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Killer Instinct |OT| New Look! New Moves! Same Killer Grooves!
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.la1n
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What did I just wake up to 
Maya translated well from concept to in game, still some of the best female models I have seen in a fighting game. Mummy looks great and will fit into the cast nicely, can't wait to see it in action.
Haven't had a chance to go too much further into it because I have to get to work but first impression is good. Nice job IG.
Maya translated well from concept to in game, still some of the best female models I have seen in a fighting game. Mummy looks great and will fit into the cast nicely, can't wait to see it in action.
Haven't had a chance to go too much further into it because I have to get to work but first impression is good. Nice job IG.
Poker Face
Member
MAYA! FINALLY!
She looks great, IG seems to have done a great job with her. The mummy looks neat too, but Maya looks so good lol.
Not a fan of the UI changes though. They font choice is strange and overall look seems pretty amateur. Really hope that's still a work in progress...
She looks great, IG seems to have done a great job with her. The mummy looks neat too, but Maya looks so good lol.
Not a fan of the UI changes though. They font choice is strange and overall look seems pretty amateur. Really hope that's still a work in progress...
bumpkin
Member
Same. A shame they probably won't give us a toggle for it....i like the old UI though, reminded me of the KI a bit
And is it just me or are the new Fight Title notification banners more intrusive than they used to be? Seems like the box is bigger than it needs to be; lots of empty space for something that is distracting in the first place.
Maya looks great in game, playstyle looks just as fun as I imagined..can't wait to see her real Ultra! Mummy character looks cool and creepy, fits KI well.
The new UI..I was expecting a bit more TBH..it's kind of underwhelming but I'm gonna assume it's a work in progress. I was hoping they were gonna change the in-game HUD too, particularly the SFIV style combo designation/Combo Breaker font, it stands out pretty starkly now with the rest of the games art direction. Eh.
The new UI..I was expecting a bit more TBH..it's kind of underwhelming but I'm gonna assume it's a work in progress. I was hoping they were gonna change the in-game HUD too, particularly the SFIV style combo designation/Combo Breaker font, it stands out pretty starkly now with the rest of the games art direction. Eh.
.la1n
Member
Yeah not feeling the new UI, if character models and colors load faster though that's a win. It's good to have all characters selectable on screen at once but the distinction between season 1 and season 2 cast is an odd decision. It gives a disjointed aesthetic instead of feeling like a cohesive continuing game. It would be like if Ultra Street Fight had different sections for vanilla, super, and AE.
.la1n
Member
Resolution won't be altered, it's more effort than it's worth. Character loading could and should be fixed though.
Mind you that's just guessing, but they are loading in the characters at the selection screen, which shortens the whole loading time before the fight. But I would not be mad if they replaced those with static images, or maybe movies of some kind that do not need a large amount of memory and can be displayed quickly.
I am expecting the big characters to pop up as soon as I select them via their small profile picture, but that's not happening and it looks faulty.
On resolution - I know it's not needed, but it would be nice
bumpkin
Member
Agreed. The issue I had with the S1 character select screen wasn't the appearance but the delay in the characters appearing if you were window shopping. I hope it's fixed in S2.
Couple things from Mick on twitter this morning:
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/512614319855374336
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/512580645311111168
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/512614319855374336
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/512580645311111168
SEGAvangelist
Member
The new menu looks terrible. The font doesn't match with the UI in the actual gameplay at all. It's so... generic. Very upset with this.
Poker Face
Member
Yea, I never thought the original UI was that great, but it wasn't terrible either. The new UI looks like a giant mess, that was thrown together so they had "something." I'm not sure if there's a point in me going on about it because I doubt it will get changed.
I mean look at this:
Just looks like a garbled mess.
Poker Face
Member
I do too, I just think it's a messy presentation wise.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by Bungie's great UI all these years
Troubled Bat
Member
Hmm. The new UI isn't bad, but I am disappointed by it. Especially coming from IG, I have high expectations from them. Especially when I see things like DS: R.
mdsfx
Member
I did not like the original UI, so I will happily take this just for a change, but I agree it looks a little... generic?
For some reason I was expecting to be absolutely blown away by the awesomeness of the new UI. Hell there were mockups at the old DH forums for a new UI, metal KI style combo fonts and VS screen that are light years better looking than what IG just showed here. But in the end with such a small team Id rather IG put most of their effort into the characters and stages. I feel like KI could really benefit from Rare or some extra MS studio to help assist with the more superficial stuff like this.
Who knows, maybe the UI is just nowhere near finished...
Who knows, maybe the UI is just nowhere near finished...
mdsfx
Member
Good point about allocating resources to priorities. I'm sure as hell not buying season two just to noodle around in the menus...
.la1n
Member
Just be happy that for once we have little to bitch about for a revealed characters design
mdsfx
Member
lol
Actually, after having watched the video, i kind of like the basic, clean UI. I know it doesn't look super refined and could use a bit more detail, but i think it works.
It looks like he also intended to say there will never be a mummy in KI.
Poker Face
Member
It's not just that it's the whole UI lol
mdsfx
Member
Yeah I don't see anything in the background that reminds me of a tomb. I see a bunch of astronomy references, but astronomy+zombie=???
Now I'm very curious...
The new "mummy" character looks good. Maya looks interesting, although I would need to play her before I can say for sure. Right now I'm still favoring Combo for my character of choice, but I'm hoping Maya will work for me.
I can see the issues they were having with Maya's hair. It still looks a bit off, but that's a minor complaint.
Not a fan of the new UI at all. I understand having to change the character select so it's easier to move through 17 characters, but I'm not a fan of the new layout. I also don't like the new font as I feel both the select screen and font take away from the classic KI vibe season one had. Although I will say it reminds me of KI2 so that may be what they're going for.
The post-fight screen feels cluttered and reminds me too much of Street Fighter. IG is definitely catering the game more toward SF fans than classic KI fans at this point. Not sure if that's good or bad. As I'm not a big SF fan it doesn't immediately appeal to me, but it may get more people into the game, which is a very good thing.
IG stated at Evo that her weapon would power up over time as you hit the opponent with it. At maximum power you get unblockable projectiles.
I can see the issues they were having with Maya's hair. It still looks a bit off, but that's a minor complaint.
Not a fan of the new UI at all. I understand having to change the character select so it's easier to move through 17 characters, but I'm not a fan of the new layout. I also don't like the new font as I feel both the select screen and font take away from the classic KI vibe season one had. Although I will say it reminds me of KI2 so that may be what they're going for.
The post-fight screen feels cluttered and reminds me too much of Street Fighter. IG is definitely catering the game more toward SF fans than classic KI fans at this point. Not sure if that's good or bad. As I'm not a big SF fan it doesn't immediately appeal to me, but it may get more people into the game, which is a very good thing.
IG stated at Evo that her weapon would power up over time as you hit the opponent with it. At maximum power you get unblockable projectiles.
Maybe the mummy is only a pet...
Or they are just quibbling.
I was reading on SRK and people are saying its Eagle?
Maybe the jewels aren't Egyptian, but Mayan? Perhaps this is one of the "monsters" Maya hunts? Maybe even the 3,500 year old Adam Isgreen teased? Some kind of Mayan shaman/witch/priest using witchcraft?
Textual Stream from 9/5, Adam Isgreen teased:
It's not Eagle. That's just people speculating, badly.
Ahhh okay, thank you.
If we assume this is the 3,500 year old character, that would automatically mean it can't be Eagle.
Were not getting all of the remaining veterans in season 2. You'll most likely be getting either Kim or Tusk plus two more new characters.
Apprently not even Keits knows lmao
I think they're going to leave out Riptor as well. I'm thinking we'll get Tusk or Kim Wu as the final returning character.
This definitely looks better than before:
I actually do like the new look they've given to S2. But the scrolling character select screen is a KI thing. Sad to see it go. Also I don't see Shadow Jago there anymore.
I wonder if theyre going to turn cinder into a ranged fighter of some sort.
I've always thought of him as a pretty hard rushdown character, but I always seem have a different picture in my head of what a character should play like compared to what we actually get. (When thinking about archtypes and what fulgore could be, back before he came out, I totally pictured him as a rekka character based around his cyber dash. Still think that would have been cool.)
That is literally the only thing I dislike about the new ui stuff. But it's just one thing on one screen and I can live with it if it doesn't change.
I've always thought of him as a pretty hard rushdown character, but I always seem have a different picture in my head of what a character should play like compared to what we actually get. (When thinking about archtypes and what fulgore could be, back before he came out, I totally pictured him as a rekka character based around his cyber dash. Still think that would have been cool.)
That is literally the only thing I dislike about the new ui stuff. But it's just one thing on one screen and I can live with it if it doesn't change.
This definitely looks better than before:
But where's shago?
.la1n
Member
That's unfortunate I was pretty excited about a Mummy character making it in.