Atheistium recently reviewed King of Fighters XII, for the Xbox 360. If you’ve been holding back on making the purchase, the review will help push you in the right direction.

The actual fighting feels fluid and you can’t question the quality of animation they are presenting. Characters flow from one move to another with stylised 2D sprites. The game has a certain retro feel to it, which is reassuring for old time fans worried about any dramatic art changes. With all this attention in capturing each character’s original art you would think the game would be wrapped with similar attention right? wrong, the menus are presented so poorly. At least the fighting arenas themselves are a joy to watch, travelling across the globe focusing on overly animated spectators, glossy fireworks and oddball surroundings.

Atheistium’s review while praising in parts, finds flaws in King of Fighters XII’s poorly presented menu system, it’s lack of a practice mode (essential for any newcomer, imo), and pointless rewards.  It can be read in full, here.