*Sigh.*
Alright, since I'm in good company, I guess I can admit I actually think KoF XII is decent. I like it more than the earliest entries of the series (pre-'96) and, if the game had stable netcode, I'd probably play it frequently.
The engine was good and the characters I used (Ash, Iori, Kyo, Kim, Robert, and Ryo) had pretty complete movesets. Critical Counters could be kind of scrubby (it's a comeback mechanic, which are usually frowned upon) but otherwise I liked the mechanics (Sousai was novel and Guard Attack actually made the game more back and forth).
Oh well, XIII is basically a faster XII anyway.