For a lot of us, SNK's fighting games were usually followed up with a slice of pizza and a romp in the ball pit, mostly because our cheap-o parents weren't interested in spending thousands on a Neo Geo and games. Jerks.

Difficult but rewarding gameplay; Silky smooth animation; Interesting character options

Little variation between game modes; Mindless; rambling dialogue; Extremely unfriendly to beginners

After all these years, these guys and gals still find something to fight about

More than adequate selection of characters, match types, and options to keep gamers' attention; online-play is generally consistent; ample amount of downloadable, unlockable content and achievements to acquire; unique character design coupled with excellent hand-drawn animation; pre-fight and...

Stiff controls make pulling off the excessive amount of special moves and combos not worth the effort; despite the content, single player experience feels the same throughout due to AI that spams special moves; not one but two cheap boss fights, offers nothing new, nor anything that other fighting...

Can SNK Playmore deliver King Of Fighters XIII with enough punch to KO Street Fighter? Check out our review to find out.

The King Of Fighters Returns

Rolling is another feature unique to the KOF series, a forward-moving plunge that is invincible to attacks but vulnerable to throws. Rolling serves as not only an evasive maneuver but as another means of offense. Running is also available, performed with a quick double-tap forward.

Classic; 2-D gameplay; Beautiful; hand-drawn graphics; Balance changes from arcade version

Lack of spectator mode during online matches

If it ain't broke, why fix it?  For years, SNK has been attracting brawlers from all over the world with its King of Fighters series, mixing up folks from past and present games (including Athena and the Ikari Warriors!) into one big smorgasbord of projectiles, throws, and super attacks.

It plays a lot like Street Fighter. I would recommend using a Fight stick with this game to get the full potential and experience out of this game. The graphics aren't outstanding but that's the least of your worries with this game as it isn't a walk in the park.

Watching streams of this game is never boring so I decided to try it out myself. Basically really fun and satisfying to pull off some of the longer combos but the learning curve is quite high.

a great 2d fighter- nice feel of the attacts but getting to grips with the finer arts might seem frustrating- just get to now the basic supers and i'm happy. would have been nice to refine the character dialogue to be more appealing to watch rather than skip. great character color customisation.

The king of fighters was always a well known and beloved fighting series, starting in 1994. As an snk fan since long forgotten times, these series always had a special place in my fighting spirit. And saying that kof XIII is a bad game is to fail to understand these beloved series.