Kim Wu revealed for Killer Instinct Season 3

What the fuck Iron Galaxy? The first poor character for KI. Damn. I cringed through the entire trailer, at least she looks like an actual Asian, and not an anime character.

Ah well all the other ones are fantastic.
 
she looks completely out of place design wise. someone mentioned a "how to draw anime" book. and i'd agree with that. a how to draw anime made by a western student who just got out of an illustration course...blergh!

do not want!
 
I think people are disappointed not only because of the model but the design itself esp when compared to season one. Those characters made from double helix had so much going for them, they looked very well re-imagined. Since iron galaxy took over, it's been a hit or miss with how they design the characters, it's as if they focus too much on how the character works in the game than how to make them appealing to new and old eyes and ears. Dropping Mick Gordon was another major blow in my opinion, he made sounds that actually made the character much more appealing but I suppose it's hard to see especially since opinions differ

aria and agonos both suck but I think the rest of the season 2 characters came out alright. maybe cinder is a bit iffy due to the burning football player design but otherwise hes okay.

Mick wasn't dropped. Season 3 was unknown so he took other work which made him unavailable for KI. Give Klayton a chance before writing off the music, his style is fairly similar at times. When it was announced he was doing the music for season 3 I thought it sucked mick was gone but they chose well for his replacement.
 
aria and agonos both suck but I think the rest of the season 2 characters came out alright. maybe cinder is a bit iffy due to the burning football player design but otherwise hes okay.

I will not take this slander of the Chunk God
 
Iron Galaxy is doing a fantastic job. Kim wu looks cool and her playstyle looks interesting can't wait to see what they do with Eyedol and Gargos.
 
Praying for a MKX Tanya style upgrade, if not then I'm sure she'll have some nicer colours and accessories to improve her.
 
Have not played much of S2 and this trailer does not really hype me for S3 :(
I hope they put a bit more work into it. Still love KI, but it needs more budget.
 
[QUOTE="D";193758068]Hmmm I beg to differ. Didn't really care that TJ Combo resembles Patrick Ewing now[/QUOTE]

+1. I was like of all people Patrick Ewing? Who TF designed him!
 
Oh hey it's Janet Jackson!

Oh here is Janet Jackson again!

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It's Janet Jackson again, but this time she is wearing leopard skin!

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I think someone really liked Janet Jackson.

hahahhahah

What? No, my post was intended as a knock towards her acting. She looked right at the friggin' camera!

Ha, keep telling that for yourself, pervert
 

wasn't really feelin her face myself either so i decided to do a quick edit
basically just adjusted her features a bit

other than that i love her moves and i think her design is pretty neato
 
What the fuck Iron Galaxy? The first poor character for KI. Damn. I cringed through the entire trailer, at least she looks like an actual Asian, and not an anime character.

Ah well all the other ones are fantastic.
I don't mind her design, I just think her story and character are corny; feisty teenage design student... Um, what?
 
I think she looks fine. Her gameplay looks fun as hell.

I don't mind her design, I just think her story and character are corny; feisty teenage design student... Um, what?

I can't help but think the KI community was responsible for that direction. There were a lot of requests for making her a school girl and/or pop star.
 
I had to double check that this wasn't a thread about that new King of Fighters game. This character is extremely ugly, at least in these images.
 
She's 15 you sicko.

I actually have no idea.

She's actually 27 now, and that show the gif was taken from is about 3 years old... and a Fox show, not Disney. Starring Seth Green. Definitely not a Disney show!

Praying for a MKX Tanya style upgrade, if not then I'm sure she'll have some nicer colours and accessories to improve her.
The art direction of this game got way worse since Iron Galaxy took over the development.

I have to give Iron Galaxy their props though, for making a girl who looks more like a pre-plastic surgery Korean, rather than the more uniform, pretty look the media is more used to.

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Surely that should get a bit more praise, and not be as marginalized as it seems it is in this thread?

I don't know if the overall art direction of the game has gotten worse (Stage design and lighting has been fantastic, generally, and characters are wildy varied, much more than other 3D western fighters), as DH has quite a few classic costume models people still hate. But there do seem to be certain elements that IG hasn't been as good on, on first pass. And there seems to be certain teams / modelers that produce more easily-loved results than others.

There's basically nothing about Rash that doesn't look as if he fits right alongside the cast of S1. Even the jarring difference in animation at points, isn't any different than the way Spinal has moments of retro-special-effect motion interspersed between modern, smoother 3D movement.

Yet at the same time, we have Kim, whose tiny frame instantly makes one wonder if she's around the same model / style base, much like the initial showing of Kan Ra. This situation doesn't seem to be noticed when working with someone less human, like Hisako. But is this the fault of the artist, or the fault of us expecting every character in a game to lack size differentiation as much as a Gear of War or Mass Effect?

But this stuff can still change and be modified, even after the characters are released. Every S2 character looked much better between initial showing and final release. And even after "Final" release, there's nothing that keeps them from modifying / replacing an element as the season goes on, or improving on animations.

As far as her personality... I think it's pretty interesting, given the other people she's surrounded by. She might say a line or 2 that pushes my ability to take her entirely seriously, but that's really ok; real people do that all the time too.

As snarky as she sounds, she's not denying her fate; I'd be much more annoyed with her if the whole trailer was simply her complaining about how old stuff is old, irrelevant, stupid, or more trouble than it's worth (which is much more expected, and "generic"). But she presents the idea that not only is she willing to accept it, but also willing to be the best at it possible. She's too stubborn to let the challenge beat her.
 
I think she looks fine. Not everyone is gonna look ideal. And people keep claimoring over that one still...she's literally at an angle. Gameplay she looks way better. I'm loving the new lighting system. I always wonder how characters are going to look on Thunder's stage (Devil's Landing...best music/stage in the game, I don't care what you say). That rain effect is awesome.
 
I think she looks fine. Not everyone is gonna look ideal. And people keep claimoring over that one still...she's literally at an angle. Gameplay she looks way better. I'm loving the new lighting system. I always wonder how characters are going to look on Thunder's stage (Devil's Landing...best music/stage in the game, I don't care what you say). That rain effect is awesome.

What's new with the lightning system? Imo Kim Wu's stage looks unlit and really flat.
 
She's actually 27 now, and that show the gif was taken from is about 3 years old... and a Fox show, not Disney. Starring Seth Green. Definitely not a Disney show!




I have to give DH their props though, for making a girl who looks more like a pre-plastic surgery Korean, rather than the more uniform, pretty look the media is more used to.

korean+women+plastic+surgery+before+and+after++(7).jpg


Surely that should get a bit more praise, and not be as marginalized as it seems it is in this thread?

I don't know if the overall art direction of the game has gotten worse (Stage design and lighting has been fantastic, generally, and characters are wildy varied, much more than other 3D western fighters), as DH has quite a few classic costume models people still hate. But there do seem to be certain elements that IG hasn't been as good on, on first pass. And there seems to be certain teams / modelers that produce more easily-loved results than others.

There's basically nothing about Rash that doesn't look as if he fits right alongside the cast of S1. Even the jarring difference in animation at points, isn't any different than the way Spinal has moments of retro-special-effect motion interspersed between modern, smoother 3D movement.

Yet at the same time, we have Kim, whose tiny frame instantly makes one wonder if she's around the same model / style base, much like the initial showing of Kan Ra. This situation doesn't seem to be noticed when working with someone less human, like Hisako. But is this the fault of the artist, or the fault of us expecting every character in a game to lack size differentiation as much as a Gear of War or Mass Effect?

But this stuff can still change and be modified, even after the characters are released. Every S2 character looked much better between initial showing and final release. And even after "Final" release, there's nothing that keeps them from modifying / replacing an element as the season goes on, or improving on animations.

As far as her personality... I think it's pretty interesting, given the other people she's surrounded by. She might say a line or 2 that pushes my ability to take her entirely seriously, but that's really ok; real people do that all the time too.

As snarky as she sounds, she's not denying her fate; I'd be much more annoyed with her if the whole trailer was simply her complaining about how old stuff is old, irrelevant, stupid, or more trouble than it's worth (which is much more expected, and "generic"). But she presents the idea that not only is she willing to accept it, but also willing to be the best at it possible. She's too stubborn to let the challenge beat her.
DH hasn't worked on this game since Season 1.
 
Looks aight, but not as wonderful as the arbiter reveal

Going by the theme, I think Celldweller is gonna kill it with the soundtrack.

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OG Kim looked african american. Just like Orchid did.

It's like through all of KI2, they used Janet Jackson as a reference for the female models.
 
MK9-tier female character design.

Where do these people come from? You can't sleep with these characters they're fake. I really could careless if the characters are visually idealized women. I'd prefer less than perfect faces considering she gets hit in the face a lot.
 
What's new with the lightning system? Imo Kim Wu's stage looks unlit and really flat.

I don't know the specifics but I can see it on Kim Wu's stage, game looks so much better. Keits talked about how the lighting system will make the game look better (Arbiter's stage looks badass) and that's one of the reasons why they didn't show the rest of the stages.
 
Can i have this on steam?
Ffs, i like the game, but i have to leave a console at my summer home, else it's a Pita in summer..
Result? I play ki One month per year..
Pc soon ;_;
 
Can i have this on steam?
Ffs, i like the game, but i have to leave a console at my summer home, else it's a Pita in summer..
Result? I play ki One month per year..
Pc soon ;_;

you will be able to get through windows 10 store in less than 2 months, not steam
 
Where do these people come from? You can't sleep with these characters they're fake. I really could careless if the characters are visually idealized women. I'd prefer less than perfect faces considering she gets hit in the face a lot.

You can criticize a character's design without wanting to sleep with them. Sheesh.
 
Can i have this on steam?
Ffs, i like the game, but i have to leave a console at my summer home, else it's a Pita in summer..
Result? I play ki One month per year..
Pc soon ;_;

Windows 10 store. That's the only way on PC when it drops. You will be able to play with Xbox and other PC players.
 
Windows 10 store. That's the only way on PC when it drops. You will be able to play with Xbox and other PC players.
Ugh..
Windows store..
I still have a bad aftertaste for the old windows store, gfwl..
There's only One platform i could tolerate dying..
 
My first thought. Then I watched the trailer. She doesn't look as bad as the still shot.
Same, but I still think her model looks off, and I hate her costume :/ And I was hyped, because she was one of the characters I wanted to try once KI finally makes it to PC (yes, I'm that shallow, lol). Riptor, it is :P
 
Ugh..
Windows store..
I still have a bad aftertaste for the old windows store, gfwl..
There's only One platform i could tolerate dying..

Windows Store is not the same as GFWL as it's not just something for games. You can always download it for free through the store and try the free version (ala League of Legends with weekly character changes).
 
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