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[Ingueferroque]

Why on earth was this cancelled? Looks awesome.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Shao Kahn is not swole enough.

wouldn't buy

they could just digitally enlarge him like they did with the old game

 

[Rickenslacker]

I'm sad that this never saw release; I mean I doubt HD digitized sprites are something that appeals to a wide crowd but for this it would've been spectacular. It just looked so faithful.

 

[Vic]

My hopes deshed before I knew I had them.

.

 

[BananaSprinkles]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I don't remember this guy from any of the previous games.

 

[Cardon]

Dan Southworth playing Sub-Zero would've made this the best thing ever. Damn shame it was canned.

 

[DoubleTap]

would

Spoiler

both of them

 

[EulaCapra]

Aw, what could have been. Nice effort.

 

[Noisepurge]

So everything was cancelled from this to that fan-made version

 

[SolidusDave]

 

[CO_Andy]

They got shut down by WB

lol WB may have shut down the actual game development, but they haven't stop them from making game assets.

All it means is some other crafty group will rig up those models into an actual Mugen game

 

[dcx4610]

This was going to rule.

Why did digitizing actors fall out of favor? I guess it's easier and cheaper to skin models but I loved the look of real people in a game.

A modern game with real backgrounds and fully animated actors would look pretty amazing.

 

[ROMAD]

Shao Khan should hit the gym

 

[Slamtastic]

Source

http://testyourmight.com/threads/warner-bros-takes-down-fan-made-mortal-kombat-hd-remake.41890/

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I don't remember this guy from any of the previous games.

 

[rokero]

What No, Ho Sung Pak? no thank you... I would have bought it anyway

 

[Past]

If this actually got released I bet the responses here would be the complete opposite.

 

[Canis lupus]

What a shame

 

[isamu]

would

Spoiler

both of them

same

 

[Eterniti]

I would've totally gotten this game if it came out.

 

[Imbarkus]

Oh man I regret having not bought the thing that was never offered to me. WTF?

 

[Sgblues]

Sigh another thing that would have been cool but eventually got changed into something not nearly as awesome.

 

[Jharp]

THOSE ACTORS.

SO GOOD.

I WANT THIS.

PLEASE RELEASE THIS.

 

[dark_chris]

Goddamnit! I want a MK game like this! Do it! :O
Finish the work!

 

[New002]

I don't like what they did with Reptile's costume.

Spoiler

Sorry.

Looks awesome. Wish it wasn't canned.

 

[dark_chris]

Why don't they revive and kickstart this. Billions of profit.

Because WB no care what fans want.

 

[SCReuter]

Seems a bit unnecessary; the original trilogy holds up fine on HD displays.

 

[RM8]

Liu Kang's only chance to not be ugly ruined forever.

 

[plainr_]

Don't let the assets go to waste!

That dragon looks terrible though. lol

 

[fernoca]

One of the problems was that they had to take pictures of the exact same positions of the originals. Unlike other remakes on which they put 3D models in front or drew over the original sprites. That resulted in changes over yhe originals movesets and combos. And the audience they were aiming for would've break the game to pieces for each frame that was changed and not been true to the original.

That remake with the 3D models would've been better in both results, time and budget, but guess they wanted to please the hardcore fans more than anything.

In the end, the 2011 game was basically a remake with updated gameplay. And the released Arcade Kollection served its purpose of re-releasing the original games unchanged.

 

[Discusguy]

So disappointing they cancelled. Looked pretty cool.

 

[Shaneus]

I remember following this and being bitterly disappointed when it was cancelled. Still stings


Also, "would"? Really? Girl who works in makeup and girl who was to be photographed for video game in attractiveness SHOCKER.

 

[Stevetopsy]

Such a great design. So evil and deadly looking. MK2 Baraka is GOAT Baraka.

 

[Rest]

Wow, that looks great. I wish they were still producing this.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

Such a great design. So evil and deadly looking. MK2 Baraka is GOAT Baraka.

Srs? They like went to the Halloween warehouse and got the cheesiest mask.

 

[WarpathDC]

Man this is depressing. I would have paid full price for that.

 

[Superblatt]

Anyone know the real story behind this? Would make a great article. I assume Ed Boon had nothing to do with it.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

It was probably hella expensive to reshoot all those actors, no? I wonder if that's why it was shut down.

We should talk about this doe

HD MK Mugen Project

Now THIS would be an awesome remake. Hell that looks better than MK9. I really hope Netherrealm tries to go back to MK's roots more realistic looking models in future MK games.

 

[turcy]

this was happening!?!??!?!

what a phenomenal idea!

very curious as to why this was shut down.

obviously they were already well into production, so would it not be worth it to finish the project & release it to the hungry hungry masses?

:sadface:

 

[SolVanderlyn]

As much as I love MK, the system itself is really dated, and a fresh coat of paint wouldn't help that much. If you play MK9 and then go back to, say, MK Trilogy, you'll see how same-y all the characters are and how primitive the system really is. I'm not too upset we're not getting this.

 

[Manu]

Srs? They like went to the Halloween warehouse and got the cheesiest mask.

Yup, and used fake fingernails to make the teeth. True story.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

The guy playing Lui Kang looks really familiar too.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Man. I would have loved to see the final product of this. I kind of miss digitized characters.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

The thread title is misspelled. It should be spelled "kancelled."

 

[MrCunningham]

What!!? An HD remake with digitized sprites...?

I would have been all for this.

 

[lethial]

I would have paid a good amount of money for this.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I don't remember this guy from any of the previous games.

That's Reptenis. He was a hidden character early on.

 

[btags]

This would have been the first MK game released in a while that had women with normal looking faces.

In all seriousness this would have been awesome.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

This is fucked, I went to school with Tanea Brooks. Whoa.

 

[wintermute0]

Why is Kombat spelled with a K? Does that stand for Kahn or is it just because?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Why is Kombat spelled with a K? Does that stand for Kahn or is it just because?

Because 90s.