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oniyide on 11 June 2013
sales2099 said:
mibuokami said:
sales2099 said:
lol this hate bandwagon is getting out of hand.

This was a niche title with a small but hardcore fanbase, most of the people clammering for this game still remember playing it in the Snes day as an Arcade coin-op. The Snes and N64 versions were significantly inferior.

I can understand where MS is coming from, they know this game if made would probably not be profitable because the amount of people that would by this at retail would be pretty negligible so they make it f2p to get access to broader audiences and hopefully convert more of those consumers into sale.

That being said, having just 1 character availible for the 'f2p' is pretty bullshit, there is less content here than a fighting game demo which includes at least 2-4 characters. They could at least add 4+ characters as the initial lineup.

You probably pay to unlock a few favourite characters and it would be a fraction of $60 one would think.

Its like gamers never played a IOS free-to-play game....this concept is so foreign to them and its been around for years.

The fact that you are comparing it to some crap on a phone, is the issue. This is a console, people EXPECT more.



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oniyide on 11 June 2013
Veknoid_Outcast said:
SxyxS said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
This is the way Rare and Microsoft honor Rare's "historic IP"?


killer instinct indeed is a historic IP

maybe a little too historic.I was hoping for jet force gemini.

 

From an economical point of view maybe a giod decision as most fans have been waiting for so long for this game-they"ll buy every single charackter and everything else that is offered .A single charackter for 2.99 times 30fighters=90.+some special stages for 1.99x 10= 20

Hey, I love Killer Instinct. I own the SNES original and Gold (oh, and I love Jet Force Gemini, too).

But this is a strange way to ressurect a classic game from Rare. Digital only? Free-to-play? Seems like an afterthought.

@others: this might not be "pay to win," but it's certainly "pay to enjoy." How can someone truly enjoy a fighting game with only one playable character? Even if the total cost of all characters/costumes/stages/secrets is less than $60, it's still an ugly way to sell a game: piece-by-piece.

Is that what we want from the industry now? Gaming a la carte?

Apparently some people are cool with that, as long as its their favs doing it.



Mr Puggsly on 11 June 2013
KylieDog said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:
Went from a system seller for me, to not caring.

Why does it matter? As long as I can get the entire roster for under $60 and doesn't have pay-to-win crap, I'm fine with it.

Also, more people will play it with this strategy.


It'll never be popular like this, the tournament issues from DRM alone will see the game never gets much coverage, this makes it even worse.

Hah! A game needs to be in the tournament seen to have success?

I'm done with you, sir.



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sales2099 on 11 June 2013
oniyide said:
sales2099 said:

You probably pay to unlock a few favourite characters and it would be a fraction of $60 one would think.

Its like gamers never played a IOS free-to-play game....this concept is so foreign to them and its been around for years.

The fact that you are comparing it to some crap on a phone, is the issue. This is a console, people EXPECT more.

Hey, that has nothing to do qith quality. two different things.



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oniyide on 11 June 2013
sales2099 said:
oniyide said:
sales2099 said:
 

You probably pay to unlock a few favourite characters and it would be a fraction of $60 one would think.

Its like gamers never played a IOS free-to-play game....this concept is so foreign to them and its been around for years.

The fact that you are comparing it to some crap on a phone, is the issue. This is a console, people EXPECT more.

Hey, that has nothing to do qith quality. two different things.

A lot of people dont associate phone gaming with 'quality', not saying KI will suck.



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HokageTenshi on 11 June 2013

from the video it looks like a 15fps fighting game remind me of PSone classics Bloody Roar...



oniyide on 11 June 2013
Darc Requiem said:
This isn't a racing game. For the sake of fair play, each player needs access to the entire roster. You can't gain matchup knowledge without it. Without that knowledge, you have no chance in competitive play.

Anybody who has played a fighting game for any amount of time, will know this. Its gonna be interesting how this plays out.



oniyide on 11 June 2013

IMHO, they should have looked at Namco and see how to do it, with Tekken Revolution



Lulz on 11 June 2013

You're right guys, F2P is a horrible idea. Just ask League of Legends and World of Tanks.



Heavenly_King on 11 June 2013

so you get more characters from a demo (of any fighting franchise right now) than from this game?

that is really unexpected. Way to kill the hype.



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