DLC or MK10 (read before voting)

[Axe]

I'd rather they saved any further characters for MK10. If they don't I fear there won't be enough characters left to remake for MK10 to keep it interesting. Kenshi is proof that you can take an Ermac clone and turn it into something more. I hope they can do this for other characters but MK10 won't be a new enough game if we get most of them for MK9.

All I want after character no.4 is a classic fatality pack and the Kombat Tomb with fatality.

 

[Sub-Zera]

All I want after character no.4 is a classic fatality pack and the Kombat Tomb with fatality.

Agree. Kombat Tomb with fatality, klassic The Pit, Pit3 with fatality and Palace Gates.

 

[Nasty_Freak]

DLC for now until 2013. Just at least characters up to MKDA. The rest can be for the next game. NRS needs to focus on new finishers, costumes, and other content.

 

[Fox17]

I'd like to see MK10, but MK9 is what we have now and Im glad getting new DLC, so I vote DLC, though im pretty sure NRS can work in both things at the same time.

 

[ninja]

I don't get why people get upset over characters entering the battlefield now and want them just for mk10.. f.e. storywise, lots want Shinnok kept away because he plays a major role as it seems in the next game. I don't even care for this character and wouldn't buy him in a million years , but I don't get how his appearance now to please his fans would ruin his presence in the next game. story mode's over, what we saw is what we saw and ends there, DLC chars are basically irrelevant and bonuses for us.

now, the downsides are two for me.

a) idk what will happen to mk10. the game will probably remain awesome in terms of looks, maybe each character will slightly change or get from the start more brand new costumes that we got in mk9 and then even more new ones for mk 10's DLC. the fighting engine is great. cool, yeah. the roster worries me though boon said due to this being a kind of reboot, there's a whole new timeline now. on the other hand, I wouldn't welcome in mk10 a character like Bo Rai Cho as they had him before. he's basically a joke but the 5-year-old kind of joke. idk about you guys but I don't laugh with a disorientated fighter that has beer moves or something. Bo Rai Cho would be great if he wasn't THAT fat and inspired a sense of wisdom like Gouken from SF. a true master for Kung Lao/Liu Kang, not a person you see and would assume irl he's a drunkard homeless person or something. if I knew that the roster would be solid and the generic fighters they made (there are LOTS unfortunately) didn't return or at least make them a bonus in the krypt or something, it would be great. just don't give me a Mokap guy in my freaking roster select screen.

b) DLC for mk9 right now is either lacking things I imagined or is unprepared for it. lots said the krypt is too small and they finished the challenge tower somewhat fast. boon said once that their starting plan was 1k challenges I think. if that were the case I doubt anyone would even consider challenge tower missions as DLC but now, lots do and want that. xray moves seem to be out of the team's plans. fatalities are still discussed and negotiated, they are not sure yet. offline bosses are probably out of the table for now. story mode is DEFINITELY out of the table. stages are most likely out of the table. I mean come on. stages too? and fatalities? I'd want at least those two. the only thing that's sure atm is characters and costumes and we obviously don't know their plans after the release of ???.

in conclusion, my vote goes for DLC but that's only due to wishful thinking. I WANT this game supported. but the truth is, with just costumes and characters, the DLC will probably not last as they would want it to last. they should get creative and add more things in their DLC plans. costumes, xrays, fatalities, more special moves, more test luck modes, those are easy. maybe more stuff in the krypt? that would be good too. stages would take more work but who wouldn't welcome The Pit 3? or The Bank? or Motaro's lair? there are TONS of stuff they can either work on 'briefly' or harder things that can be added in their programme, I hope they do that

 

[Noob Saibot 2011]

I doubt they would change Bo Rai Cho at all lol. If he was in mk9 he would probably still be drunk and still have a beer belly. The movement when he is drunk could be changed though. In deadly alliance/deception/armageddon he seemed to wobble all over the place. And his fataity could be a little more serious.

I would be in stitches if he got a DLC place in MK9 xD.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

I see no reason to wait for a game years in the future for characters that we want and could potentially get now.

Because it wouldn't make sense to keep throwing characters into this game. Kenshi alone was a bit difficult for me to digest.

Some of us care about the story and characters, you know. And with MK9 bringing in a more coherent story mode, it makes sense to stay on track with it. Throwing in more characters for the sake of throwing in more characters and keeping MK9 "fresh" is just silly when they can be working on MK10.

Everyone needs to be patient. I know we want MORRREEE, but this shit is gonna get real stale real fast. Wait a year or two and they'll hit us with something big and new. It'll be worth the wait.

 

[Gud]

Because it wouldn't make sense to keep throwing characters into this game. Kenshi alone was a bit difficult for me to digest.

Some of us care about the story and characters, you know. And with MK9 bringing in a more coherent story mode, it makes sense to stay on track with it. Throwing in more characters for the sake of throwing in more characters and keeping MK9 "fresh" is just silly when they can be working on MK10.

Everyone needs to be patient. I know we want MORRREEE, but this shit is gonna get real stale real fast. Wait a year or two and they'll hit us with something big and new. It'll be worth the wait.

Constantly adding new content will delay stagnation. =|


Story is NOT, not not not not NOT, relevant when it comes to DLC characters. It won't change the story any, and it's more than apparent that the endings aren't canon to it. This game JUST came out, there's no need for them to release a new game every year if they can continue to support a game that is good. If you don't want these characters from latter games that actually can add to the game, because you refuse to remove your nostalgia goggles or something for whatever reason, don't purchase and/or download them. Your logic behind this is flawed and I'm Goddamn ecstatic that people such as yourself aren't the ones calling the shots at NRS. =]

 

[Jynks]

MK9... if they are serious about wantign to make MK a true compeditive game, they need to not release a new game constantly. They should be working on new toons, ballence patches and a rebuild of the training room.

 

[mv670]

Here is Boons one of his many tweets from Saturday.

"RT @K1NGSA1f @noobde will u guys do MK9 story DLC of MK10? Noobde: Oh kind sir, thou hath a goodeth idea...ith."

Not sure if this means anything or if boon was just trolling...

 

[dodheimsgard]

I vote for pumping MK9 here and now. Previoulsy Boon said that new MK would base on DLC and what we've got? A few costumes and 4 characters and it is mentioned DLC to be stopped in this point.

For me, DLC-based game means at least 3 series which would give us 12 new chars and lots of costumes. Unknown fighter from 'Present Pack' is one of these: Tanya, Robo Smoke, Frost, Reiko so another (let's call it) 'Autumn Pack' would include the rest of warriors mentioned above and the last one ('Winter Pack) will be given an opportunity to gather post MK4 ones.

Pack 1# and 2# will end most frequent demands so 3# will give NRS free hand.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

Constantly adding new content will delay stagnation. =|


Story is NOT, not not not not NOT, relevant when it comes to DLC characters. It won't change the story any, and it's more than apparent that the endings aren't canon to it. This game JUST came out, there's no need for them to release a new game every year if they can continue to support a game that is good. If you don't want these characters from latter games that actually can add to the game, because you refuse to remove your nostalgia goggles or something for whatever reason, don't purchase and/or download them. Your logic behind this is flawed and I'm Goddamn ecstatic that people such as yourself aren't the ones calling the shots at NRS. =]

- But for how long? Come on, get real. Eventually it'll get tired and old. They'll be like "Well we have to make this character different from those characters." And by the time we get to MK10, we'd have already been there and done that. They need to cut it off and move the **** on to the next game.

-Yeah well... Boon already has a team working on MK10 and isn't even sure if they'll be doing more than four DLC characters. He has shown in tweets that they need to start thinking more about MK10. He doesn't want to stick to MK9 for another year or so. And rightfully so. No one wants to play the same damn game for that long. Adding new characters will keep the game fresh for a little while. But after so many unnecessary character being tacked on, the whole DLC thing loses its charm.

-As for the story thing... Many of us would like to see what comes next. And DLC characters are relevant to the story. Skarlet and Kenshi will most likely appear in the next game and bring with them their story from MK9. Don't act like they're just there. Cause they're not. If they weren't relevant to anything, why give them vignettes? Why give them endings? Why give them anything other than the essentials? And if NRS gets to the point where they're tossing ridiculously unnecessary characters at us, the whole thing will feel cheap.

MK9 is still new... But it wont be new for long. No matter how many characters you manage to sell for five bucks. For the amount of money you'll be spending, it might as well be on a new ****ing game.

 

[dodheimsgard]

- But for how long? Come on, get real. Eventually it'll get tired and old.

Yeah but when? After 3 months? There's a chance to make MK9 ultimate MK game and you wanna just chew & spit it out. As much as I'm interested in MK10, I'd like 9 to be perfected as much as possible.

 

[ermacsdshit]

"Boon already has a team working on MK10 and isn't even sure if they'll be doing more than four DLC characters. He has shown in tweets that they need to start thinking more about MK10."

Did he really say these things, if so then when and where?
As for my vote i voted for mk10, look at it this way, if there are 3 more series of DLC characters that would add up to 60$ the cost of a whole new game. Thats not even counting extra money from new fatalities, new stages, new costumes, new ladder challenges, new krypt items, you name it. By the time all thats said and done you would have put 150$ in to this game. screw that, plus I highly doubt we'll be seeing any better online with mk9. Bring on MK10

 

[B13-Helghast]

DLC FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS and dude if you're not gonna play this game as long as a year you shouldn't even be nagging about the next one.

 

[GOBBLESNOOFERS]

I want more DLC Characters going all the way through Armageddon(only important ones). Then I want a brand new story with NEW characters in it, would be pretty cool to see what they could do.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

DLC FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS and dude if you're not gonna play this game as long as a year you shouldn't even be nagging about the next one.

DLC for TWO YEARS? Are you kidding me?

And of course I'll be playing it longer than a year. They could be working on the third sequel and I'd still go back and play this one every now and then. But Jesus Christ... Two years? First of all, that wont happen. They'll make more money releasing an entirely new game with DLC of its own.

Second of all, that's just ridiculous. People are going to get BORED in two years. Give them something new so they can go back and appreciate MK9 more than they would if it were the latest MK title in two or three years. Seriously, think about it.

Did he really say these things, if so then when and where?

He said it on Twitter. One idiot told him to forget about sequels and just keep expanding on MK9... And he responded with something like "Yeah, who gives a shit about MK!" or whatever.

Another person tweeted him something else (can't remember what) and he said there was a team already working on the story for MK10.

He also said recently that they originally weren't going to release more than four characters for DLC... Obviously that may change, but it shows that he kinda wants to move on sometime soon.

Yeah but when? After 3 months? There's a chance to make MK9 ultimate MK game and you wanna just chew & spit it out. As much as I'm interested in MK10, I'd like 9 to be perfected as much as possible.

No, not after three months. And MK9 is already the best MK game since UMK3. You want it to be the "ultimate" MK game and for many, it already is. And I DON'T want to "chew and spit it out". But some of the people in here are ****ing unreal. The poster above me wants TWO YEARS worth of DLC. That's just insane. You could bang out an entirely new MK game with new characters, arenas, story, gameplay.... etc. in that amount of time.

You people need to learn how to let go of shit. I'm not saying we should dump MK9 NOW. I'm not saying we should dump it ever! We all still play the original games, do we not? Most of us will still be playing MK9 years from now. But there's no good reason to "perfect" it. That's a waste of time. It's impossible. There's so much I bet they want to move forward with... Graphics, style, story and character progression. Come on, guys. Really?

I'm not saying we should all move on to MK10 RIGHT NOW. I think they should keep releasing new crap throughout the year. But come 2012... It's time they moved the hell on. Maybe you ~hardcore~ people could play MK9 for an intense amount of time... But most people will get bored and tired and crave something new and fresh. I know many hardcore MK fans who were bored with MK9 after two weeks. Not because it's a bad game. Not because it's lacking. It's because most people can only take so much of one game. MK9 will NOT stay fresh forever... No matter how many DLC packs they release.

 

[GOBBLESNOOFERS]

- But for how long? Come on, get real. Eventually it'll get tired and old. They'll be like "Well we have to make this character different from those characters." And by the time we get to MK10, we'd have already been there and done that. They need to cut it off and move the **** on to the next game.

-Yeah well... Boon already has a team working on MK10 and isn't even sure if they'll be doing more than four DLC characters. He has shown in tweets that they need to start thinking more about MK10. He doesn't want to stick to MK9 for another year or so. And rightfully so. No one wants to play the same damn game for that long. Adding new characters will keep the game fresh for a little while. But after so many unnecessary character being tacked on, the whole DLC thing loses its charm.

-As for the story thing... Many of us would like to see what comes next. And DLC characters are relevant to the story. Skarlet and Kenshi will most likely appear in the next game and bring with them their story from MK9. Don't act like they're just there. Cause they're not. If they weren't relevant to anything, why give them vignettes? Why give them endings? Why give them anything other than the essentials? And if NRS gets to the point where they're tossing ridiculously unnecessary characters at us, the whole thing will feel cheap.

MK9 is still new... But it wont be new for long. No matter how many characters you manage to sell for five bucks. For the amount of money you'll be spending, it might as well be on a new ****ing game.

I think I have to disagree with everything you've said haha. Not sure how getting new characters and fresh content makes the game tired and old? I have played games for years, Marvel vs Capcom 2, MKTrilogy, Smash Bros, Golden Eye, Sonic, Doom 1. I think you just get tired of games man , not trying to be mean or anything, but I think many of us can agree that we will be playing this game for a long time, with or without DLC, I welcome all the DLC they want to give us. If they save all of the characters, then we are just going to go through 4-Armageddon, and GOD do I not want that to happen. The reason the DLC characters have a Vignette is to give everyone a story on them :/ and Endings are customary with beating the latter. If they want to make brand new characters like Skarlet, This is a great time to introduce them, give them a vignette, BOOM everyone knows their backround, and they can be introduced in next mk games story without having to go through a origin story of them.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

I think I have to disagree with everything you've said haha. Not sure how getting new characters and fresh content makes the game tired and old?

Because one or two characters here and there isn't enough to keep the game fresh. And after a while they're going to start being clones of one another. "This week we get (X) who basically plays like Sonya and Sindel. But hey, they look cool! And it's 'new'!"

The gap between games is crucial. It gives us time to rest and gives THEM time to think up new shit without having to worry about releasing a new character every few weeks.

I have played games for years, Marvel vs Capcom 2, MKTrilogy, Smash Bros, Golden Eye, Sonic, Doom 1. I think you just get tired of games man , not trying to be mean or anything, but I think many of us can agree that we will be playing this game for a long time, with or without DLC, I welcome all the DLC they want to give us.

Did I not say that I and others will be playing this game for a long time? People still play the original MK (myself included) but that doesn't mean they're still fresh. I doubt most people here put in as much time in the originals as they do MK9. Why? Cause MK9 is NEW. And the fact that you would welcome ALL DLC makes you kind of a passive bottom for a fan. Were you the one who said they wanted important characters up through Armageddon? Cause that doesn't even make sense. Most of them wouldn't even fit into this story.

Look at Kenshi... For some reason they felt they should throw in a popular post MK4 character and in doing so had to alter his story. Why? Why couldn't they just leave him be? Are they going to alter every single known MK character just to throw their asses into what will soon be an overcrowded game?

If they save all of the characters, then we are just going to go through 4-Armageddon, and GOD do I not want that to happen.

Uhm... No? That's not going to happen. Especially now that they've changed the timeline. They could very well spin this into an entirely new direction (and they've already started to). Saving characters for sequels has no effect on that.

The reason the DLC characters have a Vignette is to give everyone a story on them :/ and Endings are customary with beating the latter. If they want to make brand new characters like Skarlet, This is a great time to introduce them, give them a vignette, BOOM everyone knows their backround, and they can be introduced in next mk games story without having to go through a origin story of them.

Yes, I know this. But someone above went off on how DLC characters have no effect on the story. Which is not true. If they're given a story, they have some sort of effect on the overall sway of things. If they were just there to keep us busy, NRS wouldn't have gone through the trouble of thinking up back stories for each character.

 

[GOBBLESNOOFERS]

Because one or two characters here and there isn't enough to keep the game fresh. And after a while they're going to start being clones of one another. "This week we get (X) who basically plays like Sonya and Sindel. But hey, they look cool! And it's 'new'!"

The gap between games is crucial. It gives us time to rest and gives THEM time to think up new shit without having to worry about releasing a new character every few weeks.



Did I not say that I and others will be playing this game for a long time? People still play the original MK (myself included) but that doesn't mean they're still fresh. I doubt most people here put in as much time in the originals as they do MK9. Why? Cause MK9 is NEW. And the fact that you would welcome ALL DLC makes you kind of a passive bottom for a fan. Were you the one who said they wanted important characters up through Armageddon? Cause that doesn't even make sense. Most of them wouldn't even fit into this story.

Look at Kenshi... For some reason they felt they should throw in a popular post MK4 character and in doing so had to alter his story. Why? Why couldn't they just leave him be? Are they going to alter every single known MK character just to throw their asses into what will soon be an overcrowded game?



Uhm... No? That's not going to happen. Especially now that they've changed the timeline. They could very well spin this into an entirely new direction (and they've already started to). Saving characters for sequels has no effect on that.




Yes, I know this. But someone above went off on how DLC characters have no effect on the story. Which is not true. If they're given a story, they have some sort of effect on the overall sway of things. If they were just there to keep us busy, NRS wouldn't have gone through the trouble of thinking up back stories for each character.

Wow man....Saying I'm a "Passive bottom fan" because I want to support NRS to make more material and I would love having new characters too play with? Having characters through Armageddon would make sense........it's DLC and has nothing to do with the story line..........Also they could be in the game, and not be used in the next one due to story purposes? And your talking about how they are taking a different direction with the story, which they are, but then you complain about how Kenshi has a different story?