Are you sure it isn't the $40? I can't read the link, but it doesn't make sense that the $20 and the $40 pack includes the same amount of characters, one costing twice the price for some costume packs.
the pricing is for "season 1", and the ign link discusses "season 2" which will have the same type of pricing for it.
the $40 price tag gets you the dlc costumes as well as ki1 arcade port, with no online play as of now.
ill personally be getting the $20 price. i don't care about costumes and all that crap. and i already own a ki1 arcade game.
That is annoying, but I guess 20 for the full roster isn't awful. Hopefully, they come down on the stupid $5 per character prices though.
its not $20 for the "full roster". it's $20 for the 8 season 1 characters. there will be more characters after this.
The wording at IGN confused me, because they made it sound like there wouldn't be characters in season 2. The wording is... "Killer Instinct will also have a 'season two', Lobb tells IGN. DLC, he explained, 'wouldn't be characters. The idea is, we'll have season two. Go out a year-ish, and just repeat the whole thing. It's one game....'"
So, what exactly does that mean for season two if it "wouldn't be characters"?
Point is, capcom gave much less choice than KI is giving while also giving certain restrictions that are not in KI.
I agree. It's nice that they view KI as a "platform" to add to rather than a game and an inevitable sequel. I don't see it lasting the entire life of the X1 but it's a good idea and fairly priced.
i dont think the people complaining about the game are complaining about the price, but rather complaining about 6 characters being out at launch, with no story mode.
Three things I think about. First they are saying that the pricing is wrong because they are nickle and dimeing you and that they think asking us to pay for "OMG only 8 characters" is unreasonable. They are looking at in comparison to something like SSF4 and MK9 where you have 20+ which is not a reasonable comparison because those games are all or nothing. Second you can "top off". If someone buys a couple extra characters but then wants the whole thing, you can just buy what you don't have for a reduced price. Third, I doubt very highly that anyone who even mentions "no story mode? OMG!" or something similar would even consider story a main component of a fighting game. No fighting game in history has had a very good story. It's usually just some random reason why you are fighting and maybe why you end up fighting whatever character you are matched against. It isn't a selling point at all.
mortal kombat had an amazing story mode and it was a huge selling point. and many people who are fans of ki loved the story that went along with it. i think that injustice had a great one too but i never played it.
and again, i haven't seen anyone complaining about the $20 price point, but about having 6 characters at launch, and no story mode.
I have, tons of them over at IGN.
The problem for me is, when you have to use a story mode to sell a fighting game, you don't have a very good fighting game on your hands. Maybe it's cause I thought MK9 was terrible in it's mechanics.
MK9 did exactly for me exactly what I was hoping it would....took me back to 20 years ago. I'm hoping KI will do the same.
That's fine. I'm bias against it cause I didn't like the game mechanics used in it compared to SF4 and KOF. It's just opinion really though. The game seems like it would be better for someone who is pretty new to fighters though. Easier to get into, but I found it had less depth to keep me interested. Oh well.
KI seems like it can be the best of both worlds for me.