THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV - ALL CHARACTERS COMPARISON - KOF XIV vs KOF XV - INTRO & WIN POSES

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV - ALL CHARACTERS COMPARISON - KOF XV vs KOF XIV - INTRO & WIN POSE Side by Side
All the game captures, editing, thumbnail were done by me.

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

0:39...I actually think 14 did a better evil laugh face than XV, like the model of XV Iori is better but the smile on 14 is more wicked and bigger than 15.

[@sape86]

More edgy not wicked

[@doesanyonewantabanana2510]

the thing is, he did smile while doing his evil laugh but for some reason, SNK was like, “Let’s ditch the evile smile and replace it with that.”

[@Monarchy1425]

they made some characters look and move more energetic just like in the old 2D games

[@13579water]

This can bring back memories of 94~2K

[@13579water]

This can bring back memories of 94~2K

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@wellno7377]

@@mikekorean5687 because we got used to them, and some 2D character has some unrealistic body, clothes and/or movement, so it kinda look weird if they make the characters look realistic with usual 2D movement

[@mikekorean5687]

@@wellno7377 Now that I found new KOF looks better to me!!! it is like 3D like 2D! I love them!

[@angiebaker3693]

whoever the Artist is they really improve the looks of it

[@OccuredJakub12]

Maxima's new energy line animations on his suit make him look so much better...

[@joshuagraham7998]

im glad they ditched that realistic artstyle attempt in 14

[@Nu_Merick]

SNK was just using their own proprietary 3D engine and refused to use UE4. The game looked even worse when kof14 released. It was pretty bad

[@JamicoDaniels]

I don't think theybwere going for realistic at all. I think they were going for exactly what 15 is...and just didn't pull it off. But that's my opinion.

[@ninjadofuturo3286]

you are mistaken. They just improved the graphics, it's almost the same, the future is all fighting games following the same path as MK, Street Fighter VI has already started to get more realistic.

[@monstersinthecity]

@@ninjadofuturo3286 hyper realistic is not the way. Mk 11 is boring and the graphics have no personality, I'll take both 3d kofs over that realistic generic crap

[@funnfungusie9622]

@@monstersinthecity Jesus calm down.

[@MattG532]

I love the comparisons, XV grew a lot graphically since XIV, they learned and improved incredibly. I noticed thad you made an edition trick by duplicating XV's audios and make them feel like they're from both games, but there's characters who's voice recordings changed so much that you can notice when it's the same track like Angel's. It would be nice if you would have used both original audios so we can have a comparison both graphical and in audio form.

[@YOYODODO]

Hi Matt, I'm glad you like the comparison :). I used the dialogues from KOF XV to make it symmetrical, so that two different phrases wouldn't sound at the same time, I could have separated the audio channels, but I wanted to focus more on the character design.

[@madmaxiemartialartsnerd485]

what graphic upgrade, it's literally the same fucking thing to the point i am beyond disapointed with this game as i see just about no difference in anything

[@MattG532]

@@madmaxiemartialartsnerd485 Bro, graphics doesn't always means more polygons but a better aesthetic, a game isn't graphically better just because it's harder to run in every pc and it's the most realistic thing ever made. It's graphically better when the aesthetic of the game is correct with the nature of the game itself, KOF has always been an anime-like franchise and when they finally moved to 3D in XIV the aesthetic was a bit off, because they tried to make semi-realistic graphics adding unnecessary details like the eye shadows that made the characters look like they were either tired or in drugs (Angel is one of the clearest examples, just compare her XIV and XV faces and tell me that she doesn't look like she hasn't slept in 5 days). In XV they erased unnecesary details and added the clearly visible black edges and harder shadows which made the game stop being so semi-realistic and start being more 3d anime-like like it should be, not only that but they went for a thicker bodies aesthetic in order to make positive details like the contraction of the bodies visible (Back to Angel's example, you can see her contraction lines in her belly, like every person has). Saying that it's better or worst is only a matter of opinion, but saying that "It's the same thing" it's literally not paying attention and just giving a quick look because if that's not enough for you for the graphics to be good, then tell me: What would you like the graphics to look like to be better than XIV/XV since you say they are the same?

[@xov87]

I like the one of the left better

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@FallenSachiel]

I absoultely appreciate how the clothing does not clip into the character models in 15 as opposed to 14. One good example is with Mai; the frontal waist cloth (not sure what else to name it) now doesn't clip through her thighs. I also love that the clothing also has better fabric draping and physics.

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@owlflame]

@@mikekorean5687 what ?

[@cantesito6043]

Your tripping

[@ochanghubeng]

Looks like Angel worked hard on his muscles. She has a lot more muscle mass than her previous version.

[@Artryom]

Naaaah, she’s got a lot more fat than her previous version… She’s mega thicker compared to muscle.

[@Handepsilon]

Shun'ei looks waaaaay calmer in XV now I do like that new idle animation too

[@Ethan-yd4gn]

I like the new visual aesthetic they went for. Before they had this feel of half-realism, and more saturated color, but the new style is far brighter and more anime-esc. Love the way the game looks

[@ARaider510]

Gaht damn Andy hit the glow up. He was looking like he was on his death bead in XIV

[@Miumiu0404]

Kyo turned from good boy to leather daddy 🥵

[@stone301]

Stop

[@Nu_Merick]

14 was using SNKs own proprietary 3D engine they made... they refused to use UE4 at the time bc it wasn't a Japanese made product or they didn't have funds to use it? Regardless the jump to UE4 did phenomenal to the cast on top of SNK adding small details everywhere.

[@vietphongnguyen6024]

Mostly funds problem at that time, also they did state that SamSho was their "experiment" of UE4 which meant they wanted to be careful

[@OccuredJakub12]

Benimaru moving more around with his idle fits his energetic persona

[@hallyfile]

Holly, KoF XIV looks like a beta version when compared to KoF XV

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@JoJoboiWav]

​@@mikekorean5687 he says the opposite

[@Idiel96]

@@mikekorean5687 no it's not I believe snk don't try to be realistic so XV got quite an improvement

[@lurven141]

In my opinion the top 5 upgraded characters that look visually different are: 5. Athena (Yeah, more personality, new hairstyle and visually different) 4. Mai (Imo looks completely different and less doll like) 3. Terry (whoa what happend Terry, you hit the GYM even more!) 2. Andy (looks close to a different character) 1. Antonov (looks completely different, now he looks cool!)

[@futureenforcerofficer1515]

Biggest upgrade was definitely that the characters were much more meatier in the right places, u could see more brightened skin tone, and muscle definition on a lot of males and Leona. I mean look at Andy in KOV XIV he looked malnourished now he looks better fighter wise. Leona gained some ab definition. Terry did bulk up and the graphics are more colorful and less dreary looking.

[@djpegao]

Antonov went from HHH to Randy Savage, hell of an upgrade if you ask me.

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@Ben_diez]

Athena is too thicc now

[@jonathanmarois9009]

Terry started doing squats. I love his 100% classic look so much more too... down to the Fatal Fury cap!

[@chakinabox]

I know compared to their competitors, (basically Street Fighter) KoF characters are overall more on the slimmer side of things. But I'm glad that for their latest outing, most of these characters have thickened up some and even look healthier compared to XIV!

[@Raliuga999]

Not really, the direct competitor of SF from SNK is Art of Fighting or Fatal Fury, if you want to compare buff dudes, you have to compare with those 30 years old desings.

[@sayki3002]

Anything is better that some Big foot characters from street fighter

[@alfredosornia3448]

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaa😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ATHENA 😂😂😂 LOCA

[@alfredosornia3448]

ATHENA MIA IORI YAGRMI LOCLOS

[@DOFIXERR]

Wow, then they first released the trailers I thought there wasn't THAT big of a change, but really seeing them side by side like this really highlights how improved the models look. ESPECIALLY the faces and some got slightly thicker. Andy's model is the one model that desperately needed the change from XIV.

[@alexyt75029]

2:19 best part of the review

[@nore5888]

Bro Mai is so basic compared to Luang

[@PandoraBear357]

Kyo looks like Kyo again! Haircut aside, in XIV, his animation lacked his old 2D sprites' charm and charisma. He's got that back in XV.

[@doinkii9596]

He looks like a bts fanboy in XIV 😭😭😭

[@PandoraBear357]

@@doinkii9596 I have no idea what the heck they were thinking with that design. I still miss the little hair flip before his "moetaro".

[@yabu_renge7934]

2:22 This is what you came for, you're welcome

[@Soulxstar]

I think that what makes the difference between games is the light and how it interact with the character, then shadows are not that black anymore so you can appreciate the color better and the face had been smooth out for better readability.

[@jeyemangobravo]

Long-story-short + real talk = effective and efficient LIGHTING + SHADING legit made them all exponentially better.

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@thegaminglord2190]

The game is a literal copy of street fighter V

[@kue5053]

@@thegaminglord2190 how?????

[@thegaminglord2190]

@@kue5053 the graphics are so close i you can't know the difference, the only change is That SFV characters are more bulky but that's about it, former kof games looked unique

[@kue5053]

@@thegaminglord2190 so, every cell-shaded game is copying SFV? So, if other company wants to animate like arcsys, it's just an copy of guilty gear, or all the sprite based anime fighters are all just copying each other? Soul calibur is an copy of Tekken? Killer instinct is an copy of MK? Just because of the graphics? The graphics may be similar, but the entire game isn't an copy only because of that my guy

[@PuteraNadim]

Just like that. Kyo horrific design in kof14 was redeemed.

[@QuantumFishFTW]

I just don't like his headband

[@kue5053]

@@QuantumFishFTW it looks cool but it doesn't make sense lore wise, hoping that in the future SNK will let us toggle his headband, or at least give us an nest Kyo costume (please SNK)

[@AlphaProto]

For a while I just thought SNK just used a different shader, but side by side you can really see the animation and model differences. Everyone is thicker in KOF XV. The men and the women. KOF XV really made sure the eyes and face looked good during gameplay.

[@deanbrooks7297]

Maximas face looks wayyy better in 14

[@blazingdarylstriker6718]

But his suit has light animations in 15.

[@deanbrooks7297]

@@blazingdarylstriker6718 true however I'll rather take Maxima's face and Clark's face from 14 though.

[@akasahi9315]

It looks better in 15 for me

[@blacksoldier430]

Monkeema

[@LightningBolt1O1]

Athena, I love her new design, in my opinion I say it's the best design out of all time, like it feels fitting to her

[@Run-Riot]

They gave a lot of the guys back their superhero muscles and Leona her definition/six pack, but Blue Mary, while much better than her XIV version, is still so nerfed from her classic sprite's build. She used to have really defined abs and nice strong arms. I really miss it.

[@watermelonpizza7824]

Yet you'll still find people spouting nonsense that XV looks exactly the same as XIV. 🤦

[@dazz5077]

It seems like everyone got a bit thicker or muscular in 15. Even characters like Yuri & Athena are slightly bigger compared to their 14 counterparts. Even the male characters are noticeably bigger. The only ones I can't tell the difference is Ralph & Joe.

[@futureenforcerofficer1515]

Joe shouldn’t be big in muscle since he is a Muai Thai fighter, those fighters have tight and compact muscle mass rather than full on ripped look. But yeah agreed a 100% on your statement.

[@dazz5077]

@@futureenforcerofficer1515 Very true, that's why I'm glad they didn't make him bigger.

[@user-gk6nt5gi5n]

​@@dazz5077 they did

[@MystWonka]

1:55 Look how much thiccer Athena's legs got!

[@user-on3ye4tq7j]

It look tasty

[@darkking3401]

Those faces bro, THE FACES!! And the hair of course. Yeah, a BIG change 😳😳👏👏

[@JoJoboiWav]

15 looks incredible. That's a straight upgrade

[@ottermatic5848]

XIV seems like the upgrade from XV.

[@ariarrivederci6254]

Honestly I think the dudes look prettier in XIV And the girls look cuter in XV

[@Filmore1991]

Angel got thicker in 15.

[@xcom457]

mmm KOF XIV = Action Figures KOF XV = Anime

[@GoldenTanuki]

Wow, this is easily the best comparison I've seen so far! Some of the characters are a REALLY big improvement, like Andy, Athena, Kyo, Iori, Mai, Yuri, Shun'ei, Ryo, Joe, and Leona. I was also surprised to see a few characters where I found their faces looked WORSE in XV. I felt that Benimaru (not too much), King, K', and Maxima all had better looking faces in XIV, but have much better character models and textures in XV. I wonder if SNK is going to try to improve some of the visuals here and there?

[@infernaldisdain8051]

I was just thinking Maxima and K’ looked better back then.

[@zbolt02]

@@infernaldisdain8051 me too i think its cause kof 14 feels a lot dusty and grittier trying to be a bit more real, and 15 feels more vibrant accepting a more cartoonish style. I also think its why some of the men look better, and the women look bad in 14.

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@VoiceParodies]

A lot of these animations seem to be the same with only minor tweaks, and I feel some characters look better in 14 when it comes to hair. Hair doesn't seem to shine at all in 15.

[@polar6066]

blame ue4

[@SamosaZDR]

I think the only characters that look worse to me are whip and maxima. For the rest the faces and bodies improved alot but I agree that the hair looks weird in some characters

[@myeyesarespiders]

The hair is one of the biggest improvements, it looked like play doh in 14, lacking texture

[@sehtuk3953]

I think I like Ralf's idle animation where he jumps around in 14 a bit more than 15. 15 looks a bit slow and loose, almost as if it was mocapped. 14's Ralf bops his head during the jump and is more energetic, while 15 Ralf almost seems like he's dragging his feet around. It's closer to the 2D games and feels a more lively than 15 imo.

[@mikekorean5687]

Why old one looks better?

[@lukehart7225]

2:22 she lookin’ THICC - never played the game before..

[@FaTaL3RRoR88]

KOF XV = more thickness. I like it.

[@HellRiver92]

I see you are a man of culture as well

[@syamart6305]

Mai & Leona looks more bouncier in Kof 14 : D

[@nomercy5422]

Everyone looks better in the new version.

[@doris3026]

Except ryo

[@nomercy5422]

@@doris3026 theirs something wrong with how his neck looks like.

[@kaiserwave5977]

They made the male characters alot more buff

[@ryunekoyashiki]

to be honest i freakin love terry's outfit in kofxiv...it makes him look more mature 😁

[@jaimebarba619]

Such a throwback, I gotta get this game

[@CesarHenrique-tl5mh]

9:29 omg that hair bug in KoF14 LMAO

[@joseg8458]

Congrats and fun gameplay...... God bless your family

[@boneknockgrit2695]

honestly for me, XIV have better detail on both texture and polygon. especially on the face and muscle line. what seem improve in the term of graphic in XV. for me, Xv have cleaner shadow and light effect.

[@feeqah]

I love kof xv artstyle.. just like digital painting with shading and coloring. So pretty

[@optimusprime5166]

Is it me or dose 14 look more realistic. I love the way 15 looks more tho.

[@zangoon4546]

It does have a more realistic artstyle but doesn't fit at all with KOF

[@tailedgates9]

They bulked Andy up like crazy and it was totally worth it. ^_^

[@futureenforcerofficer1515]

Lol he looked like he hadn’t gone trained or hit the gym at all until KOF XV hit

[@user-di6ou3wj5u]

どのキャラも顔がとてつもなく美しく進化している。

[@mistertoddynho423]

Dude wtf is wrong with andy in kof14, his arms look thin af like wtf 😂

[@caischcer]

boy, that's some sick soundtrack

[@fabriciorodrigues1493]

Iori finally looks like Iori again

[@sigma_the_enigma1394]

That man terry went to the gym and never left.

[@7dogguy]

i like the lighting engine better in 14 but the character faces are better in 15

[@rodolfovillanuevaperez1678]

So beautiful remake!

[@ukyoner]

So much better on KOF XV !! Body look more Strong and stylish

[@ot4kon]

I like the artstyle in 15. But I like how they look thinner in 14. They look more proportioned to their 2D sprite in 14. Angel looks fat compared to 14.

[@gloomy2931]

Big improvement but there’s a few that I think looked better in XIV, Robert and Kukri to name couple.

[@TheCasualSubculturist]

They sure did reuse lots of animation, but honestly I love all these numerous small changes that makes this game look lot more appealing. 3D character models are more like old school 2D sprite, manga like with good use of cartoon rendering. XIV honestly look like cheaply rendered 3D model in comparison. This game improved way more than I initially thought.

[@gh-vj6ru]

The body parts look very bright in kof xv.

[@bennymountain1]

Can't believe these games came out only a year apart. One in 2004 and another in 2005.

[@Vavecheese]

Man, KOF 14 looked so ass... 15 really is a huge improvement. Nice work!

[@DyneTreal]

Kyo in a white jacket with no part in his hair? What have they done to my boi? TT___TT Thank you, KOFXV for restoring him.

[@blitzcloud]

Crazily enough, Iori has a better facial laugh animation in XIV

[@Zephyr_Weiss]

Hope they make costume dlc. I'm tired of seeing the same look for some characters from 14 :/

[@CrashD6]

The "anime like" graphics really make it pop, also reminds me of the arcades, these characters look so good now, I'm definitely going to buy KOF XV

[@LazyPirate8]

kofxiv was heading more towards a realistic kinda look, while xv is staying faithful to its 2d rooted look.

[@todd3143]

the guy with the exo suit is really cool

[@shineonxo]

Mai goodness does KoF 14 justice!

[@charliedhooves4289]

It remind me the kof xiii sprites

[@Kaiseku-Kun]

7:38 andy in kof 14 looks like he hasnt eaten for 2 weeks

[@UnicoRise]

A diferença no gráfico é clara, O xv está muito mais preciso os detalhes, uau, parabéns

[@levionan]

I think I like Whip's KOF14 model way better than in KOF15. The rest look better in KOF15, generally.

[@hijodelrock6014]

The thigs of Angel, oh my gawd!!!

[@realamericannegro977]

I can't wait to see kof 16 cause it might look better than street fighter 6. I suspect it will get the grit that the orochi saga and nest kofs had with the realistic look.

[@rururusack]

really great improvement now they looks less like a lifeless doll

[@aso8446]

I like the background music what the title?

[@louizknight07]

In kof XIV they wanted to make realistic designs, and in XV they returned the very colorful and animated designs like the originals 🤩

[@louizknight07]

XIV 7/10 XV 10/10 🔥

[@RexVergstrong]

Yeah, no. KOF was always about realistic proportions, only 13 has those exaggerated animesque proportions. They tried to bring it back to how the originals were but clearly there's not enough resources for them to pull it off so the stylization of 15 looks better.

[@user-jc2lz6jb2e]

My main complaint with 15 is that it's too bright. There's barely any shadows. For example, look at Leona's top.

[@Calvini2013]

The biggest improvement is the face-closer to drawings & more expressive-then body proportions, but I don't care for the less realistic (more pop art) textures & lighting. I actually thought they did well with Maximum Impact and could've just improved on that to rival Capcom, but the fans didn't like it so they went retro 🤷🏼

[@Wandering_samurai]

All this years K' wears the same outfit and everyone too

[@rousem1908]

La ropa y la piel es mas hiperreal en la versión XIV pero a veces están mejores las arrugas en el XV, el cabello es más detallado en el XV pero en otros está muy falso. La cara de los personajes me parece que en algunos mejoran y en otros empeora dependiendo de la versión y lo que más me gustó del XV es que el estilo es más caricaturesco en el sombreado y se asimila mucho a los viejitos. Muy bueno :)

[@Liggy1020]

あんまり変わってない感じが強い

[@thuggeegaming659]

Honestly there isn't a significant improvement in the models. I think the improvement is more in the environments. KOF XV looks good, but honestly it looks like what XIV should have looked like.

[@mucknstrunz]

I think in XV the characters look more consistent then in XIV

[@Kurose-sz2ib]

perfect balance between 3D models and 2D escense

[@umararshad2601]

Kof XIV Andy was starving lol, finally they gave him some nutrition in XV... same for other characters as well

[@b2j135]

They definitely cleaned up everybody really good and thickened up a lot of characters if you know what I'm saying LOL

[@DyordsNavatrutu]

massive improvements. just look at athena

[@danielmarroquindominguez3198]

Mi única queja con los modelos de los personajes es el clipping que tienen muchos de ellos, los que tienen el cabello largo parece que les está flotando y a algunos rostros de los personajes les hace falta como un poco más de shadder, para que no se vean tanto como muñecos, de ahí en fuera todo bien, ojalá SNK pula esos detalles antes mencionados

[@Zyon000Z]

de hecho.. tambien me parece que en kof14, se ven hasta mas realistas los personajes.. en 15 se ven mas de caricatura...(color de piel mas amarillo) sera por esto.. SNK entendio que la comunidad no estaba lista para modelos realistas.. y cambiaron el concepto.. ami me gusta el concepto realista.. solo que junto a los fallos que mencionas.. ami me parece que los modelos de kof14 estan mal hechos.. hasta kula y athena es un copypaste en el rostro, otros characters con algunas hasta deformidades en otros... despues de 15.. y la reaccion positiva de la comunidad.. todo en kof sera asi animesco.. porque es lo que la comunidad quiere.

[@danielmarroquindominguez3198]

@@Zyon000Z si, de hecho le sienta mejor ese estilo anime a kof, solo hay que pulir ciertos detalles técnicos pero en general todo bien con el juego

[@alexm2528]

Beyond the shift in contures, colours and shading...it's funny to note that most characters lost a bit of their top half and gained more bottom half. Butt is in I guess :P

[@rmark7255]

So glad this game has improved

[@superiorgamedude]

KOF15 just looks objectively better.

[@fireembliam9090]

I want to say that the 2023 Street Fighter game all of them got a massive make over while the Fatal Fury XV only a couple of them got different designs

[@alexism9656]

The only thing I like better from 14 is Iori's mouth when he laughs. I don't know why it looks like that in 15.

[@Handepsilon]

ah yeah. I was about to say...

[@JemRau]

KoF 15 looks more cartoony and yet it has higher system requirements