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Killer Instinct And The Cloud – Balancing Without A Patch

Game Informer: "One of Microsoft’s most ambiguous selling points for the Xbox One is its ever-present cloud. We haven’t seen many examples of its use outside of Forza Motorsport 5’s Driveatar, but Microsoft frequently assures us in press conferences and development videos that it will be awesome. In an interview with Killer Instinct’s producer Torin Rettig, he shared how the cloud is being used to help keep the game consistently balanced."

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Nicaragua4580d ago

This already happens, its nothing new.

Fireseed4579d ago

"Making minor balance changes without going through Xbox Live’s servers is not an entirely new practice"

Thank you for at least outing the fact you didn't read the article.

Nicaragua4579d ago

Yeah, i try not to read pointless PR statements about pre-existing tech dressed up as news. I'm just thankful the title and opening paragraph spelled it out enough to save me the effort.

Kudos to you though for soaking up all this shit, you should consider it a job well done.

Fireseed4579d ago

So then why the heck are you here?

And yeah I tend to "soak up" information about a game I thoroughly want to buy.

andrewsqual4580d ago

Wait this game is Free to Play. It isn't online only is it?

GmIsOnPt3604580d ago

its not a free to play game, you get the game with one character free. 20 bucks for all 8 characters, 40 bucks for all characters,skins and copy of original killer instinct. and it has no story mode but you can 1v1 offline.

hollabox4580d ago

I'm disappointed this game only runs 720P, the environments don't look anything beyond what the X360 or PS3 are capable if they had 5 Gigs of ram to play with. Maybe this game is a reflection of the lack of talent at Double Helix. Why couldn't MS pull Rare off MS wannabe Wii sports knockoffs and have them focus only on KI? But not played KI since KI gold back in 97, a game I'm looking forward to come January when I buy my XB1.

AnthonyJrWTF4579d ago

Did you come here just to post about resolution?

hollabox4579d ago (Edited 4579d ago )

WTF?
I thought it would be obvious I'm stating my opinion Double Helix is not the developers that should be handling one of the franchises I've been waiting almost two decades for. God I hate what MS did to Rare, oh well maybe I might be surprised.

Fireseed4579d ago

You're going to be extremely surprised, petty graphical bullshit aside the game plays as smooth as butter. They opened up the combo system so now everything can be an opener and linker. As well as improving the range of motion each character has. They've diversified the fighting range cast to a more modern day style lineup with zoners, grapplers, shoto, and rushdown but it still feels like good old KI.

Fireseed4579d ago (Edited 4579d ago )

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Killer Instinct: The Most Underrated Fighting Video Game in History

Killer Instinct is like the forgotten cousin at the fighting game family reunion.

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Michiel1989368d ago

yeah they were such good and fun games but they never really reached the mainstream audience. Killer Instinct was widely known and respected.

Cacabunga368d ago

Killer instinct is great, especially on snes but it’s not the most underrated fighter.. for me it’s Power Stone. So much potential in this series

Jawsh666368d ago

Bloody Roar was a game that had a sick concept but wasn’t made the best. I’d say Killer Instinct was the opposite of that, it was well made but the roster of characters were so similar to every other fighting game in that era that it ended up feeling like more of the same. I could be wrong that’s just how I remember it at the time and I played a ton of KI on SNES because it was one of the first games I owned.

PRIMORDUS368d ago

I loved this game in the arcade, my main was Jago, Ultra Combo!!! https://www.youtube.com/wat...

DivineHand125367d ago

That combo was way overkill 😂

PRIMORDUS367d ago

I know haha, I loved Jago.

Bathyj368d ago

You're kidding?
It enjoyed probably more success than it deserved.
Unlike Tobal 2

MeteorPanda367d ago

Tobal 2 was awesome. Sold really well cause art similarity to dragon ball

jjb1981368d ago

I remember trying my hardest to learn that "Ultra... Ultra.... Ultra...." finish. Such a great fighting game.

Popsicle368d ago (Edited 368d ago )

I can tell you definitely got some SNES time in. The slight differences in the ports due to hardware constraints were interesting. For example, the arcade version was Ultraaaa Coooommboooooooo! versus Ultra….Ultra….Ultra on the SNES.

Though SNES overachieved as a port for as demanding as a game KI was.The arcade version was one of the first cabinets with a dedicated hard drive and the SNES version was 32 megabyte cartridge which was huge for that system at the time.

jjb1981366d ago

Yeah, for sure. My local childhood arcade was always packed and it was hard to get a game in but once the SNES version came out, I was hooked. I can still feel the click of the power button.

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Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition Launches November 28

Exciting news, Combo Breakers: Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition will be available TOMORROW, November 28, at 12PM Pacific!

Obscure_Observer877d ago (Edited 877d ago )

YES!!!!

Iron Galaxy wanted to come back

https://www.windowscentral....

Matt Booty made it happen

https://www.videogameschron...

This is how you support your first party games! Continued support after 10 years!

The Killer Instinct fans appreciated and the whole FG community celebrates!

Congrats goes to Matt, Mick, Adam and everyone at Iron Galaxy!

Tomorrow we fight together! I can´t wait!

Barlos876d ago

I'll have to get this! Been a big fan of KI since the very first one.

Petebloodyonion876d ago (Edited 876d ago )

I love KI (still play the old arcade version) but feel like the Xbox version is like a big intimidating chessboard with no easy way to instruct you to play chess.
The game is so deep in terms of little things to do that it makes Smash Bros melee look like a casual experience.
Honestly, doing a combo Breaker is punish/reward by itself but hey you can add a counterbreaker.
Here's what you also need to know
Breaking Shadow-linker
Instincts
Shadow counter
Auto double,
linker, manual
ender
etc,

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Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition Coming Years After Latest Update with Patch Notes Available Now

Iron Galaxy is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Killer Instinct by launching a new Anniversary Edition for Xbox and PC and an extensive patch several years after the latest update.

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Jingsing880d ago

There isn't going to be any chance of this being played at tournaments unless it appears on all platforms like all fighting games.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH880d ago

SF5 didn’t appear on all consoles and was still played at Tournaments. I’ve seen KI tournaments recently so I don’t think your opinion is accurate.