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[Silky]

Anyone else see this?
http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/b-orchid-will-return-to-xbox-ones-killer-instinct/

Venture Beat put out an article about this trailer and said...

"Sadira is new to the Killer Instinct franchise. Killer Instincts roster now includes her and returning characters Cinder, Fulgore, Galcius, Jago, Sabrewulf, Spinal, and Thunder."

Maybe a mistake/assumption? Or an accidental leak...?
That is eight characters in total... Sadira + 7 returning characters.

I want to believe so hard, but it's false.

ROSTER:
Jago
Sabrewulf
Glacius
Thunder
Sadira
Orchid
Shadow Jago (EXCLUSIVE ONLY FOR DAY ONE GOLD MEMBERS)
???
???

Last two slots are between Fulgore/Spinal/Cinder/Riptor.

Shadow Jago seems pretty sleazy. $60 for one DLC character and not even the full game of KI. You're better off waiting for his official release.

Here's something interesting: Every character sans Sabrewulf has some sort of Gold Color Alt.

 

[-COOLIO-]

I miss the classic KI look - these characters look quite a bit different than I remember back in the day. Orchid looks like Lara Croft - not a bad thing, but definitely different.

KI2 orchid looked like a 90s buns of steel on vhs instructor.

 

[Winterfang]

I want to believe so hard, but it's false.

ROSTER:
Jago
Sabrewulf
Glacius
Thunder
Sadira
Orchid
Shadow Jago (EXCLUSIVE ONLY FOR DAY ONE GOLD MEMBERS)
???
???

Last two slots are between Fulgore/Spinal/Cinder/Riptor.

Shadow Jago seems pretty sleazy. $60 for one DLC character and not even the full game of KI. You're better off waiting for his official release.

Here's something interesting: Every character sans Sabrewulf has some sort of Gold Color Alt.

I'll love a Golden fur Sabrewulf. What was a game that had both Golden and Black versions of every character? I think it was GGXX2.

 

[GoofsterStud]

Spinal

WTH? I missed this! I have always loved animated skeletons! I also love the fact that he uses a shield!

Must see....

 

[LTWheels]

I want to believe so hard, but it's false.

Shadow Jago seems pretty sleazy. $60 for one DLC character and not even the full game of KI. You're better off waiting for his official release.

It's value depends upon when your xblg membership expires. Mine expires around November for example. I would need to buy a new years subscription and if the day one is the same price as getting a year's worth of subscription; why not.

 

[xDevolutionx]

I have to say, this is super friggin' rad.

 

[DopeyFish]

Shadow Jago is exclusive to those gold subscribers until February 14, 2014

he will likely be available afterwards for $5

so in theory... Full set of characters is $25/$45

we don't know how different shadow Jago is though...may be worth it, may not be.

 

[Eoin]

Never been into fighting games at all, but I can't stop watching footage of this. Went from wondering what all this KI hype was all about, to this being my most hyped launch game.

Have to say the DH have done an amazing job showing this game off. When you watch people so passionate about something, it's refreshing. Can't wait.

 

[CountAntonius]

Guys...I think I have a crush on a video game character. That look she gives at the end. Damn.

 

[Winterfang]

Guys...I think I have a crush on a video game character. That look she gives at the end. Damn.

She is really hot but don't fall for it. I'll bet she has webby/sticky traps where her lady parts should be and traps you and eats your head.

 

[Revolver]

I love the look on Orchid's face as she pets the cat. She looks like she's about to mess shit up.

 

[ChronoX]

This GIF always makes me happy. I can't get enough of it

 

[too much eslim]

Sadira is a mix between Cammy and spiderman. I can't wait to play with her.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Still waiting on my Riptor. Ill pay the price when I see him return.

Riptor is male?

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Gifed.

Sadira looks vicious.

Her hair looks stiff....but still, t'is awesome to see.

 

[Silky]

Did they ever really get into why Sabrewulf wasn't playable in the newest build???

 

[Syphon Filter]

Did they ever really get into why Sabrewulf wasn't playable in the newest build???

I saw someone using him in the stream yesterday.

 

[Passive Assassin]

orchid looks cool. on board now. hopefully someone brings a xboxone to local sessions!

 

[too much eslim]

Also while I still say Glacius is OP, I think Sadira Is the only character that might see a nerf because she is the only threat to glacius.

Also looks like now they need an anti-air character

 

[royalan]

Also while I still say Glacius is OP, I think Sadira Is the only character that might see a nerf because she is the only threat to glacius.

I dunno, watching that gameplay vid leaked a few pages ago, Sadira seemed pretty choked by Glacius' projectile. Her air rush-in gets stopped by it pretty effectively.

 

[too much eslim]

I dunno, watching that gameplay vid leaked a few pages ago, Sadira seemed pretty choked by Glacius' projectile. Her air rush-in gets stopped by it pretty effectively.

That is his only saving grace. However it is hard for her to get caught in his unblockable or even by his pokes. Glacius players literally have to zone when playing against her.

 

[DopeyFish]

That is his only saving grace. However it is hard for her to get caught in his unblockable or even by his pokes. Glacius players literally have to zone when playing against her.

Yup she looks to expose bad glacius players, don't seem like a great match up in low level play...

But high level could lead to some pretty amazing matches IMO

 

[Anticitizen One]

Just think guys in 60 days we will be playing Next Gen Killer Instinct (and Panzer Dragoon) while the rest of the world is rotting away playing the latest reheated call of duty game. To say I am excited is an understatement. 90s gaming was fun, cool and imaginative and it's been seriously missing for along time but thanks to digital titles on X1 and PS4 the glory days are coming back.

That Sadira/Orchid trailer alone was more interesting and exciting than any "aaa" trailer i've seen lately.

 

[Crazypanda_85]

Just think guys in 60 days we will be playing Next Gen Killer Instinct (and Panzer Dragoon) while the rest of the world is rotting away playing the latest reheated call of duty game. To say I am excited is an understatement. 90s gaming was fun, cool and imaginative and it's been seriously missing for along time but thanks to digital titles on X1 and PS4 the glory days are coming back.

That Sadira/Orchid trailer alone was more interesting and exciting than any "aaa" trailer i've seen lately.

For the most part, I agree with you. I went to the Microsoft Store and preordered a Day One Edition. I've already preordered it twice before and cancelled it. With titles like KI, Crimson Dragon and the Capy titles, I knew I needed to get this system along with my PS4. There's only a few AAA titles I want to buy day one (Forza 5 and Assassin's Creed 4) but for the most part, the digital games are where my heart is at.

 

[Anticitizen One]

This is how Jago should look in the game:

The one that's actually in the game is the complete opposite of cool

 

[pixlexic]

This is how Jago should look in the game:


The one that's actually in the game is the complete opposite of cool

JAGO never looked like that in KI. he hass always been beefier not scrawny.

 

[Timu]

Just think guys in 60 days we will be playing Next Gen Killer Instinct (and Panzer Dragoon)

Damn, it can't come soon enough!

 

[Anticitizen One]

JAGO never looked like that in KI. he hass always been beefier not scrawny.

Jago also never looked like he currently does in the game either. Between the two takes I think that concept art piece looks waayyy more appealing visually (and realistic as a fluid fast paced ninja) than a gears of war buff dude look with that wierd hairstyle and garish tattoos all over

 

[Phoenix Fang]

This is how Jago should look in the game:


The one that's actually in the game is the complete opposite of cool

That actually look crappy.

 

[Ramocalypse]

This is how Jago should look in the game:


The one that's actually in the game is the complete opposite of cool

Sorry man, but I find almost all of the original KI designs uninspired, and pretty much just a result of limited hardware. The double helix designs seem to at least have more of a vision behind them, and feel much less generic... IMO

Oh, and since when has a blue Cropped Top (had to google that lol) been cool???

 

[Southside Jim]

Riptor is male?

Life found a way.

 

[Anticitizen One]

For the most part, I agree with you. I went to the Microsoft Store and preordered a Day One Edition. I've already preordered it twice before and cancelled it. With titles like KI, Crimson Dragon and the Capy titles, I knew I needed to get this system along with my PS4. There's only a few AAA titles I want to buy day one (Forza 5 and Assassin's Creed 4) but for the most part, the digital games are where my heart is at.

This may actually be the first console launch where I don't buy any of the retail launch games. Both systems offerings look so unappealing though I am keeping an eye on Killzone, Knack, and Dead rising 3 in case they end up being meaty and enjoyable. I'll probably play watch dogs, assasins 4, and NFS in a year when there in the best buy bargain bin for $10. Right now it looks like im just getting CD and KI 3 for Xbox and the F2P and free PS+ games for ps4 (Driveclub, resogun, and Warframe).

 

[sixteen-bit]

Life found a way.

 

[abadguy]

'scuse the double post..

 

[Rizsparky]

Jago doesnt look too bad but his skin tone is off. He is almost bronze colored in the previous game.

 

[abadguy]

Sorry man, but I find almost all of the original KI designs uninspired, and pretty much just a result of limited hardware. The double helix designs seem to at least have more of a vision behind them, and feel much less generic... IMO

Oh, and since when has a blue Cropped Top (had to google that lol) been cool???

Agreed The whole exposed midriff, Tibetan Ninja with Samurai Sword, screamed 90's cheese and even by 90's standards it was pretty bad.( only Time Killers had worse designs)
Fulgore's design at least somewhat holds up if you get rid of the pony tail. I am not in love with Jago's new design either and feel it's the weakest of the cast, but still looks better than the original by a wide margin IMO.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Jago doesnt look too bad but his skin tone is off. He is almost bronze colored in the previous game.

He seemed white to me in the original.

 

[Rizsparky]

He seemed white to me in the original.

Doesn't look very white to me.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Doesn't look very white to me.

I always thought it was the cg that made him look like that. Back then cg made the characters look different compared to ingame.

 

[SAB CA]

I find the complaints on Jago funny, because he doesn't look big at all compared to the rest of the cast. Thunder's frame looks meaty, Saber looks beastly, Jago looks like a "normal fighter" in comparison.

Also, his old outfit looks like a bad riff on anime, with the exposed abs and "kinda like a ninja, but not" motif. His hairstyle in that above art is also completely without any identifying feature; just makes him look like any regular guy. Which I guess is something you could say for Ryu too, so I guess it fits his archetype.

I don't even find him that "Gears of War" like at all; I find his legs to look skinny, and slightly tapered, enhanced in this aspect by the baggy pants. The Tattoo makes me think more about a bad guy in a martial arts flick, more than "hard western thug", but the worn, tired look to his eyes do look less "martial artist" and more "seen some things..." military.

So if I had problems with any part of him, it'd be his hair and his eyes.

I guess if you expect him to look more like a plain-joe MK character (who still look to be based off average guys in Halloween-store costumes), he looks bulky. But put against fighting game characters that have more style and comic-like art inspiration, I think he look fine.

I wouldn't be anywhere near as interested in this game, if it had a design style more in line with MK, Skyrim, or Mass Effect. And I'm quite glad it's got a more expressive, less gritty feel than your average Gears-style game.

 

[Anticitizen One]

I find the complaints on Jago funny, because he doesn't look big at all compared to the rest of the cast. Thunder's frame looks meaty, Saber looks beastly, Jago looks like a "normal fighter" in comparison.

Also, his old outfit looks like a bad riff on anime, with the exposed abs and "kinda like a ninja, but not" motif. His hairstyle in that above art is also completely without any identifying feature; just makes him look like any regular guy. Which I guess is something you could say for Ryu too, so I guess it fits his archetype.

I don't even find him that "Gears of War" like at all; I find his legs to look skinny, and slightly tapered, enhanced in this aspect by the baggy pants. The Tattoo makes me think more about a bad guy in a martial arts flick, more than "hard western thug", but the worn, tired look to his eyes do look less "martial artist" and more "seen some things..." military.

So if I had problems with any part of him, it'd be his hair and his eyes.

I guess if you expect him to look more like a plain-joe MK character (who still look to be based off average guys in Halloween-store costumes), he looks bulky. But put against fighting game characters that have more style and comic-like art inspiration, I think he look fine.

I wouldn't be anywhere near as interested in this game, if it had a design style more in line with MK, Skyrim, or Mass Effect. And I'm quite glad it's got a more expressive, less gritty feel than your average Gears-style game.

I don't want to armchair design but I think if they toned down the roided up look and maybe replaced the big tattoos with maybe like scars or something he would look better.

 

[Rizsparky]

I always thought it was the cg that made him look like that. Back then cg made the characters look different compared to ingame.

He looked pretty much the same in his in-game model. I like the new Jago, but that is my only gripe. Maybe he has alternate colour schemes, who knows.

 

[op_ivy]

am i the only one that thinks thunders legs are way too small? he looks so goofy, and i was a KI 1 thunder fan

 

[Winterfang]

Like I've before Jago should either be whiter or Darker. But right now he looks orange which looks bad in my opinion.

I really want to see the costume options. Riptor with feathers/without feathers, with a crown, spikes on his back, stripes on his body etc..

 

[oneida]

This is how Jago should look in the game:


The one that's actually in the game is the complete opposite of cool

looks like he's trying on his sister's top

 

[TomcatTheLion]

Has there been any news on fightsticks (since EVO)?

I would buy a Orchid stick immediately if offered.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Shadow Jago is exclusive to those gold subscribers until February 14, 2014

he will likely be available afterwards for $5

so in theory... Full set of characters is $25/$45

we don't know how different shadow Jago is though...may be worth it, may not be.

Isn't Shadow Jago just a variant skin for Jago?

 

[DopeyFish]

Isn't Shadow Jago just a variant skin for Jago?

we don't know. May have a different moveset.

 

[too much eslim]

Isn't Shadow Jago just a variant skin for Jago?

no. it is a real character. we just don't know how its moveset will differentiate from Jago.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Jago also never looked like he currently does in the game either. Between the two takes I think that concept art piece looks waayyy more appealing visually (and realistic as a fluid fast paced ninja) than a gears of war buff dude look with that wierd hairstyle and garish tattoos all over

..but Jago was never a ninja. He was a Tibetan warrior. Maybe you're projecting. I think he looks fine but I do agree his design is the weakest of the bunch with Orchid's being the best so far IMO.