Poker Face
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welcome. Online is pretty unforgiving for new players lol, best way it to get better just practice on CPU and try some exhibition matches.
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Killer Instinct |OT| New Look! New Moves! Same Killer Grooves!
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welcome. Online is pretty unforgiving for new players lol, best way it to get better just practice on CPU and try some exhibition matches.
GotchaForce
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I know if you get the physical disc on Sept 23 you get Combo early but thought I read if you put down $40 on Season 2 you get him that day as well. Correct?
.la1n
Member
Would be great but I doubt the development team would have the resources to do that this season.
I know the teaser was Cinder, I dont think that necessarily means we are getting him soon. With one character per month next one should be Nov 15th or so and thats been confirmed to be a new character. So Cinder must be the December release or hes next year..certainly feasible but I don't really see it. He's easily the most important character left and IG needs to be 1000% sure they get him right in both design and gameplay. With his fire effects and whatnot he's probably expected to be a graphical showcase character for KI as well. I expect we'll know in the next few weeks anyway.
This times infinity.
Poker Face
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blurry maya leg pic hype
At this point I'm curious to see how much will be shown before launch. We're a month out and have yet to see Maya in motion, let alone anything on the third character.
Either we're only going to see the third character by launch, or IG will be showing A LOT over the next month. I'd be nice to know at least half the roster (four characters) by launch, with a tease of the fifth character.
Either we're only going to see the third character by launch, or IG will be showing A LOT over the next month. I'd be nice to know at least half the roster (four characters) by launch, with a tease of the fifth character.
.la1n
Member
LMAO now they are just trolling us after someone made the comment we would get one blurry Maya foot and like it, in this thread I think.
As for the stream today, I don't care if it's just casual matches and nothing new but for the love of god don't make us endure Jago stage over and over. Keits pls. It's become almost as painful as SF IV training stage.
I swear I remember Adam saying we'd know at least half the roster by launch. Maybe I'm just imagining that.
Wow, no ones compared her height against the squares to figure out her approximate full height yet? I'm shocked!
I wonder how concerned they are with that kind of thinking ATM? One of the good things is... the game isn't a 1 and done retail release. It might as well be a new product each time a new character is released monthly.
Personally, I'd be fine with seeing something that just showed some basic silhouettes, and then filled each one monthly as the character was approaching release. S2 Release Trailer introduces us to Maya, and then splashes remaining generic Silho's on screen, filling the ones for the monthly character, and the next character up, as they're ready to be seen.
Nothing could be as bad as the lifeless box that is SFIV Training, especially with that training melody that drills itself into your head.
Really though, I'm kinda OK with them only showing stuff when they have something worth seeing. I'm sure we could have had a few "Thunder's Axe in a Tree" teasers now, but would it be better to have those, or only see stuff when it's fully presentable?
Save for TGS, they're pretty much missed all the big events before release now, right? It'd be cool if the 3rd character is something Asian-pleasing, given all the focus Microsoft has on the Chinese Launch and outreach to eastern countries.
If we don't even get a Tease of something new at TGS... think it'll be time to expect a trailer closer to release, and probably to follow that trend going forward.
Pretty sure it is, yup. (Closed thread, but: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=891239 )
Microsoft is kinda weird, commissioning that native Chinese voicework for Halo 5, getting some first to console-exclusives tied up for their break into China... getting 1 character out of 8 in a continually growing game to have a bit of Asian appeal, especially when it's the only game they have in a genre that's actually popular there, wouldn't be a horrible idea. Nor would it be nearly as risky as the things they're spending much more on already.
According to Adam we'll get individual trailers for each character (or did he mention just the first 5-6?). I'm assuming that wasn't counting a season two launch trailer, so that means a Maya trailer is likely coming soon, followed by a third character trailer probably a week or two before S2 hits. I'm hoping they launch S2 with the fourth character trailer.
.la1n
Member
Agree mostly because I want to see who the next classic returning character is.
Well.. he said he had the scripts done up to the 5th and was almost finished the 6th. (Aug 3rd)
I expect there to be a maya trailer before sept 23rd and expect the 3rd characters trailer before october 15th (just to show half the cast, i guess... depending on the troll reveal)
After that who knows?
GuitarAtomik
Member
Anything interesting out of the stream?
the only thing was they said they had a focus test yesterday with 8 people
and everyone loved what it is they showed
I just wonder now if they could be as likely to be "OUT NOW!" trailers, rather than just "Coming Soon!".
We won't be getting TJ's stage in the preview soon, but we expect them to have Maya + Her and TJ's Stages ready a month from then, plus teases for whatever they have coming next... I hope they can do it, surely. I just don't wanna over-estimate what they'll be able to do.
I only saw towards the end... there was something like a 71% Damage combo with Fulgore due to using the newly-balanced shadow enders, but other than that, we saw some more aerial combo breakers. heard Haunts talk about how the air breaker and wakeup meta will change with the changes, and they teased that the focus group test they did last night went REALLY REALLY good.
.la1n
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JUICY DEETS
Yeah... but they said the same thing about Sadira focus tests. I am not fond of that character.
That said, I am looking forward to seeing how Maya plays. Her description sounds really good, but it's something I want to see so I can fully understand it. I'm also hoping the 3rd character will be more in-line with the other KI characters and not Sadira-like. I know people like her, but I don't think she fits in with the other season one characters.
#hater
Sharp knee, wouldn't buy.
I feel the same. Though I think some of her S2 changes will help her playstyle fit the game more...or at least follow the actual rules of it lol.
Poker Face
Member
He'll probably be one of the last lol
we know character 3 is a new character.
we know character 4 is a returning character.
With my luck, you're probably right. He was teased in the fulgore trailer wasn't he, or was that the TJ Combo trailer?
Someone that was most likely Cinder was teased in Combo's trailer. (Fulgore didn't have any character teases, since he was the final character of season 1.)
Also season 2 is technically launching with 1 new character, not two. Maya won't be in at launch.
Not true. September 23rd isn't the beginning of Season 2 its a preorder which happens to give you TJ Combo early. October 15th is when Season 2 launches with TJ and Maya.
Poker Face
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update was just posted, maya trailer before the end of the month.
http://www.ultra-combo.com/forums/index.php?topic=1896.0
http://www.ultra-combo.com/forums/index.php?topic=1896.0
.la1n
Member
Alright so pretty much confirms any information on Season 2 will be crammed into the first two weeks of October. Sounds like all we will see this month is the Maya trailer.
Don't really like that vs the way information used to be spread but I'm sure they have their reasons. I imagine the short development time mostly.
Don't really like that vs the way information used to be spread but I'm sure they have their reasons. I imagine the short development time mostly.
Delt31
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Totally disagree. Waste for endings that don't mean anything. Use the resources elsewhere
Good to hear the Maya trailer is this month. Looking forward to seeing what's original within this tease. This will probably set the trends that will appear in future trailers going forward.
I'm kinda in between here. Multiple endinds are very cool in theory, but I don't think they're worth it if they're just parts of what feel like the same basic end. 1 True end, with divergent ends depending on what you did to specific opponents would make more sense.
As far as using resources elsewhere... If it's kinda dynamic, like the removal of multi-endings getting us some more VA and maybe an in game moment, then, cool. If it's just a canned set of static scenes that put a few text lines on the VS screen, then I'd rather have the endings, personally.
I look forward to seeing if we have any more content slips via glitches or "Secret codes" like we did in S1. Getting TJ this month, and then getting a character, and hopefully their song and stage each month too, should help make the next half a year be pretty interesting from a KI ran perspective. We're going to be guaranteed to get some pretty solid, constant information.
Really hoping for things to get smoother and smoother each month. I really wonder how smooth things woulda been for DH if they were able to continue, rather than hand off the reigns to someone else that ALSO had to get used to what they were JUST getting good at.
I'm kinda in between here. Multiple endinds are very cool in theory, but I don't think they're worth it if they're just parts of what feel like the same basic end. 1 True end, with divergent ends depending on what you did to specific opponents would make more sense.
As far as using resources elsewhere... If it's kinda dynamic, like the removal of multi-endings getting us some more VA and maybe an in game moment, then, cool. If it's just a canned set of static scenes that put a few text lines on the VS screen, then I'd rather have the endings, personally.
I look forward to seeing if we have any more content slips via glitches or "Secret codes" like we did in S1. Getting TJ this month, and then getting a character, and hopefully their song and stage each month too, should help make the next half a year be pretty interesting from a KI ran perspective. We're going to be guaranteed to get some pretty solid, constant information.
Really hoping for things to get smoother and smoother each month. I really wonder how smooth things woulda been for DH if they were able to continue, rather than hand off the reigns to someone else that ALSO had to get used to what they were JUST getting good at.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Yeah. I like the multiple endings but in an either/or situation, I'll take the extra story.
I have never once touched story mode in season one. Can I get S2 endings by beating every character one time in ranked? 
I think one ending is fine if it's fleshed out.
I'm curious as to what's taking the Maya trailer so long. If she was playable for focus testing last week, you'd think she'd be in a state in which a trailer was feasible.
I'm also curious as to what we'll see between Maya's trailer and the launch of S2. Two more characters? One character with a tease for #4 at the end of that trailer?
No matter what, I'm ready to start playing KI again, and that begins with TJ in less than two weeks.
I think one ending is fine if it's fleshed out.I'm curious as to what's taking the Maya trailer so long. If she was playable for focus testing last week, you'd think she'd be in a state in which a trailer was feasible.
I'm also curious as to what we'll see between Maya's trailer and the launch of S2. Two more characters? One character with a tease for #4 at the end of that trailer?
No matter what, I'm ready to start playing KI again, and that begins with TJ in less than two weeks.
Honestly, the best way to work with Alt endings and saving resources... Just base the "Alt endings" on a single nice picture of one of the characters alternate looks /accessories. Use it as a way to earn it. These could be anything from nice single frame Screenshots (like is made for the Achievement backgrounds), to character design sketches, fanart, or whatever.
Then put all the real resources into making the 1 true ending + it's route the best it can be.
Then put all the real resources into making the 1 true ending + it's route the best it can be.
If you choose US region setting for your console, you should be able to play it, i guess.