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Mortal Kombat |OT| Going back in time!
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Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
Just played this game (in 3D, it has _awesome_ 3D) for 6 hours straight yesterday. I barely ever do that anymore. This is how a fighting game should be done. Story mode is amazing. The fighting system is absolutely fantastic with its depth and gameplay. The graphics are absolutely amazing. I've been learning each characters combos etc., been training quite a bit as Kratos (such an awesome addition to Mortal Kombat). Really looking forward to getting into King of the Hill online. Also plan on trying to get through most of the 300 challenges.
The amount of content in this game is just fantastic. Tekken, Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom; this is how you do a fighting game from a content point of view. It's not enough anymore to just have an "arcade mode" and some challenges. Tekken and Soul Calibur are two fighting games that add a little bit, but not nearly enough.
Fighting combat system aside, the bar has been raised in the SP and MP modes of what a fighting game should contain and the quality.
Love everything about it. Mortal Kombat is back!
The amount of content in this game is just fantastic. Tekken, Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom; this is how you do a fighting game from a content point of view. It's not enough anymore to just have an "arcade mode" and some challenges. Tekken and Soul Calibur are two fighting games that add a little bit, but not nearly enough.
Fighting combat system aside, the bar has been raised in the SP and MP modes of what a fighting game should contain and the quality.
Love everything about it. Mortal Kombat is back!
sixteen-bit
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There's always DLC, rite?Dead said:
Diablohead
Member
I'll get enough play out of it offline but seriously, the online blows and is a completely different game, you need to be fast characters like scorp or cage to do well since most matches are lack luster :/ and they say that they started the net code 2 years back? should have looked into ggpo.fernoca said:Well, you didn't liked the KE, and now hate the entire game. Might as well return it.
The game itself is still awesome but when in this generation online is half the game for some of us, I feel like i've lost out.
The statue is a bit crap though compared to the US version, go back a few pages and take a look.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Kimosabae said:
I don't know if you're racist or if the people who make video games are.
infinityBCRT
Member
During one scene in story mode Cage without glasses actually looks a lot like Daniel Pesina.
Kimosabae said:
Well Coletrain is a dumbass, but he is still likeable.
But I agree cyrax is awesome. Games need more likeable black characters, actually to be fair games need more races in general that arent bald white space marine. I just trying to think of some good ones and there arent many.
Darth Kupi
Banned
Square Triangle said:
Verbal customer exchange of the forever.
Messi said:
I can see why certain kinds of people would find Coletrain likeable, but it's just as easy to see why someone discerning wouldn't like him.
Cyrax's skin color seems to be incidental to his character, which is why I like him so much - unlike Jax, who's an animated, digital, stereotype and is in the same freaking game.
strikeselect
You like me, you really really like me!
I faced a pretty decent Kung Lao player just now.
I now understand why he's going to be an absolute beast in top level play. Dive kicks, teleport pressure, insane combos. Yikes.
I now understand why he's going to be an absolute beast in top level play. Dive kicks, teleport pressure, insane combos. Yikes.
sixteen-bit
Member
He's climbin' in yo windows...Beardz said:anal intruder
evilromero
Member
Does anybody think NRS could ever top this game? It seems to be the pinnacle of the series so far. I love it!
mariachi507
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I'm looking for a Reptile klassic kostume, I've got Mileena's to trade. If you're interested hit me on PM.
This is for PS3.
This is for PS3.
Vestal
Junior Member
Well came back from a 8hr play last night with my RL friend.. Here are some impressions as far as characters go.
Kung Lao: SOOO much potential. His combination of attacks makes him very deadly, he just has all the tools.
Melinaa: Still one of my favorites. Quick as hell.
Sub Zero: YYYY, stupid combo that does some pretty nice damage.
Cyrax: Lots of fun.. His teleport is one of the better ones, and bomb + TP + net is awesome.
Noob: He is gona have to be balanced out a bit.. The running tackle is quick as hell, combine that with the ghost ball being slower makes for alot of headaches for characters without a TP.
Kitana: I see potential here aswell.. The double fan throw is pretty nice, but haven't found a good combo for the levitate move yet.
Then again we were trying out all of the characters.. I think top 3 right now would be:
Kung Lao
Cyrax
Melinaa
Me and my friend Marked out when we finally got a Toasty half way through our 8hr marathon. At that moment we felt, ok this is a complete MK game.
Kung Lao: SOOO much potential. His combination of attacks makes him very deadly, he just has all the tools.
Melinaa: Still one of my favorites. Quick as hell.
Sub Zero: YYYY, stupid combo that does some pretty nice damage.
Cyrax: Lots of fun.. His teleport is one of the better ones, and bomb + TP + net is awesome.
Noob: He is gona have to be balanced out a bit.. The running tackle is quick as hell, combine that with the ghost ball being slower makes for alot of headaches for characters without a TP.
Kitana: I see potential here aswell.. The double fan throw is pretty nice, but haven't found a good combo for the levitate move yet.
Then again we were trying out all of the characters.. I think top 3 right now would be:
Kung Lao
Cyrax
Melinaa
Me and my friend Marked out when we finally got a Toasty half way through our 8hr marathon. At that moment we felt, ok this is a complete MK game.
gundamzeta209
Banned
most people who buy games in the United States and probably in the entire western world are white males, and just like a black person, they probably want to see someone like them as a player character.
I don't think it has to due with racism-- as in using stereotypes to create caricatures to insult races. I think they just need to make sure that their products sell. You just have to realize that their are 170+ million "white" Americans and only 30+ million black Americans. While i'm sure they're are a lot of people who try to not see things in color, the vast majority of people do in fact notice race and color.
bubba in the south pays the same amount of dollars per unit for these games as Tyrone in the Bronx does. Dev's don't want to offend black people, but I'm sure they still want Bubba to buy games too. Bubba isn't going to buy a game where the main character is Black and portrayed in a positive way. It just ain't going to happen. Look at the belt of Red on the 2008 electoral college map. That's just they way the world is.
I don't think it has to due with racism-- as in using stereotypes to create caricatures to insult races. I think they just need to make sure that their products sell. You just have to realize that their are 170+ million "white" Americans and only 30+ million black Americans. While i'm sure they're are a lot of people who try to not see things in color, the vast majority of people do in fact notice race and color.
bubba in the south pays the same amount of dollars per unit for these games as Tyrone in the Bronx does. Dev's don't want to offend black people, but I'm sure they still want Bubba to buy games too. Bubba isn't going to buy a game where the main character is Black and portrayed in a positive way. It just ain't going to happen. Look at the belt of Red on the 2008 electoral college map. That's just they way the world is.
Diablohead
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ggpo netcodeevilromero said:
corrosivefrost
Member
So... if Ed Boon is very active on Twitter, have people hating on the online bombarded him with tweets yet? You'd think at least one of them would get his attention and maybe some acknowledgement from NRS about the issue and a potential fix.
I mean, they're already talking about how they can stealth tweak the game without patches...
I mean, they're already talking about how they can stealth tweak the game without patches...
Square Triangle
Member
.GqueB. said:
No, this guy was really just this dumb.
corrosivefrost
Member
Square Triangle said:
I'd believe it.
Most of the human race is.
But at least he brought us all some laughter.
MrMephistoX
Gold Member
Messi said:
word=alabama porch monkey
My personal favorite. What does that even mean?
Professor Beef
Banned
Don't worry, he's taking it back.
The Antitype
Banned
Wow.
On my second day playing the game, I went 15 and 2 using Smoke. This was the first time I've used Smoke.
I think he may be a TAD overpowered.
On my second day playing the game, I went 15 and 2 using Smoke. This was the first time I've used Smoke.
I think he may be a TAD overpowered.
Professor Beef
Banned
I hope this wasn't posted already.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
How bad are we talking about here? Is it worse than SFIV and MvC3?Diablohead said:
The Antitype
Banned
So.
Kintara isn't the biggest pile of bullshit in the history of fighting game design.
No sir.
Kintara isn't the biggest pile of bullshit in the history of fighting game design.
No sir.
pantyhelmet
Banned
Kimosabae said:
you my friend won the internet,
God forbid people of color identify with a character who isn't a walking stereotype.
I enjoyed Cyrax in the story mode as well, likable and more in tune with my temperment.
Incendiary
Banned
Square Triangle said:
I was at my local Gamestop last week picking up Majin & the Forsaken Kingdom because of the sale, and I was the only customer in the store. I had an intelligent conversation about video games with the clerk running the cash register for about ten minutes before he had to answer a phone call. He had a pleasant smile on his face and waved bye, acting far friendlier than normal for a clerk.
If this is the normal type of customer a Gamestop employee works with, now I know why he was so happy.
canadian crowe
Member
I must be the only person who doesn't like the way Cyrax plays. Maybe I need to really strategize with him, but I found his close range capabilities crappy.
The Antitype
Banned
I keep beating all these bosses by whoring special moves over and over.
Whether it's the freeze, or teleport, or whatever.
Why bother even attempting to combo if the bosses all auto-block most everything you throw at them?
Lame.
Whether it's the freeze, or teleport, or whatever.
Why bother even attempting to combo if the bosses all auto-block most everything you throw at them?
Lame.
Professor Beef
Banned
Damn you, Struct!
The Antitype
Banned
Can someone inform me of what exactly smoke's 'SHAKE' move is supposed to do?
I've tried using it to repel projectiles, but no go.
I've tried using it to repel projectiles, but no go.
Soulscribe
Member
Okay now really how is
. It's absolutely ridiculous. You can't just ABSORB ATTACKS
Shao Khan kicking my ass in story mode on beginner
The Antitype
Banned
Soulscribe said:
Bad game design.
They aren't good enough at programming AI to make fights challenging without being cheap.
If you hit Shao Kahn several times in a quick combo, the second or third attack should actually get through and cause him to stumble.
But honestly, I just whore specials when I face him in ladder mode.
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