With hundreds of combo videos for KOF XIII floating around on the net, what effect do you feel they will have on the game's reception?
Scrubs are a very fickle bunch these days. The moment they see a single combo video featuring a 100% damage combo they will be the first to cry out "OMGZ it's teh broken!" or "(insert character or move) is broken and needs to be nerfed!"
Do these combo videos really help build hype or are they turning people off before they even play the game?
Being a veteran of the fighting game genre for 2 decades now, I can understand that the videos are intended to display the freedom and flexibility of the fighting in the KOF XIII engine. I also understand that while the people who are performing the combos in the videos make it LOOK easy, it takes a great deal of practice and surgical execution to pull off consistently in the right situation and position while under fire in a match. A large number of fans of versus fighting games may NOT have such a discerning eye, yet they are the most vocal in the scene, screaming "nerf!"