Ultimates are coming!

According to Keits it can only be done briefly after you start your first ultra.

Tusk’s
My favorite so far. The fire helps fill the empty black void of the background, while bringing panic and pain to the opponent before the barrage of sword slicing. The sword swings are about what you’d expect, then the fatal stab. It’s what could be a move deemed ā€œtoo brutalā€ for a Teen rating, but because of the camera angle, any ā€œgoreā€ is left to the imagination, yet it still gets the point across. Well done!

Maya’s
It was nice to see Maya do some different poses from new angles. I had to watch it a few times to make out the last attack, but I see now it is her flip kick that delivers the final blow. Not bad!

TJ’s
To me, his felt anti climatic. He starts of with a standard Special Move into an Auto Double, then a final punch. I expected one more punch as he started to walk away, but then it abruptly ended. A screensplat after that final punch would make it a little more impactful as a final blow, while nodding to the original.

Thunder’s
I like it. It incorporates the crows, is menacing, and contains a nice electric final stomp. It would be nice to see more of the opponent while they’re getting zapped though. I think that’d bring it to the next level, although I’m guessing the animation looks wonky, which is why it was left out of frame.

Jago’s
Jago’s is very nice, it contains everything I mentioned was left out of the others below (new original animations, an impactful final blow, and a clear shot of the effect it had on the opponent). Very nice!

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Right now I feel that the best ultimates by far are Jago, Maya, and Tusk. They’re pretty cool. :grinning:

The other ones are kinda cheap. The camera cuts kinda ruin Thunder’s, and WHY DOESN’T TJ’S PUNCH THEM INTO THE SCREEN WITH A GLASS CRACKING EFFECT. :rage:

I had tagged @rukizzel to ask about whethet it was like an Ultra Ender where you could perform it anytime during Ultra or if ā€œquickly inputā€ meant strictly at the beginning of the Ultra. I didn’t get a response but that is understandable considering the insane amount of mentions or questions he and @TheKeits get piled on them everytime they log in or post anything, lol. Look forward to eventually finding out and seeing what level of crazy will ensue.

EDIT: OK according to @SonicDolphin117 this was already answered somewhere and I missed it. Cool to know, thanks!

Well, quickly implies a specific thing, so I figured you would work it out.

Notice that glow around the characters when they are performing the Ultra? It’s there to give you a visual cue that you can pop an Ult…wait wrong game…but you get it :wink:

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Honestly, add the sounds of bones cracking in TJ’s ultimate, and I would be satisfied. Im sure you can find some bone cracking noises on a freesounds.com website or something :stuck_out_tongue: (im kidding obviously, bit more complciated than that).

Tusks is fantastic, very cinematic.

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Good to know. I’m sure opponents would be furious to sit through multiple ultras, and then it ends with an ultimate. The ultimate form of teabagging :smile:

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Yeah I figured but thanks for the reply. Sorry I missed the first confirmation on the timing and sounded like a dumbass but getting these Ultimates and doing them to my friend will be well worth it. Thanks for your work!!

It hurts because out of the 5 characters i was hyped for TJ COMBO the most…this is the only ultimate that fell flat to me.

Thanks for the effort though @developers

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Great job on these ultimates. Looking promising!
Pleasantly surprised by Tusk’s. Nice!

Except…TJ.
TJ confirmed as worst boxing type character. Never had fluid moves and now even his punches fall short. Best part is him walking away from the scene . Now it’s time for him to walk away from this game. Either make him an MMA fighter or a pure boxer with SPEED and POWER and GRACE. But then again, boxing heydays are over so I don’t expect ppl to remember what real boxing was like. End rant.

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It’s one of my favorites. Maybe you just don’t see it like I do.

I like all ultimates so far, except for TJ.

80% of each Ultimate consist reused Specials animation from different camera angles and new sound effects, and I am okay with it, still a lot for free content.

It is propably a lot to ask but IMO TJ`s Ultimate should be entirely redone. Simple backhand sending victim towards screen would work. We could also admire characters details up close.

Alternatively add bones breaking sounds to his punches.

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Quick FYI, I made memes over in the KI Meme thread.

Wowiewowwowwow!!!

I thought Maya’s lacked a bit of punch until I realized she essentially does the Joker pencil trick right at the end…turned it from ā€œmehā€ to ā€œHoly crap, that is brutal!!!ā€

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Ooo! ā– ā– ā– ā–  poor Cinder, he got daggers in the face!

AWWWW I was hoping Mira would the screen. Well now I know which is my least favorite Ultimate.

OOOOHH that was BRRUTTALLLL! HOLY ā– ā– ā– ā– !

Imaging him doing that to Gargos, Eyedol, Glacius and Aganos.

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Ah ā– ā– ā– ā– . I just watched the end of hers 9 times and still didn’t realize that. Maybe it’s the angle that doesn’t make it so obvious?

Tusk: a perfect example of brutality without the obvious show of gore.

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@rukizzel @BlitzedKraig @TotalJimkata @TempusChaoti

Anyway you guys can make TJs longer? Maybe more hits to really make the name ā€œCOMBOā€ make sense?

Its too short IMO… add about 4-6 more hits/ Vortex before the final power line?

Probably too late but worth a shot!

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See that, THATS!! how you can make something brutal and keep a T-rating. And you DON’T! even need to sever limbs either.

@rukizzel t first I didn’t know what happend to Mira when TJ punched her, I couldn’t tell what happend. Apprantley her neck got snapped in the last punch, so what I’d like to suggest is to make the sound more audible cause it looks like all he did was punch her till she got weak and was knocked out.
All in all though I say that is a nice start. These look great. I eagerly look forward to the next set!

Whomever was behind these Ultimates tell them they did great! Now I have to wait till next week to try em.

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I don’t.b the best part was the walk away. It was getting good but it just…ENDED.out of nowhere.