Future of MK

lariat said:
Capcom has a lot to prove with street fighter 6 after the lukewarm release of SF5 which launched with little to no single player content. It's obvious they're making sure all the right boxes are checked this time around. NRS on the other hand are acting like a drunk rock star pissing away all the good will they once had. I hope that SF6 humbles NRS a bit and forces them to re evaluate things before it's too late.
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That was... quite an accurate description of NRS.
Yeah. SF6 already made up on SP content with just open world gameplay. Of course it ain't clear of how much replay value will be there, yet, but there is no mistake, that this is the biggest Fighting game to date.

Gods, I fookin hate how corpos messed up my excitement for games. Even with everything I have seen. Everything they have shown and even after they gave us a free goddamn demo, I am STILL thinking "it looks and sounds too good. They will fuck it up somehow."
I hope the Demo will be able to finally kill the skeptical part of me for SF6.
As for MK12... cheezus. If they just drop MK11 Part 2 with prettier visuals, they will be in so much trouble.
SF6 has mini games, custom matches with custom rules, party mode, open world, fun way of learning basics of the game, customization, have older games inside Battle Hub. This content will be like 90% of sales from casuals alone.
And they didn't fuck up competitive players either.

Remember when MK Deception/Armageddon had extensive mini games? When it was fun to play with friends at your place?
I am telling you. Yesterday shocked me completely. Even after I spent the night chewing on it, I am still finding hard to grasp on how shit the situation is for MK12.
The game announcement being made by exec on shareholder call isn't a good start either.
But again we will have to wait and see how much of the good will NRS/MK12 will piss away this time. Cause personally I don't believe they will even come close to what was shown. Even if they had more time to work on the game.
 
Kinda wishing Injustice 3 was a thing, so we could get an idea of the direction the next MK game was going. Because right now all we have to look back at is MK11...
 
I think MK12 is one of two projects NRS are working on if Boons comments are to be believed. I don't think it's Onslaught but most likely a emergency trump card for WB. Most likely a remake/remaster if things go south. If Square Enix can get away re releasing all the old Final Fantasy games for 70 bucks here in the states. I have no doubt WB won't do something similar with MK.
 
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Wasn't Onslaught released already? I remember watching some videos about it, but it was such a fart in the wind nobody seemed to care....
 
Xenon said:
Wasn't Onslaught released already? I remember watching some videos about it, but it was such a fart in the wind nobody seemed to care....
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It is an early access... ahahaha... It is an asset flip and they still made it Early Access. Even mobile games don't get finished on launch. Ahaha... MK12 is just beaming with positive energy.

This particular update is 11 hours old, as I write this, by the way.
 
That goes for everything in the gaming space now. Physical copies of games are becoming nothing more than a glorified digital key. Most games won't even get past the title screen without requiring a Internet connection to download a patch. My original ps4 MKX disc wont even read on my PS5. Gotta love the all digital age.
 
lariat said:
That goes for everything in the gaming space now. Physical copies of games are becoming nothing more than a glorified digital key. Most games won't even get past the title screen without requiring a Internet connection to download a patch. My original ps4 MKX disc wont even read on my PS5. Gotta love the all digital age.
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Aye. Shit ain't sustainable, though. Everything is going to the extreme digitalization and anyone that knows history, knows where extremism takes you.
Companies though don't care. They will push as far as they can, until stuff collapses, but that's just what you get, when you have imbeciles making decisions..
 
Interesting Tweets from Maximilian Dood and Corden:
"Following on from a live stream of Mortal Kombat 9, Maximilian Dood tweeted out, "Good lord, MK9 is really fun as shit. I now hope MK12 has the speed of MK9 decision making." A rather unexpected response was then made by Corden, who said, "I think you'll find out more next month," clearly teasing a potential reveal of the next instalment in the series."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648972354876510212
 
I'm still getting overdosed on MK9 when I get the chance. Here's a stream recording of a high level set (quality isn't the best but watchable):

Yeeaaahhh I don't see how NRS could top MK9.
 
We got our first MK12 teaser today. Looked like some sort of Big Bang, so we're getting that reboot again lol
 
BBBLP said:
We got our first MK12 teaser today. Looked like some sort of Big Bang, so we're getting that reboot again lol
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Wait. Really? NO WAY. I AM SHOCKED.
Seriously, the way they wrote themselves in and knowing, that they can't even keep one story CONSISTENT, I wouldn't be surprised if neither of the endings will be even used.

Just watch how Time God Liu Kang is beaten by someone and in his last moments Liu Kang sends a message back to the past. To his younger self, but he makes a mistake and the message is actually sent to Raiden, who at the same time gets the message from HIS past self from the original timeline. Now the poor dude is even more confused on what is he supposed to do. At that point he just drinks some Tequila and calls it a day.
 
So negative. I'm just excited to be excited about MK again. I'm sooo fucking happy it isn't Injustice. I don't mind Injustice, but MK11 kinda soured me and I didn't want that to be the last MK I was stuck with for another 5 years
 
BBBLP said:
So negative. I'm just excited to be excited about MK again. I'm sooo fucking happy it isn't Injustice. I don't mind Injustice, but MK11 kinda soured me and I didn't want that to be the last MK I was stuck with for another 5 years
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I am not being negative, I am just being realistic. They showed a grain of sand. That's all.

For all you know, this will be the most over monetized, live service, bare bones game, where they will flood it with gear system that uses reused assets with different colors. And just for lolz, they will add crafting system as well.

OR. I will be wrong and this game actually will blow everyone away with options, gameplay and love for MK Lore. Hell, maybe it will even beat MK9 and MK Deception in content/fun category.

Though my experience tells me to bet on the first part being more likely.

"My dead, cold heart is only warmed by the flames, that consume the very thing I once loved."
- MisuCra Confucitius
 
Oh.... so we saw a grain of sand exploding.....

Can't wait to read all the hilarious theories about the quartz content in it, and how it's connected to the Titans who get slain by Scorpion and each speckle in that sand translates to the roster size and and and.....
 
BBBLP said:
So negative. I'm just excited to be excited about MK again. I'm sooo fucking happy it isn't Injustice. I don't mind Injustice, but MK11 kinda soured me and I didn't want that to be the last MK I was stuck with for another 5 years
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Let's hope they somehow turn it around and do better, I want to be excited about MK again.
 
BBBLP said:
We got our first MK12 teaser today. Looked like some sort of Big Bang, so we're getting that reboot again lol
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Oooh, like I didn't call that shit a while ago.
Woo-hoo.

Thanks, NRS.
Looks like the failed experiment that was the MKX and MK11 story has come to and end, so...... Time to hit the reset button for MK1 thru UMK3 again, meanwhile the majority of the 3D era roster sits out again.🖕

Sadly, it looks like this is where the series dies for me. Would have like to have seen it pick up where the Shang Tsung Aftermath ending left off, but as I've predicted before a reboot or even soft reboot is the safest shit out there, so as long as that's the case it'll be the same shit every so often.
Reboot > post-reboot shit that doesn't end up working > reboot again😔
What a fucking sad note for this once awesome game series to go out on. Out with a whimper.
 
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