Recent reviews by Dediox

KOF XIII is truly a masterpiece of the fighting genre.

If you are new to this genre, it will be really really hard to get into this game. In fact, its one of the hardest fighting game on steam (along with BlazBlue and Guilty Gear, however both them have in-depth tutorial while KOF XIII...has one, yeah but really lackluster).

The mechanics are "easy" to learn but difficult to pull off. The trial mode, which consists of 10 missions for every character, is a good example of what I'm talking about. Timing is strict as hell, you stop (or jump too late, too early...) even for half-second and you drop the combo. Once you get the grasp of it...the fun is immense!

After 210h+ poured into this game, I still consider myself a beginner, even if i completed two characters' trial (Vice and Maxima) [I think these two characters have the easiest trials compared to other characters...Leona/Ash being the hardest to complete).

Story is nice but if you haven't played the previous chapters (KOF 2003 and KOF XI [KOF XII doesn't have a story]), it can be hard to fully understand the story.

Arcade mode is the classic arcade mode we know and love. By playing this mode you can unlock three characters (EDIT Team: Billy, Ash and Saiki). You can also unlock a bunch of videos and illustrations.

Multiplayer: never played this mode. Seriously. So I don't know about netcode if its great or bad, or how many people play this game.

Anyway, I really recommend this game.

If you like Visual Novel and 2D Fighting games, buy this game, do it.
It is worth every penny/dollar/yen/guil/everything you have in your wallet.

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Edit: On a serious note, the game is great and the roster while rather small, every character is unique in its own way. Story is pretty hard to understand until you play all the routes of every character (so this means you have to replay the same character two or three more times to get 100% and also save often!). Since its a visual novel, expect lots of text to read.

Sprites are also 720p, i would strongly recommend to set the resolution to 1280x720p either arcade or full. The only downside, there is a 30fps bug. To resolve this problem just reboot your computer.

However, if you are going to buy this game remember that the online BB community is on the latest blazblue game, which would be Chronophantasma Extend. If you want to know the Calamity Trigger story, there are two options: buy Continuum Shift Extend (it has a summarized chapter with all the routes of every character combined without gags) or read the story on blazblue wiki.