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Killer Instinct |OT| New Look! New Moves! Same Killer Grooves!
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Syphon Filter
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shit got real,hoping to see endings like original KI.
I would have been fine if BB called it's Arcade mode a "story mode", really, and all it features is basically 3 unique character conversations + an ending.
It probably would have been good to give it a more unique name though, just so it wouldn't pull along too many pre-conceived notions. "Arcade Mode" doesn't really describe it too well, and "Story mode" could be too heavy. Maybe something like "Instincts mode" would have been better?
Sure why not Idk
.la1n
Member
I don't think so personally, it isn't new news.
Troubled Bat
Member
Oh snap!! I wonder how it'll start off! :0
EteRnal PAL
Member
This delay really hurts...
Syphon Filter
Member
why?
Well we can be lucky it will be only a dely, haha.
EteRnal PAL
Member
The anticipation lol
Gunstarheroes
Member
So, i just finished a 20-game set on ranker, pretty fun. Thunder is still my worst character, but the only person i still need 20 ranked wins with, so ill push through. Sucks i have to wait til im lut of jail again though, since im still stuck being thrown in there after any disconnect : /
EteRnal PAL
Member
Multiple outcomes!!!!
CommandThrower
Member
Spectating in lobbies confirmed!
This stream be dropping bombs so far.
This stream be dropping bombs so far.
Didn't we already know that?
CommandThrower
Member
It's something I didn't know.
When it was brought up on the stream, nothing was mentioned about it being previously known.
So, if it was not known until now, then great news! If it's old news...then I'm just reiterating good news.
I want to say I heard it mentioned in a max video as having been confirmed or something? New news or not, still good news!
Syphon Filter
Member
lmao we got trolled,how they end it like that.
EteRnal PAL
Member
No kidding... oh my lord
BananasWithGuns
Member
Wow, what an awful stream.
CommandThrower
Member
Do their streams typically last that long?
I won't say that it was a big handful of nothing, but it did end super abruptly.
I won't say that it was a big handful of nothing, but it did end super abruptly.
Syphon Filter
Member
They were late so it was shorter than usual.
they usually end now, but they started really late
It is less than a week before release...
... but you don't want to disappoint people after getting them hyped up.
Should have at least extended it another 30 min, since it began late. Though watching Campbell rage at the CPU stylin' on him was fairly funny, as well as hearing some of the changes since early development (Saberwulf crouching under projectile, having longer grab range than others, etc).
So we get an opening Cinematic that introduces the character, and we actually have multiple endings. Previously, they said there WOULDN'T be alt endings, so this is good to hear.
Also, we learned that S2 will continue to expand the story mode, and that new features will be coming to it. They also talked very confidently about a new playable character being the boss for S2.
It might not be the stream we wanted, but I'm not as bummed with what we got as I could be.
... but you don't want to disappoint people after getting them hyped up.
Should have at least extended it another 30 min, since it began late. Though watching Campbell rage at the CPU stylin' on him was fairly funny, as well as hearing some of the changes since early development (Saberwulf crouching under projectile, having longer grab range than others, etc).
So we get an opening Cinematic that introduces the character, and we actually have multiple endings. Previously, they said there WOULDN'T be alt endings, so this is good to hear.
Also, we learned that S2 will continue to expand the story mode, and that new features will be coming to it. They also talked very confidently about a new playable character being the boss for S2.
It might not be the stream we wanted, but I'm not as bummed with what we got as I could be.
Troubled Bat
Member
That stream annoyed the hell out of me. :|
.la1n
Member
It was fun to watch but would have been better if Campbell had not been stubborn and just chose the easiest difficult for story so everyone could have seen it all the way through.
So he lost to the CPU in story mode and then it was over just like that?
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.la1n
Member
It took him too long to beat the opponents and ran out of time before we got to see the Fulgore match or the boss.
Poker Face
Member
CPU looked harder to me. I don't think I've ever seen medium CPU do manuals, or follow up on counter breakers but I don't know.
Stream was pretty disappointing :/
Stream was pretty disappointing :/
Lol..wow.
I play survival every once in a while for fun, and the game has gotten smarter as time has gone on. I've definitely seen them do manuals and taunt before, but I rarely saw the AI do Saber's Mixup body-cross dashes,
They've gotten a lot smarter since the "ALWAYS COMBO BREAK ON 2nd HEAVY!" Days. They still do that sometimes, but they also break immediately on starting moves, break lights, setup counter breakers, stagger their presses on breaking shadow linkers, and go for meaties on wakeup.
A lot of times it still goes for gibberish combos, instinct cancels for no real payoff, and Sadira ALWAYS spams the constant web-after-web-after-web stuff if she sticks you in one, but it's fairly impressive, Starts to remind me of the AI in Virtua Fighter 4, which was modeled off Japanese arcade players style and tendencies.
Story Mode Preview #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd8YVY2NLco
This info is so good!!!
As a Tusk main, I'm disappointed they're going to completely re-imagine him. At the very least the new Tusk needs to fight with a sword so we can get a classic costume and rep him properly.
Tusk and Kim Wu were my mains in KI2, so I'm hopeful that at least one of them will be solid in the new game. I have a ton of fun playing Spinal (my main in KI1), but I really feel he's the worst in the cast. Hopefully Combo (my other KI1 main) fairs better.
Either way, I'm looking forward to season two. Hopefully we get to Evo 2015 so the game stays active in the tournament scene once the S2 characters start hitting.
Tusk and Kim Wu were my mains in KI2, so I'm hopeful that at least one of them will be solid in the new game. I have a ton of fun playing Spinal (my main in KI1), but I really feel he's the worst in the cast. Hopefully Combo (my other KI1 main) fairs better.
Either way, I'm looking forward to season two. Hopefully we get to Evo 2015 so the game stays active in the tournament scene once the S2 characters start hitting.
Tusk without the huge sword might as well not be Tusk in the first place. That would be as bad as Fulgore without his laser claws and pony tail. Its a major part of what makes that character what he is.
Troubled Bat
Member
Yup. For a lousy stream, we did get a lot of good info. I'm pretty damn excited for the future. It seems that once Season 2 drops by, it's going to be the full force in content and with what we already have being improved greatly.
I'm positive he'll be that character with the giant sword. But he probably won't end up being that Barbarian of the past. I can see the same thing ending up happening with Maya.
When more characters drop, it's bound to be way more active, especially with newly added things. Plus new characters would bring in other people who never really felt
hat nostalgia from KI cast before.
Edit: I also had Kim Wu as a main, and definitely look forward to what she brings in this new KI.
.la1n
Member
Adam said that he would of course keep his iconic characteristics such as the sword but with the current story it wouldn't make sense for him to have the Conan look. Of all the KI 2 cast Kim Wu is the one in the biggest need of a re-imagining. Coming from a Korean family I always loved seeing Korean representation in fighting games but KI 2 Kim Wu was an insult.
Troubled Bat
Member
What made her an insult?
.la1n
Member
Point out what aspects of this design make her distinctly Korean? I can't seem to find any myself. The character is also using Nunchaku (Japanese weapon.)
Then you have the flip side with King of Fighter's Chae Lim which is an example of a great design:
Although to be fair Kim Wu is probably a terrible enough design that it would have insulted any culture that they chose for her to come from ;P
Troubled Bat
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Well to be fair, you can say the same for Orchid especially going into KI2. Hah. But I see where you're going with this. Honestly, I love Kim Wu, she's my main character along with Jago and Sabrewulf of course. I was just curious on your answer.
Also, I can't agree on Chae Lim, since that seems to be the 'easy way out' with a design.
Kim, Hwoarang. I'm talking with the typical outfit of course on Taekwondo fighters. Hah. Well how would you redesign her?
.la1n
Member
I think if they want to stick with her KI 2 design because fans of the character prefer that then that would be okay. I'm not really that heavily invested in the character and I know how it feels to really like a character and have the reimagining veer too far from the original (Glacius.) If I was redesigning the character I would have her actually look Korean for a start and obviously drop the cliche Kung fu garb. Hopefully they'll get a Korean VA for her as well.
That's just me rambling off an obvious bias, I'm really not too worried about it in the long run. Now if they screw up Cinder I will be unhappy
That's just me rambling off an obvious bias, I'm really not too worried about it in the long run. Now if they screw up Cinder I will be unhappy
Troubled Bat
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Honestly, I just want to keep her red hair along with the nunchakus. They can change everything else. I'd like to see her have some sort of parry in her moveset to go with what KI2 had, she'd be the perfect character to have it as her own.
I was also looking into things. And found what Kim Wu can truly be, which is perfect for her. Mouhébong Taekwondo!
Hah. Cinder is the easiest thing to do, but that is what has me worried. But I hope that Cinder will have the greatest design in the game.
I was also looking into things. And found what Kim Wu can truly be, which is perfect for her. Mouhébong Taekwondo!
Hah. Cinder is the easiest thing to do, but that is what has me worried.
But I hope that Cinder will have the greatest design in the game.