Glacius was very impressive back in the day as well as Sabrewolf.
New Sabres is similar to the old one, though new Galcius is...it take time to get used to it.


It about designs, dummy. Not graphics.

I find it funny that Sony fanboys don't want to admit KI is an exclusive. I made a comment in a gamespot article that the ps4 has no launch exclusives that interest me and went on too list Killer Instinct as one of the games I'm looking forward to on XBO. Someone commented back that Killer Instinct doesn't count because its going to be F2P.

While it's no secret I'm a PS guy, it would be stupid to even try to say KI isn't an X-bone exclusive. There's absolutely nothing to debate. But a part of me believes maybe some time down the road it could go to PC.

On the subject of it being F2P, I hate that they only give you one character. How is someone supposed to know if they like the game if they only get one character? And what if they don't even like Jago? They supposed to spend money on something they don't even know how to feel about because they weren't given any variety? It's bullshit.

(Sidenote: PS4 has a number of announced exclusives still in the works. So keep your eyes on GamesCom. Perhaps something may interest you.)

Well having to wait for 17 years and signing countless online petitions to get this game made will make me complain when I am presented with Street Fighter: Killer Instinct.

The character designs are awful. The fighting engine is boring. This is not KI.

The game looks like it has shit mechanics. See? I don't give a rat's ass about graphics as long as it plays well.

And we're still judging the game, despite the fact it's still being tested and is months from release.

I think anyone who is looking at KI as a F2P, is looking at the game all wrong. Given the pricing structure hasn't been announced yet, but from what DH has said, you can purchase the game at full retail cost and unlock all the content. The "demo/f2P' part gives you access to all game modes with one character. I don't know any other game demo that gives you access to every game mode. Usually demos only give you access to a few characters and a handful of features in the game.

If you play any other fighting game demo: Injustice, MK9, Street Fightrer 3: Third Strike, etc. they only give you the option of 2-4 characters and a handful of arcade battle to make a judgement of the game. You don't get to try out the online play and test the net code, and you don't have access to challenges or trials. KI is going to give players all of that for 1 character.

What good is having all those features if you only have one character? The only way to get more is to buy them. No F2P should give you one character and that's all. Even if the pricing is good they should give you at least 4 characters.

Look at Tekken Revolution. That's a F2P that gives you 8 characters from the start and allows you to unlock 4 more without buying them. They also recently added 2 characters for free that are unlockable. There's online, arcade, character leveling, and a practice mode that will be added soon.

I think they are going about the F2P model the wrong way. I think it's cool to let people try the game for free and buy what they want out of it. But for God's sake, give the player some damn options. One character is just to bland. Give like 4 and then it's a lot better.

(And yes I'm fully aware they are selling a full retail game. But I'm talking about the F2P.)

You're limited in the number of modes they give you and your playthrough of those modes in Tekken Revolution. You have a handful of credits for 1-2 arcade play-throughs and a handful of online matches before you have to wait for more credits to refill or you're forced to pay cash (micro-transaction) for more credits. You get maybe an hour or two of play at a time before your forced to wait to play further.

Not sure about you, but I like to play my games more than an hour or so at a time.

I see the demo/f2p model of KI being just that, a hybrid. Its a demo, but they give you way more content than your typical demo.

I'll agree though, I think they should give gamers the choice of which character they want to start off with free, rather than forcing Jago on everyone.

Tekken does limit your playtime, but they never force you to buy anything. And that's what makes it so good. They give you variety in characters without making you pay for anything other than additional playtime. Which is entirely optional. I'd rather wait a few hours to play rather than play with just one character.

The problem with KI's F2P, is how limiting it really is. They give you a range of different modes, but with one character it's going to get old fast. I think it's smart to use Jago because he's the "Balanced" character in that he has an answer for everything. But not everybody will like his play style. Maybe they'd prefer heavy Rushdown with Sabrewulf, or attacking from the outside with Glacius.

Don't get me wrong, I think F2P is excellent for getting new players to the game. But there's no denying it could've been handled so much better with KI.

I remember before MK Deception came out and the only thing they showed was the CGI Baraka vs Mileena fight and so many people said "OMG THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST MK GAME EVER!!!" and that was without gameplay. lol, kind of reminds me of that but with hate.

The character designs so far I'm not a huge fan of but watching the gameplay it looks like they've stayed true to the original, which is the most important aspect. Would be cool to have all the characters back though, the missing KI characters that weren't in KI2 as well as the new KI2 characters. They all at least had unique movesets.

Does anyone know what the next event that will have this game and when it will take place?

Best bet is GamesCom.

Which is around August 20-23 I believe. Could be wrong though so don't quote me on that. But definitely this month.

GamesCom is going to be the next big event they show KI off at, and just like before, we're going to get a look at how Chief Thunder Plays followed by the next character tease.

On a side note, Max put up a video of, the longest Jago Ultra currently known, 118 hits. It's certainly worth a watch, if not for the combo, than for a much cleaner listen to Jago's new Tiger Shrine theme once the combo starts rolling.

Click Here for 118 hit combo

Impressive.
I liked new Jago theme.

[quote]Killer Instinct Xbox One Music Suite[/quote]

http://www.killerinstinctcentral.com/exclusive-killer-instinct-xbox-one-music-suite/

Nice find. It sounds really good. i can't wait to hear everyone else.

I just wish I could find an update version of the font. I really want to make some wallpapers with them.

Sounds nice and heavy.

I just found this as well, as a supplement to the sample track: Machinima - Mick Gordon Killer Instinct interview
[edit]: Found individual samples of each clip:

Killer Instinct - Main Theme
Killer Instinct - Jago theme
Killer Instinct - Character Select theme

Chief Thunder revealed

Hate the look, love the stage, gameplay style fits the character.

What is it about the look you don't like? Too stereotypical? Not stereotypical enough? Don't like the war paint? The feathered braids?

I don't like that his face paint is plastered all over his face and leaking on his body. They did explain why that is but it looks like he literally picked up the face paint, and just dumped it over himself like football players do with Gatorade to their coach. And cyromancer hands? Why?

Miss the Mohawk.

Fucking love it. I will definitely be learning this guy. Hell, I'm going to be learning a lot of characters now that Glacius is a zoner.

It was kind of inevitable anyway. I sort of have a weird thing for Native Americans in fighting games. I play a sick Nightwolf in MK9 (not that it matters since he has 8-2 matchups).

I personally like the look. If you were to ask me to imagine a pissed off Native American in war paint, this would probably be close to what I would come up with. He's big, he's powerful, he's angry. He's the Native American version of Kratos in this incarnation.

I really love the stage too. Fighting on top of mesa platform in the mid west with the mountain and river in the background just seems like it awesome. Now we just have to wait a week until GC to see him in action and get a tease at what the next character will be. I'm thinking either Orchid or Fulgore.