I’m pretty excited for Maya, finally a reason to dust of my Xbone come oct 15th.
Mick also did a wonderful job (again!) with het stage theme!
The UI changes look ok I guess.
One thing I don’t like though, is the new character select screen.
It breaks the traditional KI “left to right selection wheel” which was typical KI to me.
The new one looks like some Mugen screenpack to me and I really hope it’s a place holder…
@onyx its a digital game so it doesn’t work like that. The game is always in development and season 2 doesn’t officially launch until oct 15th.
Basically Sept 23rd is the first day you can “pre order” season 2. Not in the traditional sense because you pay for it up front and get the content immediately. Just turn your Xbox on on Tuesday, purchase and download the Ultra Version of season 2 and TJ will be available. You have to buy the ultra version, combo breaker version wont give you TJ.
The disc things is just a disc version of season 1 that comes with TJ early for free as an extra perk. Dont worry about that unless you want a collector’s item. Just get the game on Tuesday on your Xbox
Personally not feeling the new UI, namely the character select screen. I’m not really digging the Season 1 and 2 division between characters.
Yeah the new character select screen does not feel “KI” at all. It just screams OG SF4 to me. Not a fan of it.
Also, is it just me, or does IG suck at animations? Combo and Maya both just seem so stiff in their animations. Nothing seems smooth to me and everything just doesn’t blend together nearly as well as the other characters do.
I’m getting the $20 version of the game so I won’t be using Combo early. I’ll just snag it next month. Getting Forza Horizon 2 at the end of this month anyways.
EDIT:
Okay just watched that gameplay video, and animations look much better in game than the reveal trailer, so that is a relief.
Also looks like Maya has Dhalsim’s Ultra from SF4!
EDIT2:
Also, I wonder if the guy at the end of Maya’s trailer is the Aria character from the end of arcade mode in KI. Has the glowing eyes and bald head look. Maybe?
Can’t wait to play with Maya.
A lot of Orchid placeholder stuff, if you notice, her hurt animations are Orchids as well. No big deal to me. They still have time to work on her.
The new select screen may not be very “KI” but the KI style select screen is terrible to begin with, and it was only going to get worse as the cast gets bigger.
They could have gone the way of the arcade games where it scrolls along the full width of the screen on top and bottom.
But you are right, like the more characters that are added, the worse it would get because the length would change.
It’s just nostalgia talking though, the new one will be just fine after using it a few times.
I doubt the new character is ARIA. Aria sounds like an acronym and one that you would give to a feminine character. Nothing Egyptian or Aztec about that name like the new guy looks. The silhouette of ARIA in the story has a feminine shape also.
More insightful news, Season 2 balance changes will update to everyone’s Xboxes on Monday. Still have to wait till Tuesday to buy Season 2, but you wont have to wait till Tuesday to try out the new Fulgore or Orchid.
Also, anyone who bought Combo Breaker or Ultra versions of season 1 gets a 4 dollar discount on the Ultra version of Season 2. (36 dollars instead of 40)
Playing patched KI now, it randomly update. Altho you still can’t play TJ combo yet.
Spinal: so this Cr mk doesn’t knock down anymore… I don’t remember that being in the patch notes, I kinda like it tho
It was listed in the patch notes you might have just missed it. IMO it’s a pretty good change since I t helps make it more useful as a low normal and helps to improve Spinal’s footsie game.
Guys, stop whatever you’re doing, and let’s talk about the good times that we had with Sadira’s Instinct Mode.
I think I may jump onto this game in Season 2. I’ve watched a few matches at tournaments and was interested. Had Xbox One for 6 months, but haven’t touched KI at all. XB1 pad isn’t ass like 360 so I’ll play on that before deciding if I want to get a stick.
Only played the season 2 early access for an hour last night but im loving it so far.My Glacius reset has been deaded due to not being able to instinct cancel enders, but shit the liquidize and bouncing hail give him so much more utility. @deviljin01 how are you linking the new Fulgore?
mauals suck ass now. I dont mind that they are harder to do, but they are also easier to break and more limited.
bullshit.
Maya’s ultra:
And then Jago became Sadira.
Will probably be patched out by the time early access ends so not that big a deal.
Brief season 2 impressions:
Thunder:
-Seems about the same, his manuals are pretty much unaffected by the manual change. he feels very samey, my jury is out on thunderbolt.
Spinal:
-definitely better than before, the skull run and spectral buffs are really awesome. however… all his weaknesses are untouched so Im not sure how much it really matters.
Orchid:
-Wow this character is good. The changes to her normals are stellar, Ex Rekka is godlike, air throw buff is silly good. But the grenade, so many setups, so easy to set up… This character is looking S tier as fuck right now, and os much more fun than she used to be. Im playing her for the time being.
How have the manuals been changed?