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Killer Instinct Season 2 |OT| It's international RIPTOOOOORRRRRR day.
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She really has two linkers that look the same backwards and forwards...and obviously the daggers can be a linker that can only be followed by a flip kick linker, ender or a manual...Her timing is just inconsistent which is what I don't like...
Troubled Bat
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I don't know how I feel about it, till I see it on TJ.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Yeah, I'm aware of Combo's instinct ability. But like BananasWithGuns said, I was surprised that Combo was able to recover during an Ultra. Not sure if that's a bug or intended to be like that. I thought that if an Ultra was ever performed, that the match is essentially over.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Sorry for the double post but yeah, looks like Combo building instinct during an ultra is a bug.
Get rid of the cod piece, everything else about it is perfect.
Delt31
Member
cod piece? what is that? cod stands for?
Diablohead
Member
cod piece means like the underwear thing over his pants.
.la1n
Member
Training mode. Despite what others may say a joystick and a dpad have no advantages over each other, it's what you prefer and feel comfortable using.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Dojo can help but honestly, after the first few lessons I just ended up frustrated. I suck at fighting games though so, that probably has a lot to do with it.
I just spent a lot of time in practice mode learning how to put together combos. Then when I felt like I could actually pull off basic combos I just did versus matches against noob level opponents. Helped me to gain a better understanding of the core elements of the game. I'm not godlike by any means but I can definitely hold my own now and for someone that generally sucks at fighting games that's saying a lot.
Also I prefer using the joystiq. Just feels more comfortable.
I find myself jumping between the two mid match. I know I need to stick with one. I will try sticking with the joystick. I made it to about practice #13 and then it got frustrating. I am not a big fighting guy, but this game is fun and I want to give it more time. Thanks for the tips.
MarshMellow96
Member
I bought the Combo Breaker Pack and wanted to upgrade it at a later date. Is it possible to buy the accessory packs for season without spending £31 yet? That would be more impressive to me than more moves and stuff..
Yeah need to see it in-game, but definitely has potential to be amazing.
I SO hope that BLADE concept art is in the game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYXOdEjfvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYXOdEjfvI
Diablohead
Member
Ranked and exhibition are failing to find a match for me tonight, no idea why it's taking minutes to find... nothing.
Same here.
TheUnsunghero26
Member
Did they remove the ability to rewatch arcade endings? I can't seem to find it.
GotchaForce
Member
Outfits-wise there's nothing new to unlock other than Combo/Maya's colors and first set of accessories, right?
Yeah, the lack of as many doubles to use makes her easier to read, but the linkers aren't horrible for me. It's like she has the most open "manual" potential in the game due to the mid-combo dagger use, which I kinda like. The fact I couldn't use Leap Kick as a linker from an opening normal took some time to get used to, however.
Or use instinct. Or take advantage of that Super-Jump top cross distances after knockdown.
I kind of like the way she's at odds with herself. She has great movement options, but you only really want to use her daggers when you're guaranteed to get a bounce from a block-string. They're not suppose to be used as traditional fireball pressure tools unless you're in instinct. They're more of a stat buff to standard play.
She's totally missing a reverse fireball+punch move. You think they could add something there, to give her linkers a bit more variety? A special move version of "Savage Strike" (Back+HP Command normal) that can be done without daggers, perhaps? Maybe a Dagger Callback ability that at least pulls them both back onto screen, or a way to change the timing on the dagger linker so as not to make it as easily breakable?
I also really like her pounce. Ridiculously low minimum height requirement, and helps make up for lack of damaging combos with a pretty easy to land "command throw" style move. If there was a way to use shadow or dagger charges to turn it into an opener...
I also like the fact you can throw the projectile out of a whiffed "Leap Kick" (what a boring name), allowing you to use a whiffed version of the move as a fakeout advancement tool. Feels a lot like K' Crow Bites > Secondary Bites shenanigans, which I can always appreciate.
Seems so..guess that's yet another feature they arbitrarily removed...unless it's buried in some menu I couldn't find...
Oh, and why shove the trials list off in its own dead-end menu?
They seem to be redoing story stuff, so they will probably be back at the end of the season when they implement everything again.
Diablohead
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I'll take improved arcade mode if it means waiting half a year, nice.
Delt31
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Anyone feel like Maya's damage is too low? Needs to be bumped just a bit? I literally can get the crap beat out of me and then 1 or 2 combos later, I'm back in the match against her. I feel like as a maya player you REALLY need to be good b/c her damage is just lower than others. Seems like they work harder than I am!
She has a 30% dmg combo that is unbreakable doe
Shadowman16
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Is the arcade port of KI2 decent? I'm deciding between the £15 season pass that gives me all the characters or the more expensive Ultra edition that also includes KI2 arcade. I've never had the change to play the second game before so I'm kind of on the fence whether to grab it or not...
They force her to make use of her daggers to level up her damage ender. The other option is to land that tricky command throw pounce to do some uncontested throw damage, similar to Thunder. And she can combo into it, which is pretty sweet. Even though it's a bit tricky.
Putting all that together, I think her damage ends up as solid. She has to put in work to REALLY hurt, but this is just the tradeoff for having things like heatseeking unblockable Super-powered projectiles at her disposal...
I used to love KI2, and the port feels like a perfect return to those days. It has little bonuses like a force-into-game training mode, sprite viewer, it's own achievements, and Online play, so I'd easily say it's worth the curiousity.
It wasn't as liked as much as old KI when it first came out, but it feels much more modern and with-the-times to me, after all these years. There's a good amount of fun there if you're willing to learn and deal with it's peculiarities.
Here's my day two breakdown of Maya...
http://www.primagames.com/games/killer-instinct/tips/killer-instinct-maya-breakdown
And what to expect from S2 (pretty straightforward)...
http://www.primagames.com/games/killer-instinct/feature/whats-new-killer-instinct-season-two
The linkers are the same, meaning they're just as easy to break. They aren't fast enough to make it difficult to determine if it's a light, medium or heavy. Outside of Sabrewulf's Ragged Edge linkers, I'd say they're close to being the easiest to break in the game.
And while manuals are easy after the daggers, you simply cannot use daggers as linkers unless you're fishing for counter breaker bait. You have more time to break dagger linkers than you do for heavy auto-doubles.
Maya has tons of damage with minimal break opportunities, but I think all of this is going to get patched out. Those daggers are supposed to be breakable, I'm 99% sure of that.
Maya Ridiculousness: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=cd737d66d6303bd2&id=CD737D66D6303BD2!204&v=3
Maya Riduculousness Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8Y8d9FRB4&feature=youtu.be
http://www.primagames.com/games/killer-instinct/tips/killer-instinct-maya-breakdown
And what to expect from S2 (pretty straightforward)...
http://www.primagames.com/games/killer-instinct/feature/whats-new-killer-instinct-season-two
The linkers are the same, meaning they're just as easy to break. They aren't fast enough to make it difficult to determine if it's a light, medium or heavy. Outside of Sabrewulf's Ragged Edge linkers, I'd say they're close to being the easiest to break in the game.
And while manuals are easy after the daggers, you simply cannot use daggers as linkers unless you're fishing for counter breaker bait. You have more time to break dagger linkers than you do for heavy auto-doubles.
Maya has tons of damage with minimal break opportunities, but I think all of this is going to get patched out. Those daggers are supposed to be breakable, I'm 99% sure of that.
Maya Ridiculousness: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=cd737d66d6303bd2&id=CD737D66D6303BD2!204&v=3
Maya Riduculousness Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8Y8d9FRB4&feature=youtu.be
BananasWithGuns
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I really like the streamlined unlocks. Just having EXP and per-character unlocks automatically added (and one list you can pull up to see what the next item per character is) has been way smoother for me. In a way, I'm almost glad I hadn't unlocked a whole lot in season one using the KP store.
Already know what he is. Ancient Babylonian Sorcerer.
love it. can't wait to see more on these new characters
With great zoning tools, according to IG.
I'm thinking you have to earn your juice for spells, drawing blood/building meter with your dagger up close before you can power a strong zoning game.
Troubled Bat
Member
Can't wait to see the full design of the character, along with what he has to offer in his gameplay.
.la1n
Member
Looking forward to the new ranking system and the best out of three implementation. I think once they have time to get everything in place it's going to be a lot of fun going through the new ranks again.
New character art already looks great, really loving what IG has done so far. I have faith that Cinder is going to turn out looking amazing. I know Adam keeps up with these threads so if you see this Adam: your words and the teams words going out to Terrance Moore have been so nice to see. The team's connection with the community has been hands down the best I have witnessed in all my years of gaming.
New character art already looks great, really loving what IG has done so far. I have faith that Cinder is going to turn out looking amazing. I know Adam keeps up with these threads so if you see this Adam: your words and the teams words going out to Terrance Moore have been so nice to see. The team's connection with the community has been hands down the best I have witnessed in all my years of gaming.
Poker Face
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Stylish Achievements are still glitched for me.
Fulgore still isn't unlocked, and Maya+TJs won't unlock either. ughhh
Fulgore still isn't unlocked, and Maya+TJs won't unlock either. ughhh
Was wonder about this as well. Couldn't you press a on a trial and be taken directly to an area to try it out? (eg. dogo trials took you to the dojo mission)
For the last year orso I've been wanting to get into KI. I've tried the game a couple of times, for some reason every time I did the free character was Jango(?), and I give up fairly quickly because I don't like his playstyle.
Giant bomb recently did a KI S2 quick look where David Lang said that Sabrewulf is a good starting character. How correct is this? If I were to get the first season would I still be able to play online or will I just get massacred?
Giant bomb recently did a KI S2 quick look where David Lang said that Sabrewulf is a good starting character. How correct is this? If I were to get the first season would I still be able to play online or will I just get massacred?