Month: August 2016

King of Fighters XIV’s visual presentation has been a hot point of discussion since the game was announced: players all around the world have been a little wary of how the title will look when the game is finished, and now that we finally have the demo, we can see first hand how it shapes up.

DigitalFoundry, a YouTuber that focuses on game performance, broke down the graphics and frame rate provided by King of Fighters XIV’s new 3D engine.

Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont has also posted the results of an input lag test on the game, viewable here.

Source: DigitalFoundry, Mike Z

So: you’re low on health, Rashid makes you block a normal, and the camera pans over to him. You know if you don’t do something, you’ll get chipped out by his incoming Critical Art. The built-in answer to this in Street Fighter V is your V-reversal, right? Well, Rommaler thought that too.

The little secret that Rashid players know about his super is that for many in the cast, V-reversal is simply not the answer. This suits them just fine: since Rashid is not nearly as common a pick in SFV as other characters, this information is a lot more likely to stay buried.

Youtuber Quew went the extra mile and broke down the unique situations that can occur for different V-reversals in the game. In this short clip, it’s revealed that the best reversals are going to be those with complete invincibility or evasiveness: Rashid, Gief, Vega, et al.

Moral of the story: if your character can’t weather the storm, you’re going to need to avoid blocking the normal all together.

Sources: Rommaler; Quew

Combo videos for fighting games are commonplace, and there isn’t any shortage of players trying to put their own spin on the notion. Themed combo videos are always neat, but what we have here today is something particularly neat: this video takes heavy inspiration from Nintendo’s popular Rhythm Heaven series, creating something that’s almost unrecognizable as a combo video.

The video’s creator, Salty Noob, has some other interesting content on his channel as well, such as narrative combo videos.

Source: Salty Noob

Combo videos for fighting games are commonplace, and there isn’t any shortage of players trying to put their own spin on the notion. Themed combo videos are always neat, but what we have here today is something particularly neat: this video takes heavy inspiration from Nintendo’s popular Rhythm Heaven series, creating something that’s almost unrecognizable as a combo video.

The video’s creator, Salty Noob, has some other interesting content on his channel as well, such as narrative combo videos.

Source: Salty Noob