IGN's Inside the X-ray Discussion Thread

Etryus said:
Liu Kang is a killer! I signed on tonight just to check if Aldo is backflipping from joy. Those X-Ray moves are incredible. I am starting to wonder if Kano is playing a role in the "twist" they mentionned, like Raiden, we have zip about him. I guess those 2 & Smoke remains to be unlocked.
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what about kabal?
 
Zafiro said:
do you mean the input should be difficult to do? well, at the demos, the input for everyones x ray was just R1+R2 together (on PS3)
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No, sorry if I wasnt clear, I meant it shouldnt be really easy to be able to HAVE THE ABILITY to pull it off. Like I said, in MKT, if you dominated your opponent your aggressor bar never got filled, unless it was more of a real fight. It should be like that in this game, just like if you dominate your opponent in MK vs. DC, you never got Rage. The X-Ray move should be a move that could potentially turn around the match or stop your opponent from some sort of a comeback, not an excuse to just finish your opponent quickly in my opinion.
 
Taj Gill said:
No, sorry if I wasnt clear, I meant it shouldnt be really easy to be able to HAVE THE ABILITY to pull it off. Like I said, in MKT, if you dominated your opponent your aggressor bar never got filled, unless it was more of a real fight. It should be like that in this game, just like if you dominate your opponent in MK vs. DC, you never got Rage. The X-Ray move should be a move that could potentially turn around the match or stop your opponent from some sort of a comeback, not an excuse to just finish your opponent quickly in my opinion.
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So your refering to more of a "Do some moves / attacks and it fills up a little" and "take some damage and it fills up more then just attacking" type meter?
 
Eclipso said:
So your refering to more of a "Do some moves / attacks and it fills up a little" and "take some damage and it fills up more then just attacking" type meter?
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Exactly. The first two meters can be filled up by solely attacking gameplay as well as taking punishment, but then the last meter (the X-Ray meter) you attacking doesnt matter, you need to take some punishment for it to be filled. That way people dont exploit the move.
 
Eclipso said:
So your refering to more of a "Do some moves / attacks and it fills up a little" and "take some damage and it fills up more then just attacking" type meter?
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Yea it should be like that, although it shouldnt be something that can happen all the time.
 
Taj Gill said:
Exactly. The first two meters can be filled up by solely attacking gameplay as well as taking punishment, but then the last meter (the X-Ray meter) you attacking doesnt matter, you need to take some punishment for it to be filled. That way people dont exploit the move.
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in that case, i agree. i kind of like the fact that aside fom building a meter, the x-rays can miss/be blocked in some cases, which douses their power as well... except when they can be linked into a combo (liu's looks like it can be, Kung lao's, etc), in which case they hopefully take mediocre damage
 
Taj Gill said:
Exactly. The first two meters can be filled up by solely attacking gameplay as well as taking punishment, but then the last meter (the X-Ray meter) you attacking doesnt matter, you need to take some punishment for it to be filled. That way people dont exploit the move.
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Thats more along the lines of a Street Fighter "type" meter, I am guessing they are going to make it like SSFIV in that regards, where you can save up for your super (X-Ray in MK) or use the other portions of the bar for breakers or enhanced specials which I would think would be equally important (IE save you from getting a long combo pulled on you or creating a long combo using the bars) to the strategy of the game and not just making it a race to fill up the meter first and "hitting the I win" button.

Will have to see some footage from PAX East to get a better gauge on where they are with the tweaking of it but honestly I wouldnt be concerned about it.
 
Here's some screen-caps I took for people who haven't caught the mere glimpses of certain characters! Enjoy! :)

Stryker:
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Jade:
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You can also see Jade from the first part of Scorpions X-Ray getting punched in the face (but you don't get a good look at her compared to the screen-cap I took).
 
Thanx for the screencaps. Definitely checking out Stryker2011 this spring. I hope he utilizes those double pistols Deathstroke style - he wielded his very well in MK8
 
Thanks for the screenshots guys, +rep to you both.

1. Chances are that Goro is not playable. Whether or not you can do X-rays on him is uncertain. My guess is that you can't. I think the skeleton shown was infact Goro's, but they will also use it for Sheeva. Notice how Mileena's skull is the same model as Baraka's, but the proportions have been adjusted.

2. Liu Kang seems more in-tune with the Bruce Lee image, and he's a bit more "dark". Really looking forward to using him. I just hope he does his crazy vocals again. WATAHH!

3. Stryker, Jade, Goro, Ermac, Liu Kang, Baraka, etc might all be shown/playable at the next showing, hopefully.

4. Ermac's X-ray was pretty awesome, I like how they incorporated his powers into it. I wish they did that with more characters. I agree with whoever said Scorpion's is kind of lame. I think a cool one for Scorpion would be to spear them then pull them in and punch them in the stomach to stop them, then roundhouse kick them in the head and send them flying back a bit.
 
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Thanks Reaver!

Also, I want to mention I believe Stryker's character model is used for the illustrations they show at around 37seconds (showing the layers of damage). So if you all want a better look at his face, I'm pretty sure that is Strkyer. The face doesn't look like Cage or any of the other human-male characters.
 
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