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[RedAssedApe]

looks like buff version of johnny dep from lone ranger

 

[princemarth23]

This game hasn't impressed me too much, but I'm liking the direction they've taken this character. He kind of reminds me of Alex in a way, with the stomp and command grab, which is awesome. The stage looks great too.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

sure

Wow!
Looks phenomenal. Can't wait to play this.

 

[Winterfang]

He looks awesome. He used to be so lame before but now he is line Raiden+T. HAWK.

 

[Anticitizen One]

What does it look like?

Killer Instinct had more of a real world mixed with claymation look. This is more animated like a street fighter game or what MK has become.

It's kind of like the difference between Diablo 1 & 2 and Diablo 3

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Yep. No more LaToya/Janet Jackson look alike.

Young Janet was quite the looker, though. Inspiration from her couldn't hurt.

 

[Syphon Filter]

I actually like this look, and i complained about each characters look so far.

 

[LeMaximilian]

Killer Instinct had more of a real world mixed with claymation look. This is more animated like a street fighter game or what MK has become.

It's kind of like the difference between Diablo 1 & 2 and Diablo 3

Agree. However, the plasticy/claymation look was a result of lack of technology. Emulating that old style would honestly look extremely odd with today's graphics.

 

[Dai101]

Young Janet was quite the looker, though. Inspiration from her couldn't hurt.

Well, yeah. Except the 3 females from KI/KI2 are just copy/paste of her.

OP. Here's a YT link i posted if you want to add it to the OT.

http://youtu.be/MXhJMmh2M4A

 

[.la1n]

Pretty sure it's going to be Orchid. I had interviewed Mick Gordon 2 weeks ago and he told me after the call, there's a good chance it'll be a recognizable female character.

Hope they keep her tasteful, I have faith the team behind this will.

 

[Tashi]

Kind of disappointed that he's a grappler now as he was one of my favorites back in day. Glad to see some combos still remain. He doesn't look big and clunky Zangief or T Hawk either.

 

[Zaventem]

What's this shadow armor thing in the trailer, super/hyper armor? They mentioned he got one point of it doing a certain move.

 

[derFeef]

What's this shadow armor thing in the trailer, super/hyper armor? They mentioned he got one point of it doing a certain move.

The shadow moves of each character triggers that.
edit: the graphical effect I mean

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Doesn't that heat/smoke at the end tease Cinder?

 

[Dai101]

Kind of disappointed that he's a grappler now as he was one of my favorites back in day. Glad to see some combos still remain. He doesn't look big and clunky Zangief or T Hawk either.

A grappler doesn't have to be big, bulky and slow. Look at Abel, Alex, R. Mika, ElF, Ralf, etc.

 

[JaseMath]

He looks surprisingly awesome.

 

[Various Artists]

Kind of disappointed that he's a grappler now as he was one of my favorites back in day. Glad to see some combos still remain. He doesn't look big and clunky Zangief or T Hawk either.

I dont think hell end up being a grappler in the traditional sense. Its probably more that his linkers and finishers will have grapple type animations. I doubt this game with stray to far from the combo system it is famous for.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

He looks awesome. He used to be so lame before but now he is line Raiden+T. HAWK.

Yeah definitely a T.Hawk vibe, but with Thunders old stuff. He looks great. Just hope we get T.J. Combo soon!

 

[SegaManAU]

I like! Shaping up to be a great game.

 

[.la1n]

So looking at how much further they have until launch, is it even reasonable to expect the original cast launch day? Just doesn't seem feasible at the current rate of development.

 

[captmcblack]

Pretty dope.

 

[Skab]

Doesn't that heat/smoke at the end tease Cinder?

Nah that is just the main screen. Been that way for as long as we have seen it.

 

[InfiniDragon]

Whoa. Hated new Jago but Thunder looks badass.

Surprised they dropped the Mohawk though. It was a big part of the old design (wasn't his anti-air a magic Mohawk headbutt or something?)

 

[Kalm]

Awesome. Nice work, DH. His playstyle is pretty much exactly what most of us predicted in the main KI thread.

Parts of his chest/abdomen seem kind of plastic'y though so I hope they touch up the textures before release.

I'm not sure how I feel about that top-knot...

 

[Dark Octave]

I kind of like how they're bringing out one character at a time. It makes each one seem more important to go along with the pay model they are going for.

 

[FinKL]

Doesn't that heat/smoke at the end tease Cinder?

I'm pretty sure that smoke has always been there

Spoiler

It's a tease of Orchid and her fire cat

 

[shinobi602]

So looking at how much further they have until launch, is it even reasonable to expect the original cast launch day? Just doesn't seem feasible at the current rate of development.

What do you mean? Are we expecting them have a special reveal for every character?

 

[sixteen-bit]

beat em ups`?

UK term for fighting games

 

[moltonasty]

Orchid mention

you know what that means

Damn bro, I'm just trying to check out some video game news, and you gotta go throwing this shit around. I'm at work, and easily excitable, you trying to get me fired or something?

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Eh.

Not bad. He looks a lot better in motion. Interesting he's a grappler now.

I'm warming up to this slowly but surely. If it's solid, and Orchid is amazing, it MIGHT just push me further into picking up an Xbo---

Probably not. :/ But as someone who loves the shit out of this series, I hope that it ends up good.

 

[Skab]

I kind of like how they're bringing out one character at a time. It makes each one seem more important to go along with the pay model they are going for.

But you don't buy one character at a time. It's not that kind of model.

 

[show me your skeleton]

can't wait to hear more of thunder's theme, mick gordan's been knocking it out of the park with this soundtrack.
also need to see fulgore.

 

[Boogybro]

Reminds me more of T-Hawk than Thunder.

STILL HYPED

 

[Khezu]

Never liked Thunder, still don't, but his new design is nice, and a big step up from KI1.

I think his command grab is a little boring though. The shadow version has an extra animation attacthed to it, but they cut it off before you could see the whole thing.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

This game, my goodness. These guys really sound like they know what they're doing. I don't think I'm anticipating a title more than this one for the rest of the year and sadly I can't get it since no X1 for me till 2014. It just looks SO good and well-made. Too bad about all the confusion about it being F2P or not when it was revealed, that seems to have stuck with its image.

 

[.la1n]

What do you mean? Are we expecting them have a special reveal for every character?

Seems like they are doing reveals for each character and judging by how long it's taken them to reveal the current roster it seemed unlikely they would have the original cast ready for launch. Granted they could always reveal more than one character at a time going forward but if Gamescon ends up only teasing one character with a reveal to come later then I think it's safe to assume that there is a distinct possibility we will not be seeing the full original cast making a return for launch day.

Obviously not all reveals going forward will be relegated to big events but it does seem they want to do a reveal of some kind for every character, even if it's just IGN.

 

[nib95]

Looks awesome. Love the level design, and the look of this character. Only negative I have really is that I find the FOV is too close. Feels a bit claustrophobic. They should pull it out a bit and give the fight more breathing space and scale.

 

[cLOUDo]

looks great

 

[RazorK1d]

My only concern is the background music for his stage. His stage's music was my favorite from the entire series.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

They haven't revealed a female char yet, right?

 

[Mdk7]

Really digging the character design, VERY different from what i was expecting... i applaud the direction they went to, once again sick job Double Helix!!!
I'm LOVING the characters.

The stage however is a pretty disappointing IMHO, i don't really like the color palette (too greyish) and it doesn't have the impact of the original.

I seriously cannot wait to see Fulgore (actually the only Killer Instinct character that aged really well).

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Looks like a current gen game

 

[KaYotiX]

Meh, it just doesn't look like Killer Instinct.

You can always play the originals.

it looks awesome imo, cant wait for more chars!

 

[Various Artists]

Looks awesome. Love the level design, and the look of this character. Only negative I have really is that I find the FOV is too close. Feels a bit claustrophobic. They should pull it out a bit and give the fight more breathing space and scale.

Is it like the older games where it is dynamic?

 

[Kandinsky]

Oh I like it, I like it a lot.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Looks like a current gen game

Yeah, the screenshots look really poor, the character models aren't at all as detailed as I expected.

It looks great in motion though.

 

[Dai101]

But you don't buy one character at a time. It's not that kind of model.

I'm contractually obligated to post this every time the F2P comments comes around:

 

[BobLoblaw]

Bad ass character design. Why do I feel so compelled to buy this game? :|

 

[jediyoshi]

Looks like a current gen game

Maybe at about the third of the resolution and half the framerate. And without the character specific particle effects.

 

[Cipherr]

I wonder if they are going to sexualize the shit out of her to cause all types of bullshit controversy

considering the need to have every single thing related to xbox one to have a negative spin i'd say this is pretty much guaranteed once it hits the community

Umm... She was alrea..

Fixed that for you.

This. Orchid was already completely sexualized. It would be right in line with the series.