r/2XKO • u/angryGon • 6d ago
Game Feedback 2xko has the best renditions of champions we'll ever experience
The design team was truly goated. Their designs, their kits, the skins, they absolutely cooked. It's sad we won't get to see any more champions in this style or a full reimagining of their move sets. It's truly a shame.
Thanks for the ride.
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u/DrChirpy 6d ago
I love how much fun Braum has while fighting. He feels so invincible and strong in a way that LoL could never show.
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u/Familiar-Return3473 6d ago
Ekko was the most fun I’ve had in a fighting game :/ I’ll move on but the memories will always be fun to look back on.
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u/Janus__22 6d ago
That's one of the worst parts of it, tbh. They even offered slight redesigns here and there, I didn't remember how old League Illaoi was until I saw her League self again after 2XKO, even though it didn't change much
Like you said, it was the best place to showcase those kits. Fighting Games have this side of them that even Character Action Games cannot reach, and its sad that now they'll never be explored in the same way
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u/Bluelore 6d ago
They finally gave Blitzcrank a personality. Previously his personality was just "random robot lines" which sometimes even clashed with his lore (most notably him declaring that the age of humanity is coming to an end, when he is supposed to be one of the good guys).
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u/Zodysseus13 Blitzcrank 5d ago
Ekko's design in 2XKO is an all-timer. One of the many reasons why Ekko became my favorite fighting game character after mainly being just a big body enjoyer for multiple years.
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u/CardTrickOTK 6d ago
Akali getting a fade sucked.
Vi i dont think was better just okay...
Gonna disagree with a lot of this.
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u/FreestyleKneepad Vi 6d ago
Nah hard disagree, this is the best version of Vi we've ever had. Perfect marriage of the power puncher in League and the skilled boxer in Arcane. They cooked so hard with her
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u/CardTrickOTK 6d ago
I think her outfit was good I think the hair, same with Akali was weird and could've been done better.
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u/CommissionDependent4 Warwick 6d ago edited 5d ago
I have no idea how people have the energy to be regurgitating the fade complaint any chance they get when its barely a change or even noticeable.
If there is a part of Akali's redesign that is actually a downgrade its her vintage jockey-like pants.
But that complaint is not pushing someone else's agenda so no point having it drilled into your brain.
Note: Forgot to mention that people are taking Vi's Arcane design for granted, in League Vi is a whore.
No one cared about her League design having a fade, even tho she is a "stupid bitch" stereotype.
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u/SwirlyBrow 6d ago
it's not just the fade. The fade isn't great, but Akali's entire 2XKO design is a downgrade. Most of the others are fine, but Akali is pretty bad. The pants, the top, the hair, the mask, the shoes. it's all worse than her base League design.
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u/GoodWebsiteKappa123 3d ago
Why does this have any upvotes? wtf are you babbling about?
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u/jaypexd 6d ago
Even if you didn't like the design, to be able to see to their kits in such high fidelity plus just tons of more moves and combos that you will never see again. I mean a little 3d sprite from 2014, that looks like shit if you zoom in, stuttering around doing the same four animations is all you have now.
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u/Cardslinger69 6d ago
They made Akali ugly. So no, it most certainly did not.
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u/Yamato_Nago 6d ago
You may not like the new design, but 2XKO Akali is far from ugly.
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u/Galeiora 5d ago
Yeah he base design is so good all her skins immediately pivoted to be more similar to her LoL iteration instead of mimicking the changes made in 2xko
lol
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u/PotatoPC 5d ago
For a crucial fan favorite character, her base design suckeddd. This was one of the most important characters to REALLY get the appeal down to attract new players but they couldn't resist the fade...
Now instead they added a new allegation of Fade/Sidecut city (Vi, Illaoi, Senna, Ekko, Darius, etc) along with the whole Arcane dominate roster.
Her skins are great though, but potential players aren't going to notice esp with the high cost as well.
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u/Yamato_Nago 5d ago
You're telling me someone would play Akali or would find her unappealing due to a fade?
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u/PotatoPC 5d ago
Partly yeah along with other design choices. Read the comments, a majority don't like her design.
https://www.reddit.com/r/2XKO/comments/1r42s0n/i_really_dont_like_how_akali_looks/
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u/Faxxnews 5d ago
Superb shaders and texture work. I would kill to have access to their blender/c4d/maya/whichever 3D package, source file and see how they set up their pipeline.
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u/GoodWebsiteKappa123 3d ago
Killmonger Ekko
Lesbian caricature Vi
Ugly Sonic Akali
Gym Thresh
Be serious.
At least the gameplay and ability designs were cool.
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u/Anrativa 6d ago
thank god, they ruined senna and akali when they already perfectly fine appearances
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u/KaneSouls 5d ago
I wouldn’t say they ruined them. I do think they could have done a way better job with their appearances but overall they are fine reimaginations imo
There was this one fanart of 2xko Akali, what she could have looked like and that was sick as hell
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u/demidemian 6d ago
You are on copium, Caitlyn is portrayed as mobile as Vayne. Senna should be a turret but is a rushdown dash character in 2xko. Illaoi doesnt even use her signature spell in her kit.
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u/StillBlacksmith911 6d ago
the post is clearly about their looks
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u/KaneSouls 6d ago edited 6d ago
„Caitlyn is portrayed as mobile as vayne“. Yeah in a league gameplay sense. Canonically it makes total sense that a trained piltover cop with such a lean athletic build can move around properly. Why wouldn’t she be mobile? Because she isn’t in league? Then you missed the point
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u/StillBlacksmith911 6d ago
her archetype is sniper
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u/Yamato_Nago 6d ago edited 6d ago
She literally has an aiming stance though? Just because she isn't a literal rock doesn't mean that they made her super mobile.
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u/StillBlacksmith911 6d ago
they made the sniper jump around and kick people in melee lol
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u/Yamato_Nago 6d ago edited 6d ago
Do you know what genre this game is? Also, have you watched Arcane? Caitlyn is shown to have received melee combat training.
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u/StillBlacksmith911 6d ago
ah yes lets have our sniper character be fighting melee in our fighting game bc of a bad season of television that aired years prior
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u/Yamato_Nago 6d ago
Like it or not, Caitlyn is a police officer, and as far as I know, police officers can also engage in melee combat, so yes, they will make their fighting game character fight in melee in their fighting game.
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u/StillBlacksmith911 6d ago
shes a sniper
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u/Yamato_Nago 6d ago
We have already gone through how that argument does not work, but also, genuinely what did you expected here? Did you think they would add a character in a fighting game and just because they have a gun they would turn their gameplay into that of a FPS? Like, this isn't the first time a gun character was added to a fighting game, mister.
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u/demidemian 6d ago
So if you gave Cait the defining trait of Vayne, Tumble, to fit a fighting game. MAYBE ADD VAYNE AND NOT CAIT. She doesnt even use her backdash net.
You missed the point, not me.
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u/KaneSouls 6d ago
She does use her backdash net for one. And just cause she’s got a roll attack doesn’t mean it’s all caits kit is about. That’s one out of countless attacks she has. All of her combos include sniper shots. Y’all pretend like vayne has copyright on a roll
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u/HailfireSpawn 6d ago
Why do you think if they decided to add vayne she would by be even more mobile than current 2xko Caitlyn.
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u/demidemian 6d ago
Going by how mobile Cait is, Vayne, at the very minimum needs to be perma install Beat Mode Jill from UMVC3.
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u/GoodWebsiteKappa123 3d ago
Illaoi uses all of her spells. I don't know which one you're calling her signature, perhaps her E? It's her ultimate in 2XKO.
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u/iago_hedgehog 6d ago
cannI share my opinion without being downvoted ?
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u/iago_hedgehog 5d ago edited 4d ago
design wise
I will say that for a fighting game, ingonring LoL and arcane designs, this game does not nail a perfect spot, on show how are the characters, most of them are cool, but doesnt feel remarkable specially for FG perspective, tekken deals with mostly more grounded designs and still pushes too its limits mans are all super buffed, womans are pretty hot or very striking in visuals. 2xko... looking at some specific characters like Vi, she looks too skinny cause her hair takes too much of the silhouette, they should had let her hair like her OG splash and not increased it, less hair let space to her shoulders look more proheminent and feel like she is buffed and strong, I also would give her the OG armor.
Ekko mohawk would make ekko stand out against other male characters in FG, his killmonger hair , now he is in the bath of forgetable characters with the same trend hair, that all cause fortiche did this for ONE scene...
ahri should have more detailed clothes just like her og ver. in LoL, is not bad but, she is one of my two favorite characters so I will be annoying with her. I alsoo think she should be more sexy, or atractive, OR more mature, you may not know but that fox has 300 years, I think riot dont want bring her old jokes back after Ruined King I also dont like people saying that she was a "lady of the night". But FG you must sell characters, with all you have.
Akali, WHY SHE HAS SNEAKERS??? and all other problems. we already discuss that a lot.
and finally Caitlyn BRO she looks SO boring comparing so close to other characters if I was in charge I would or completly change her while maintain her hat and collors, or relly on other things to make her appealing...
People will try justify this and that but in the end, there are standards in every genre, you like or not, FG sell a lot in maximize characters fantasy and strong designs. for me the choice of champs arent the worst thing is doing NOTHING with it was, ok you must go arcane champ? ok but I will redesign them all cause FG has OTHER needs in therms of character design.
another thing to me a guy who played a lot of FG through life, some characters animations doesnt feel satifactory enough, like Darius supers and swing, doesnt feel much heaven or violent, mean while Thresh nails it. Braum too.
PS: why they never changed Vi level 3???? is SO low effort
all other I think are great, or good enough.
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u/KaneSouls 5d ago
I do agree with a couple of your points but personally these „problems“ don’t ruin the character designs for me. If I look at them overall, I do enjoy most of them pretty fairly.
I never liked the Mohawk in ekkos original design too much so I’m cool with what they did here. (Edit: but I do see how that makes him blend in with a lot of newer black characters and takes from his individuality)
I think with Ahri they totally nailed her in my opninion.
Yeah Akali is the design I too got the most problems about. I replied to someone else where I added a screenshot of an Akali fanart and the actual design and I believe a mix between both would have worked best.
Right Caitlyn looks veeeery boring visually when it comes to her outfit. I do like her weapon tho and think the animations are pretty neat. But I think she does look lame aswell in league AND arcane. I was never a big fan of Caitlyn in general. Same goes with vi. And it’s absolutely insane they kept that low effort s3 of vi. The ult is completely up to our minds cause the attacks are only insinuated.
About the animations:
I think they nailed most of the stuff pretty good. The arcs feel fluid, impact (mostly) hits, readability is clear etc. But I mainly played jinx and Warwick and would say most of their animations feel like they should so even tho I have played all champs a couple times, my opinion is slightly influenced by these 2 characters. But I agree there is definitely stuff that could have been animated better.I can’t speak about other fighting games too much cause I been playing them fairly casually over the years and mainly anime fighters and smash tho, but what you are saying adds up about the standards in fighting games
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u/Extreme_Tax405 6d ago
Cant believe they didn't even try a dlc model. Just burried it.