I've seen a few videos of it, and the impression I got was that it played a bit slow. It almost looked sluggish and choppy. I obviously can't make that judgement accurately without playing a demo (and XBL doesn't seem to have one). KoF has never been a fast fighter like Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, or MvC2, so it is definitely a slower, more technical fighter, but it looked like there was considerable delay from the start of a move to actually making contact.

The impression I got was that it looked more like a Super Nintendo Mortal Kombat than a current generation fighter. Not Clay Fighter laggy, but unpolished.

It's hard for me to justify buying another full-priced fighter when BlazBlue is still fresh, and MvC2 is still providing plenty of retro (if a little broken) fun.

I guess I'm looking for another opinion, because while I was looking forward to this, the reviews have been less than spectacular, and BlazBlue being released on the xbox360 was a very pleasant surprise (especially considering the reviews that it has gotten in comparison to KoF XII).