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[fernoca]

I hope some of you (getting the Kollector's/Tournament) post nice pictures of them.

 

[infinityBCRT]

I have the 360 KE on pre-order. Almost feel like downgrading to the regular edition though. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with those bookends .

 

[Cruzader]

I have the 360 KE on pre-order. Almost feel like downgrading to the regular edition though. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with those bookends .

Yo hook me up. You could sell em for few bucks or give them away!

 

[OneMoreQuestion]

Any competent noob play anywhere?

How can someone be competent and a noob at the same time?

Spoiler

Noob is awesome!

 

[infinityBCRT]

Yo hook me up. You could sell em for few bucks or give them away!

If I feel like an idiot after unboxing it, I'll let you know, lol


Also, I have to post this here... because this is how I feel about this game

 

[Tokubetsu]

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.




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.

That was one of the best things about the PS2 games. You never had to go online to feel like you got your money's worth.

I have the KE ordered since the moment it appeared 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.

I almost wish we got a figure too but book ends are alright.

 

[daffy]

Hey guys, thinking about jumping back in to the fighting game arena after the let down that was MvC3, just wondering if online is fre--

*Requires an 'Online Pass', which is included in every new copy at no additional charge*
(Once you're online, the game will generate an unique web-kode. By entering your unique web kode at TheMortalKombat.com you can utilize advanced community features such as social messaging and website profiles)

God dammmit... I wanted to rent..

 

[sleepykyo]

Insane quality one right here http://www.slayer.pro/

Is there a stream with a higher level of play?

 

[ethic]

Hey guys, thinking about jumping back in to the fighting game arena after the let down that was MvC3, just wondering if online is fre--

God dammmit... I wanted to rent..

You can play online for two days without the pass.

 

[sixteen-bit]

If I feel like an idiot after unboxing it, I'll let you know, lol


Also, I have to post this here... because this is how I feel about this game

Say, April 19, 2011 is also the day Skynet goes live according to Terminator fiction.
We are not E

 

[fernoca]

Hey guys, thinking about jumping back in to the fighting game arena after the let down that was MvC3, just wondering if online is fre--

God dammmit... I wanted to rent..

There's a trial of at least 48 hours.
No confirmation if it's 48 actual hours or just 2 consecutive days. Though 99% sure it's just 2 days. There's no way they'll give 48 individual hours of use for free.

 

[daffy]

You can play online for two days without the pass.

There's a trial of at least 48 hours.
No confirmation if it's 48 actual hours or just 2 consecutive days. Though 99% sure it's just 2 days. There's no way they'll give 48 individual hours of use for free.

Oh, I see! Well that's better than nothing..

 

[Bleepey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCAayFkfDQ

I wanna go out in the streets and do this. I swear i feel like i am 6 again. I remember when i was a kid and i saw this advert on TV. I used to literally be there with the kids and shut out Mortal Kombat raising my fist in the air. they should remake this ad with all the kids being adults now. heck cut out the SNES footage and replace it with MK9 footage, if only i wasn't so lazy.

 

[NeonZ]

Very small spoiler for the first 5 minutes of the Story mode (I've only watched the intro)

Spoiler

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.

Well...

(Armageddon spoilers)

Spoiler

In Armageddon, Taven beats up Raiden right before the pyramid battle starts - without taking any significant damage at all apparently, which is what breaks the alliance Raiden attempted to make with Shao Khan and makes Raiden go down there to fight in the pyramid battle. That might be what the flashback is referencing.

Although I guess Taven wasn't a good or a popular character, so it's pretty likely his whole story will be just ignored or shoved aside in this new timeline.

 

[Wolfwood0]

Our Stream is up!

http://www.justin.tv/monsters_arcade

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Our Stream is up!"

Probably the stream with the best quality of play yet, by far. And I'm saying that after watching for only 3 minutes.

 

[Bleepey]

I am playing theory fighter.... not sure what the MK equivalent. But i was thinking, won't Kabal have a hell of a time against Mileena. It seems like all her Specials are designed to get around his specials.

 

[Lost Fragment]

Holy shit they gave Sonya the Stone Cold Stunner.

Also, that crouching fan poke Kitana has looks really annoying.

 

[Teknoman]

Daaaamn Kitana's X-ray o_o

 

[The One and Done™]

I am playing theory fighter.... not sure what the MK equivalent. But i was thinking, won't Kabal have a hell of a time against Mileena. It seems like all her Specials are designed to get around his specials.

Mileena can be annoying as hell on expert higher in the ladder. But Baraka is nowhere near as cheap as he was in MK2.

 

[Teknoman]

Hmm...fan spam.

 

[Jube3]

haha the vomit was a nice touch!

 

[Kalnos]

Hmm...fan spam.

Hadouk... wait..

 

[Deleted member 8095]

Holy shit they gave Sonya the Stone Cold Stunner.

I NEED A GIF!!!!

 

[GuessWho]

kitana's xray are ridiculous. Fatality like.

 

[Teknoman]

C'mon someone do a fatality.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

kitana's xray are ridiculous. Fatality like.

so is kanos.... basically everyones xrays are pretty brutal

 

[Square Triangle]

My store received the Kollector's Editions in the other day and frankly- it's really cheap looking. =/ The book ends are really poorly crafted, I wish they released the art book in another form.

 

[paranoidfortean]

thinking back about mk1 and 2 in the arcades and on snes has made me decide to buy the motherfucking shit out of this.

i still remember the issue of EGM that had the fatalities listed. ah, middle school.

 

[The One and Done™]

My store received the Kollector's Editions in the other day and frankly- it's really cheap looking. =/ The book ends are really poorly crafted, I wish they released the art book in another form.

You must mean the PAL version because the US version is awesome.

 

[GuessWho]

still haven't seen any baraka gameplay.

 

[scoot3r]

I hope some of you (getting the Kollector's/Tournament) post nice pictures of them.

I had actually planned on doing this i got the tourney edition. Going to pu tomorrow at midnight ill try and get some on here after i get home

 

[iAmMaximus]

I don't think I've ever been excited for a week, considering that Portal 2 and MK are releasing on the SAME week.

 

[RS4-]

Oh yeah, Sonya's xray is pretty damn good as it has armor throughout the whole thing, so it doesn't really get stuffed by normals compared to other xray attacks.

 

[Square Triangle]

You must mean the PAL version because the US version is awesome.

No, I'm speaking on the US version of the KE. They are heavy but the detail and paint is complete garbage.

 

[Sblargh]

Everyone has the same vitality? So, for example, Jax X-ray will always cause 41% damage?

 

[Kai Dracon]

Say, April 19, 2011 is also the day Skynet goes live according to Terminator fiction.
We are not E

is this real life

 

[The One and Done™]

Everyone has the same vitality? So, for example, Jax X-ray will always cause 41% damage?

I actually hadn't been paying attention but I'll let you know. So satisfying to pull that off on Kahn.

 

[paranoidfortean]

speaking of getting hyped for old games, back in the day i used to tear all magazine pages out that were dedicated to the game, then put them in the clear page holders and have it all organized together. MK and NBA Jam were among the select few that got this treatment.

 

[fernoca]

speaking of getting hyped for old games, back in the day i used to tear all magazine pages out that were dedicated to the game, then put them in the clear page holders and have it all organized together. MK and NBA Jam were among the select few that got this treatment.

Yeah me too.
Another year I put them, but as covers for each notebook. So other students asked to see my notebooks because it was "like reading magazines". XD

 

[Master Thespian]

Holy shit they gave Sonya the Stone Cold Stunner.

Also, that crouching fan poke Kitana has looks really annoying.

It's not quite the SCS since she goes down to her knees instead of her ass. Still looks boss, though.

 

[ProtoCents]

Hadouk... wait..

SF4 introduced a lot of ways to deal with the projectile spam. EX moves absorbing hits with armor, FADCs... the Katana fan spam seems relentless. To everyone that plays fighting games on at least a moderate level, what do you think the best way to deal with projectile spam in MK will be? Just on point jump patterns? Countering with special moves that go through (Jade kick), behind (Scorpion tele punch), above (Mileena kick) or under (Sector punch)?

 

[infinityBCRT]

I find it funny that people don't realize the move list switches commands depending on which side you're on. On that stream posted above the guy tried to do Kano's fatality with the command inputs flipped because of that.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Nostalgia Age: The fact that MK2 had such a huge ad campaign and a very specific release date was unique among games back then. Most of the time, especially as a kid, you didn't know exactly when a hot game would really show up in local stores.

I remember waiting at the Best Buy at the Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City, OK that morning when they should have been putting the SNES and Genesis copies of MKII out. Turned into a bit of a situation, as at first they didn't have them out, and said they didn't actually have the game at all.

Turns out, they had received one small box of both versions and not the large number of copies alloted that store. Maybe 6 genesis and 10 SNES.

There were at least that many people waiting around for it, so the guy in charge of software decided to see if we could be civil, brought out their limited number of copies, and let people see what version they wanted to take until we had it sorted that everyone was able to get a copy for a console they owned.

It actually worked out and everyone went home happy. (I got an SNES edition.)

 

[Xevren]

SF4 introduced a lot of ways to deal with the projectile spam. EX moves absorbing hits with armor, FADCs... the Katana fan spam seems relentless. To everyone that plays fighting games on at least a moderate level, what do you think the best way to deal with projectile spam in MK will be? Just on point jump patterns? Countering with special moves that go through (Jade kick), behind (Scorpion tele punch), above (Mileena kick) or under (Sector punch)?

Going to vary with each character really. With the EX moves added in the game there will be even more ways to get through them so long as you have decent reaction time. Like if you're willing to burn some meter you can use Kabal's EX Dash to burn straight through projectiles. Some x-rays can go through too.

 

[Sblargh]

SF4 introduced a lot of ways to deal with the projectile spam. EX moves absorbing hits with armor, FADCs... the Katana fan spam seems relentless. To everyone that plays fighting games on at least a moderate level, what do you think the best way to deal with projectile spam in MK will be? Just on point jump patterns? Countering with special moves that go through (Jade kick), behind (Scorpion tele punch), above (Mileena kick) or under (Sector punch)?

Moderate player here

Spoiler

scrub here

Special moves that go through seems to be the better option; lacking that, jumping stuff does not seem as hard in this game as it was on SF4. A wrong jump on SF4 = ultra. A wrong jump here it's an uppercut or a juggle combo. Moving around in the screen sounds a lot safer in this game.
Of course, all of this is just theory kombat... because I dont have the game yet, what else can I do?

 

[Teknopathetic]

"SF4 introduced a lot of ways to deal with the projectile spam. EX moves absorbing hits with armor, FADCs... the Katana fan spam seems relentless. To everyone that plays fighting games on at least a moderate level, what do you think the best way to deal with projectile spam in MK will be? Just on point jump patterns? Countering with special moves that go through (Jade kick), behind (Scorpion tele punch), above (Mileena kick) or under (Sector punch)?"


The same way people dealt with projectiles in every other fighting game before (and including) SF4. Patience and knowing your character's options.

It's probably best to take a "wait and see" approach before calling things relentless. The game is full of characters who have various kinds of teleports and runs. In those Kabal/Reptile videos mentioned previously, the Kabal player punished Reptile force ball quite often on reaction with his run and got a beefy combo off it each time.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Whew. Just saw that you can select the arena in King of the Hill mode when you're King. Guessing you should be able to use classic music online that way.

 

[Lost Fragment]

SF4 introduced a lot of ways to deal with the projectile spam. EX moves absorbing hits with armor, FADCs... the Katana fan spam seems relentless. To everyone that plays fighting games on at least a moderate level, what do you think the best way to deal with projectile spam in MK will be? Just on point jump patterns? Countering with special moves that go through (Jade kick), behind (Scorpion tele punch), above (Mileena kick) or under (Sector punch)?

Jade has a move that makes her invincible to projectiles for a short period if it works anything like it used to.

 

[paranoidfortean]

Nostalgia Age: The fact that MK2 had such a huge ad campaign and a very specific release date was unique among games back then. Most of the time, especially as a kid, you didn't know exactly when a hot game would really show up in local stores.

Agreed. I remember having to call KB Toys daily to ask about a game, but then MK2 set a date. September something, IIRC.