Well, the April 2007 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, under the Rumor Mole section; says that the next Mortal Kombat game is going to be an MMORPG(i.e. like World of Warcraft)..
First things first...
April Issue = April's Fools = Joke? So who knows...
On the other hand, last year Ed Boon said during the annual Fight Night chat:
[00:04:44] <+Ed-Boon> MK8 is going to start from scratch on a number of levels. It will also go in a direction that NOBODY is going to expect.
[00:05:41] <+Ed-Boon> When you first hear about what the game is going to be doing you will say "WHAT?...did I hear you right?"
Then, earlier this year he said on Game Informer:
Visually, thats what we want to do. Gameplay-wise, I kind of attribute it to what we did with Deadly Alliance, where everything is thrown out. Were not going to have three fighting styles, were not going to have the same punches and kicks and the same kind of control scheme. Everything is getting trashed. Were reinventing everything from the ground up. We really think thats neededyou know, were on Mortal Kombat 8, in a senseto kind of wipe the slate clean every once in a while, and I kind of feel that now is the time. Our visual presentation and our game presentation and our thing that youll hear about very soon are all going to be new to this game. Its going to be nothing like youve ever seen before.
So, at this moment...who knows...hehehehe.
I do remember one crazy rumor, about the game being LIKE an MMORPG. The rumor was about the concept of you creating your own character, then you used that character to train around a realm, meeting other fighters (players), training, fighting, getting experience and at some points, the ruler of that realm was going to start some small tournaments, which you fight with other people online and try to qualify; since the best positions will enter the official MK tournament. The losers stay training, and acquiring experience and doing missions.
Only time will tell, as always....after all, it coudl be just a new fighting game with some new gameplay mechanics...
First things first...
April Issue = April's Fools = Joke? So who knows...
On the other hand, last year Ed Boon said during the annual Fight Night chat:
[00:04:44] <+Ed-Boon> MK8 is going to start from scratch on a number of levels. It will also go in a direction that NOBODY is going to expect.
[00:05:41] <+Ed-Boon> When you first hear about what the game is going to be doing you will say "WHAT?...did I hear you right?"
Then, earlier this year he said on Game Informer:
Visually, thats what we want to do. Gameplay-wise, I kind of attribute it to what we did with Deadly Alliance, where everything is thrown out. Were not going to have three fighting styles, were not going to have the same punches and kicks and the same kind of control scheme. Everything is getting trashed. Were reinventing everything from the ground up. We really think thats neededyou know, were on Mortal Kombat 8, in a senseto kind of wipe the slate clean every once in a while, and I kind of feel that now is the time. Our visual presentation and our game presentation and our thing that youll hear about very soon are all going to be new to this game. Its going to be nothing like youve ever seen before.
So, at this moment...who knows...hehehehe.
I do remember one crazy rumor, about the game being LIKE an MMORPG. The rumor was about the concept of you creating your own character, then you used that character to train around a realm, meeting other fighters (players), training, fighting, getting experience and at some points, the ruler of that realm was going to start some small tournaments, which you fight with other people online and try to qualify; since the best positions will enter the official MK tournament. The losers stay training, and acquiring experience and doing missions.
Only time will tell, as always....after all, it coudl be just a new fighting game with some new gameplay mechanics...
