Killer Instinct | Review Thread
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TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
So a 10 from polygon then! lol
The game looks great but without a full set of features and characters, not sure what score it should get. How do you score a game that doesn't have everything available yet? I would think you score it on whats available rather than what is coming, so if this game is getting 8s and 9s based on what it currently has, it must be one HELL of a fighter game
Score it based on 0 - 5 Funs.
My review (USGamer) covers quite a bit of detail about the game system.
As far as I can tell, I was one of the few people who played online. I had absolutely no issues playing online, so I don't know what the problem was for anyone else.
As someone who really, really dislikes online play for any fighting games other than Tekken Tag 2 and Soul Calibur 5, I can safely say KI netcode is top notch... at least under the current network conditions.
LeMaximilian
Alligator F*ck House
So good to hear.
Exactly, which is probably why the list of initial characters is small and not many game modes included....at the moment. Doing this gave them more time to polish the game and make sure the balance was right and the game was actually fun to play. If they had tried to cram in 14+ fighters and single player mode whilst flushing out the online side of things i can safety say that the product we have currently would be no where near as good and would have reviewed badly. Least this way they can add stuff over time and build upon a solid foundation!
For me such a small initial roster is a refreshing change, as usually when i see a character select screen for recent fighters i feel over whelmed least with KI we can hone our skills on probably all 8 characters easily and will give a much more balance and enjoyable online community!
BattleMonkey
Member
Decent scores for a game where the reviews all sound so negative. And for an incomplete product picture.
Ramocalypse
Member
This soundtrack is blowing my mind right now, i loved reading Micks bio -
19 years ago I played my first round of Killer Instinct in a dark, smokey pub in Capella, a small town in central Queensland, Australia. This amazing game, and the amazing music by Robin Beanland & Graham Norgate, inspired me into a career of music for video games.
Seems like this guy really poured himself into the game. Also, Spinal's theme is going to be amazing.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I think they reviewed the complete launch build of the game
I agree 100%. Starting small and adding characters over time will probably mean that I will end up maining more characters than I do in other fighters. This is a good thing imo.
Karsticles
Member
Fighting game reviews are the worst. The reviewers never know a damn thing about fighting games. IMO, watch some videos of this game in action to make your decision. You will get more out of that than anything you read in one of these reviews. Or come talk about it in the Fighting Games Weekly thread.
sixteen-bit
Member
3rd-best according to metacritic.
Didn't one review mention something about poor sound design....?
What
The
Fuck.
It's easily some of the best music I've heard for a game in a long time.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah. It's excellent stuff.
I dunno, to me it looks like a 360 game with obnoxiously loud and overcompensating particles. But now they can do those particles!
I think the graphical complaints are moreso that it doesn't look far enough above a 360 game. Like, had this been announced for xbox 360 I wouldn't think much of it other then "hey that looks pretty nice for a 360 game". Obviously though, if it were really running on xbox 360 instead you'd see tons of subtle changes that would add up to a large overall difference. Characters would have much more compressed textures, the particle effects would look almost turned off in comparison , backgrounds wouldn't look nearly as lively with fewer moving parts etc etc.
Compare Mortal Kombat on 360 to this to get a clearer picture of what the differences really are. As with most improvements of this sort, playing KI for a few hours then popping MK back in will make the improvements more obvious.
Loving that sound cloud link.
Look at it in person. This game looks nothing like a 360 game. From the launch games I've seen, the only game that looks better graphically is Forza.
Twin Tails
Member
Nice, Giant Bomb quick look tomorrow morning. (Jeff said he likes the game)
It appears none of the reviews critize the actual core of the game. Only the small roster and the unpolished 1st player and multiplayer modes.
The moment you hear "Round 1", it is bliss until you need to see a menu again and realize you can't have a spectator lobby and whatnot. The training mode is also divine. The netcode was also praised. Good signs that the FG fans were the #1 priority.
That said, the game *was* rushed to meet launch and it is paying a heavy price for it in the reviews.
I think there is too much missing content for a patch. It'll be at least a year before KI...err...achieves its final super sayajin form.
DH acknowleges all that with the low, low, really low price. This game is an excellent value.
The moment you hear "Round 1", it is bliss until you need to see a menu again and realize you can't have a spectator lobby and whatnot. The training mode is also divine. The netcode was also praised. Good signs that the FG fans were the #1 priority.
That said, the game *was* rushed to meet launch and it is paying a heavy price for it in the reviews.
I think there is too much missing content for a patch. It'll be at least a year before KI...err...achieves its final super sayajin form.
DH acknowleges all that with the low, low, really low price. This game is an excellent value.
I think it looks great for what it is, but the resolution greatly hurts it. 720p really bothers me now. Even 900p I think would have made a big difference.
"Though it lacks an arcade mode or a full-sized character roster, Killer Instinct delivers where it counts."
"Once the rest of the add-ons are actually finished, this could even be one of the best titles in fighting games."
"It's just a shame that Killer Instinct feels incomplete, even if it's by design. "
Kinda wrong to give such a high note for a game without story mode and part of the chars, as good as the gameplay looks
Anticitizen One
Banned
but thats the launch build of the game. What more do you want them to do?
Well a lot more could have been given to players from the start, that would be if development started early or if the finished game was supposed to be rushed. Having a full fledged KI at launch would have been amazing. What we have is great though and I will be buying day one. However, I can't help but think that given the proper development time we could have had a full fledged fighting game that would be a killer app for the Xbox One right at launch.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Cool, I'll check it out, thanks.
too much eslim
Member
Only good thing about MK9 and Injustice.
Cyber Caesar
Member
People play fighters for reason other than pure competition. OMG!
Anticitizen One
Banned
oh I agree with you but I meant what more did he want the Reviewer to do. He/she obviously was only able to review the product available and isn't capable of going to the future and playing stuff that will be out 3-6 months from now.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Ironically fighting games tend to have better storylines than most "cinematic" games. At least games like MK KI have storylines that make sense and there is a coherent lore.
Hop in buddy!! We need more people aboard
From the man himself:
Wow. It's a shame MS didn't get started on this game earlier, because it's only the lack of features hurting the scores.[/QUOTE]
**crosses fingers
You should get those eyes checked buddy.
Yeah no. See MAHVEL, SF3rd, SSF2T. Those games had the worst or no story at all and are the most played and with the largest community
EXACTLY. To me FG's are about kicking someone else ass.
well sound design isn't just about composed music. it takes a lot more things into consideration like sound effects and how everything balances out.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Haven't seen Ryse, I assume?
This game is causing me troubles.
I really dont care for the Xbox one, but I loved KI 1 and 2 on the arcade and console ......... but its double helix......... I dont know, I dont know...... and I live in Japan so who knows if ever I'll see the xbox one here......... and If I get it the lag will be terrible because maybe 3 people here would be buying it and most of the matches will be online to the US.
I dont know....
I really dont care for the Xbox one, but I loved KI 1 and 2 on the arcade and console ......... but its double helix......... I dont know, I dont know...... and I live in Japan so who knows if ever I'll see the xbox one here......... and If I get it the lag will be terrible because maybe 3 people here would be buying it and most of the matches will be online to the US.
I dont know....
Anticitizen One
Banned
well in the 90s he was like a Monk/Ninja hybrid.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Agreed. I played it at PAX, game is awesome looking.
I've watched countless streams of the game being played and one thing that always stood out was how great the game sounded. It's not just about the music but how great the hits sound, how hype the announcer is and the most impressive thing - how the ultra combo's change the music.
I have a hard time believing anybody with any kind of KI experience or any kind of knowledge of Killer Cuts could not praise just how fantastic Mick Gordon's work is. I can understand the complaints about the lack of content, the small roster and even no story mode but the sound? opinions really can be very wrong.
So you're saying there won't be online at launch?
Anticitizen One
Banned
Do I look stupid to you? Of course I'm not saying that
I wonder the same thing.
These reviews give 0 online impressions.
None.
Netcode is probably the most important thing to know about a fighting game before launch.