Killer Instinct - Maximilian's "C-C-C-OMBO BREAKER!" Breakdown from E3

[STORMS]

This is a combo breaker system you will definitely need to take notes on before you start to play it competitively. It's not your regular combo breaker system... it's a "C-C-C-OMBO BREAKER!" system that requires a mind-set in its own. Dave, who is of the Double Helix Games team working on the new Killer Instinct game that will be an Xbox One exclusive, goes over how to break and when you can break combos with Maximilian. As you can see in this video, even Max has some difficulty at first when trying to read how his opponent is playing whether it be a heavy, light... or? Check it out - you will be amazed.

Source: Miles923

 

[_CHINOCUDEIRO_]

Maximillian is selling more XBOX1 's than all Microsoft's conferences.

 

[xenogorgeous]

interesting game mechanics surrouding KI3 .... will need some hours of praticing to get the correct timing for this shit, hehe

 

[Posthuman]

Idk I think mk9 had it right with breakers!

 

[xhChrishx]

In KI1, you broke fierce with medium, broke medium with quick and broke quick with fierce. Now you break with the same button. The actually seems easier to remember. The biggest difference though on KI 1, if you started with Fierce, the next button was usually medium to continue the combo. So I knew which button to hit to break the combo based on the starter. Now it looks like you can move around more to stop that..

 

[MorbidAltruism]

C-C-C-ombo Breaker!
I think this new system is interesting. I am not sure I entirely understand it. I get the general idea though.

 

[Tonymitsu]

Actually in KI1, in addition to what xhChrishx said, you didn't just hit a button to break combos, each character had their own specific special move that they used for breaking combos. For Spinal it was his teleport (d,d+attack) and for Cinder it was his Fire Flash (qcb+attack). Your combo started with either a special move, or a jump-in. Different characters had very specific possible autoseconds and knowing the opponent is how you knew what to break with. Jump-ins always had set follow-ups (LP-LK, FP-MK, MP-FK)... because they were much safer than specials. After an autosecond you were required to follow with an ender, or a linker (which was always another special) if you wanted another autosecond.
Now it seems pretty mindless. Can you go "around the world" starting from anywhere (M, Q, F, or Q, F, M)? Can you bait a break attempt with an autosecond into a linker to get an orange X and then go around the world? That giant "hey-I-screwed-up-so-destroy-me" X over the head that both players can see seems like a really bad idea.
Also claiming that this system will mean that the attacker (and thus big combos) has the advantage in this game is a ridiculously bold statement, especially when we have no idea what punishment will look like, what's possible if your openers get blocked, if they are keeping the damage boost combo breakers would give you from previous titles, and the general risk/reward of what you get if you attack vs what you get if you can effectively punish.
General first impressions? This game is going to be awful.