OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
When? They've let the ip slip for 10 years. There should have been multiple sequels by now if they truly cared.
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Iron Galaxy and KI are back
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Tarin02543
Member
I remember as a young kid when the Ultra 64 was announced we had CGI renders of KI fighters and we all thought games would look like that.
Killer Instinct still has that magic for me, that promise of cutting edge computer graphics
Killer Instinct still has that magic for me, that promise of cutting edge computer graphics
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Gold Member
Meanwhile RedFall (May 2023):
Meanwhile Minecraft:
And these two have a lot more active & recent customers, especially Minecraft.
I'm trying to lurk but these fanboy/shill comments keep pulling me back innnnnnn....
The needless, incessant cheerleading continues. Disgusting...
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Timberwolf25
Member
Try harder
This really is a feel good story for those that are fans of this game
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
There would have been sequels if Amazon had not bought Double Helix. You can't just ask any random studio to make you a fighting game.
Timberwolf25
Member
Server and matchmaking updates so far along with a balance update for all platforms from what I understood.
4K support for Series S/X, but I wish they would do something more, PC included than just a res update for the newer consoles...maybe they will. They've hinted that their could be more and probably are looking to see how the updates are recieved before committing more.
I believe that it's an engine limitation because if I remember right, it was an engine ported from the game used to make Buffy and never really a game custom made for fighting games. Glad they were able to again partner with IG as Keits really is a genius in how they created some of the characters. I would love to see more of course.
abstract alien
Member
I'd say KI is miles ahead, at least.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Awesome shit....but turn it into a sequel or announce new seasons or something! Make a big deal out of it MS ffs!
Make an awesome story mode!
Make an awesome story mode!
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Isn't that literally what Ms did? How many fighting games did iron galaxy or double helix make prior?
Timberwolf25
Member
Extremely long watch, but a must see if you are a KI fan
Edit: Not sure why it's says unavailable as I can view it. Anyway search "FIGHT ON: The Killer Instinct Story" on yotube by Hold Back to Block
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Vox Machina
Banned
Easily, the only thing MK does better is their story mode which is literally just a function of budget.
willothedog
Member
Timberwolf25
Member
If they do another KI or expand it with characters and stages, they really DO need to bring Mick Gordon back.
ManaByte
Gold Member
KI is already on PC.
abstract alien
Member
I'm asking if I can beg for them to make a ps5 version
ManaByte
Gold Member
Sure as soon as Sony makes and Xbox port of Spider-Man 2.I'm asking if I can beg for them to make a ps5 version
Oh boy !!!
"..."
"Yes sir"
"..."
"Yes, the plan went according to plan"
"..."
"We even took their money for it, they paid us for that work"
"..."
"We couldn't believe it either"
"..."
"They didn't suspect a thing when we botched the port of two of their biggest franchises on PC"
"..."
"Yes sir, nor did they ever make the connection that we were working with you and your company the entire time"
"..."
"We look forward to starting work on KI once again, and we'll make sure it runs great"
"..."
"Yes, thank you, ...Mr. Spencer"
*Phone click*
Tiamat2san
Member
Fuck yeah!
Please do KI2 next or at least a 4th season.
Please do KI2 next or at least a 4th season.
Xenon
Member
Meanwhile RedFall (May 2023):
Meanwhile Minecraft:
And these two have a lot more active & recent customers, especially Minecraft.
I'm trying to lurk but these fanboy/shill comments keep pulling me back innnnnnn....
The needless, incessant cheerleading continues. Disgusting...
fallingdove
Member
Gross.
This is Killer Instinct, not super smash brothers. 99% of guest characters are stupid and ruin the game’s atmosphere and lore.
Timberwolf25
Member
Maybe in other games, but the guest characters in KI were all hype af. General RAAM, Rash and Arbiter are great guest characters
fallingdove
Member
That’s a pretty poor excuse when Iron Galaxy was literally brought in to take over from double helix to finish the game and there are half a dozen fighting game focused, freelance devs out there with the pedigree to produce a sequel.
Xbox let the IP lapse cause the first go didn’t make them enough money, not because they were in search of some unicorn developer.
fallingdove
Member
Jinzo Prime
Member
Would you say no to Doom Slayer in KI? I think it could work.
Timberwolf25
Member
What else would guest characters be, but fan service? The point is that KI did it right as all of them are actually viable characters. Rash is actually considered top tier
fallingdove
Member
Personally I would say no to Doom Slayer. I feel newcomers like Aganos, Hisako, Mira, Kan-Ra, and Sadira were overlooked when guest characters were added. I wanted to play Killer Instinct, not Gears or Halo or Battletoads.
fallingdove
Member
I don’t care that they were viable. They distracted from much more interesting characters from the Killer Instinct universe. Not only that, the online experience became playing endless Raams and Rashes and Arbiters.
Timberwolf25
Member
They were popular characters meant to bring in more players. If you saw "endless" Raams, Rashes and Arbiters, I guess they did their job.
And who cares what other players are playing, play your own characters.
Xenon
Member
Updated the OP with the original announcement video. And I'm gonna include this great doc.
Vox Machina
Banned
I'd tend to agree with you other than Aganos. Aganos was just weird.
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DemonGamerTTT
Member
They should really bring this Update to pc + a proper F2P model(the old one was trash) and also Crossplay...
This game is too good and too ahead of it's time to die...
This game is too good and too ahead of it's time to die...
Dream-Knife
Banned
I'm not a huge fighting game guy, but this game is amazing. More content would be cool.
T0minator
Member
Interesting,
Imo MK is far better than KI
You can get away with button mashing in KI, in MK you really can't.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Iron Galaxy only made new seasonal updates to the game. They are no Double Helix. Look at Rumbleverse and tell me with a straight face they can make a new Killer Instinct from scratch.
They stuck gold with Double Helix. Double Helix designed the engine and netcode themselves. If they have to revive Killer Instinct, they have to find another studio that can replace them.
The part from 18:49. Double Helix was made by former The Collective devs who made the Slayer Engine that was used in the Beat 'em up Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Double Helix's Slayer Engine was based off that. Suddenly they had all the right people to make a Killer Instinct game. The had the right tech that was meant for fighting games and beat 'em ups and all the right people that were passionate about it.
The part at 10:33. He explained the issue much better than I could.
Reminder that everyone originally praised 343i for Halo Reach DLC and thought they could handle mainline Halo. Its sad that posters in this forum don't understand that you can't just give a new KI to anyone, you need a team as good as Double Helix. Its possible that Iron Galaxy could pull it off. Its also a possibility that the executives at Iron Galaxy decided that working on Rumbleverse would be a better investment.
Killer Instinct video game launches on Steam, claims over 10 million players - OnMSFT.com
Microsoft’s Killer Instinct video game launches on Steam today. The fighter is already available on Xbox One and Windows 10 and players will be able to compete against each other regardless of the version they own in several, but not all, game modes. “Cross-Network play is limited to Exhibition...
www.onmsft.com
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SkylineRKR
Member
Double Helix started out mediocre, but i think they struck gold with KI and also Strider which I gave a second chance and absolutely loved. They were at least proficient in reviving such dormant franchises. KI is not only good, its the best game in the franchise too.
For me, yes. I like the flow of KI. About every move can be chained into another, and the execution barrier is low. Game is also a looker. Even unpatched on Xbox. Can't wait for a 4k boost.
For me, yes. I like the flow of KI. About every move can be chained into another, and the execution barrier is low. Game is also a looker. Even unpatched on Xbox. Can't wait for a 4k boost.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Its mostly the same guys who made Buffy the Vampire Slayer in The Collective. The Slayer Engine was originally designed by people who had experience in working in fighting games, with Beat em' ups and fighting games in mind. Particularly this guy was the lead designer for the original Slayer Engine.
Double Helix's Hex Engine was derived from Slayer Engine. Its the perfect team with the right people who already wanted to work on a fighting game and had one of the best techs to power a fighting game.
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Riky
$MSFT
Try harder
This really is a feel good story for those that are fans of this game
It's sad people feel the need to downplay good Xbox news constantly with unrelated trolling.
KI is a great game and like I said I doubt there is much if any financial reward for MS to do this, it's simply for the players.
TransTrender
Gold Member
That Minecraft shit is wild and I'm surprised this is the first one heard of it.
dotnotbot
Member
Thankfully you don't.
SkylineRKR
Member
Just booted it up to see if I had the full version, yeah all 29 chars. Bought it at some point in the store for a few quid. Better yet, the online is free. Never realized.
Played a handful of matches, won last with Ultra. felt good. Netcode is on par with SF6, its fucking flawless. Play it people.
Played a handful of matches, won last with Ultra. felt good. Netcode is on par with SF6, its fucking flawless. Play it people.
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
Not really sure what you’re talking about. Unless you play KI with simplified controls and then it’s easier to just press buttons and do a combo, but that’s an optional mode most people don’t use, and it still requires knowing how the combo system works in order to do Enders and actually do damage. KI’s neutral game is like Street Fighter footsies on crack and spacing and avoiding zoning is key.
Most people I know who play MK casually (which is most people) don’t know anything about combos and just rely on sweeps, uppercuts, and mashing buttons do to like 4 hit combos that don’t have any special move extenders or anything. But MK has depth for those who know how to play it.
Maybe you’re playing against bad players.
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Rhazer Fusion
Member
This is cool and all, but I would prefer a bid budget sequel. Guess it’s a start though, so you never know.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Yeah. Now we can have Doomslayer, Dovakhin, some characters from COD, characters from Overwatch, characters from Warcraft (like Lich King) and of course Xbox characters like Master Chief.
Now imagine Crash in Battletoads style in KI
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Timberwolf25
Member
I was actually surprised at how well Rash turned out going from his cartoon style to a much more realistic look.Yeah. Now we can have Doomslayer, Dovakhin, some characters from COD, characters from Overwatch, characters from Warcraft (like Lich King) and of course Xbox characters like Master Chief.
Now imagine Crash in Battletoads style in KI
I wouldn't want too many guest characters, but think maybe some of the villians would be a good add. I'd rather they pursue some of the missing horror archetypes. We got a vamp, werewolf, mummy (who is not a mummy), Gargoyle, Golem. If they can somehow update the character models and lighting that will a huge bonus.
Edit: I had a small chuckle at that announcement that MS has a person with the title head of Killer Instinct.
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
100% It was amazingly done. Now imagine Banjo