BananasWithGuns
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Yeah you can use your Hotmail/Microsoft Account but as DopeyFish said once you login it'll prompt you to make an Xbox Account, Gamertag and what not.
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Killer Instinct Season 2 |OT| It's international RIPTOOOOORRRRRR day.
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Yeah you can use your Hotmail/Microsoft Account but as DopeyFish said once you login it'll prompt you to make an Xbox Account, Gamertag and what not.
ElodieTicotoune
Banned
Ohh ok gotcha, so Xbox.com i assume?
Keits mentioned that head tracking breaks a lot of character models, so he doubts it will come back.
.la1n
Member
I'd imagine since it was dropped early in development it would be tough to implement at this point without a lot of time spent reworking models. If that's the case then yeah I'd rather they not waste resources on it. Still bugs the hell out of me
Day 1 live card? I just saw some of these at my local walmart. I might have to go grab some.
$79.99? Ridiculous. Who thought of that price before?
$49.99 sounds about right. That $53.99 discount should be permanent to avoid being a joke.
Riptor's moves looks good - head ram, claws, air roll (they got it in)..... Head a tad too big. 10% less big would look better proportion wise to me (maybe just slimmer perhaps?) - just a bit off.
$80 is the regular price of both season 1 and season 2 ultra edition (classic costumes, KI 1+2 arcade)
for all characters without the extra fluff, regular price for both combined is $40
Yeah I clicked and read. Still off to me value wise at $80 - everything included but that's me. I know people will buy it at $80.
Anyone know how long this deal will last?
StriKeVillain
Banned
Is there a link to this? I'm interested in picking this up.
Just search in store for KI complete for the $80 versions or the combo breaker packs ($20 each)
One week:
http://majornelson.com/2014/12/15/countdown-2015-deals-start-tuesday/
You could still purchase it without a system.
A couple caps from the stream:
It's like 720p all over again. Why oh why did they do this?
You know if other people can gift it to me and I can get like a verification it was gifted to me? I won't have my X1 until later this week and no spare change to buy this atm, all I got is a Shadow Jago code to trade(Worth about $50) and will put it up in the trade section if someone can gift it to me.
ElodieTicotoune
Banned
Yey I just bought it the complete thing, first xbox ever can't open until xmas tho but man, My xbox one came with assasins creed unity and black flag, plus got a free copy of minecraft, and guardians of the galaxy wich i havnt watched yet, and this complet pack of KI, can't wait to try this game out!
the complete thing, first xbox ever can't open until xmas tho but man, My xbox one came with assasins creed unity and black flag, plus got a free copy of minecraft, and guardians of the galaxy wich i havnt watched yet, and this complet pack of KI, can't wait to try this game out!One week:
http://majornelson.com/2014/12/15/countdown-2015-deals-start-tuesday/
You could still purchase it without a system.
A couple caps from the stream:
It's like 720p all over again. Why oh why did they do this?
When you use screens, a medium that captures a single moment in time, to look at something that is used to convey motion, which happens over a duration of time, of course it will look bad. Even so I think that looks good because everything looks kinetic. But to each their own.
from a stream nonetheless
Yey I just bought it
Hope you enjoy it
The difference between characters and the backgrounds is obvious even on a stream. They look blurry as heck when they're moving around and attacking, which is most of the time.
Poker Face
Member
what time did kan-ra come out? I have to leave for a flight at 12:30EST on Wednesday but I want to play Riptor and get my christmas accessories
what time did kan-ra come out? I have to leave for a flight at 12:30EST on Wednesday but I want to play Riptor and get my christmas accessories
They have a tendency to come out the night before.
what time did kan-ra come out? I have to leave for a flight at 12:30EST on Wednesday but I want to play Riptor and get my christmas accessories
he was available at like 6AM-7AM EST on release day
but we may be able to get him tomorrow night... we'll see
Disagree with all of the above. More animation frames makes animation look more fluid, not a smudge filter. The part about depth doesn't really even make sense to me. Nor does the next-gen thing.
Also, this effect is present for multiple frames, and for a fighting game individual frames are important. Also, the stream is/was high quality enough to notice the difference when this effect was happening. It's bad to do this for characters in a fighting game, IMHO.
I hate it and hope they make it an option.
Gambit 1138
Banned
One week:
http://majornelson.com/2014/12/15/countdown-2015-deals-start-tuesday/
You could still purchase it without a system.
A couple caps from the stream:
It's like 720p all over again. Why oh why did they do this?
Those pics make KI look like a cartoony SF IV clone
I don't really know what you are expecting to accomplish with your comments. You are basically saying it is ugly and whenever anyone tries to say that they like it or that it adds to the look of the game you just say they are wrong. If you don't like it ok, but stop posting about it already or make a new thread on the ki forums saying you think it should be an option.
Bardiche
Member
It's nice to see the Complete Collection edition on sale for those who just recently got an Xbox One or for those who didn't jump into this game.
Same here. I got Season 1 Ultra during the BF sale and I'm hoping that Season 2 Ultra will be on sale as well. If the Complete Collection is on sale then hopefully Season 2 Ultra will follow suit.
In regards towards Riptor, her moves look really good. I'm glad to see her back but her stage leaves a lot to be desired IMO. I guess I wanted blood on the floor like her altar stage in KI.
Same here. I got Season 1 Ultra during the BF sale and I'm hoping that Season 2 Ultra will be on sale as well. If the Complete Collection is on sale then hopefully Season 2 Ultra will follow suit.
In regards towards Riptor, her moves look really good. I'm glad to see her back but her stage leaves a lot to be desired IMO. I guess I wanted blood on the floor like her altar stage in KI.
With animation, the blur effect does effectively add frames. Incomplete frames, sure. But it's an interpolation... but it's movement based. Because it's movement based, that's where depth comes in. The character doesn't blur at the same rate across the entire model, only the parts that are moving. So when riptor goes for a sweep, the tip of her tail is blurred a lot while closer to the leg it's blurred very little giving you relative depth of field.
It makes the game look better, covers little problems in animation (like maya), makes models look better and makes the game not feel like its just a shinier last gen game.
Game was way better with than without.
I would like to add that KI was the first and only time I've been impressed with motion blur in a game.
Troubled Bat
Member
GuitarAtomik
Member
I think the motion blur looks good. Looks a lot less egregious in motion and context.
I'm hoping the developers see that this is highly subjective and it ruins the visuals for some that have already paid for both Ultra packs (regular price). I'd like devs who come here take note of a dislike for it without having the opinion drowned out by other posts saying I'm not giving it a fair shake or I can't see what I'm seeing. A toggle option is what I'm hoping they will add.
CastorTroy
Member
anyone got a link to the recorded stream?
yup
http://ca.ign.com/videos/2013/07/13/killer-instinct-glacius-vs-jago-720p-60fps-direct-feed-gameplay
here's old footage with blur still enabled at 60fps just in case people want to take a glance
here you go:
just means it's a great way to bait counters. but the LP/MP or LK/MK won't be as obvious as say... sabrewulf rabids or glacius ranged doubles
Delt31
Member
I LOVE how angry that announcer is in that version. Was that changed for final?
yup he re-recorded all of his lines for the 2.2 patch.
CommandThrower
Member
Good thing you can counter breaker? Something like that will just boil down to mindgames, like a lot of other fighting games. Sure, your opponent might instantly recognize that Riptor's heavy normals involve fire and her tail, but that's all the more opportunity for you to land a counter breaker.
Just guess right. Anticipate that your opponent goes for scissors and you go for rock.
Dictator93
Member
I am all for options. But the motion is conveyed in real life and film with higher temporal stability and over an indefinite period of time (there are no discretely rendered frames). This means motionblur for lower framerates.. simulated or natural is a greater representation of that period of time. Motionblur increases a sense of motion and inertia.. it helps you understand speed and a duration of time. This is very important unless you have a screen that refreshes at 500hz and a frame that renders at that.
Also, this game uses hit boxes and not per pixel hit detection (aka something that almost no games do since doom 3 or SSIV original). So therefore, there is no actual difference in terms of mechanics. It is stzlistic, same with the way the motionblur in SSIV is stylistic.
Now instead of recognizing that one 16ms looking one way (body part at position x), you will just recogniye that one 16ms for looking a slightly different way (body part at position x whilst also having a tiny a of bit of blur on it and trailing it).
wasn't that just chris?
fairly sure mike isn't the announcer currently and someone from IG has just been trying their best to emulate him for the new characters
wasn't that just chris?
fairly sure mike isn't the announcer currently and someone from IG has just been trying their best to emulate him for the new characters
Yeah that was Chris. They said on today's stream that Mike is tied up with Amazon
also want to point out that the blur seems to be only applied to characters/special fx now as opposed to everything which is good... because before the background would slightly blur on enough camera movement and when settling everything would become sharp again... which just made it seem like the game was going nuts with LOD
Yeah it was Chris, they only had Chris voice's during the matches.