King of Fighters XIV Ultimate Edition feels like it gave one group a bigger focus than the other. SNK’s King of Fighters steps up to try and stand next to the current era’s big fighting games.ĭoes it still have a place? Let’s find out! And the current big ones in the era, be they the classic Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat series, or the new Injustice or Dragonball Fighterz, have evolved to fit the current console focused market for the genre, allowing casual and competitive gamers a chance to enjoy. The genre has always been one that threads the line between “casual pick up and play” gamers and “hardcore technical professional” players.
Whether you call it that or by the term “tournament fighter,” the fact is that they’ve changed a lot as video game arcades are in their decline. One of the more… interesting genres in modern gaming is the fighting game.
