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The Killer Instinct 3 Day/Week/Month 1 Impressions and Tournament Viability Thread

CrimsonShadow

CrimsonShadow

Administrator and Community Engineer
Administrator
So here it is.. If you bought the game, or you're preparing to, this is the thread for you to share your thoughts/impressions of the game, and discuss how you see the viability of KI as a serious/competitive tournament title. It will obviously take some time for people to get a true overall picture of how the game shakes out -- but given the small roster there's less to play with on day one, and so I'm curious to see what people think of it as they dig in for the first days and weeks.

So for everyone playing, let us know what you think!

AK Pig Of The Hut (eventually)
AK Walker (eventually)
 
NurzBenny

NurzBenny

Old Member
As a tournament vet . . .(I guess I can say that after placing at one day one launch tournament)
  • Sadira is our lord and master, right now. It's going to take a long while before we truly "figure her out" Just a ridiculous amount of mobility in a game where it usually comes at a premium.

  • Saberwolf is scary, but gimmicky. CD was telling us all majority of his get ins are super unsafe. Can be outfootsied but it's not easy.
  • Thunder is scary up close, no two ways about it. Every hit hurts. The sway back on his low ax is footsie killer. He's the real deal
  • Orchid needs them confirms to really get it going. Have those and the world is yours for the taking. How she evolves from full screen slide, borderline unsafe rekka's will be interesting. We may have theorized some sick unblockable tech yesterday, but it's all theory at this point.
  • Glacius is going to dominate early I think. This is a game at a high level, contrary to what it looks like, where I think in tournament play, we're gonna wanna stay as safe as possible. Glacius might torture the impatient and patient alike. Forward medium punch as an opener just seems so unfair in the awesome way.
  • Jago - the jack of all trades. No matter how far we get into the games life cycle, I think he'll always be a factor. It's the matchup everyone will know like their back of their hand, but won't effect how well he does. The magic series mixups, and free 20% off throws with meter makes him dangerous. He could easily be the worst in the game when it's all said and done, or right near the top, all depending on how it shifts out. And if he does end up bottom, then this game is awesome because he's real good. He'll always be the measuring stick . . . and he's a shit ton of fun to play as or against.
 
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Scoot Magee

Scoot Magee

But I didn't want to dash
Got to play for 30 seconds lol. My cbox stick did not work for anyone wondering. Going to have to get a new one.
 
ProudDisciple

ProudDisciple

Average at Best
Since I lack a local scene and am currently away from home my curiosity is with people's impression of the netcode, online modes and overall performance on xbox live.
 
SAREDODEVIL

SAREDODEVIL

Kombatant
tourney viable, and injustice lol, this game is awesome, every char has a chance, maybe sadira and glaciys are hard to use, but in a correct player like filthierick make the characters op, and i think, sabrewulf is top tier, that rusdow is so good, a pure rushdown char, i know why tom brady maining him
 
LanceMonsoon

LanceMonsoon

All in on Johnny Football
I've played it since I got it at midnight, with a few small breaks. So far I really enjoy it and hope to become at least decent in the long run. My brother has been using Glacius and I'm using Sabrewulf. Xbox d pad works fine just need to break it in, can't wait until I actually figure out what I really am doing lol. Haven't figured out the counter breaking and other shit to well yet but I can combo at least haha. In IGAU I still can't find a character I just love yet but with KI, Sabrewulf feels awesome. Can't wait to develop my skills more. So far I enjoy it a lot, This is coming from someone who thought it would be mediocre when I first saw it too.
 
MashPotatoTower

MashPotatoTower

Champion
I hope Sadira is without a doubt the best character for the remainder of the game life cuz she's the only new character. I don't think there is artist alive today that wouldn't selfishly favor there own original creation. Plus dem hips!
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
CrimsonShadow said:
AK Pig Of The Hut How long before "Glacius Funeral Thread: R.I.P Glacius (2013) He Never Had a Chance to Live"
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What people FAIL to remember is that I was right in that thread

The day I made that thread Sinestro:
Arachnid was -36
Arachnid was a high
B12 was a high
Trait took 4-5 secs to load
Throw was 9% glitched
He had absolutely ZERO invincibility on wake up
And because arachnid was a high and -36 on block he had literally no wake up

So get w the program before posting this "joke"

I was right and sinestro community can thank me
 
CrimsonShadow

CrimsonShadow

Administrator and Community Engineer
Administrator
AK Pig Of The Hut said:
What people FAIL to remember is that I was right in that thread

The day I made that thread Sinestro:
Arachnid was -36
Arachnid was a high
B12 was a high
Trait took 4-5 secs to load
Throw was 9% glitched
He had absolutely ZERO invincibility on wake up
And because arachnid was a high and -36 on block he had literally no wake up

So get w the program before posting this "joke"

I was right and sinestro community can thank me
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Ok. How long before "Glacius -- Tournament Viable Killing Machine?"
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
CrimsonShadow said:
Ok. How long before "Glacius -- Tournament Viable Killing Machine?"
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JESUS CHRIST


Lol AAAAAAAAAAAAA-GAIN

WHAT PEOPLE FAIL to realize is that when I made that 40 min CSz guide it was released literally 3 days before the final Mk9 patch came out

@g4c j360 back me up on this , only he would know apparently

They removed his bomb trap on knockdown traps that were amazing and lead to a full freeze = new combo. So every time CSz would knock someone down he could do a two frame parry on almost all wakeups in the game and what would happen is the sword from the parry wood knock them back into the freeze bomb giving u either another knockdown or freeze for full combo.

Also he had like 1-2 frame dash cancel and could fly from one part of the screen to the next which is why u didn't hear many people bitch about no armor on ex DK until they removed the dash cancel into another dash function which is why cd jr dropped rain, it hurt rain a lot.

Also he could parry most lows in the game as well which when they changed that the good Mus turned bad fast.

Please know your info and history before saying this stuff
 
AK Walker

AK Walker

Han shot first
The game has depth. Very mind game heavy which I like. Yes it only has 6 characters right now, wish it had 8 but no matter. The netcode is GODLIKE. I haven't had one laggy match AT ALL. And I mean NO LAG. Mostly scrubs playing online right now. Ran into like 2 good players but mostly scrubs. I really enjoy this game.
 
ProudDisciple

ProudDisciple

Average at Best
AK Walker said:
The game has depth. Very mind game heavy which I like. Yes it only has 6 characters right now, wish it had 8 but no matter. The netcode is GODLIKE. I haven't had one laggy match AT ALL. And I mean NO LAG. Mostly scrubs playing online right now. Ran into like 2 good players but mostly scrubs. I really enjoy this game.
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Any way to filter your search for a match or is it just Quick Match?
 
VOR

VOR

Apprentice
Are people concerned at all about the lack of characters hurting the life of the game? People seem optimistic now, but I think this game has the possibility of getting old quickly. How does it make up for this other than the fact that it's KI?
 
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