's spirit in Verse and needed his help to recover him.
Oh right also Antonov faced multiple lawsuits for all the damage Verse caused which resulted in him losing alot of money and the kof brand he bought with it.
Some other characters that were released from Verse were Gaidel (Leona's father), Rashojin Mizuki (boss of Samsho 2)
Max ,your videos helped me fight my depression!! I always look forward to ur uploads. Depression ain't a joke. But my love is fighting games . Do what u love and it will help.
This game really doesn't look as bad as I remember it looking when I had it. Maybe the reason it just doesn't hold up is because of how good XIII looked before it.
It got a big update The improve the colors and the graphics and shadowing
@@kevingrullon2796 You are right.
Before that patch KOF XIV looked awful
OMG
The editor used the arcade version opening intro for the intro for the legacy video! This is awesome! Good to see rock here ✌🏼
I guess Max ended up understanding why Sakurai personally recomended KOF 95 despite not being one of the KOFs everyone talks about (KOF 98, 2002 and the newer ones).
It's surprisingly solid for how old the game is.
Sakurai did say something about 98 I can't remember
@@tanusrichandra6286He said that he recommends 98 if you want to play a KOF game with more advanced and strategic gameplay.
I actually really liked Sylvie and Xanadu, maybe i just like weird characters but i thought she was a fun twist to the "idol" character and Xanadu is just so fucking weird that i can't help but love him
Antonov was also a great addition, thinking about it now. Great roster all around.
Congratulations on completing this legacy. It's a great gift to kof community!
Max's face when Angel parried and gave him The Rock's peoples elbow! 😂🤣
This game's visuals are rougher than Cactus S3x, but dang does it play well. Glad that KOF XV can finally put the series back in the spotlight it deserves.
You're free to be wrong online.
@@monstersinthecity What part was he wrong about? The visuals do look like late ps2 era/early ps3 graphics. The gameplay is snappy and the Max mode made some crazy looking combos fun to do.
KoF XV is taking SNK names back into major prominence and it will likely be talked about for a while until the next fighting game gets announced.
I love how comically massive Antonov is
As befitting a Siberian bear.
4 more mins for KOF 15! Cant wait to play
RIP Sylvie, she's in heaven with the US Sports team 😢🙏
She's back, baby!
Sylvie is so cool when you know her story
For me this game is like SF4, but the characters are not so ugly xD it's so stupid that some say that this game is graphically ugly but they love SF4, anyway, the point is that after almost believing that the saga would not return, because SNK was dedicated to pachinkos, suddenly it came back and it wasn't with a demo like KOF XII, it was with a fairly complete game.
Loved the character roster in that game
60+ fighters to play and i always ended up with iori and some randoms😂
I really agree with Max on the comparative of the KOFs and some Capcom fighters.
I'd say KoF13 is like Third Strike.
And I'm one of the few people on this planet who actually likes KoF 2000...
KOF 2000 is one of my favorites for the gameplay and strikers, next to '95 and '98
You're not alone I love Kof 2000 as well.
Truth be told, I never really was interested in KoF until Max started doing KoF XIV videos several years back and fought against an Athena. Now KoF is my favorite fighting game series. Thanks Max!
I love the amusing fact that when Alice screw kicks upwards, after she lands she gets dizzy XD
For me it was KOF 1995 on a Playstation demo disc.
*Trivia*
KOF XIV doesn't use Unreal Engine 4
Instead, SNK decided to make their own engine (that was Oda's idea)
That's why the game looked really bad when it came...
Thankfully, a patch improved the graphics and now KOF XIV looks alright
I heard it's because it would take too long for them to get used to Unreal 4.
Still a very fun KOF game still frustrating that people like to hate it for the graphics because underneat that is very fun fighting game
I like how team Japan is just so used to fighting evil gods and bosses that they aren't even surprised anymore they just do the job 🤣
Looking at XV and then looking back at this makes you realize how ugly most of the characters were. I would love if Max did a "Rate the Glow Up" or something.
I would love this
Just finished the vid finally. I gotta say, the game hits different once you've seen how far the series has come along. I like that Antonov is like the first boss to not have some ulterior motive for hosting the tournament.
I really hope Xanadu returns on a DLC team with Chang and Choi so Kim can come back possibly with his kids from Garou on their own DLC team.
What else? Benimaru, baby! Now on kof xv, he takes major protagonism, Even more than Ever.
Weirdly it was the KoF on the Neo Geo Pocket color that got me into KoF.
26:46 those weren't Pachinko coins. Those were quarters that had been given to the cabinet for Fatal Fury 30 years ago
Funny enough, they way you talk about the kof series at the end, is the same way Sakurai talks about it
From yesterday’s RATE THE SUPER, to the last playthrough before the new game!! I still remember the EVO MOMENT of this game, the Goro Super Counter Comeback! The Graphics are, odd, but still a fun game!!
You're thinking of the first build friendo this looks leagues better than before. The textures look like a slightly lower fidelity than sf v! Just sick of this argument. Kof 14 will be the third strike of kof where it will have a revival online if it gains legacy rollback netcode in the future
I loved the story in this. Antonov is hilarious.
I like this game so much that I was able to get the platinum trophy. It took me 4 long months back in 2017, though. Max knows his stuff, the stream was very entertaining.
Couldn't afford the deluxe edition of xv so I'll have to play this to avoid the impatience for Thursday consuming me and driving me insane.
XIV was a good game to kickstart the third coming of SNK, after 5 years of nothing but pachinko & slot games.
While the newcomers were either hit (Luong, Antonov) or miss (Sylvie & Zarina) overall they left a rather positive impression except for a select few.
While I get why some would dislike the pachislot girls I find Terry’s Sakura to be underrated and discount Jam isn’t too bad either. Love Heart, on the other hand...
Her kit is just underwhelming leaves way too much to be desired. Good riddance to her.
The Galactica phantom never gets old how ever many times I see it.
Considering that Max has liked plenty of new characters from playing them in this legacy, and liking Chris in XV, I'd love to see him try tons of characters in XV to see if he finds an unexpected attraction to someone new. Seeing him discover new things with new characters gives me a sense of joy.
King of Dinosaurs was low key awesome in this game. He was one of, if not my best
It all comes full circle Japan team
Benimaru's shoulders must be so sore from carrying this entire legacy series on his back
Max commentary Is legendary. I wish he fights the AI with challenge rather than blowing by it like he really did something. I want to see him challenge himself more often miss the boss rages
The song is really good, can't wait to start my journey with the new game
Seeing as they were already kind enough to confirm my boy Yamazaki as DLC, I hope they'll do the same for my girl Love Heart in XV. I had a ton of fun playing her in XIV and she was super unique compared to everyone else design wise.
Unless SNK regained the right for Love Heart, she will never appaear in any SNK games again.
Love Heart is in legal limbo I'm afraid. SNK sold her rights to another company and said company went bankrupt back in 2009.
@@ShinOrochi except they've used her in other games since and basically revived another character in an even more precarious situation.
@@KingKP96 I'm pretty sure all the games she appears in was done long before SNK lost Sky Love's IP so your argument doesn't work here.
Also, K9999's situation is totally different from Love Heart.
This was also my first KOF, the demo that is. I then got 13 a little later.
I thought "wow, some mysterious figure didn't sponsor this to do evil shit this time around!" And then beating the Penultimate Boss to see all hell break loose really seals it
and they fucked up that tv! Again!
Graphics for the characters aside, the gameplay, roster, and soundtrack to this game are fantastic! I even like some of the particle effects and background from a visual standpoint too.
The graphics aren’t that bad, but it could have been better for that time. I’m watching the Super Bowl too, and rooting for my Bengals to win their first ring! 🐯👊🏾🎙 🎮
Kof XIV has two difficulties, excruciating hard and idle characters waiting for you to attack
You'd think Max would have played Rock's story segment with his team
Uh no rock isn't canon in 14 and he doesn't have a team. He plays this legacy using the official canonical main teams
I personally like XIV
The roster is much better than XIII and although the new characters were somewhat difficult to get used to in the end I opened my heart to some of them.
Mui Mui, Sylvie, Zarina, Luong, Nelson, Xanadu, Najd, Antonov, Kukri, Love Heart and Mian became my favorites.
I don't hate Shun, my only complain would be his awful/horrible design.
I'm agree with you, especially in the Shun'ei part, it's really good to have KOF protagonist who is not an asshole
@@sebastiandelvillarmontoya1447 Yep.
I like how Shun is still l rookie and he didn't win the tournament in his debut.
I personally prefer his DLC costume over his default costume in XIV
At 38:42 Kukri states “Inside that” is he talking about Dolores here? Was she dead, only to be resurrected after verse defeat? We know those two share a connection, hinting at her before her true introduction.
Nope, he was talking about Ash since that's the only reason why he joined KoF tournament in the first place.
Yes, he was also talking about Dolores, who was dead for a very long time. Their relationship was elaborated upon in Team Ash's backstory.
@@KuroNoTenno Nope, it's not. The "thing" Kukri saw inside Verse was actually Ash, and in his team's ending he even informed Elisabeth about it once Ash was released from Verse's body.
@@ShinOrochi Kukri was hired by Elizabeth to get Ash back, and Kukri gets to bring Dolores back from the dead.
@@KuroNoTenno Unless I missed something, I'm pretty sure Dolores' revival had nothing to do with Kukri, considering the guy doesn't even aware at her being revived until shortly before XV (According to his XV's team story, at least).
Good lord the graphics from this to XV are night and day.
Antonov's assistant guy looks like anime Leisure Suit Larry.
there is a manga series based off kof 14 its called kof a new beginning its just a more detailed version of the game's story mode.
A minute of silence for *Mui Mui* and *Love Heart*
SNK sold their IPs 😢
F for Dragon Gal and Sky Pirate.
At least they were playable in SNK Heroines.
The Another World Team is my favorite in XIV
*Magical Sky* is such an amazing track! 🎵
It woulda been really cool to see Love Heart square up with Ruby Heart in CVS3! Something so cool about sky pirates! lol.
@@dragons_hook I agree with you.
@@meganinten0078 Muimui vs Chun-li woulda been cool too. Battle of the hair buns
@@dragons_hook Yeah!
Legs vs fist!
Fun fact about Mui Mui.
In her series, Dragon Gal, she can transform into her adult form.
Too bad they didn't put that transformation in her gameplay in KOF XIV
I'm happy to hear he loves KOF XI, the tag system was really refined there, that mode should come back as an option.
KOF XIV alone was the reason why I bought myself a PS4 back in 2016!
40:28 My favorite part! 😅
The only KOF game that I play the least. Kof 15 is gonna be a banger.
It's always so weird thinking back when this game was first announced.
Not only did it look rough, but there was some outcry over SNK's decision to replace ALL of the voice actors.
Some of them did a good job.
Others... not so much (looking at you Iori and Terry).
Are you going to include the Capcom vs SNK series in the KOF Legacy?
So sad snk sold the love heart rights, where she in 15 I could make my own pirate team with jenet and the girl from samsho being her teammates
Yeah...
Love Heart and Mui Mui were my favorites in KOF XIV and SNK Heroines.
It is a shame SNK no longer owns them 😢
I wanted to see Mui Mui and Kensou as teammates
@@meganinten0078 Woah, Mui Mui and Kensou team would have been an amazing way to explore the Dragon Spirit story line. Wow I never thought of that, awesome idea!
@@meganinten0078 Man, you just blew my mind with that idea, bao would also have to be in that team, since he's related to the dragon spirit as well
There's a smash symbol in the first cutscene when the camera backs up and you can see the whole field. Its upside down.
Man, Dood started owning a lot like Kyo.
12:05 Terry just went full wake up punish level 5🐱
If I have to pick ten least favorite characters from KOF series, at least three of them should be in 14.
Hey it’s that game people sadly ignored for ugly graphics… wait where have I heard that before
Honestly I just forgot the game existed
Same thing happened with fighting layer ex. Game is completely dead yet people claim they love the game
There are games that have bad graphics . And then there are games that forget its the 2010s and 2020s
People shit on it too much for not being XIII. And people forget that this is pretty much one of SNK's first game after *SECOND* bankruptcy.
Similar case with Marvel VS Capcom Infinite
Despite not looking that great, the gameplay is really fun
I always like KoF XIV. There is a lot of charm to it. KoF as a whole is such an amazing series of games. I'm glad we are still getting them after all the shit SNK has been through. To lose this series to the sands of time would be a damn shame. On the upside KoF XV is a lot of fun as well.
It's just me but before Max changes the difficulty back to level 1 it's more exciting to watch.
Also can we appreciate how much better the giant hands Shun'en control look in KOFXV?... Like look at the brief moments they appear... They look boring here .-.
What level did he change the AI to after he found out it was set to 5? Sometimes the AI seemed to do not much or anything, but other times like with Blue Mary did a lot of stuff out of no where
22:03 Also that was an amazing cutscene
We made it boys! Next stop is XV!
37:57 and from the swirling phantasm descended a man shaped inferno who posed a single question...
"Are you a Gaaawwd?"
KOFXIV is epic and criminally underrated. It is one of the main reasons I have not sold my PS4.
For a second I thought you where going to skip this as you already rated the supers.
so i think terry is really bad in this game, like maybe even bottom 2 along with xanadu. The sleeves must be suppressing his muscles so he can't output full power.
This game has the highest number of newcomers in the entire series with like 14 new characters. Some hits like luong, antonov, kukri, zarina and some misses like gang-il
Can't remember who's good but i think heidern is top tier and in some top 8s of tournaments i watched i saw a fair amount of mature, leona, billy kane, kim and alice. And i think nakoruru was nerfed early on cause she was annoying.
Somehow the steam version of this game is still like $50 despite the better in almost every way version coming out in a few days. But the ps4 version is like $5 on sale.
Fun fact if you didn't know tung fu rue the teacher of shun'ei and meitenkun is like the super OG. He was the teacher of geese howard and terry's dad jeff bogard.
As for what verse is i think it will get explained more in kof XV we don't have all the details. We kinda know a bit already cause of the team story stuff in XV but i won't talk about that. But something cool about him is that in his win quotes he actually talks as other characters. When he beats mature he speaks as rugal saying she can go back to being his secretary or some shit. Killing him revived all the dead people in kof.
Akira's not the only thing they took inspiration from. I love the character designs in kof but idk if they have even a single original character. Benimaru is just polnareff from jojo.