King of Fighters XII patch fixes online play

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 31st 2009 at 7:00PM }

To put it lightly, online play in The King of Fighters XII sucks. It's broken, regardless of which platform you play it on. Weeks after the game's release, SNK Playmore has finally released a patch for the PS3 version. According to the press release, the update "fundamentally changes the way game data is processed and synchronized during online matches, placing greater importance on the game's response time and allowing for much smoother play." Online battles should be improved, especially for those with less-than-ideal internet connections.

An Xbox 360 version of the patch is also in the works and should be available "very soon." SNK Playmore issued an official apology with the release, promising it will "strive to improve their system of quality control for future titles," but we're wondering how the fighting community will response. For some, this patch may be too little, too late.

Gallery: King of Fighters XII

Tags: apology, king-of-fighters, king-of-fighters-xii, online, patch, snk-playmore

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wiizer ($299) Having BC On Your Launch Console? (Priceless) @ Aug 31st 2009 7:06PM

Thanks for the heads up, Andrew.

Yeah, it's too little, too late for me. Poor KoF.... I was severely debating getting this, or BlazBlue when Guilty Gear nostalgia finally brought me over to their new franchise.

Guess it's for the best! A changing of the Guard, of sorts...

Jampirow @ Aug 31st 2009 7:07PM

I wonder if after everything (Crappy game with crappy online mode that pretty much tells longtime fans to go play BlazBlue) there are still people that actually care enough about this game to actually use this patch.

kayin_angel @ Sep 1st 2009 7:23PM

yeah, too little too late for me as well.
KoF is my favorite franchise, so i was looking forward to this game. Then it turned out it really wasn't a full game. A dream match with no story, arcade mode with only like 5 fights, no boss, and broken online play.

While it's cool to see the characters redrawn and reanimated, i think i'll have to wait till the next one. Hopefully we'll get back Mai, Shingo, K', a non 94 version Kyo, and a more normal moveset Iori, as well as the continuation of the New Orochi story line.

if i wanted a dream match, i'd load up 98'

Vicelus @ Aug 31st 2009 9:23PM

The game is a total anti-climax... Got me bored in the first 20 minutes, arcade mode didn't fell right, neither the loading screen. But hey, let's try it online, since , you know, Blazblue online rocks. So......Gosh, i played like 1 not-lagged battle out of 10. A battle with lag response is totally pointless, turns to be a push-that-button-faster battle. And yet i'm not pointing up the countless screens you need to go before entering a battle, which will take you precious time. Luck for me, i just rented this game. So bohoo, too late.

psychohog @ Aug 31st 2009 9:33PM

Stay in school.

Waunel @ Aug 31st 2009 9:44PM

rented get plat, returned

chillski320 @ Aug 31st 2009 9:50PM

hmm i guess ill go with blazblu afterall... they both seem like great games but for me it comes down what has more reliable online play

hector88 @ Aug 31st 2009 10:05PM

The patch came 4 weeks too late. I love this game unfortunately my friends don't so if I want to play against another human its gotta happen online. Sadly a month went by and it was still broken so I ended up trading it in to gamestop last friday.

Shattercross @ Aug 31st 2009 11:01PM

Awesome, I've been wondering if they patched it.

RagingStormX @ Aug 31st 2009 11:38PM

The online was its online saving for KOF XII being a incomplete title...I am only playing this to get the last online trophies needed for my platinum. They need to release a "Complete DLC" package that finishes off the game (free of course). Even if its not all the characters that have profile space on the disc....they should atleast add the missing special moves and DM for most of the characters. SNKP are nigh on being a fall off game developer.... and this is from a die hard SNK fan.

cafecito @ Sep 1st 2009 12:36AM

This game brought an early death for the franchise instead of a "revival". It is really, really awful... in almost every plane. That coming from a long-time fan of the series.

Rocky @ Sep 1st 2009 6:43AM

I played this game's arcade node which proves to be the most boring game i played but its awesome when it comes to online in which i played with all my gathering which proves to be the true fun really................
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Haohmaru (PSN - DimmuBurgerKing XBL - A Real Puppet ) @ Sep 1st 2009 12:03PM

I said weeks ago that I would buy this game if the shoddy netcode was fixed, but now that it is, I feel like I have more than enough to satisfy my fighter itch between BlazBlue and SFIV. Too little too late, indeed.

Jarlino @ Sep 1st 2009 1:04PM

Well, I'm guessing this is good for us Europeans, since the patch will probably be implemented when the game is released over here, around the end of september.

Any word from the ps3 users who already have the patch, if it fixes the online play, or just barely noticeable improvements?

I played an imported copy at a friend's place, so I know what the lag you're all talking about it -_-

usagi704 @ Sep 1st 2009 4:17PM

Nope, this patch has not "fixed" online play. I played with it yesterday for a number of matches and every one of them was still plagued with input lag, just like it was after the first patch to "fix" online play.