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Mortal Kombat |OT| Going back in time!
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infinityBCRT
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Harder difficulty?RS4- said:
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I'm trying to work out the MK winners in my head...
MK1 - Liu Kang
MK2 - Liu Kang
MK3 - Liu Kang
MK4 - Liu Kang
MKDA - Inconclusive (final fight between Quan Chi/Shang Tsung interrupted)
MKD - ????
MKA - Taven
Who won MKD? Was there a winner? Is there any ending from MKD which could be the right one? I guess it could be Shujinko. He defeated Onaga which presumably restored Reptile to his self, and then somehow Onaga was reincarnated again.
Yeah, Shujinko was "the winner".
Problem with the MK-cannon is that the story as far as a tournament goes doesn't make sense, hence why they choosing a winner it's really weird:
MKI: Tournament (Liu Kang won)
MKII: Fake tournament (Liu Kang won..but..)
MK3: Earth invaded (Liu Kang defeated Shao Kahn)
MK4: Edenia invaded, Earth in danger (Liu Kang defeated Shinnok)
MKDA: Fake tournament (Li Mei won) / Everything else Quan Chi/Shang Tsung won
MKD: Realms in danger (Shujinko defeated Onaga)
MKA: Rise of the pyramid, realms unbalanced (Shao Kahn won -seeing him with Blaze's essence-)
Yet in the cannon, the have Liu Kang "winning" MK from MK1 through 4, but the only "official tournament" was the first one he won. The rest were either fakes, or some kind of all-out-battle were someone screamed "Mortal Kombat" and that alone initiated a tournament (god forbid the moronic elder gods being like "WTF going on with all this tournament in less than a year, shouldn't we do something?").
Kinda like in Pokemon you initiate a battle by having eye contact with someone; guess MK tournaments work like that too.
Problem with the MK-cannon is that the story as far as a tournament goes doesn't make sense, hence why they choosing a winner it's really weird:
MKI: Tournament (Liu Kang won)
MKII: Fake tournament (Liu Kang won..but..)
MK3: Earth invaded (Liu Kang defeated Shao Kahn)
MK4: Edenia invaded, Earth in danger (Liu Kang defeated Shinnok)
MKDA: Fake tournament (Li Mei won) / Everything else Quan Chi/Shang Tsung won
MKD: Realms in danger (Shujinko defeated Onaga)
MKA: Rise of the pyramid, realms unbalanced (Shao Kahn won -seeing him with Blaze's essence-)
Yet in the cannon, the have Liu Kang "winning" MK from MK1 through 4, but the only "official tournament" was the first one he won. The rest were either fakes, or some kind of all-out-battle were someone screamed "Mortal Kombat" and that alone initiated a tournament (god forbid the moronic elder gods being like "WTF going on with all this tournament in less than a year, shouldn't we do something?").
Kinda like in Pokemon you initiate a battle by having eye contact with someone; guess MK tournaments work like that too.
BamYouHaveAids
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Here is a stream of a guy doing ladder/tag on expert, he is better than the other guy http://www.justin.tv/quebecstreetfighterdotcom#/w/1094761600/3
Also lol on fighting game spoilers, in vs matches of all things. You people are nuts, story mode is one thing (although ridiculous, it's a fucking fighting game) but a versus match considered a spoiler? Crazy!
Also lol on fighting game spoilers, in vs matches of all things. You people are nuts, story mode is one thing (although ridiculous, it's a fucking fighting game) but a versus match considered a spoiler? Crazy!
infinityBCRT
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fernoca said:Yeah, Shujinko was "the winner".
Problem with the MK-cannon is that the story as far as a tournament goes doesn't make sense, hence why they choosing a winner it's really weird:
MKI: Tournament (Liu Kang won)
MKII: Fake tournament (Liu Kang won..but..)
MK3: Earth invaded (Liu Kang defeated Shao Kahn)
MK4: Edenia invaded, Earth in danger (Liu Kang defeated Shinnok)
MKDA: Fake tournament (Li Mei won) / Everything else Quan Chi/Shang Tsung won
MKD: Realms in danger (Shujinko defeated Onaga)
MKA: Rise of the pyramid, realms unbalanced (Shao Kahn won -seeing him with Blaze's essence-)
Yet in the cannon, the have Liu Kang "winning" MK from MK1 through 4, but the only "official tournament" was the first one he won. The rest were either fakes, or some kind of all-out-battle were someone screamed "Mortal Kombat" and that alone initiated a tournament (god forbid the moronic elder gods being like "WTF going on with all this tournament in less than a year, shouldn't we do something?").
Kinda like in Pokemon you initiate a battle by having eye contact with someone; guess MK tournaments work like that too.
Heh. I guess they could explain it away by the "rules" that were set by the Elder Gods on Shao Kahn. They made it so that Outworld had to win 10 tournaments in a row against Earth to take over Earth, and those tournaments were spaced out by 100 years. After Shao Kahn lost he could initiate the cycle again at any time and Earth's warriors HAD to come and fight (as said in the MK2 intro) but he never won another tournament after that. But then Shujinko and Taven went and fucked things up for everyone
RS4- said:
Right but I'm pretty sure you can set difficulty in the options from the main menu.
infinityBCRT
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Are a lot of people quitting during the game? Or just after they lose a match?GrayFoxPL said:
The One and Done
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Yeah I just finished up story mode. It was pretty damn awesome for a fighting game. It's very cohesive and all the characters have meaning to the main story and aren't throwaways like a lot of other fighing games.
Now I'm gonna tackle the challenge tower
Now I'm gonna tackle the challenge tower
NeonZ
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Technically, in Armageddon's Konquest ending, everyone gets Blaze's essence and the battle continues. So, it fits with the scenario shown in the beginning of this game, with everyone killing each other during the battle and no Blaze around.
Although I guess one could ask what the hell Taven was doing while everyone killed each other, considering how his story beforehand is basically him going around and beating up everyone else.
The One and Done
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Goddamnit! Shoa Khan can be ridiculous at times on Expert. GOD! He literally just came back on me with a full life bar in like 10 seconds. Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Projectile, Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Sweep, X-Ray, I'm dead
MMaRsu
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TommyManberg said:Goddamnit! Shoa Khan can be ridiculous at times on Expert. GOD! He literally just came back on me with a full life bar in like 10 seconds. Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Projectile, Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Sweep, X-Ray, I'm dead
Sounds lame. AKA cheap.
The One and Done
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MMaRsu said:
Dude it is! It's as bad as when SF4 first came out and Seth would get you in that looping combo crap.
Actually it's worse because Shoa Khan constantly taunts you. It's not bad when he leaves himself open but it's awful when he does his hammer projectile stun and then taunts; yup folks, he even has a stun attack to rape you more. It also seems only special attacks can knock him back aside from uppercuts. He just absorbs and swings the crap out of his hammer.
The aboslute worst paart though is how much damage he does with all his attacks. Two shoulder charges is like 1/3 of your health. And his X-Ray is even more.
TommyManberg said:Goddamnit! Shoa Khan can be ridiculous at times on Expert. GOD! He literally just came back on me with a full life bar in like 10 seconds. Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Projectile, Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Sweep, X-Ray, I'm dead
Shao Kahn, not Shoa Khan. At first I tought it was a typo, but then you kept doing it, so now I am here saving you from being embarassed on the internet.
BamYouHaveAids
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Just got to learn his pattern, MK bosses are tanks but predictable. You have to fight them like Megaman bosses rather than fighting game characters. The guy on the stream beat him on expert with Kitanna in two tries; he is doing an Ermac run through now.TommyManberg said:
TommyManberg said:Goddamnit! Shoa Khan can be ridiculous at times on Expert. GOD! He literally just came back on me with a full life bar in like 10 seconds. Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Projectile, Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Sweep, X-Ray, I'm dead
FEEL THE POWER OF SHAO KHAN
The One and Done
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Sblargh said:
You really contributed to this thread with that post. And lol@ potentially being embarassed on the internet.
Shao Khan still sucks.
Diablohead
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The mortal kombat "press start" title screen sends chills down my spine, nostalgia flavour. It looks fuck awesome too.
infinityBCRT
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NeonZ said:
Very small spoiler for the first 5 minutes of the Story mode (I've only watched the intro)
Raiden fighting Taven is the first flashback that you see in Raiden's strange visions. That probably means that just before fighting Shao Kahn, Raiden defeated Taven. Which presumably means Taven probably defeated Blaze before that.
The One and Done
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Guys seriously, calm the hell down with this, "saving face" "embarasment on teh internetz" thing. It's not a big deal. If I want to call Shao Kahn, Shoa Khan I can okay. Maybe I'm dyslexic.
Darth Kupi
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I like Shoa Khan. Eh is cheap and doesn't afraid of anything.
LongDongJunon
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Wow at all the folks blindly giving players 0-1.0 respect points after king of the hill matches.
Yeah... have fun with that achievement.*
Yeah... have fun with that achievement.*
*To those who care
Lost Fragment
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Kinda disappointed that you still get the "Round #....FIGHT!" voice over when fighting Shao Kahn and it's not replaced with him talking shit. Always thought that was a nice touch in MK2
Yeah, mad nitpicking, but still.
Yeah, mad nitpicking, but still.
Frank "Trashman" Reynolds
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TommyManberg said:Goddamnit! Shoa Khan can be ridiculous at times on Expert. GOD! He literally just came back on me with a full life bar in like 10 seconds. Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Projectile, Shoulder Charge, Shoulder Charge, Hammer Sweep, X-Ray, I'm dead
It's official.
Professor Beef
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I completely agree. i also miss him saying "I Win" after matches.Lost Fragment said:Kinda disappointed that you still get the "Round #....FIGHT!" voice over when fighting Shao Kahn and it's not replaced with him talking shit. Always thought that was a nice touch in MK2
Yeah, mad nitpicking, but still.
Frank "Trashman" Reynolds
Banned
Nelo Ice said:
I cancelled my TE for the KE because I figured I didn't really need another stick. Plus I wanted the art book. Then when the TE was sold out everywhere but Walmart I cracked and ordered one from there. Now I'm getting both lol
infinityBCRT
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BamYouHaveAids said:
It seems like anyone who hasn't played Deception or who doesn't know about the Story mode in MK9 (2+ hours of cutscenes alone) can't really adjust to the idea that fighting games can be more than just a game where two guys pick a fighter and fight.
Yes, there are spoilers. Some of the spoilery stuff from Story mode results in spoilery stuff being unlocked for the main game.
Sblargh said:
I think 6 hours is the general consensus I'm hearing out of some of the guys who got it early plus most of the devs from NRS. A few have put it up to 8 hours or so... I'm guessing it takes longer than 6 hours if you have trouble beating some of the opponents.
Diablohead
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I have the KE ordered since the moment it appearedNelo Ice said:
uk ver so no book ends just a cool figure.
After seeing some unboxing videos of the book ends though I do like the look of them, no idea why everything is mixed up with most pal places getting a steelbook while the uk does not, and different KE figures.
Dark Stalkers
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Any competent noob play anywhere?
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