After a long campaign by the fighting game community asking game publishers for better netcode implementation (especially now that local offline meet-ups are harder or impossible to be done), more and more games have started to add rollback netcode.
SNK is updating another of its classic titles with rollback netcode. This time it’s The King Of Fighters 2002. The PC version on Steam has now been updated with rollback netcode.
What this means is that you won’t have to adjust your input timings if the online connection drops- like delay-based netcode used to, which makes for a laggy and not-so-fun experience.
SNK tested the rollback netcode beforehand with a community beta test, which has broke records for simultaneous players on Steam for the game. “We received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback concerning the implementation of the rollback netcode,” the company said in a press release. “So we hope this new update allows players to have more fun when playing online!”
KOF ’97 was the first King Of Fighters game to receive rollback netcode via a new update. And it’s good to see one more game from the prolific fighting game series gets updated as well.
KOF 2002 UM, and a bunch of other KOF titles (KOF ’97, KOF ’98, KOF 2002, KOF XIII and KOF XIV), are also on Steam right now to celebrate the occasion. KOF 2002 UM is currently RM23.25.