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Mortal Kombat Demo impressions thread

infinityBCRT said:
Just over a week away from the OT! Can't wait!

Been playing some MKT. AI is harder than I remember. Guess I'm rusty.
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Nah. The AI is still ruthless, even to this day. It was clearly designed to still adhere to MK3's "quarter muncher AI" to a fault! :lol

Any way, since I've been in a MK "mood", I've been playing Shaolin Monks yet again (with
Subzero
). I swear, that game still holds up quite well even now. It can't be stressed enough how they need to make that follow-up/sequel as soon as they're done with this game.
 
TreIII said:
Nah. The AI is still ruthless, even to this day. It was clearly designed to still adhere to MK3's "quarter muncher AI" to a fault! :lol

Any way, since I've been in a MK "mood", I've been playing Shaolin Monks yet again (with
Subzero
). I swear, that game still holds up quite well even now. It can't be stressed enough how they need to make that follow-up/sequel as soon as they're done with this game.
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I'd buy the original again if it was released on PSN. Phenomenal game, just loaded with content. Four different characters to choose from! Awesome level design and environments, satisfying combat system...Versus mode was great too. The lack of a sequel is madness.
 
I'm hoping some good players with combos get this before street- I'm going to wait just in case this is too broke. If it is, I just grab Arcana Heart until/if it's fixed.
 
TreIII said:
Nah. The AI is still ruthless, even to this day. It was clearly designed to still adhere to MK3's "quarter muncher AI" to a fault! :lol

Any way, since I've been in a MK "mood", I've been playing Shaolin Monks yet again (with
Subzero
). I swear, that game still holds up quite well even now. It can't be stressed enough how they need to make that follow-up/sequel as soon as they're done with this game.
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Indeed, but they need to get the people that left for Sony Santa Monica back.

Even if temporarily. Only then can the saga continue....

And still be as awesome as the first
 
Darth Kupi said:
Indeed, but they need to get the people that left for Sony Santa Monica back.

Even if temporarily. Only then can the saga continue....

And still be as awesome as the first
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Well, we already know that the two crews at NRS and at Santa Monica are still cool with each other. This whole ordeal involving Kratos in the PS3 version proves that much.

Pretty much the only thing I could imagine being an issue would be if Sony Santa Monica would be okay for the crews working together again for such a project, freelance or otherwise. And even there, of course WB would likely want a game that could be released on both the 360 and PS3 alike...

So, there are some things to consider. But I believe something will come together...especially if there's profit to be had. :lol
 
Videos of the final game coming out. One shows
Green Lantern
in the select screen. It sure looks real, but maybe it's just a really good, animated fake... It does fit the "360 character is from a WB movie". He had been rumored for months now, too...

Kinda convenient that he only shows the select screen and no gameplay, tho...
 
Frankfurt said:
Videos of the final game coming out. One shows
Green Lantern
in the select screen. It sure looks real, but maybe it's just a really good, animated fake... It does fit the "360 character is from a WB movie". He had been rumored for months now, too...

Kinda convenient that he only shows the select screen and no gameplay, tho...
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Isn't the portrait in the vid the same one as in
MKvsDCU
?
 
No way this is happening. I cant see them to allow performing fatalities on this character.
edit: saw the video, the character flash at the beginning gives away that this is fake.
 
Fuck, I hope that xbox character is fake, would be awful.

I just can't understand why its not a character (Human or Locust) from Gears of War...seems like the perfect fit.
Wasn't Raiden playable in Unreal Championship 2? Time for Epic to return the favour!
 
That's real guys!! Confirmed!!
Hi-res pic of his portrait!!
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:p
 
By the way, the official word from NRS about the Shang Tsung video is that it was a "fake".

Yeah, someone animated Tsung, the hell background, Sub... Suuure, NRS. The best part? The fan websites are actually buying it and doing NRS' dirty work, deleting mentions of it, telling people that it was a fake.
 
Frankfurt said:
By the way, the official word from NRS about the Shang Tsung video is that it was a "fake".

Yeah, someone animated Tsung, the hell background, Sub... Suuure, NRS. The best part? The fan websites are actually buying it and doing NRS' dirty work, deleting mentions of it, telling people that it was a fake.
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At least they commented. They aren't sneaky ninjas like Rockstar. When Red Dead was coming out shit was getting deleted, accounts getting banned all ovA dis intrawebz
 
I'm so used to playing against the AI that I forgot just how exciting playing against a human could be. I don't know how I'm going to make it to the 19th.
 
The air spike attack that bounces people into the air for juggling, was that in all the 3D games or just DC and this?
 
I picked up MK vs. DC the other day for $10 at the Gamestop sale and played it a bit. I'm actually surprised at how similar it feels to the MK9 demo. While it is 3D and does make use of that third dimension, it's not a big part of the combat unlike Deadly Alliance through Armageddon, which felt more like Tekken or Soul Calibur from what I remember. MK9 feels like they pretty much just took MK vs. DC's fighting system and locked it on a 2D plane.
 
KevinCow said:
I picked up MK vs. DC the other day for $10 at the Gamestop sale and played it a bit. I'm actually surprised at how similar it feels to the MK9 demo. While it is 3D and does make use of that third dimension, it's not a big part of the combat unlike Deadly Alliance through Armageddon, which felt more like Tekken or Soul Calibur from what I remember. MK9 feels like they pretty much just took MK vs. DC's fighting system and locked it on a 2D plane.
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Yea it's really under rated around these parts. Yea the fatalities are nerfed, but the fighting system is solid. My only real issue with it is the whole freefall combat thing, I'm not fond of how that turned out.
 
Sinatar said:
Yea it's really under rated around these parts. Yea the fatalities are nerfed, but the fighting system is solid. My only real issue with it is the whole freefall combat thing, I'm not fond of how that turned out.
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Freefall and the grabs for minigame and the throws were not my thing. Other than that I like it quite a lot.

Was not feeling the MK9 demo as much as the retail copy of MKvsDC. Hopefully the full game will be cooler because of more stages, different characters and such.
 
Sinatar said:
Yea it's really under rated around these parts. Yea the fatalities are nerfed, but the fighting system is solid. My only real issue with it is the whole freefall combat thing, I'm not fond of how that turned out.
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I love MKvDC. Definitely one of the best in the series despite the lack of real fatalities and the limited stage selection. Baraka is so badass in that game.
 
_dementia said:
*spoilers for those interested in not seeing unannounced characters*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBiroIcPme8

it's fake
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Yeah I definitely think its fake...

Take a look at this page:

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Green-Lantern/Green-Lantern-Hal-Jordan/

Doesn't the listing for Josh Phillips for his role in MK vs DC look pretty much identical to the image shown in this video?



Edit - Beaten by one of the above posters anyway... Nevermind me. ;)
 
MoonsaultSlayer said:
Really really old.

Or am I thinking of something else?
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Just listened to it, and you might be right.
The person seems to have taken the voice clips that were leaked from the mobile website months ago, and put them in a video with images from older games.

Not all of them, like
Human Sektor
and a few of the characters had multiple samples too.

But nice compilation for those that missed it the first time.
 
Russian magazine info:
magazine "GameLand" is not an exeption.
It's editor tryed game yesterday and revelaed some new information.

- Sub-Zero has new properties for his charge move. If this move connects succesfully, then Sub-Zero freezes his opponent and push him away a bit. Also he can do his X-Ray on the frozen opponent.

- Smoke's alt is his Lin Kuei uniform. But it doesn't look like retro ninja outfit.
His moves are full of special smoke effects. He throws smoke bomb under the enemy (it works like Noob's hole), he can perform teleport punch as Scorpion. X-ray seemingly connected with his teleport somehow. Possibly he can perform it only after teleport. Also he can evade projectiles with some specail effects.

- there is only one kind of koins. But prices in the Krypt are very high.

- Sheeva is the tallest kombatant in the game. But she is quite plain and feels "MK3'ish". Just like Sonya.

- it seems all characters have uppercut and sweep moves.

- each chapter in the story mode consists out of five-six battles.

- damage system doesn't work in the story mode. Damage on the characters appear only when it's story relevant.

- Characters change their costumes depending on the plot.

- Approximately story mode takes 6-7 hours to complete.

- Kintaro fights just like in the MK2. He has very evil X-Ray and it's hard to evade his teleport.

- editor likes characters voices in the story mode. Especially Sindel one.

- Normal difficulty is harder, then difficulty in the demo.

- Cyber Sub-Zero plays like combination of Sub-Zero, Cyrax and trick-kicks.

- hairs are not ideal in the game. But most likely looks better, than before.

- Jade's intro: she throws razorang to the right and then catches it, when it comes from the left. Then she says something like: "It will be easy!"

- Jade's wining pose: she whirls around pole and sits on the gorund.

- Scorpion's fire kick is part of the combo like before.

- Mileena's Flesh Pit costume: she not naked!! She wears some sorts of bands like Leelu form Fifth Element (look at the leaked Flesh Pit concept in the nearest tube you will see it).

- Sindel has her hair throws.

- Shao Kahn's second Fatality is disgusting.

- Tormentor somewhat parodies Godzilla (?)

- Scarlet and Kitana in her alternate could be seen in the chains on Kahn's Colliseum.

- Characters apparently have different winposes in the Challenge Tower.

- All characters are open by default, except for CSZ and Quan Chi.

- Sheeva has low throw. And skin rip Fatality.

- Only Fatality accesible in the training mode.

- Kratos - the shortest and the smallest character in the game.

Next information is supposedly from someone who talked with this guy.

- Sheeva is heavy and her combos not very useful.

- Her second costume: she has braid and black face paint. Also her winning pose is sexy.

- Sheeva is a grappler. She has air throw like Jax, distance throw like Millena and she can grab ducking opponent. In her second Fatality she claps herself with opponent's riped arms.

- Sindel use hairs in combos and in X-ray. She has low and high projectiles. In the air she can throw projectiles close and far Also she can fly, but like in the MK3, you can only shoot projectiles while doing it.
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http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthre...gazine-editor-*SPOILERS*.?p=248929#post248929
 
Sooo, story mode, is there only one? Or does each character have their own story? Sincerely hope it's the latter...

Also " Kratos - the shortest and the smallest character in the game."

The hell? Kratos is friggin ripped, massive, and tall as hell. Smaller and shorter than, say, Jade? Or Kitana or something? Goddamn....must be a typo...
 
The demo was great! in fact I am not even into fighting games and downloaded it for nostalgia sake (remember playing the first one in the arcade) and I was impressed!
 
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