Justin Wong: "Killer Instinct Could 'Blow Up'"

[Areym]

landguy1 said:

Areym said:

landguy1 said:
No reason to look down on a good fighting game. They add tons of value, especially if you can get it for as little as $5 to start out. If you don't like it, don't buy more. If you do, buy the $40 package and get the whole thing(including the original).

Here's the thing though. The free version has one character. ONE CHARACTER. Every other character is $5 a pop. As far as I know, and please feel free to correct me, there isn't a way to try any new characters, a la League of legends weekly rotation of characters or something similar. I could buy a character that looks good, hate him and piss away $5. Rinse and repeat.

Now, you can avoid this by buying the bundle which comes with *drum roll* ...8 characters. And 2 of them are to be added later. That is a horrendous amount of fighters when other game like smash bros, tekken and Mortal kombat have 30+ to start off. Some people argue "well this system is perfect for those who are knew to fighting and can find large rosters overwhelming or who don't want to spend $60 on a game." Well, even if the amount of fighters is overwhelming, after purchasing the game, you lose nothing by simply trying different characters at your own pace. As for the $60, rent the game. Try out the campaign, time trial, survival, practice mode, etc. Want the competitive feel of it? Try online if it isn't blocked by an Online Pass or invite a few friends over to try it out.

When you say "the whole thing", in a genre of gaming where character variety is key, 8 characters is just too low. I still love the feel and look of the game. If i ever purchase an xbox one AND a retail version of the game came out, with all characters comes out, i would be all over it. Until then, I am very skeptical of how it will perform.

I agree with everything you said.  I think they are attempting to try a new pricing model to allow more options for people.  Sure, the game probably should have come out 6 months later with 12+ characters to begin with.  I think that with the rush to add it to the launch and the fairly low price to get into it to see if you even like the "feel" of the game, it is pretty good to start.  Like you said, if you way til next fall, they will have a full version of the game that will probably have 20+ characters and all of the "beta" parts of this worked out.  Probably a much better buy then.

Pretty much. The game, on a technical level, looks and plays phenomenal. It has its own thing going on which I think will set it apart from other fighters next gen. However, I don't like a game being rush or half-assed just to meet a deadline and that's the impression that KI gives me. The Xbox one launch is still pretty good even if they delayed KI to bring out more characers, modes, stages, etc. Most gamers don't like delays but they are necessary sometimes to produce a better game.