jobber said:This is the final MK game with these characters so, it'll be a tearful goodbye.
I <3 Katamari said:Leave your brains in Virtua Fighter 4 and just have fun.
Kabuki Waq said:no 3d MK game yet has even been "just fun" the beat em up was decent. But none of the unbalanced broken fighters were ever fun.
Anyanka said:That's what Powerstone is for. A game that's actually fast paced, exciting and has an interesting pick up and play multiplayer game.
What's fun about MKD? It's like a generic 3D fighter from 1998 except....really poorly designed with slow, sluggish controls, a limited movelist and a pointless stance changing gimmick that doesn't actually add anything to the gameplay. Besides the Mortal Kombat title what does MKD have over games like War Gods and Mace: The Dark Age?
This point comes up in every MK thread and is seemingly the only defense anyone can bring up. It's "just fun". Why settle for a bad game?
I <3 Katamari said:Fuck the people that say THIS SERIES NEEDS TO DIE. It went through some shitty games, but Deception was the best MK ever. Ever. Incredibly entertaining multiplayer game with a shitload of stuff to unlock. Most of you are basing your opinions on the old games.
The new series is good. Really.
Leave your brains in Virtua Fighter 4 and just have fun.
WindyMan said:I wholeheartedly agree with this post. MK nowadays is all about the fun and funny stuff you can do in it, and it should not be taken seriously.
ughhhh.. WHAT A WONDERFUL ANALOGY! MY HERO!Kakusha said:Mortal Kombat II was like a living nightmare, that one could really come to be fascinated with and wouldn't want to wake up from.
For what came after, then like a radio, it started going from fine sound and slowly tuning to static back and forth.
We still hear some bits of that song but nowhere as clear as then.
So we keep on listening through the noise, hoping for it to get right again.
That beat needs to come back clear and next gen with the volume turned up!
Yoboman said:I thought they were moving to next gen?
Casuals are exactly who the DOA series is meant for.I <3 Katamari said:They are if you don't care about it being a deep and uberbalanced fighter. MK is a fighter for casuals who just want to pick up the controller and play. Can't do that with VF, DOA, whatever.
No it doesn't. It looks bad, but no it doesn't.Ruud_Luiten said:Looks like a NDS game :|
This is bad....
ArcadeStickMonk said:Casuals are exactly who the DOA series is meant for.
Case in point: Last night I watched two assholes take turns losing to the final boss of DOA4. I ate two bowls of cereal while they lost again and again for about fifteen minutes. Finally they threw the gamepad my way and I beat the boss on my third attempt... and my second attempt was damn close.
Never seen the game before, never played it before, did not use a stick, and had a button layout that I hated... and I still laid it out just like that. Because it's for casuals.
No kidding... I thought there was a glimmer of home a few years ago (they seemed to be turning themselves around slightly), but this just looks so bad. I miss the Midway of the 80's and early 90's.segatavis said:Hey Midway, if you want to stop losing lots of money, make some fucking good games.
:lol :lol Nicely done!jenov4 said:Man, that's some ugly ass art. It's like the Rob Liefield of the videogame world. Maybe it actually is Liefield who consulted on it. "Needs more muscles!"
underfooter said:I always feel a bit dirty about playing a western game trying to imitate Japanese-style art. It just seems so artificial to me.
For some reason, it doesn't bother me at all with RE4 and MGS3. Maybe because they fuckin' r0X ma SoXXXX
monchi-kun said:
why is her ass in the front???
:OAnyanka said:I can't believe I used to like this series. It's embarassing.
Yes, yes, we *know*. We will always know that the gems that don't sell big numbers will coexist with the others that do. So what? Doesn't excuse this from being an undeniably ugly-looking game that, so far, deserves all the criticisms about its visuals that it has received.svenuce said:They make this stuff because it continues to sell and sell and sell. While it may not appeal to the discerning critics at GAF, the real market is a far larger place than just GAF.
If GAF ruled the world, Beyond Good & Evil, Psychonauts and Advent Rising would have all been smash hits.
Kakusha said:Anyone watched the trailer yet? It's like the X-Men cartoon intro!
http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/794/794354/vids_1.html
Exactly, they had no clue how to interupt or fight AI and I did. Thus it was challenging for them and a formality for me, even with a control setup way out of my preference.Shogmaster said:No, it's because you have played fighting games before and those two before you were the real casuals
I <3 Katamari said:but Deception was the best MK ever. Ever.
Shogmaster said:OMFG :lol :lol :lol
ArcadeStickMonk said:Casuals are exactly who the DOA series is meant for.
Case in point: Last night I watched two assholes take turns losing to the final boss of DOA4. I ate two bowls of cereal while they lost again and again for about fifteen minutes. Finally they threw the gamepad my way and I beat the boss on my third attempt... and my second attempt was damn close.
Never seen the game before, never played it before, did not use a stick, and had a button layout that I hated... and I still laid it out just like that. Because it's for casuals.
I have no idea what you are talking about.HomerSimpson-Man said:Wait, your using the DOA4 boss as an example of it's casualness? Er, you already know how that boss was recieved in general right and casual ain't the word. The play mechanics is easy pickings though for it though.
Anyanka said:I guess it's not really saying much but MK does have one of the better, more complex stories in a fighting game. It's usually poorly written, vague and inconsistent...but it's there.
It's funny how in MK II under the mask Sub-Zero was Asian but then in 3 he's unmasked and is suddenly some random white guy Ed Boon knew in Chicago. Some Chinese ninja he is.
That reminds me...has anyone else ever heard the MK album? Not just the famous techno music used in the movie, but the songs based on each of the characters with goofy, sappy lyrics. It's so bizarre and cheesy. Even as a kid I knew it was lame. The album is so hilariously awful I've always been surprised it hasn't caught on as an internet fad.
"ohhhh chinese ninja warrior...with your heart so cold. Sub-zeeeeerooo"