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[url=http://www.gamespot.com]GameSpot has updated with a [url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/mkshaolin/preview_6124181.html]preview of the playable build of Shaolin Monks that will be shown at E3 next week. In addition to the preview, three new gameplay videos, an official demonstration video, an exclusive interview video with Ed Boon and seven new images debut with the article. Some of the new images are high quality renders of [url=http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/130/reviews/925007_20050511_screen007.jpg]Liu Kang and [url=http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/130/reviews/925007_20050511_screen006.jpg]Kung Lao. From the article:

Shaolin Monks goes out of its way to create a vibe very much like that of MK II. The opening level has you battling ugly, ogre-looking creatures inside Goro's lair. As you progress, you'll eventually end up at the bottom of the classic pit stage, complete with plenty of corpses impaled on the spikes around you. In fact, once you climb out of the pit after a brief platforming sequence, you can uppercut enemies into the pit. À la MK II, the game even goes the extra mile of switching to a top-down camera view of the enemy shrieking as it falls to its doom. The graphics shown in the demo weren't exactly awe inspiring from a technical perspective, but aesthetically, they caught the feel of old-school Mortal Kombat very well.

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Its nice to see that they finally put Kung Lao's chin strap in place. he looked too western without it. Almost like he was doing a John Wayne impersonation

didn't Kung Lao have a chin strap since MK2? I'm not sure...

Yes he did, but in the first promo renders for MKSM it had disappeared. Thats what I was referring to.

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