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Killer Instinct Discussion Thread

  • 10-06-2013 6:04pm
    #1
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Not sure if its a remake or not.


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  • #2
    Xinkai
    Registered Users Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭Xinkai


    Exclusive to Xbone... :(


  • #3
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    Xinkai wrote: »
    Exclusive to Xbone... :(

    Was hoping for 360 release. Boo.


  • #4
    Bento Sento
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Bento Sento


    They just showed off gameplay of this and frankly it looks horrible.


  • #5
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    TBH the bigger news from that segment is that XBox One TEs are already being prototyped!


  • #6
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Any excuse tos post this track again

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avPSzGVCPH0


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  • #7
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    HERE'S YOUR TRAILER, LADS! I'M TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS IN AN ATEMPT TO RECREATE THE NARRATOR'S OVER-THE-TOP VOICE!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LP8Qd8QOM


  • #8
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    ... meh.

    I can safely ignore this.

    Have fun, KI players.


  • #9
    2gen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭2gen


    deathrider wrote: »
    HERE'S YOUR TRAILER, LADS! I'M TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS IN AN ATEMPT TO RECREATE THE NARRATOR'S OVER-THE-TOP VOICE!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LP8Qd8QOM

    Hoping that they bring back Thunder and Riptor. those were "my mains" when i was a kid playing it on Koko's SNES.

    however, im still pissed about XBone so i dont think i'll be getting the game :(


  • #10
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »

    Have fun, KI players.

    I'd love to, but due to it being an exclusive for what appears to be a console that's practicing some pretty sh1tty marketing decisions, I don't think I'll ever get the chance to.


  • #11
    2gen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭2gen




    im loving the what they did with the theme song of the game and the game also looks sick... but again f*** you XBone.


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  • #12
    Jun_DP101
    Registered Users Posts: 966 ✭✭✭Jun_DP101


    damn that trailer was pretty intense

    35q52m.jpg


  • #13
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    2gen wrote: »


    im loving the what they did with the theme song of the game and the game also looks sick... but again f*** you XBone.

    Nice to see that Jago still has a lot of his old moves. Even some of the links are the same as they were in the original.


  • #14
    Scavenger XIII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Scavenger XIII


    Might have known.

    DO WANT: My childhood back in the form of KI.

    DO NOT WANT: This ****ty console.


  • #15
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Scavenger XIII wrote: »
    Might have known.

    DO WANT: My childhood back in the form of KI.

    DO NOT WANT: This ****ty console.

    That's pretty much my take on it too. I'd be comping at the bit to play this if it wasn't an XboxOne exclusive.


  • #16
    Ramza
    Registered Users Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭Ramza


    I'm KI master so you're all ****ed basically :pac:

    Seriously tho, I live and breathed this game, even if it was extremely imbalanced it was so fun, looking forward to this! KI is tied with SF for my fave fighting game

    I made some old KI combo videos years and years ago when I was like 12/13, I found them again and I'd post them but the music I used in them is just terrible! Some really good content and glitches but not sure if i want to share :pac:


  • #17
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki




    BTW it was always gonna be an Xbox exclusive -- I mean, Microsoft did buy Rare outright...


  • #18
    Yreval
    Registered Users Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭Yreval


    Rh5d8n3.png


  • #19
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    BTW it was always gonna be an Xbox exclusive -- I mean, Microsoft did buy Rare outright...

    That's certainly my understanding of it.


  • #20
    Rob2D
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 2,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rob2D


    At least they're finally getting Rare to make something with a bit of imagination again.


  • #21
    Ramza
    Registered Users Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭Ramza


    Honestly this game doesn't look so hot, it looks like a rehash of KI2, exact same sprites and animations actually. KI2 was a big joke. Really gimmicky and had a lot of problems. You could argue the arcade version of KI1 also suffered this but not near the level KI2 did. KI2 was a world different than the KI everyone knew. All the version of KI were pretty effed balance wise but KI2 was a mess, this looks just like it, just with reallly good graphics


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  • #22
    Nevflinn
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭Nevflinn


    Perfect! Now all Microsoft has to do is redesign the Xbox One from the top up so that it's not utterly disgusting.


  • #23
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Rob2D wrote: »
    At least they're finally getting Rare to make something with a bit of imagination again.
    Eh?

    This is a sequel/remake -- the very anti-thesis of something new & imaginative.

    Imaginative would be something like Viva Pinata :pac:


  • #24
    2gen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭2gen




    some more gameplay


  • #25
    Sairus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Sairus


    Rob2D wrote: »
    At least they're finally getting Rare to make something with a bit of imagination again.
    This is being made by Double Helix. I dunno how much input Rare have into the game.
    http://www.doublehelixgames.com/


  • #26
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    Confirmation that Killer Instinct wasn't designed with anyone from the fighting game community in mind...

    Scroll down a bunch and you'll get to this
    Killer Instinct is a day-one digital-only release on Xbox One, and features -- get this -- one character. Jago is free to play on launch day. Everyone else -- unspecified returning characters as well as original fighters -- will cost money. Price is to-be-determined (of course)

    The game comes with 1 character... all the rest are paid for add-ons. I don't even...


  • #27
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Annoying, but if the characters are reasonably priced, then it could work out cheaper than a full release.

    If it's €5 per character with any more than ten characters then it'll be very bad.


  • #28
    Sairus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Sairus


    I will be fine with this as long as there's a fully loaded version of the game I can buy instead of getting everyone individually.

    EDIT: Nope, there's no fully loaded edition. You can only get Jago Edition and then get everyone else separately.
    It sounds like there might be an attempt by Microsoft to rebrand all demos as Free To Play versions.


  • #29
    2gen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭2gen


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »

    The game comes with 1 character... all the rest are paid for add-ons. I don't even...

    i have no words... i'm so F***ING PISSED AT MS :mad:


  • #30
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Annoying, but if the characters are reasonably priced, then it could work out cheaper than a full release.

    If it's €5 per character with any more than ten characters then it'll be very bad.

    "Annoying"? Jesus Chopper, you're taking this bastardization of gaming as we know it by MS very well. Honestly, i reckon we are looking at 16 charachters easily enough. This is my version of gaming hell to be honest. :(

    What a joke of a decision. Fcuking hell, MS are just failing so badly it's ridiculous. I'm laughing as I type.

    I had interest in KI about 10 minutes ago. I have none now.


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  • #31
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    So they're giving you the core game with the main character for free.

    It'll likely have a lot of single player content, much like MK9 and the extra characters will be paid DLC.

    No prices yet, but they could end up being quite affordable. They could equally end up being quite expensive. As it stands we don't know, so best to just wait and see.

    Both previous versions of KI were terrible for competitive play and were only really fun when trying to break the game as much as possible, so it's not as if there's this pedigree behind it like with the Street Fighter series.


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