They said they like them/are happy with it, so dont expect them to.
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Killer Instinct Season 2 |OT| It's international RIPTOOOOORRRRRR day.
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They said they like them/are happy with it, so dont expect them to.
A.D. Skinner
Member
Nooooooooo. I mean, they generally fit but the rank up and doen texts do not.
Boo IG, boo.
Hate the new layout, stuff is really hard to find.
How do I find stuff/accessories/colours I've yet to unlock?
There seem to be less fight titles to aim for (after being reset no less) and the overall asthetic is giving me a headache.
Good thing the characters are badass though.
How do I find stuff/accessories/colours I've yet to unlock?
There seem to be less fight titles to aim for (after being reset no less) and the overall asthetic is giving me a headache.
Good thing the characters are badass though.
They should all show up from under the "Store" mode, but they don't show up under your collections. My one minor complaint as well though.
Poker Face
Member
I might do a huge post with my thoughts on the UI.
On a more positive note, Maya is AWESOME
On a more positive note, Maya is AWESOME
Yeah, I remember that thing. But with the writing on the wall for MONTHS now, and the dev switch, I don't know who should have expected a more Jam-packed S2 at this date. I would have expected to follow the S1 model if DH was still working on it (4 to start, a few months break, more characters in the new year), since they would have become more efficient, but otherwise?
And I still don't know why anyone expects IG to be able to pick up on an engine immediately and make instant beauty. Keits is great, working on Capcom ports rocks, but they have so little pure game full dev-work under their belt...
I like the fact it takes a button combo, and that it's just the alt-button version of the ultra. Nice and organized. Not the vastly over-complex junk style commands that MK used for these things, and not as screen-region specific as the kills in Eternal Champions....
I Wanna like how cheezy it is, to a degree (Campy and KI go hand in hand), but yeah... they just haven't hit it the right way yet. The current style just feels like it's all they could do given the time, and I actually don't mind them keeping that for this stage (with some improvements), I just hope they don't think this is strong enough to be the definite style that all Stage Ultras go by. A good "pit" should be fairly easy to get right, I hope. And we all wanna see Sadira's spider wrap someone up, and then suck them dry.
I guess a lot of it is a matter of perspective. My big concern once knowing about S2 and early access was... when do I get to try Maya? My main gameplay concerns balance around the new breaker rules, and if the IG characters will fit with the DH characters well. Overall, this is exactly what I've waited for since Sept's release, and the character designs shown in the launch trailer actually are more interesting than I'd have anticipated, really. (Wasn't expecting a Golem, for sure, and that long-staff wielder looks pretty interesting.)
The games gonna be in "flux" for a few months coming, but I actually really look forward to that. It's like the hype of reveals for Smash, except I get to play the reveal in 2 weeks or so of their announcement.
[quote[Yeah, I know what you're saying here as well. Again, I agree with you. I'd love to be playing it! The thing is though, I'd want them to release it once their presentation is complete.[/quote]
I'd be perfectly fine with "Now making!" signs popping up when you hit unfinished content, if the tradeoff is that the community gets to dissect the real meat earlier. There's stuff in many fighters that I can't believe manage to stay in after multiple iterations, and I hope getting KI into community hands can minimalize our chances of having to stick with poor design decisions for 2 or 3 revisions worth of releases.
I just don't feel like KI promised much more than what we have at this time. For me, I'm mostly glad they haven't started compromising in order to meet unchecked fan demands. I'm sure they could have cut the stage-per-character requirement, or skimped out on the costumes/accessories, or held off on a KI2 port, in order to have a character or 2 more ready before launch. But we're still getting all the accessories, Stages, and retro-ports that DH set as a standard, and I'm quite happy about that.
I'm just smiling at 6 months of updates on a current gen fighter, lol. 2 characters, 2 stages, with more to look forward to. I doubt I'll get into Guilty Gear Xrd on PS3 as much as I would if I had a PS4 (ASW fighters just never hold me for as long as I'd wish they would), and nothing else is announced for XB1 (well, rise of Aether and Legend of Raven, but they're either a long ways off, or poorly updated), so this is pretty much it. I'm thankful it's going to go on for so long, and I just hope they do a better and better job at it as time goes on, much like how DH clearly improved with their final characters for KI.
They easily exceeded my initial expectations when they announced the S1 characters rebalance. That's something I didn't think they'd tackle before all the new season characters were fully released.
I guess it's just a good time to act as an informed shopper. I can understand how piecemeal would feel bad to some, but I can also understand how paying the same $20/$40 and getting to start playing a game as soon as stuff is ready can feel pretty special. Thankfully, both options are available to us, and I hope those who feel better waiting will choose to wait.
If everything polishes up well by April or so, getting to see the early times where animations were imperfect and characters were missing won't make me lose any love for the final product. I'll even appreciate it more, personally, because I got to see how far things have come.
Let's just hope they really go far with some of these things!
PICS!
Hibiki Rush
Neo Member
Can anyone clear this up for me, I bought the KI Season 1 Ultra Combo Breaker or whatever it was pack for $40. Do I need to buy the Season 2 pack for $40 also for all the content?
So it's an $80 game essentially?
So it's an $80 game essentially?
Nabs
Member
Awesome and the increase in res makes a big difference. Game is very pretty now.
GuitarAtomik
Member
It's exactly the same model as the first season. It's $80 if you want absolutely EVERYTHING (including two extra games).
Only if you want KI2 HD and access to all costumes and accessories at one price ( 39,99 ) 20 bucks you get the game and all 8 characters. Accessories and skins are extra.
Which characters were fighting, which one did the ultra, and where were you on the stage when you saw this performance dip? I just tested it out with jago and orchid on the left side of the stage and saw no performance issues.
Edit: I also just tested it out with glacius, thinking the particle effects for his shatter might cause the performance to dip more noticeably than other characters, and still saw nothing.
It would be $40 total if you bought both seasons. If you're buying the Ultra editions with the extras and the old arcade games, then it would be $80.
KyotoMecca
Member
I'm in the UK with the fastest consumer internet you can get -- KI S2 downloaded in a matter of minutes. However, after 2hrs of trying to get any ranked or exhibition matches, not a single match.
Fucking ridiculous. Anyone else outside US experiencing this? Anyone in UK not having issues?
Fucking ridiculous. Anyone else outside US experiencing this? Anyone in UK not having issues?
What about Shadow Jago from S1? Wasn't that some sort of special pre-order bonus?
It was sabre/glac with the latter's ice rain super (I don't know the name) or when the former would activate his instinct. Both during an ultra combo. I played a bit more and Orchid's instinct can hit the framerate, as well.
Winterfang
Banned
Is the frame rate still good? anything sacrificed for the higher res, like particles and stuff?
abstract alien
Member
Don't ever listen to Type-3 while working out. Humans weren't made for this shit. My heart almost gave out.
Poker Face
Member
So how do I see if I'm ranking up or down in ranked matches?
I went back, checked, and I never saw any framerate drops when doing glacius's shadow hail, ultra, or instinct activation. Similarly, I saw no framerate drops with Sabrewulf during shadow moves or instinct activations. The only time I saw any framerate drop was not during Sabrewulf's ultra, but the sequence shown after where he claws at the ground and roars/howls. Also, the audio became unsynced at that point, so there is definitely some sort of problem. Seeing as that does not seem to be an especially intensive part, I am assuming it is a bug and it should be reported to Iron Galaxy.
.la1n
Member
Top left corner at the end of the match will show progress, on your profile icon.
Was smooth as butter for me. But I only played for an hour.
Black Republican
Member
Combo is pretty dope, loving the theme too
I am in the UK (London), no problems so far with ranked matches. Had one laggy match though, I'm guessing the other player was quite far away or on 56K modem.
It's certainly happening to me so I hope that it's something they look into.
KyotoMecca
Member
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Just as awesome as ever
Did you manually update it (delete/reinstall)? Or did you wait for the patch to roll out?
AFAIK, it was bad yesterday because the patch wasn't rolled out and the only people playing were the guys that re-installed.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Loving Maya so so much. She may end up surpassing Sadira as my main. Thank you IG for the resolution bump as well. I don't know about you guys but I really dig the UI change too.
Troubled Bat
Member
That TJ alt is too damn awesome. Haha. I can't wait to see the rest of the accessories!
BumblebeeCody
Member
After playing for a few hours, yeah I can't stand Maya. She feels far more unfinished that I thought. Those animations just make her hard to read. Also I just lost ranked match because the camera glitched out.
Anyone up for some games? Am on all night GT is my Gaf ID.
Anyone up for some games? Am on all night GT is my Gaf ID.
KyotoMecca
Member
Thanks
will try again later I guess!
It's working now, hurrah!
GuitarAtomik
Member
A.D. Skinner
Member
The grid perfectly fits 9 and 9 if you see the character select screen when you have shadow jago. So I say season 2 has 9 and maybe they'll do something with shadow jago.
I started playing Maya as well but it is really hurting my online rank now. I think both new characters are really well done.
Loving the higher resolution and the new menus.
Maya's animations during the stage ultra are weird, hopefully they change that.
Also that grid style reminds me of Civilization Beyond Earth, another game I have been eagerly waiting to play.
Loving the higher resolution and the new menus.
Maya's animations during the stage ultra are weird, hopefully they change that.
Also that grid style reminds me of Civilization Beyond Earth, another game I have been eagerly waiting to play.
scytherage
Member
Finally! Better fonts!!!
Seriously I love how this adds value to my purchase of Season 1. So happy that Microsoft is spending money to move this fighting game franchise forward.
They should do all fighting games like this from this point onwards, so we don't have to keep buying a new game every other year. The "season" concept is just brilliant.
Seriously I love how this adds value to my purchase of Season 1. So happy that Microsoft is spending money to move this fighting game franchise forward.
They should do all fighting games like this from this point onwards, so we don't have to keep buying a new game every other year. The "season" concept is just brilliant.
It's crazy to think so many people were against this idea at first. I agree with you completely.
It's nice to have the option to go out and pick up a copy of a new version of a fighting game, but eventually I hope all fighting games follow KI's example.
Troubled Bat
Member
I can't wait to see the classic outfits! I wonder when those will be shown? :0
I wonder when those will be shown? :0BumblebeeCody
Member
I hope that never happens. Every time we get something good, the gaming industry ruins. Even now. KI has gone from a game with a decent model to a game that's expensive to to play and has Microtransactions. Optional or not, they exploit the buying habits that people have. I just wanna pay £40 and be done with. Simple.
Or at least go back to way KI used to be.
How can it have gone from a game with a decent model (8 characters and their stages for $20 or that plus an older game and extra outfits for $40 and the ability to buy characters and accessories separately) to a game that is expensive to play if season 2 has the exact same pricing model as the first one? And microtransactions are entirely optional, there is nothing that requires microtransactions to get and in fact some things have been hinted to be only obtainable by playing the game.
I'm still hoping for KI2 costumes.=OI can't wait to see the classic outfits!