When comparing The King of Fighters XIV vs Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, the Slant community recommends Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best PS4 (PlayStation 4) games?” Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is ranked 65th while The King of Fighters XIV is ranked 178th. The most important reason people chose Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is:
While the online multiplayer is the largest draw for many people, the amount of single player content is pretty staggering.
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Pros
Pro You're sure to find a character that fits your playstyle
KOF XIV has 50 playable characters, giving you many options to choose from. All of the characters have their own unique fighting styles, distinct looks, strengths, and weaknesses.
Pro Deep gameplay
KOF XIV is simple on the surface: pick a character, learn some special moves, a few combos, and go to town on your opponents. However, if you want true mastery of the game, it's going to take a lot of time and effort.
You'll have to learn things like cancels, where you stop a combo with a specific input on your controller, in order to continue in a different way than the game intends. Fighting games are often about who can break the game's engine the best, and KOF XIV is no exception.
On top of things like engine breaking, you'll also have to dedicate a large amount of time to learning your chosen character(s) in order to be truly great with them. Every character has complex combos that require precision timing and great reaction speed, and you'll have to get all of them down.
The fact that you can play this casually with a friend and just mess around for while, or practice as hard as you can and truly try to master the game really makes it fun.
Pro Packed with both online and offline content
While the online multiplayer is the largest draw for many people, the amount of single player content is pretty staggering.
Pro The combat is definitely unique among fighting games
The fighting in Xenoverse 2 is different from most other fighting games. It relies less on cancelling animations and reaction times, and more on predicting the moves that your enemy is going to use on you in order to set yourself up for a strong combo. It also is unique in that you can prioritize short, medium, or long-range attacks and have them all be completely viable playstyles.
Pro Incredible customization of characters
Nearly every detail of a character can be customized - height, weight, race, what types of attacks he uses and what power ups/transformations he has.
This is probably the main draw to the game (other than the great combat), as building and perfecting your own custom character is incredibly satisfying.
As you progress through the game, you'll unlock even more cosmetic looks as well as attacks you can use. It's one of the things that makes story mode as fun as it is.
Cons
Con Incomplete story
KOF games are grouped in trilogies and KOF XIV is no exception. It's the first game of a new trilogy, so the endings leave most of the plot points unresolved. You'll have to play the 2 next games to get the full story.
Con Balance issues
In games like this, it's inevitable that some characters just have better skill sets, easier combos, or are just plain stronger than the others. The developers have put in great effort in balancing the game, but this problem does persist.
Con The game can get laggy at times
Since it's an online fighter, lag can be a pretty severe handicap. However, there have been multiple patches that aimed at combating the lag problem, and the game is more stable than ever.