This is surely Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2013 Killer Instinct Alpha EX Plus.

So much negativity coming from people who doesn't know shit about the game. You have only seen a miniscule amount of footage from a pre-alpha build of the game, and already you judge the game as if you knew all about it.

You're just displaying your ignorance.

When I saw the list of this developer's previous games, which includes Battleship: The Movie: The Game, I feel Microsoft should have done what Sony Pictures did with After Earth when they DIDN'T tell people it was made by M. Night Shyamalan. The way M$ is handling this console and this game I'm more desired to experience the Video Game Crash of 2013.

I've never played a Killer Instinct game, probably never will either... What I saw... really didn't impress me one bit, and I thought these guys were giving the fans what they wanted for such a long time. I can see why there's a lot of disappointed people here.

Huh, you know that's what I said when All-Stars was first announced. Now you know my struggles.

On topic, I'm kind of iffy on the designs. I hate that Jago is ridiculously beefy, and that Saberwulf looks way too navy blue. Glacius looks okay I guess, but those things on his body look dumb. Those rock-like things coming off his chest.

I expect this game to be the Killer Instinct version of Duke Nukem Forever lol.

I think the majority of it is from the new art direction. Which I'm totally fine with. And the fact it's a Microsoft exclusive.

I think the gameplay looks promising for a pre-alpha build. I don't see the problem for cherry-picking the best ideas from other good/great fighters. I don't get all the hate for saying it's ripping off street fighter, when NRS themselves have increasingly borrowed ideas from Street Fighter such as double dashing and using away & down for block rather than a dedicated block button.

I'm pissed because Rare isn't making it. And Double Helix... god there games suck

If you watch the video impression i posted, which also has some gameplay footage. It actually sounds like they do know what they are doing, and know a lot more about fighting games that we may suspect. Just because they're games have been mediocre and they haven't developed a fighting game before. A throw and parry system similar to Street Fighter & Street Fighter 3. A more intuitive combo breaker system, and fast paced gameplay like the original KI games, that actually require precision rather than just button mashing and doing string inputs.

if anyone actually remembers the original KI games, the combo inputs where just string inputs and the animations where very canned like in Tekken and UMK3.

I'm not impressed at all.


The only game announced yesterday that had any impact on me was Dead Rising 3. I'm beyond unhappy about it being an Xbox exclusive. I really hope it hits the PS4 sometime.

It was already said it is a timed exclusive.

Wait... A timed exclusive?
What does that mean?

A timed exclusive is something that remains exclusive for a limited time.

So... It will become available to other platforms? At some point?

They're talking about Dead Rising 3, but yes.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jun/11/killer-instinct-free-play-was-misconception-glacius-be-fully-playable-evo-2013-and-40-training-lessons

Good update to hear about the F2P model (if you missed it).



That was a work of art. Superb!

Oh, darn. A tiny hope sprung in me. I hoped it would mean that I didn't have to get an Xbox.



What are you on about now?

That is a really good update to clear things up for everyone.

I'm friggin' psyched. Watching actual gameplay has pretty much sold me. The hype that oozes from this game is crazy awesome. I'm very happy for the franchise.

And the F2P Model is great. I wish more games would do that.

It'll sell like shit just like the console it's slated for.

I am hyped as well! But what do you think about it being Xbox One exclusive? What is your opinion on that console? Personally, the console was never one I would buy if it wasn't for KI.

Also, glad to see someone else being positive about the F2P model. As I said, it is odd, but not necessarily bad. I just think people need time to get used to this kind of game-promotion, as it is a rather new concept for console games.

I will only because of the backlash against the XBox One system itself, but Sony fans will still get their fix to play the game at EVO.

I heard that, but who said it? Someone official?

@Jaded-Raven

I really don't like mixing my feelings about this (or any) game with the platform(s) it's on, but we all know that Xbox has a LOT of work to do to regain any kind of favor. I think that it's honestly way too soon to make any statements about which console is "better" or which has "won." There's like half a year before launch and that's plenty of time for Xbox to check themselves. If they wanted to, they could do away with all of the always-online and used game shenanigans before launch. We'll see.

As of right now, whenever I make the jump to next gen, it looks like I'll be going with Sony, but all that could change with a single announcement from Microsoft. There's a lot of game left to play yet.

And I really don't mind the character packs at all. It's not really F2P, but a demo that lets you do everything with one character, and you just buy whatever character packs you want. I think that's totally the way to go. I know I don't play every character in fighting games, so why pay for them? If you do, buy the complete version which won't be any more than a standard retail release. I really don't see what the fuss is about. I think people are just enjoying having something easy to hate right now with Xbox.

The problem is - I wouldn't call SF4 graphics to be "one of the best aspects of fighting games" never ever. SF4 graphics / art style is quite shitty. It's neither here nor there. It's doesn't carry smoothness and ease of the past instalments and it doesn't look good and groundbreaking. Which is was one of the highlights of the past KIs.
You want good graphics in fighting games, well, Soul Calibur, Tekken, Virtua Fighter are unrivaled champions here.


It could be easily turned backwads:
So much positivity coming from people who doesn't know shit about the game. You have only seen a miniscule amount of footage from a pre-alpha build of the game, and already you judge the game as if you knew all about it. You're just displaying your fanboyism.
Have a nice day. On a serious note, I don't have any solid opinion on the new KI as of now. But amount of baseless optimism is quite strange. 18 years is a serious amount of time. So many things have changed and if anything, people who are praising this game should be more cautious. Otherwise they could be really dissappointed. Just saying.