IGN's Inside the X-ray Discussion Thread

Viking_Poodle said:
Regardless. Goro is HUGE. Could you see some of these Xrays working on him? Jax's in particular? I know jax is a strong guy, but did you see how Goro dealt with him? Effortlessly. I could not see goro doing his devastating xray on jax, then Jax somehow following up with his xray after that. No WAY is he just going to be able to snap his back on his knee. Let alone FIT him on his knee.
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i just hope that you're right and Sheeva is really confirmed here...i just want to believe it, though there's not much of evidences...
 
Viking_Poodle said:
Regardless. Goro is HUGE. Could you see some of these Xrays working on him? Jax's in particular? I know jax is a strong guy, but did you see how Goro dealt with him? Effortlessly. I could not see goro doing his devastating xray on jax, then Jax somehow following up with his xray after that. No WAY is he just going to be able to snap his back on his knee. Let alone FIT him on his knee.
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In the video there's a four armed skeleton, that means there's a Shokan in the game who can get X-rayed, so it's either Goro or Sheeva (playable)!
 
I don't mind Goro and the rest of the bosses/sub-bosses being playable just as long as they're obviously incredibly broken and unplayable in online ranked.
You shouldn't be able to do the following to any boss/sub-boss:
-Throw
-X-ray
-Fatality or any variation of a finisher other than babality.

This is what leads me to believe that the skeleton belongs to Sheeva. I just can't see any possible way that they could have made X-Rays or Fatalities work on the bosses, so they wouldn't necessarily need to be working on their skeletal structures. UNLESS the bosses have specific fatalities that everybody can use on them, similar to the way they were killed in the Shaolin Monks game.
 
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That 4 armed skeleton has to be Goro. Look at how huge the ribcage is compared to the hips. Sheeva is freaky but she still has feminine proportions.
 
Well I'm certainly pacified to see Liu Kang!!! :-D

Nice to see Ermac's X-Ray (love it! Looks like I gotta new main), and Goro's X-Ray was really cool. I have to watch it again to see Baraka though (think I missed him lol).

Edit: Okay I got Baraka...and Stryker!!! Nice! I'm happy to see them all in :D

All we need is Sheeva and I'm game!
 
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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.
 
Kenshi kang said:
Liu knag's movement is very similar to MK vs DC but like many have stated it was a few second of footage. Just glad he is in the game. The quick look at stryker leaves a lot to the imagination.
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Kang, Sonya, and Kitana all seem to move similar to their MK8 iterations. I dont think this is a bad thing - I actually agreed with the fighting styles of MK8. I expect them all to play similar to that game - including Baraka. He even has the same head - again, not a bad thing as I think his MK8 look is his #fiercest yet. Why fix something that aint broke? Of course, there will be lil tweaks and perks peppered through all of their movements - but I wont be surprised if I am reminded of MK8 when I play with these specific characters.

Jackson is the only MK8er who seems to have an entirely new play style. He's such a wrestler this time around whereas he was more of a hard hitting boxer in MK8. Change can be good too ;)

Heck, even the non MK8er Mileena plays similarly to Catwoman. I actually love this connection. I always thought they should have been counterparts in that game.
 
SaisofherFangs said:
Kang, Sonya, and Kitana all seem to move similar to their MK8 iterations. I dont think this is a bad thing - I actually agreed with the fighting styles of MK8. I expect them all to play similar to that game - including Baraka. He even has the same head - again, not a bad thing as I think his MK8 look is his #fiercest yet. Why fix something that aint broke? Of course, there will be lil tweaks and perks peppered through all of their movements - but I wont be surprised if I am reminded of MK8 when I play with these specific characters.

Jackson is the only MK8er who seems to have an entirely new play style. He's such a wrestler this time around whereas he was more of a hard hitting boxer in MK8. Change can be good too ;)

Heck, even the non MK8er Mileena plays similarly to Catwoman. I actually love this connection. I always thought they should have been counterparts in that game.
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I wasn't saying it as a bad thing, I really like the way Liu played in mk vs dc. I hope this isn't all we get for fatal friday. CAll me greedy.
 
Okay a few things to get off my chest after reading the various responses to this thread:

1. Just because Goro has a freaking X-Ray move doesnt mean he's playable. Whoever said the CPU isnt allowed to use the move. Also, Boon said hes unplayable so leave it at that.

2. Sorry if I offended anyone by saying Sheeva's chances looked slim, I didnt notice the four armed skeleton before I made that post, so my bad. It could be Goro's or it could be Sheeva's. But really, I think you shouldnt be able to do an X-Ray move on Goro, but that is my opinion, so it may indeed be Sheeva. They should really confirm her though so these pointless debates can be settled because out of everyone original, she has the least chances of being in the game if they had to omit one of the original characters.

3. Hopefully Liu Kang fights more Jeet Kune Do like in this game. I know MK isnt about real fighting styles and such (come on, lets face it, even the 3D games barely resembled the authentic fighting styles, even though it was stated, especially in Armageddon with the recycled attacks) but they need to do it for Liu Kang.

4. The X-Ray moves better be significantly hard to pull off, from the impressions of the punishment you would receive after watching this video. I remember in MKT dominating your opponent did not do shit for the Aggressor bar, there had to be an actual fight. It should be like that for this game.
 
best video so far- is it too much to ask for this quality type of video every couple of weeks? its nice to see the details behind the x ray mechanic, maybe they could go in-depth in some other areas, like background/character design and modeling, etc
 
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