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Well, if it’s all just about the money, then why even have KI characters in the game?[/quote]
Brand recognition
[Quote] That’ll be sure to bring in the cash, right? That’s what it’s about, isn’t it?
[/quote] Money? Of course. Why would they did up a 20 year old IP if they didn’t think they were going to make money off of it? That’s just silly. But how exactly does it hurt KI to have other Microsoft IPs hold KI up on their shoulders and show the world that it deserves just as much notoriety as Gears and Halo and Rare gets? And who knows…the boost in sales they get for all these guests may help the devs justify a sequel or another season in their bosses’ eyes…so how is that a bad thing?
Like I mentioned above, it’s bad because the game can’t do it on itself.
It’s sad. I think KI is awesome, so I think it’s sad that the game isn’t good enough to become popular and to prove it’s good enough without having to bait people like this.
Throwing my two cents in on RAAM: Not my cup of tea but I’m pretty happy with how he turned out. Seems like he would be a difficult character to use but has a lot of potential especially in the hands of a player who loves grapplers. He’s a great addition to the roster.
The worst part about him are his colors and accessories. They’re just plain boring. Best part about him is his instinct. I really like it and it wasn’t what I was expecting to see. If you manage to lock out someone while in instinct yhe damage output is MASSIVE especially when you use shadow.
I think he’s alright. He doesn’t have a whole lot to him, at first glance, but the things he does have seem to work really well.
Sure he doesn’t have a whole lot of combo options… I mean, option.
But the beefy short range grab for 19% meterless damage (weird how the Shadow version does LESS damage somehow, even though it doesn’t seem to have any more range or speed) and all the damage over time from Kryll and his absolutely NUTTY instinct (which seems like it could be another double edge sword if he’s facing someone with ambiguous breaking points) he seems to be very good at what he does.
I also like his music, but like the rest of S3 (apart from Rash) the Ultra Music doesn’t seem to have the same amount of OOMPH as before, and doesn’t have quite as good a melody.
I do like the first bits of his Ultra Rhythm, but it seems to overstay its welcome a bit.
I gotta say though his accessories on his main outfit are MUCH better than expected. And his colors are pretty good, especially that great Color 8. Retro is does its job but I didn’t expect much.
He’s good for what he is. He’s not very flexible, he’s quite a bit different in style. I never asked for him or any of the guest characters, and I’d have thought Skorge with his double chainsaw staff and dreads and screams would’ve been more hype, but he’s alright.
Guest characters aren’t ruining the game. It supports the game, gets some funds in. But that doesn’t mean I have to like them.
I love KI and almost everything about it. Disliking a few things about the game doesn’t mean I’m going to abandon it and it certainly doesn’t mean I now all of a sudden hate the game.
So stop being so melodramatic and try to make it seem like there’s only black or white. You really make it look like you HAVE to love EVERYTHING about it, and those who don’t are just HATERS who should go f#ck themselves. That’s not how it works, so just stop right there.
I really love his playstyle! Finally an actual grappler in KI! It’s kinda like zangief, just way cooler and way nastier!
I have to say it feels a bit unfinished, I would have liked him to have another linker and the kicks auto double animations, but it looks like he’s designed to have a weak in-combo mixup game. 1 linker, 3 doubles > easy to break. But he gets most of his damage from grab mixups and easy to break also means easy to bait counter breakers… and man if you get counter broken by RAAM your gonna regret it…
Counter breaker combo while in Instinct mode… you’re DONZO
Very hype play style… I think I could actually main himXd
I’m kinda in the same boat…I haven’t played much Gears…only the first one…played through the campaign once when it first came out. I have nearly all of the Gears games due to having a gold membership, but still haven’t played them. Ducking behind cover all the time isn’t really my cup of tea…probably a side-effect of starting off online FPS game with Quake 3 & Unreal Tournament… I prefer to move.
i dont give too hoots what you love OR hate but the way you go on about it MY GOSH and you call everyone else melodramatic LOL!!!
Rational discussion would be appreciated give us something we can UNDERSTAND rather than a rant or an unstable moan!
i understand HOW you feel and what your getting at but your going about it int he wrong way.
Would i like more IG designed characters that are fresh: YES
Do i feel IG has underrated their ability to make new IP (characters) for MS: YES
Do i feel the game has too many Guests?: NO
Do i feel season 3 has too many guests: POSSIBLY
Would i like to see more gaming fans play ki and do i think Ramm will? YES
Would i have rather someone other than Rash: YES
We think in the same ways.
Try and find the good in things too. Ramm fits into KI well. No hes not 10/10 but IG have done a nice job!
Btw, I never played a GoW game.