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KI and e-Sports :

a success story 56 28.57%
 
a recognized fighter 20 10.20%
 
a missed opportunity 55 28.06%
 
too soon to know 64 32.65%
 
Total:195
Videokameras on 23 October 2013

i at least hated it despite the flashy name



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Adinnieken on 24 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:
KI could blow up if it wasn't an incomplete game. The game is launches 12 months early. It's launching with 6 characters and no story mode. Yes $20 get's you 8 characters but 2 of the characters aren't available at launch. It's a glorified beta.

I disagree.

I know a lot of people who purchase COD and immediately go online to compete.  Story mode and even achievements don't even factor into their purchasing decision. 

So for dedicated, die-hard SSF gamers, I'm sure KI will be a must play game online against other gamers. 



Darc Requiem on 24 October 2013
Adinnieken said:
Darc Requiem said:
KI could blow up if it wasn't an incomplete game. The game is launches 12 months early. It's launching with 6 characters and no story mode. Yes $20 get's you 8 characters but 2 of the characters aren't available at launch. It's a glorified beta.

I disagree.

I know a lot of people who purchase COD and immediately go online to compete.  Story mode and even achievements don't even factor into their purchasing decision. 

So for dedicated, die-hard SSF gamers, I'm sure KI will be a must play game online against other gamers. 

Then we agree to disagree. KI is bare bones by 1990s standards and it's 2013. The tiny roster just exacerbates the lack of content. 



Mr Puggsly on 24 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:
KI could blow up if it wasn't an incomplete game. The game is launches 12 months early. It's launching with 6 characters and no story mode. Yes $20 get's you 8 characters but 2 of the characters aren't available at launch. It's a glorified beta.

I called it Killer Instinct: Prologue. Sony fans didn't like that much though.



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kupomogli on 24 October 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Darc Requiem said:
KI could blow up if it wasn't an incomplete game. The game is launches 12 months early. It's launching with 6 characters and no story mode. Yes $20 get's you 8 characters but 2 of the characters aren't available at launch. It's a glorified beta.

I called it Killer Instinct: Prologue. Sony fans didn't like that much though.

Why you copying.  Should I call you Mr. Sony?



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Mr Puggsly on 24 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:

Then we agree to disagree. KI is bare bones by 1990s standards and it's 2013. The tiny roster just exacerbates the lack of content. 

I feel like you're ignoring the $20 price tag.

We are all aware there is little content and the price tag makes up for it. Down the road, it will acquire significantly more content.



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kupomogli on 24 October 2013

Playstation All Stars wasn't a very good game, it became very noticeable how unbalanced it was once you got to the point that you were playing it at a pro level with more than half of the roster.

Regardless of Playstation All Stars quality, I seem to remember the game being bashed for having only 20 characters at launch. Playstation fans argued 20 characters were enough since it's a new IP, and games such as Blaz Blue, a new series this gen only launched with 12.

Now since it's a game on their own preferred platform, Xbox fans are now defending a mere six characters at launch. Sure I'm all lumping them in one group, but it is kind of ironic that a good majority of these people probably bashed Playstation All Stars and are now defending Killer Instinct. Although they're defending a joke of a character line up this time around. Six characters at launch. The original Street Fighter only had one playable character, Ryu, but Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2 had 7 and 8 characters.

Killer Instinct for Xbox One isn't a new IP though. This isn't the first Killer Instinct. In fact, the first Killer Instinct has MORE characters available to play than the Xbox One version is going to have at launch. The first Killer Instinct has 11 characters while the Xbox One launch is going to consist of six, followed an additional two at a later date.

But hey.  Killer Instinct on Xbox One will atleast be one of the more balanced fighters.  Easy to have a lot of balance when everyone is playing the same few characters.



Darc Requiem on 25 October 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Darc Requiem said:

Then we agree to disagree. KI is bare bones by 1990s standards and it's 2013. The tiny roster just exacerbates the lack of content. 

I feel like you're ignoring the $20 price tag.

We are all aware there is little content and the price tag makes up for it. Down the road, it will acquire significantly more content.


The $20 price tag doesn't keep the game from being an unfinished rip off. It's an unfinished beta test with $20 price tag. 

@Kupomogli

I honestly wonder about the balance given the short development time. 



Mr Puggsly on 25 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Darc Requiem said:

Then we agree to disagree. KI is bare bones by 1990s standards and it's 2013. The tiny roster just exacerbates the lack of content. 

I feel like you're ignoring the $20 price tag.

We are all aware there is little content and the price tag makes up for it. Down the road, it will acquire significantly more content.


The $20 price tag doesn't keep the game from being an unfinished rip off. It's an unfinished beta test with $20 price tag. 

@Kupomogli

I honestly wonder about the balance given the short development time. 
rip-off
noun
informal
noun: ripoff
1.
a fraud or swindle, esp. something that is grossly overpriced.

MS is not commiting fraud or swindling you. They're being perfectly clear, 8 characters for $20. That's enough content to provide many hours of entertainment. Especially if you attempt to become skilled with each character, play competitively with others, etc.

Its not grossly over priced either. Hours of entertainment for a measly $20. Confirmed, its not a rip off.

Lastly, I think the way characters are being rolled out in seasons should lead you to believe time is being taken to make the game balanced. They aren't just rushing characters to have a large roster at launch.



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selnor1983 on 25 October 2013

This site is so funny sometimes.

people downplay this new model of selling the game. Yet the new street fighter and mortal kombat are going to release like this as well. That's already confirmed.

its strange how previews are great for xbox games yet people here disregard them.

yet previews of other companies games are taken as gospel. Hell ign said a certain game is like crysis. Crysis on these forums gets smashed. Yet now its the best thing since sliced bread.

i hate to say it but there's a pattern emerging.

killer instinct looks great, has great previews and noone can ank for more than that.

Microsoft have put a heavy emphasis on more than just shooters which is what many people said they wanted from Microsoft. They do it, and those same people all of a sudden like shooters more.

ironic.