Fighting Games Weekly | June 2-8 | The Final Kountdown
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They haven't done any for next gen so saying that they haven't made anything beautiful is premature. Also, compared to all the other fighting games, I would say both NRS games are better looking. But you are right, it is a cross gen with UE3 so having a realistic expectation is needed. Let's hope that the game is getting two different studios so that one team takes care of last gen and the other does current gen.
BumblebeeCody
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That's awesome.
Well, Drake put out a new track, how long until Enzo turns it into a thread title?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38SSiEcaPhI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38SSiEcaPhI
I was saying that they haven't made anything beautiful in the previous gen either.
I don't think Injustice/MK9 look better than Virtua Fighter, DOA or Soul Calibur.
I never liked the art direction of NRS games but I play Arcana Heart, so I doubt I have the best frame of reference for the western market. :x You can make a game with anime styling sell in the west (see: Street Fighter 
), you would just need to avoid some of the more extreme tropes (but they usually don't).
), you would just need to avoid some of the more extreme tropes (but they usually don't).I would like to think I would do an impartial job, with an emphasis on using analytics to make adjustments but I would still bias it toward the type of play style I want to emphasize.
That and my waifu would be guaranteed to be top tier.
I disagree, the character models for Injustice/MK9 are better than Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibur or DOA. Also, the bloom effects in the non-NRS games are crazy and make the game colors look kind of faded.
I'm bored so I'm just gonna fight random dudes on KOF online. http://www.twitch.tv/thesilkiest
That Dude John
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Oh, of course not. lol
This is very true.
On another note: why is my T.V. displaying PSN with a cursor over "purchase", the good/service being Ultra? I REALLY need to get that ambivalence in check...
QisTopTier
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The MK trailer showed an air chain pull, xrays, interactables, ex/supers
It will be midnight on the east
LOL at touting your game as bringing MK into the future with next gen technologies and sticking with UE3.
Power has been unfortunately attached to way too many mediocre games and movies.
RockTurtle
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my friend said MK trailers only show haymakers and roundhouses. always full swings!
Air chain? No... just no. You aren't tempting me that easily, Boon. 45 degree angle or straight across the screen?
Why are you loling? It's PR lip service... something you should learn to block out instantly.
Slamtastic
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Can't be as bad as GFWL>Steamworks
I assume you've seen the new Batman game? That runs on UE3, and it's next gen as hell.
I'm using that as my base.
Deckard Cain
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That Dude John
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And GGXrd.
Do the parries look like Pong?
Huw_Dawson
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Take me with you! Would be awesome to do QA work on a series like MK.
You're right, I had forgotten so.
The biggest thing I want NRS to avoid with X is blocky-ish character models and, especially, drab character and stage color pallets.
Unlike MK we actually have (shity) footage of Xrd and Xrd actually uses original rendering/graphics techniques outside of Unreal's basic appliances, so enzo's claim does have weight. If they really wanted to use next-gen tech they should be using UE4.
Can't wait for that UE3 deal with Epic/WB is up, doe. I don't think UE is suitable for Mortal Kombat.
Can't wait for that UE3 deal with Epic/WB is up, doe. I don't think UE is suitable for Mortal Kombat.
irfaanator
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FGW| 0 to 100 BP. Welcome to Ultra
I think Parry is the wrong word here... they are more like counters from DOA.
Like Sub Zero would kick Scorpion and Scorpion would grab limb and hit him back sort of like in DOA (or like doing a reversal in Tekken). That happened a bunch of times in the trailer.
It's either that system or it's just a CG trailer showing a choreographed fight. That's why I am not extrapolating anything definite from the trailer.
That actually sounds interesting. Meter dependent, probably.
We have no idea what gameplay looks like.
If I had to extrapolate details about MKX based on the CG trailer I would say the following:
It looks like MK9-2. Same type of animations for combat. There might be a counter system over the combo breaker system from before. Game still has the various mechanics from the previous MK game like X Rays and ex moves. It will have interactable environment mechanics. Characters will have new moves. Probably better effects. Artstyle is similar to MK9 as well.
Initial impression is that if you hated MK9 you will probably hate MKX too... if you love MK9 you will probably love MKX as well.
Of course I don't honestly believe any of this... it's a god damn CG trailer. To me it's just a "hey we are making Mortal Kombat X!!!" announcement.
It looks like MK9-2. Same type of animations for combat. There might be a counter system over the combo breaker system from before. Game still has the various mechanics from the previous MK game like X Rays and ex moves. It will have interactable environment mechanics. Characters will have new moves. Probably better effects. Artstyle is similar to MK9 as well.
Initial impression is that if you hated MK9 you will probably hate MKX too... if you love MK9 you will probably love MKX as well.
Of course I don't honestly believe any of this... it's a god damn CG trailer. To me it's just a "hey we are making Mortal Kombat X!!!" announcement.
Hey guys, I just found a leak of a SFV trailer. Interactables confirmed:
I seriously doubt you can gather anything really substantive from a non-gameplay trailer other than the art direction.
The MK/Injustice style is so strange. Some of the animations look amazing to me when analyzed in isolation but I understand the complaints about stiffness when everything is taken in holistically. I guess it's because I was a fan of the games growing up, so I see MK9 and Injustice as throwbacks to those games.
Remember when SF4 was announced with that trailer of Ryu and Ken fighting in the field and capcom said you can figure out everything you need to know about how it'll play from taking a close look at it? Things are always carefully designed in these trailers to keep in line with the final product.
And what did you glean from the SF4 announcement trailer? Ink and 3D movement? The return of Ken and Ryu?
I don't doubt that they have a lot of gameplay ideas that go into the CG trailer, but things can change significantly in the last year of development... and I'm sure the trailer itself was made a while ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3ONTRFSqE
Based on this trailer I can extrapolate this:
*Trading hits works different now than in the old SF games (like the way their feet meet in an X, if that was a trade they would both reel back)
*Characters can dodge attacks while dashing forward
*Ken has a dive kick
*Game has 3D movement.
Which is all bull shit because that comment by Capcom was clearly PR lip service. Neither of those characters had some of the moves seen in the trailer nor does the actual game play flow like that.
Huw_Dawson
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It is a CG trailer, there really isn't much more to it than tone and marketing.
Ultra tomorrow omg omg omg
Ultra tomorrow omg omg omg
Shouta
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On interactables, I'm totally fine with them myself. I've always considered it a part of skill and it increases the depth of competition and makes interesting. As long as it isn't super overpowering, I think it's pretty fun stuff. I've always enjoyed items in Smash, ridiculous items aside.
To offset the costly risk associated with jumpstarting a new fighting game franchise?