After a solid 5-6 hours playing yesterday gotta say I'm even more impressed. The netcode is pretty solid - not quite as good as GG Strive, but with some tweaking after the beta they'll get there. It's certainly better than SS 2019, though. I didn't play much 14, but I wasn't impressed when I did and it kind just fizzled out anyway.
Iori is fun as always to play, but I'm liking that he has his talon special back and it actually seems useful. Along with Chris, I actually took a liking to Shun! Neat character with command air dashes and other fun games. Very different feeling for a KOF character, but fits right in all the same.
Animation and hit detection/player feedback is on point, although there are a few hit boxes I hope SNK tweaks based on some feedback. Overall, though, I'm really enjoying it. I have some local peeps stopping by this evening to play some Versus matches so I can compare with the online.