Mortal Kombat 11 General Discussion Media Thread

Commander said:
Yeah, but I’m wondering if Dynasty was right and that’s why Ed called him out.
The Steam db Achievements page seems to confirm fan favorites being DLC.
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Obviously SOME fan favorite characters will be DLC, what is Boon supposed to do, only make DLC for Hsu Hao and Mokap?

The definition of fan fav is so stupidly vague it makes the entire conversation pointless IMO. Ask 10 different MK fans what makes a "fan fav" character and you'll get 10 different answers.
 
asears08 said:
The problem is, based off the behind the scenes video and Boon comments (including the ones about not having story characters that aren't playable), the game is about Kronika not liking Raiden mucking with things and folding time back on itself and people fighting themselves. So if you have a roster that only has 1/3 of the classic characters in a game about folding time, its going to make for a oddly barebones feeling story.

Either the roster is bigger than they are letting on or the game is going to feel oddly devoid of important cast members.
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Apparently Ed Boon said that story mode will feature a lot of unplayable characters. So if a portal opens up between the mk2 tournament and present day, we might see a lot of the tournament, but then Shao Kahn will say "Baraka you're pretty expendable, go investigate that portal" and that's why only Baraka comes through from that time and is fightable. Just as an example.
 
p.W said:
The definition of fan fav is so stupidly vague it makes the entire conversation pointless IMO. Ask 10 different MK fans what makes a "fan fav" character and you'll get 10 different answers.
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I get that, but at the same time Boon mentioned putting in the characters that people asked for into MK11.
Those characters were characters like Noob Saibot, Fujin, Sindel, Rain, Baraka, etc, etc, etc (insert "X for KP3"), and I'm wondering if that falls into the same category of "fan favorites," as you and [MENTION=4889]BBBLP[/MENTION] mentioned.

How many of those requested / fan favorites will be DLC in comparison to the main roster?
With the Steam leak, some people are bound to be really unhappy if the likes of Smoke, Noob Saibot, Reptile or Rain don't make the roster.
 
Commander said:
I get that, but at the same time Boon mentioned putting in the characters that people asked for into MK11.
Those characters were characters like Noob Saibot, Fujin, Sindel, Rain, Baraka, etc, etc, etc (insert "X for KP3"), and I'm wondering if that falls into the same category of "fan favorites," as you and [MENTION=4889]BBBLP[/MENTION] mentioned.

How many of those requested / fan favorites will be DLC in comparison to the main roster?
With the Steam leak, some people are bound to be really unhappy if the likes of Smoke, Noob Saibot, Reptile or Rain don't make the roster.
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Well so far we already have confirmation or strong indication that 5 old characters are returning who missed MKX - Baraka, Skarlet, Kabal, Jade, and Frost. 5/25 isn't nothing, that's 20%. Add Shang Tsung and Rain to the launch roster, that's 7/25 or 30%. That would more than fulfill Boon's "promise" IMO.
 
I'd say the steam list solidly confirms it. Makes me feel kinda bad for them though. They probably worked so hard on these hype trailers and teasers. Just for all of it to be deflated in an instant
 
Well the roster that was leaked doesn't seem that it was gonna get people hyped that much. Ed saying returning fan fave that we haven't seem in a long time which means Baraka, Kabal, Skarlet, Frost and Jade. Only 5, unless there are still Rain and Noob Saibot and Shang Tsung somewhere
 
I feel bittersweet on it, like I'm happy because the roster is shaping a lot like how I wanted it to be (I would like to see Shang and Noob make it) but also feel bad because learning it like this feels like cheating, even if its a fairly common thing with games nowadays.
 
While I agree that it would suck to have your plans spoiled, I also say that I'm not a fan of piece meal trickle of info when you announce the game three months from release.

With MKX being announced a year in advance, it made sense. In this case, just announce the roster and move on.
 
BBBLP said:
I'd say the steam list solidly confirms it. Makes me feel kinda bad for them though. They probably worked so hard on these hype trailers and teasers. Just for all of it to be deflated in an instant
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All is not lost. We still don't know how they will look, nor how they will play. So they still have an element of surprise.
 
Misucra said:
All is not lost. We still don't know how they will look, nor how they will play. So they still have an element of surprise.
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Very true, the only thing we really know now is most of the names, we don't know anything else about how they are bringing them back this time, which in a way builds its own kind of hype. Also we still don't know what the other modes they haven't talked about yet are, how online will be, how the krypt will function, and we def. didn't get story leaks so there is still a lot of fun mystery. The roster may be an important part of the game, but it is still only a part.
 
Misucra said:
All is not lost. We still don't know how they will look, nor how they will play. So they still have an element of surprise.
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Yeah that's still true. Plus we have the new characters we know nothing about.

Out of all of them I'm most excited for Frost. Its a ballsy move to put her in the game when Sub-Zero is such a versatile character now. They must have something crazy planned for her.

I think Sub has evolved enough now though that there is room for Frost. Sub isn't an ice ninja anymore, he's damn near a super hero with the crazy shit he can do. So Frost could potentially be a more grounded Cryomancer
 
Agreed with asears and Misucra on this. NRS got a little greedy with their marketing and it backfired.

But the good news for them is, 90% of the fun is seeing what the character looks like and sounds like now, and text leaks can't spoil that.
 
p.W said:
Well so far we already have confirmation or strong indication that 5 old characters are returning who missed MKX - Baraka, Skarlet, Kabal, Jade, and Frost. 5/25 isn't nothing, that's 20%. Add Shang Tsung and Rain to the launch roster, that's 7/25 or 30%. That would more than fulfill Boon's "promise" IMO.
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Oh, I agree that 12 to 15 out of 25 being klassic is more than filling his promise, but not everyone sees it that way, as is evident by the outrage on places like reddit.
Even if either Reptile, Shang Tsung or Rain are added to the launch, people will be mad if Mileena, Noob Saibot and Smoke don't make the cut, for example.
 
BBBLP said:
Yeah that's still true. Plus we have the new characters we know nothing about.

Out of all of them I'm most excited for Frost. Its a ballsy move to put her in the game when Sub-Zero is such a versatile character now. They must have something crazy planned for her.

I think Sub has evolved enough now though that there is room for Frost. Sub isn't an ice ninja anymore, he's damn near a super hero with the crazy shit he can do. So Frost could potentially be a more grounded Cryomancer
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I really hope, she won't be that "ICE CONSTRUCT" thing. But ok. I am just gonna keep skepticism at bay. I still low key expect my luck to troll me, and make FRO actually be Ferra Torr.

But we will see. I am sure I don't need to describe my excitement regarding Frost at this point.
 
Commander said:
Oh, I agree that 12 to 15 out of 25 being klassic is more than filling his promise, but not everyone sees it that way, as is evident by the outrage on places like reddit.
Even if either Reptile, Shang Tsung or Rain are added to the launch, people will be mad if Mileena, Noob Saibot and Smoke don't make the cut, for example.
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"Outrage". More like an angry typing on a keyboard. I believe most of the people should be adults by now, so they should stop acting like kids with their "BUT I WANT THIS! NO NO NO! I WANT THIS!"
 
If that's the roster (still a couple of unspoiled spots) I'm fine with it. The last two MK games were both a ton of fun and NRS has really become a studio I trust to put out a good quality product. In a perfect world we'd still get Rain, Noob, Fujin and Shang Tsung but we'll see how it goes.
 
Misucra said:
I really hope, she won't be that "ICE CONSTRUCT" thing. But ok. I am just gonna keep skepticism at bay. I still low key expect my luck to troll me, and make FRO actually be Ferra Torr.

But we will see. I am sure I don't need to describe my excitement regarding Frost at this point.
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I'm the opposite lol. I'm telling myself it's Frost but I'm hoping for Torr
 
God I hope Frost is in, I was super surprised when she was in the leak, easily bumps the roster up to 8/10 for me, give me my hot headed cryomancer brawler
 
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