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Killer Instinct |OT| New Look! New Moves! Same Killer Grooves!
- Thread starter Silky
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Considering the "Ultra edition buyers get early access" Stuff from S1 was so cloudy and poorly implemented, I was hoping they'd announce some benefit towards S2 for it.
Is Combo really early-access in a $20 retail pack that DOESN'T unlock the season he's a part of? Is a diehard KI fan suppose to buy that pack + The new Ultra Edition, in order to play everything as early and completely as possible? That doesn't seem to make much sense on it's own, so far.
Will be interesting to see what features make it in on the big launch day, and what's added as the months go on.
Is Combo really early-access in a $20 retail pack that DOESN'T unlock the season he's a part of? Is a diehard KI fan suppose to buy that pack + The new Ultra Edition, in order to play everything as early and completely as possible? That doesn't seem to make much sense on it's own, so far.
Will be interesting to see what features make it in on the big launch day, and what's added as the months go on.
It was on Justin Wong's twitch stream from last night. Check the archive. I made this gif of it then:
sixteen-bit
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Has there been any news about a Season 2 composer?
mdsfx
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http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2014/...-killer-instinct-classic-2-more-october-15th/
Killer Instinct (Iron Galaxy, Microsoft Studios). Killer Instinct: Season 2 begins Oct. 15, starting with new fighters TJ Combo and Maya, enhanced game modes and a completely revamped interface. The Killer Instinct: Season 2 Ultra Edition ($39.99) includes eight fighters with a new fighter added each month, select fighter costumes and accessory packs, and Killer Instinct 2 Classic. The Killer Instinct: Season 2 - Combo Breaker Pack ($19.99) includes eight fighters starting with TJ Combo and Maya, and a new fighter added each month. Additional fighters for Season 2 can be purchased for $4.99 each and fans can get TJ Combo early by purchasing Killer Instinct: Season 2 - Ultra Edition between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14.
Killer Instinct (Iron Galaxy, Microsoft Studios). Killer Instinct: Season 2 begins Oct. 15, starting with new fighters TJ Combo and Maya, enhanced game modes and a completely revamped interface. The Killer Instinct: Season 2 Ultra Edition ($39.99) includes eight fighters with a new fighter added each month, select fighter costumes and accessory packs, and Killer Instinct 2 Classic. The Killer Instinct: Season 2 - Combo Breaker Pack ($19.99) includes eight fighters starting with TJ Combo and Maya, and a new fighter added each month. Additional fighters for Season 2 can be purchased for $4.99 each and fans can get TJ Combo early by purchasing Killer Instinct: Season 2 - Ultra Edition between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14.
Poker Face
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Don't do this to me
Check jebailey twitter
Also here
And soundtrack announced
http://www.ultra-combo.com/forums/index.php?topic=1214.msg19204#msg19204
Additionally, we are excited to announce that award-winning composer Mick Gordon will return to produce the soundtrack for Killer Instinct: Season 2 and Kevin Bayliss, the original art director for Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2, will design eight costumes for Killer Instinct: Season 2 – Ultra Edition. The Killer Instinct: Season 1 soundtrack as well as the original Killer Cuts will also be available to purchase on September 23rd.
mdsfx
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sixteen-bit
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Based Mick confirmed
GuitarAtomik
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Yyaaaayyyyy! 
I had pretty much accepted that he wasn't going to return.
I had pretty much accepted that he wasn't going to return.That character looks so retarded. I hope it never makes it into KI.
I'd prefer to start with more than two characters, but I'm happy with the Oct 15 date.
If you think about it, S2 starts with the retail release of S1. A month later you get Maya, which IG and MS are calling the start of S2. Then every month after that we get a new character.
Hoping we get an update for KI1 to give it online play. I'll be picking up the Ultra Pack, but I'd much rather play KI1 online. Not a huge fan of KI2.
If you think about it, S2 starts with the retail release of S1. A month later you get Maya, which IG and MS are calling the start of S2. Then every month after that we get a new character.
Hoping we get an update for KI1 to give it online play. I'll be picking up the Ultra Pack, but I'd much rather play KI1 online. Not a huge fan of KI2.
Troubled Bat
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Mick!? YESSSSSSSS!
So happy that Mick is back, the confirmation and date of an OST, and that S2 will be starting October 15th.
.la1n
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PAX kicks off August 29th, if nothing else I hope they bring a new build to show the completed TJ and hopefully background music from Mick. I know development hasn't been the same for Season 2 but Season 1 felt much more fan friendly. There was much more of a connection between DH/MS and their audience with updated builds shown fairly regularly, pretty open communication, and weekly streams. With Season 2 it feels like it's regressed back to typical game development where everything is behind closed doors until it's purchase time.
It will be interesting to see how they handle information going forward after we are into the launch of Season 2. I also hope they are committed to the one character a month expectation because if any of those slip it could get pretty messy. Glad they clarified how the rest of us can go about getting access to TJ early and adding KI 2 classic as an early access bonus was pretty great as well (and online play.) Curious to see how the "early access" works out for Ultra edition owners this go around because last time it meant fuck all.
Last but not least, Mick being back is amazing. His music just works perfectly with Killer Instinct and I cannot wait to see what he does with the new batch of characters.
It will be interesting to see how they handle information going forward after we are into the launch of Season 2. I also hope they are committed to the one character a month expectation because if any of those slip it could get pretty messy. Glad they clarified how the rest of us can go about getting access to TJ early and adding KI 2 classic as an early access bonus was pretty great as well (and online play.) Curious to see how the "early access" works out for Ultra edition owners this go around because last time it meant fuck all.
Last but not least, Mick being back is amazing. His music just works perfectly with Killer Instinct and I cannot wait to see what he does with the new batch of characters.
Sweet Jesus, thank you lord !
To me, this is better news than a trailer. And a trailer would have been damn good news.
Troubled Bat
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Ah, well at least we get the characters really early on. And I cannot wait to see the characters already in action and entering tournaments. I'm so excited they have confirmation on things.
Poker Face
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I don't understand why they waited so long, but I'm so glad he's coming back.
Mick is really one of a kind and his music is so good.
GuitarAtomik
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I would assume they've been trying to work around his schedule and their own details and needs for S2's launch to see if it's feasible. For example, launching with just two characters means he's only going to need to compose two songs by Oct 15 as opposed to if they had launched that date with three. And maybe three would have been do-able if they had decided to launch a month later etc. Considering they JUST announced the real details of S2 today, it probably only very recently became clear what they would need from Mick and if it would work within his schedule.
It would appear that 2 of the last 3 vines are likely KI related considering his remarks or lack of them.
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/498993139995381761
And
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/497272263633539072
First one has a cinder looking guy in it
Second one he says we will find out what it's for at gamescom........
Considering Cinder won't be one of the first three characters in S2 (and therefore not available until December at the earliest), it seems unlikely Mick would be teasing his stage music.
correction: november at the earliest
and he's probably working on multiple songs at once
as someone who makes music, I can tell you it's not a perfect process and sometimes you have to work on something else to make other stuff you're working on move faster.
The $40 version of KI comes with KI classic
Pardon my ignorance, but is this a downloadable version only?
Yep.
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/499410170649133056
https://vine.co/v/MVi7pMh6UD1
this is part of TJ Combo's theme apparently. (according to Mick Gordon)
https://vine.co/v/MVi7pMh6UD1
this is part of TJ Combo's theme apparently. (according to Mick Gordon)
El Sabroso
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GOT DAMN
Confused101
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Fuck yeah Mick! Will someone please do me a favor* and tweet Mick to pleeease make Cinder's theme as hardcore as possible? I'm talking heavy as fuck. We all know his theme hit hard way back then. Hell, it hits hard now! This is all I ask.
*Translation: I'm too lazy to create a Twitter account just for this.
*Translation: I'm too lazy to create a Twitter account just for this.
Now that we know Mick is back, I'm wondering if this isn't part of Combos theme as well.
https://vine.co/v/MVaqFqZFnKg
https://vine.co/v/MVaqFqZFnKg
Damn son...
No, December because the third character is new, as I stated.
Combo is September.
Maya is October.
The 3rd character (confirmed to be a new character) is November.
That leaves December as the first available month for Cinder's release.
The first tease reminded me of Combo's KI1 theme (which is okay, but not amazing). This part of the song I like quite a bit more.
IOnEI Falcon
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For anyone that missed it a while back here is an interview with Kevin Bayliss and some of his recent KI artwork he did for fun:
http://www.killerinstinctcentral.com/exclusive-kic-interviews-kevin-bayliss-the-original-art-designer-of-killer-instinct/
http://www.killerinstinctcentral.com/the-evolving-killer-instinct-artwork-of-kevin-bayliss/
http://www.killerinstinctcentral.com/exclusive-kic-interviews-kevin-bayliss-the-original-art-designer-of-killer-instinct/
http://www.killerinstinctcentral.com/the-evolving-killer-instinct-artwork-of-kevin-bayliss/
.la1n
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I hope we see the improved dojo with the launch of Season 2, would make it easier to learn new characters since it's just Jago right now. I also wonder how Shadow Jago factors into all of this, I know Adam mentioned he wouldn't count as one of the eight characters but does that mean he will or won't make it into Season 2.