Disappointment in shin hisako

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We don’t know that. Why would you assume that they had this option? For all we know, they had the money in the budget to make one new character and two remixes, so that’s what they did.

I wouldn’t say grateful. I think most people are taking issue with your assumption that you seem to think IG giving us post-seasonal content somehow means the game is dead or dying.

Also, when you say lazy… I’m not sure how you come to that conclusion. Perhaps they don’t have the time and money to devote to three new characters, so they decided to instead give us one fully new character and two remixes. How would that be lazy?

Now, it’s possible that they said “well, we could give them a new character, or we could just remix one,” but I’m not sure why you’re jumping to that conclusion.

Well, okay, but content is still content. If you don’t like the content, then you don’t have to buy it. But expecting them to give you out of season content for free just because they reused assets seems unrealistic.

How is Shago different? Also, Kilgore and Fulgore share the same body. Plus, Omen had Jago’s body in season 2, it was just obscured by the coat of shadow paint.

Well sure, it very well could be the sign of a decreased budget, but again, we’re in post-seasonal content. That doesn’t mean the game’s ending though. I will say this… If we don’t get a season 4 announcement at E3, then I’ll be inclined to believe that the seasonal format is gone for good and MS is funding them on a much lower level. But even then, I don’t know if that equates to the game being done. We’ll have to wait and see.

Yeah but all games do this. Not just fighting games. If it helps save time and money, why not do this? As for the FGC, no one has “gotten into this” style of thinking. You say that like it’s a recent phenomenon and it’s not. Look at Ken and Ryu in Street Fighter 2. They’re borderline indistinguishable. You think a vast majority of the assets weren’t reused for them?

I’m pretty hyped for that too. Then again, I also love the idea of a human Hisako. I don’t want to see a ton of these, but seeing a character in a different light, like a human Sabrewulf or a pre-transformation Cinder always seemed like a fun idea to me.

Thank you. Agree 100%

I think we’re all in the same boat on that, man. I hear ya.

You could very well be right, but who knows. Maybe the current content is just for tiding us over until we get an announcement at E3? We’ll have to wait and see. I’m optimistic given that they gave us a survey at the end of season 3 indicating more new content on the horizon, but who knows. We just have to hope for the best. I just don’t think that the current content is an indication of future content, but I could certainly be wrong.

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Nah B that just ain’t me, no regerts.

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No but when you say

It makes it sound like it’s free dlc which it’s not,I should be able to ask for more from my purchase because I’m a customer and that’s my right as a customer.If this character had no pushback from the community they’d think this is fine and will keep doing it,they have to know that it’s not okay to be “lazy”(I use this for a lack of a better word)and still expect it to be met with the same hype and success of a character like gargos or eyedol because those are brand new to the game in every way imaginable.

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I can’t really say i’m disappointed more of less why would they clone hisako of all fighters? She is new to the killer instinct story.

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So much for the epic battle of the aliens glacious and kelvin :sob::sob::sob::sob::sob:

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I’m talking about post seasonal characters like Kilgore who I’m kinda disappointed in but he’s “technically” a different character,and shago is a character that was in the game since launch as a skin for Jago so that fact that he actually exists is pretty cool but I mean I still don’t think his 10$ price tag was worth it but again I wanted to support the game,also I guess I never looked at omen and put two and two together but I honestly don’t have a huge problem with him because IIRC he was a bonus character for season 2.

I don’t know why people always point to street fighter 2 which is a 30 year old game and has actual reasons for having a clone character(IIRC there is differences in there move’s effectiveness)and then after time they actually changed things about the characters to make them distinguishable from each other by implementing more and more differences.

Not only that street fighter is doing awful in sales so it’s very bad to compare the two if you want to have faith in KI

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I don’t know maybe for the weeaboos that play the game,also for some reason casuals absolutely love her.

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It doesn’t matter,all that matters is I’m a gamer that pays for content and supports fighting games,so when the FGC lowers its standards I have to either speak out or lower my standards too,and I can’t afford that.

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Yeah but are they THAT different now? They’re still shotos, yes? I agree that they’re not identical like they were back in the SF2 days, but you would agree that they still borrow animations, even if they don’t borrow as many, right?

I just went back to SF2 because you seemed to be implying that clones / remixes are a new phenomenon when the genre is littered with examples throughout the last 25+ years. I mean, look at the Tekken games. For a long time, half of their roster was made up of characters that were clones of other characters. They don’t seem to be doing that with Tekken 7, but I’d say lets wait until the DLC starts rolling out and see if we don’t end up with Christie Montiero, P. Jack, Armor King, Anna Williams, Kunimitsu etc.

I just used SF because it’s more or less the standard bearer for the genre.

Can’t you do both? You say “lower my standards” like it’s this horrible thing. What about the idea of adjusting your expectations? I don’t think that you do yourself any favors by drawing a line in the sand and saying “this is what’s acceptable” because any game, and especially a game with a smaller budget like KI, can be subject to changing budgetary restraints that can amount in a shift of what they’re capable of doing.

I get voicing your displeasure, I do. But if the realities of the game change, you can either adapt or not adapt. You want to choose the second option, then you’re not going to get a lot of enjoyment out of something that’s supposed to be fun, ya know?

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Maybe Shin Hisako is an tribute to Samurai Jack.

Maybe being the keyword.

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I kind of agree.

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It’s funny how you point to the slight differences in effectiveness of Ken and Ryu’s movesets as justification for them being clones and won’t accept a character who will likely play much more drastically different than the original Hisako. You haven’t even seen her moveset yet but are outraged that they’d implement a “clone” character when you’re fine that Ken and Ryu have the same moves but Ryu’s knock you over.

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It was never about who is “leading” and who is “following”. It’s called the Fighting Game COMMUNITY, not the Fighting Game Monarchy. KI has been taking cues from other fighting games since its launch, and hasn’t stopped.

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She’s undoubtedly the most popular new character to the franchise. Enough to get her own figure, keychain, and several cosplay appearances.

Why wouldn’t they remix a goldmine like that?

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trying to make a point. Same question. You can flag it if you like, i wont ask again.

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I just hope she’s fun to play, as is now I loathe regular Hisako.

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This is my point though this is an old phenomenon and I think fighting games should outgrow it.

It is,that’s why when Strret fighter is doing poorly I get worried for fighting games especially smaller ones like KI

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Why? If they can get more done by reusing animations and what not, then what is the benefit of not doing things the way they’ve been done?

Eh, SF is doing poorly thanks to poor decisions by Capcom, especially with regards to the initial release and content delivery that have absolutely nothing to do with the issues we’re talking about here though.