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Mortal Kombat |OT| Going back in time!
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bloodforge
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notworksafe said:
Buy another stick and buttons.
notworksafe
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Yeah, yeah. I probably will eventually. Red/black buttons and double spring JLF with a red bubble top.bloodforge said:
GANGSTERKILLER
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This game rocks! Mortal Kombat is back from the dead! How come the demo is still not to download on Xbox Live? Is it because Warner Bros strong realationship with Sony? Anyway, i have decided to buy this game today for 360 and i must say this version is much crisper looking than the PS3 demo. And i also can play as Kratos...
Lol... :')
Lol... :')
Well he is actually better than Kratos (Kratos is shit tier btw) in MK9 so you didn't lose much by not getting the PS3 version there.GANGSTERKILLER said:This game rocks! Mortal Kombat is back from the dead! How come the demo is still not to download on Xbox Live? Is it because Warner Bros strong realationship with Sony? Anyway, i have decided to buy this game today for 360 and i must say this version is much crisper looking than the PS3 demo. And i also can play as Kratos...
Lol... :')
xerxesiani
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How do you perform babalities on bosses?When I fight them and defeat them in arcade ladder the fight just ends with no time to do it.
Teknopathetic
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Tag and throw are both macros. Tag, throw, and switch stance.
Lost Fragment
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Been putting in some time with the challenge tower and...it's kind of lame. It seems like a good idea, but...nearly at challenge 100 now and I can only think of 1 or 2 levels that were in any way challenging. Maybe it gets better later on?
So good.
My copy finally arrived and I've played through the MK1 section on normal. Everything* feels so right! So smooth, fast and easy to pick up! I don't think I've got acquainted with controls this fast in any game. Everything is so... Wow. I had read all the praise and expected the game to be great, but this is even better than I could imagine! Can't wait to play the other modes and do some fatalities!
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* the sound design pales in comparison to the originals - outside of Quan-Chi's voice, nothing really impressed on the sound side of things...
My copy finally arrived and I've played through the MK1 section on normal. Everything* feels so right! So smooth, fast and easy to pick up! I don't think I've got acquainted with controls this fast in any game. Everything is so... Wow. I had read all the praise and expected the game to be great, but this is even better than I could imagine! Can't wait to play the other modes and do some fatalities!
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* the sound design pales in comparison to the originals - outside of Quan-Chi's voice, nothing really impressed on the sound side of things...
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Frankfurt said:
Quan Chi's voice is probably the best VA in the entire game. So damn good.
Slamtastic
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And that you can't have 2 blocks.MThanded said:
And the way the button config works in general.
Has everyone been twittering their concerns?
Anticitizen One
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Since when was Kabal
a police officer? My understanding of MK3 was that he was a member of black dragon who got mutalated during the outworld invasion and then decided to go rogue during the war. When he comes back in Deception im pretty sure he leans more with the villians yet in this game hes one of the good guys. Was this a change made just for this game or was that always the story and I just misunderstood?
Teknopathetic
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MK9 is not a 1:1 retelling of the original games. Things were altered.
notworksafe
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How far have you played in his story? (Kabal story spoilers)Anticitizen One said:
They made him a cop that is former Black Dragon but gets messed up when fighting with Stryker. He's implied to be Lin Kuei as well by Sheeva but I'm not sure what the deal is with that.
Anticitizen One
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notworksafe said:
I beat the game. I was just wondering since it seemed like a big departure from the old games.
Teknopathetic said:
Yea I wasn't too keen on seeing Nightwolf and Quan Chi in the MK1 tournament and that wierd looking reptile.
Squall ASF
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Good lord, I found my first true block of adversity! Has anyone pulled off the double flawless on Shang Tsung? Yes I switched it to beginner, 30 second round and I know the fatality screen retry trick but this bastard always seems to get the tinniest little cheap jab in to screw me over No way does he play like it's beginner either. He's capable of 8-hit combos...beginner should have them sitting around throwing out a punch here or there.
Anyway, anyone have insight? I have the 360 so can't do the Kratos bow thing I've seen around the net. Get so close with Stryker though, if only his gun did more damage.
No way does he play like it's beginner either. He's capable of 8-hit combos...beginner should have them sitting around throwing out a punch here or there. Anyway, anyone have insight? I have the 360 so can't do the Kratos bow thing I've seen around the net. Get so close with Stryker though, if only his gun did more damage.
notworksafe
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Eh, retcons. The whole timeline thing is a perfect excuse to redo parts of the story they didn't like.Anticitizen One said:
Anticitizen One
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Quan Chi's voice actor sounds more like the old announcer. He even does the same laugh.
notworksafe
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Lupinko only posts here and SRK iirc, so it's probably fake.
notworksafe
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Vorpax would be hilarious. She was cute in the TV show.
Not spoiling since it's obviously not true.
Not spoiling since it's obviously not true.
Ninja Scooter
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KaYotiX said:To hell with new chars, i want all the classic costumes + fatalities as DLC NOW!
I want an MK1 classic costume pack for the 8 original characters.
On the Vorpax thing:
The only reason why I took a second look cause I remembered the mysterious figure in Jade's ending, who looks kind of like a what a reimagined Kreeyan.
So I could imagine this character + The Great Kung Lao being DLC in the long run since they both appear in the endings.
The only reason why I took a second look cause I remembered the mysterious figure in Jade's ending, who looks kind of like a what a reimagined Kreeyan.
So I could imagine this character + The Great Kung Lao being DLC in the long run since they both appear in the endings.
Kai Dracon
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notworksafe said:
99% of the backstory in the old games was told via text synopsis during character splash screens anyway. I admit, some of the retcons seem not so much bad, as simply not required - as if they were slightly overthinking how to tie all the characters together so that everyone had a meaningful relationship with everyone else.
If you think about it, the only character in MK9's story, I think, who isn't inherently embroiled with someone else's backstory and drama... is Johnny Cage. He really is just this guy who got on the wrong boat and ended up on an adventure!
notworksafe
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As far as DLC, as long as that lame ass Shujinko isn't one of them I'm okay. I'd prefer no Jarek or Reiko either if possible.
Everyone else is fair game I suppose.
Everyone else is fair game I suppose.
I think the most obvious retcon is who actually participated in the tournament.
Remember that MK1 stage with all of the statues? I always figured this was kind of representative at who was participating.
Shaolin Monks also has the same set of statues only with new costume designs.
Remember that MK1 stage with all of the statues? I always figured this was kind of representative at who was participating.
Shaolin Monks also has the same set of statues only with new costume designs.
Squall ASF
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Rain and Fujin are the only two I'd particularly care about top of my head. It would be awesome if we could fight against Motaro too.
No one here has unlocked the "You Found Me!" achievement/trophy?
No one here has unlocked the "You Found Me!" achievement/trophy?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Big One said:I think the most obvious retcon is who actually participated in the tournament.
Remember that MK1 stage with all of the statues? I always figured this was kind of representative at who was participating.
Shaolin Monks also has the same set of statues only with new costume designs.
My gut tells me that on the Earth Warrior side, they put Nightwolf there because in his expanded backstory his spiritual awareness had always put him in contact with Earthrealm's gods, such as Raiden.
So, when Raiden was assembling the party of "official" Earth reps, Nightwolf would be someone who like Kang, Raiden could formally approach and ask to join in the fight.
On Team Evil's side, Quan Chi is almost certainly there to drive home his EVIL PLOTTING throughout the entire saga.
Plus the statues back then didn't even made sense.
Why would Shagn Tsung order the creation of those statues? Did he really knew those were the exact fighters that will end in the finals, how they were going to look and what they going to when they won matches?
Were the ones making the statues really that lazy that they decided to to only make one ninja-statue, when there were 2 ninjas; because "well, they look the same so why bother"?
Why would Shagn Tsung order the creation of those statues? Did he really knew those were the exact fighters that will end in the finals, how they were going to look and what they going to when they won matches?
Were the ones making the statues really that lazy that they decided to to only make one ninja-statue, when there were 2 ninjas; because "well, they look the same so why bother"?
Well Shang Tsung thought this was going to be THE tournament for Shao Kahn to finally take Earthrealm hence why Goro is in the center. Didn't end up too well for him, however.fernoca said:Plus the statues back then didn't even made sense.
Why would Shagn Tsung order the creation of those statues? Did he really knew those were the exact fighters that will end in the finals, how they were going to look and what they going to when they won matches?
Were the ones making the statues really that lazy that they decided to to only make one ninja-statue, when there were 2 ninjas; because "well, they look the same so why bother"?
notworksafe
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So you're telling me the canon doesn't say Johnny Cage won after hitting Goro in the junk?
Anticitizen One
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Who has statues in the new game? Only the outworld warriors right? I only noticed goro, baraka and a few others.
fernoca said:Plus the statues back then didn't even made sense.
Why would Shagn Tsung order the creation of those statues? Did he really knew those were the exact fighters that will end in the finals, how they were going to look and what they going to when they won matches?
Were the ones making the statues really that lazy that they decided to to only make one ninja-statue, when there were 2 ninjas; because "well, they look the same so why bother"?
Because it wasn't the first iteration. Everyone is just assuming this is the first reset. That Liu Kang is right next to Goro is a warning.
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SafeinSound
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I am so bad with Sub-Zero
Squall ASF
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Could you pretty please provide your strategy for double flawlessing Shang Tsung? Unless you used Kratos since I have the 360 version...Xevren said:
The Lamonster
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Are you, like, bad or bad?SafeinSound said:
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