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Killer Instinct: The Game That Is Hated For The Wrong Reasons

ShadowBeatz

Dropper of Bass and Bombs
Okay, this is something that has REALLY bothered me for the past two months and I need to vent, damn it.

Since the Xbox One dropped, I have been playing a ton of Killer Instinct. I think it is a solid fighting game that relies on reads and mind games. The gameplay is smooth, the netcode is really good (I will grant to all of the haters that it has gotten worse since that patch, but it's still good), and it features a combo system that, in my mind, is the best out of any fighting game. But you would never know it, because all of the talk going on about Killer Instinct is about its "lack of content." Give me a break.

I've said this 100 times in 100 different threads, but this game was ADVERTISED as a "platform for content to be released on." I'm sorry, but anyone who is bitching that they spent $500 for a "demo" is a fucking ass hat. You don't get to rank up and track your stats in a demo. You knew exactly what you were getting when you bought the Xbox One. You knew that there weren't going to be many games, and you knew that KI wasn't going to have a boatload of content upon its release. And yet you STILL got the One, you still got KI, and now you're surprised that this game doesn't offer a lot content wise, and so you reciprocate with talking trash on DH and it's game. Wat?

Yes, it's true, right now this game doesn't have a lot of content, but you know what? When playing MK/IGAU, all the majority of the people bitching about KI did was go to online or versus mode to hone their skills with their main and whatever 3 or 4 secondaries they might have had, if they even had that much. Nobody was raving about Arcade/Battles and I'm pretty sure that while the Challenge Tower/STAR Labs were fun, nobody would have been bitching about a "lack of content" if they were never in their respective games. Guess what? This game's got online, versus mode, and enough characters to have a main and 5 secondaries. How about that?

This is why I think KI is getting so much hate for the wrong reasons. It is a GREAT fighting game, and that's not really all opinion either. I have not seen any reasons posted that would contradict that statement. No one is bitching about the fighting engine, balance or gameplay mechanics (aside for one salty status update from yours truly, but I digress). You'd think TYM would love this game! But no. "6 characters bro". People are putting quantity over quality, and because of that, they aren't even giving this gem a chance.

I'm posting this because I want this game to thrive. I understand not everyone is going to like it and I'm not asking everyone to. I'm just saying, I don't see "lack of content" as a good reason to not play, especially when we're getting 2 more characters, lobbies, and hell even a Story Mode buy the end of March, along with a Season 2 that was confirmed. We will get the content, you just have to be patient. If you don't like the combo system or anything about the game's core, that's one thing, (even though I have not heard that once from anyone who has played the game). If not, get online and play me in a set and I dare you to tell me the game isn't fun as hell to play :)
 

AK Black Preon

Kombatant
I've said that this game isn't going to be worth much at launch... and the Hate I got was glorious. But I was telling you at launch there wasn't much to it... and they told you as well. However people had the nostalgia vision on and they just now put on some windshield wipers... Besides you got what they said you were going to... when they said you were going to get it. Didn't take a psychic to see what was going down. But now people are using that "Insert Name Here" Option select... mm.. mm ..mmm .mmm .mmm .mmmmmmm.

#ToldYouPeople #NoOneListened
 

EMPRESS_SunFire

Regina George of discord
I don't hate the game...
I hate the players that bashed Injustice players & told us we were scrubs, they did NEVER respect our decision to play the game we liked, they even confirmed KI was going to kill injustice lmao.
Now their game has some flaws, Injustice players bash them as well, but in this case they get their feelings hurt.
 

Jer

I'm a literal Sloth
This thread is going to become a shitstorm so I'll post beforehand.


I bought an Xbone for KI and I'm really enjoying it. It's the only game I've really only been playing recently. I don't like Injustice all that much, so I stopped playing it. People need to just play what they want, and not care what other people do with their time. I'm glad Injustice has gotten how it is now, and hopefully KI get's bigger when more content is released.

I also think the 1 character every now and then is a good platform (Look at LoL and Dota, and yes I know they started with more base characters).
 

ShadowBeatz

Dropper of Bass and Bombs
I don't hate the game...
I hate the players that bashed Injustice players & told us we were scrubs, they did NEVER respect our decision to play the game we liked, they even confirmed KI was going to kill injustice lmao.
Now their game has some flaws, Injustice players bash them as well, but in this case they get their feelings hurt.
I wasn't one of those people... :oops: Sure, I disliked Injustice but I didn't care if people played it or not. You like what you like.

I don't really care if people hate KI either, it's just reason that irritates me
 

EMPRESS_SunFire

Regina George of discord
I wasn't one of those people... :oops: Sure, I disliked Injustice but I didn't care if people played it or not. You like what you like.

I don't really care if people hate KI either, it's just reason that irritates me
I know! But a lot of people bashed injustice players, i didn't care either but i got irritated as well :/
 

Orochi

Scorpion Scrub
Lol this game is great guys don't hate on it, once you dedicate some time to it you realize how complex and fun it is at the same time. A lot of people are very hype about it, viewers are all on it it's fun to watch just not many people play it cause of damn xboxone exclusive lol. Short cast but that means you learn the match ups faster and can switch between Injustice and KI with ease ;)
 

Saboteur-6

Filthy Casual
I haven't seen it mentioned yet recently (although I think 16bit mentioned it on the KTP) but I would think another drawback to the "expanding roster over time" is that the serious competitors wont want to spend the time mastering/leveling up one of the base characters only to switch to someone else in 3/6/9 months down the road. It sort of discourages going "all in" on a new character since you'd have to abandon your first main who you've been training with for however long.

Also, as a variation to the problem, since KI is an established series we more or less know who we liked/didn't like from the series. If your favorite character isn't in the base game but you still want to main them then you're stuck waiting.
 

CrimsonShadow

Administrator and Community Engineer
Administrator
I had a feeling this was going to be a problem.

But just like Injustice silenced a lot of complaints after the Oct. patch, a lot of KI fears will be rendered moot once more content is released. It's only a matter of time.. So this is probably not worth worrying about; those who really love it as is will play it in the meantime, and maybe others will give it a chance once it has a full roster and some more to do.
 

ShadowBeatz

Dropper of Bass and Bombs
Sooo you made this thread cuz pig made that other thread...why not just post your little rebuttal here in that thread?
1. Because it would have been in the middle of the fourth page where no one would see it.

2. Because this isn't necessarily a rebuttal towards Pig. It was that thread that just kinda made it boil over, but a bunch of people have been saying this since KI was released