I actually love that idea and would be completely fine if that is what is coming.
I would love to see it work similar to this:
Devils Landing -> Thunder
Sunrise Devils Landing -> Tusk
Forbidden Archives -> Kan Ra
Forbidden Archives Take Over(Portal is completely open,
everything is tainted by shadow energy, Blue fog) -> Gargos
Ultratech Industries -> Fulgore
Ultratech Countermeasures(Reactor core is overloaded, a Portal in the center, red fog,
Guardrails and equipment damaged) -> Eyedol
Good ultimate boss characters in fighting games are always too OP to be made playable. How do you know we wonāt be fighting a pair of giant shadowy hands and a face for an end boss? A simple background of stars or cosmic vistas would remove the need for his own stage.
But you have a good point. Iām making an assumption. We have no confirmation that weāll even be seeing Gargos is S3. Maybe they have a season 4 planned and need to keep Gargos looming on the horizon a bit longer.
Rashās stage should be the practice stage. It matches his instinct mode ādigital nettingā.
I hope the 3 stages is a joke or all stages is saved for the ultimate edition. Not getting a rash, gargos or tusk base will make me really question buying season 3 and I am a die hard fanā¦ Iām literally devistated over this news.
Again, it has been conirmed not a joke almost 30 times in this forum. Not 3 stages at launch. Not 3 stages at the moment. Not 3 + 6 stages. Only. 3 . For. S3.
I know how you feel. As an OCD person myself I keep trying to make things in life 1:1 but terribly enough this time it just seems itās not happening.
What justification do they have for only 3 stages? NONE. We pay $40 bucks for a season we should get the same quality as before. Iām sorry but there is no excuse for this. I donāt get why they are trying to kill this game and hype for season 3. As a Xbox fan this is really sad to see characters without their own stages. 9 character with 3 stages when they have had several months to work on this season. If they dont announce an ultra edition with stages for every character Iām going to be disappointed.
No one knows whatās in the $40 dollar version of Season 3. Past entries had the older games bundled so we have to wait and see what will be coming in the 40 dollar version this time.
I think removing the tradition of having a āhomeā stage for every character is a tragic mistake, if that is indeed the case. Each characterās stage is part of their personality and stretches into other modes and gameplay features as well. Everything from story mode, survival ladders to artwork the stages are a big part of what it means to get a new KI character.
The fanbase has been begging for more stages, how they could possibly decide to give us less of them than weāre accustomed to is mind boggling. Two of the biggest requests in-game are Ultimate combos and more stages, the two things weāre finding that season 3 lacks. I will be severely disappointed if they cheapen the experience by cutting out character stages, I donāt care if we have 20+ stages now as theyāre not generic ones, theyāre all tied to a cast member. All this serves to do is make season 3ās characters feel half-assed because weāre getting less content per character than before.
Honestly I have to admit that my excitement for season 3 has dropped considerably after hearing this news. My guaranteed preordered day one purchase is now a āWait and seeā situation because if theyāre willing to axe vital parts of why I love this game so casually Iām not sure I want to go in blindly and purchase season 3ās ultra pack after having already spent well over $150 on this game to date.