Kratos to star in upcoming mortal kombat

[Taj Gill]

First of all I am a hardcore fan buddy I have played all the MK's when they originally were released. I see you couldn't have simply because your age so I am "Hardcore". Secondly, I don't see how this will affect the reboot of the game itself, especially if they make him like an incredibly hard to get unlockable or even jus a DLC. I still haven't got one respectable reason of how this will affect the overall game.

Actually bro, i have played ALL of the MK's for EVERY SYSTEM, not emulators, the real thing, and the arcade. And if you want to see my reasoning why, check my post before this one, i believe its on page 6 or 7, i dont want to waste my time explaining this again when people who are critical of us who dont want him in, simply ignore my reasoning.

Hmm I'm an old fan and I'm rejoicing still. Why would you let someone else who wants to buy it for Kratos screw with your purchase? It's still a fan service at the end of the day even if Kratos is in. It's like saying a portrait is ruined by signing your name on the back of it. It's not what draws others to it that should be on your mind, it's what draws you most to it. Everyone has an opinion of whats right and wrong, but don't let something small destroy the big picture for you.

Okay and what drew me most to this game was the fact that it was a reboot/retelling of the first three games, and that they hyped it up by saying it would go back to the glory days, and judging by what was revealed so far, i bought that idea. But then that whole fan service goes OUT THE WINDOW if they promote the game by using another character from another franchise as bonus, which they would undoubtedly do. People like me, intense fans of MK who missed the glory days would obviously get pissed off if they are gonna do this to a game with that intent, because the general gaming audience are not going to realize that this game was for the fans, and for getting more people to follow straight Mortal Kombat.

 

[Lex_Lutha111384]

Kratos should go FIGHT somewhere else. Its an MK affair buddy!!!! Mind your own f'ing business you nosy bastard.

Yaahhh!!!! No SH*T!!!! whats next DC characters?? oohhh wait that's right they already tried that debocal!!!!

 

[Commander]

Regardless of whether he's on the game disc or as DLC, I see myself playing more of the offline "Single-player" mode and "Story" mode, in MK 9.

 

[raijin]

yeah all u haters are just jealous the ps3 is the lead platform. And its 3d too.fighters are terrible on 360 the dpad is aweful. You can feel the 360 people whining. I love it.

hahaha you still use the d-pad!? I moved on to the thumbstick years ago. The 360 has a way better control once you learn the thumbstick. Ps3 hasn't done anything that i haven't seen on 360. Xbox 4 lyf

 

[Outworld Imp]

I remember when this forum wasn't full of morons!

The only ones I can agree with are Taj, Araknyd03, and Ricochetmatt.

 

[MAPS]

I remember when this forum wasn't full of morons!

The only ones I can agree with are Taj, Araknyd03, and Ricochetmatt.

Of course, because if no one agrees with your opinion, then they're automatically morons. :roll:

 

[THEundying27]

Yall need to quit fighting! Ill slap you and kratos!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[TioShard]

Wow, I go to sleep and come back to see most of the same people saying the same thing. Give it a rest, jeez. If it comes down to it don't buy the game, NO ONE ACTUALLY CARES! If your a true MK fan this really wouldn't bother you and if it did you'd be happy to just go back to play MK 1-3 for ever. After MK vs DC I don't see how any of you actually have a case here. But that wont stop you from trying right?

 

[Taj Gill]

Of course, because if no one agrees with your opinion, then they're automatically morons. :roll:

Its not even that, clearly youre not playing this game for this purpose its serving. People like me, Ricochet, Araknyd and Outworld Imp were hyped because of the purpose of the game, which was shot down by kratos being revealed. I bet a lot of other people can agree with me on that one as well, as weve already seen on this thread.

Wow, I go to sleep and come back to see most of the same people saying the same thing. Give it a rest, jeez. If it comes down to it don't buy the game, NO ONE ACTUALLY CARES! If your a true MK fan this really wouldn't bother you and if it did you'd be happy to just go back to play MK 1-3 for ever. After MK vs DC I don't see how any of you actually have a case here. But that wont stop you from trying right?

Since youre gonna use that logic, if YOU ARE a true MK fan, you would see the bigger picture of why we are mad. MK vs. DC was a crossover game in ITSELF, so we do have a case. This was supposed to be a REBOOT, the whole purpose was a FAN SERVICE, but whenever you state your opinion on how we are idiots, you never address that point. Tell me how its okay that the original ploy of this game was to cater to the fans, by bringing back the classic MK that we loved, which was MK 1-3, is basically shunned now by the revealing of Kratos. I know youre going to deny this, but its a fact that the Kratos reveal outweighs the original hype of bringing MK back to its roots. Thats why we are pissed off, this so called "Fan Service" has just turned into "lets find the best way to make money" instead. Thats why us passionate, potentially old school MK fans are pissed.

 

[Commander]

I know youre going to deny this, but its a fact that the Kratos reveal outweighs the original hype of bringing MK back to its roots. Thats why we are pissed off, this so called "Fan Service" has just turned into "lets find the best way to make money" instead. Thats why us passionate, potentially old school MK fans are pissed.

Couldn't have said it better.

 

[TioShard]

Its not even that, clearly youre not playing this game for this purpose its serving. People like me, Ricochet, Araknyd and Outworld Imp were hyped because of the purpose of the game, which was shot down by kratos being revealed. I bet a lot of other people can agree with me on that one as well, as weve already seen on this thread.

Since youre gonna use that logic, if YOU ARE a true MK fan, you would see the bigger picture of why we are mad. MK vs. DC was a crossover game in ITSELF, so we do have a case. This was supposed to be a REBOOT, the whole purpose was a FAN SERVICE, but whenever you state your opinion on how we are idiots, you never address that point. Tell me how its okay that the original ploy of this game was to cater to the fans, by bringing back the classic MK that we loved, which was MK 1-3, is basically shunned now by the revealing of Kratos. I know youre going to deny this, but its a fact that the Kratos reveal outweighs the original hype of bringing MK back to its roots. Thats why we are pissed off, this so called "Fan Service" has just turned into "lets find the best way to make money" instead. Thats why us passionate, potentially old school MK fans are pissed.

That still doesn't make enough sense. You liked the game before because it was doing all the fans justice etc. Putting in Kratos hasn't changed any of that. He hasn't removed anything from the game that was already there, he is simply extra. Putting in a bonus content such as Kratos is simply that, a bonus. It's your choice to focus on him or not, that's the only way it can affect you. Like if I obsessed over a crappy character like Dairou. I wish he was never in MK but he is and I just never choose to use him. And if I need to fight him so what?

 

[Adjun]

Hey Mods,
What's the point of keeping this thread open? It's turned into the Real Housewives of MK up in here!

 

[JrockEclipse]

Can we focus more on Mortal Kombat than these other random people? I can't believe I saw assassin creed being mentioned.... its the little things like this that will not make this game big as Super Street Fighter 4. Pulling characters from different consoles will only make this game less competitive in the real tournaments.. I say screw the dlc until much later. If DLC is the highlight of this game than this game is only going to last a month just like mk vs dc.. focus on fighting mechanics at a competitive level...

 

[kergon]

Taj Gill, you need to chill out and relax. I remember just a few days ago reading what you wrote in another thread, concerning bad MK games- "MK is MK to me, i will always love whatever it brings." We don't yet know the details of Kratos- at least wait until we know full details of his release before slamming his addition.

And not all passionate old school MK fans are pissed about Kratos, me being one of them.

 

[MAPS]

Its not even that, clearly youre not playing this game for this purpose its serving. People like me, Ricochet, Araknyd and Outworld Imp were hyped because of the purpose of the game, which was shot down by kratos being revealed. I bet a lot of other people can agree with me on that one as well, as weve already seen on this thread.

Wow, what a way to just automatically assume things without having any proof whatsoever to support your assumptions. Actually, I'm going to play the game for the purpose its serving (Which is bringing the game back to its roots) because I'm an old MK fan as well. I've been following Mortal Kombat since I discovered it when my uncle was playing the first one in arcades. Hell, the only MK game I've never owned was Special Forces (And you should already know why). I'm looking forward to it about as much as anyone else is on here. The difference between me and the other people who thinks the game is ruined is that I know for a fact that this is just a video game (While some people on here take it too seriously) and that I'm reserving judgment until we get ALL of the facts. I don't just rush to judgment and go "AH CHRIST KRATOS RUINED MY GAME like most of you are doing. The news about him JUST came out, and people are already going like "Well, it's ruined" without waiting for more facts.

It's like I typed before, this whole situation with Kratos is like if you're looking forward to eating a big meal that was prepared the way you like it, and then you see that parsley is being used as a garnish so you decide to throw the entire meal in the trash without even touching it at all. You shouldn't let one thing about a game (One thing I might add, that will most likely be DLC (read: OPTIONAL) because they want the fans to be satisfied) ruin the entire experience for you. But you are, because you're all starting to act like blind raging fanboys about something that won't even matter in the long run.

I've said my peace. I know you won't listen to reason (Because you didn't listen to it the countless times its shown up in this thread), so this is the last time I'm going to reply to this foolishness about people raging like crazy because of a FICTIONAL CHARACTER (Unless someone in this thread quotes me and attacks me personally by going off subject and calling me a derogatory name, like when Outworld Imp called the people who didn't agree with them idiots).

 

[mdsfx]

Just because content is being added doesn't mean something isn't being taken away. People say it's only "extra," but optional content splits the online competition between those that have it and those that don't. Either that, or the people who don't want to see Kratos in MK will still have to fight him online.

By the way, I don't quite understand all of the insults in this thread. You know, forums are for discussing opinions, not just facts. Did someone really just call me an idiot for having second thoughts about buying the game?

 

[Eclipso]

Can we focus more on Mortal Kombat than these other random people? I can't believe I saw assassin creed being mentioned.... its the little things like this that will not make this game big as Super Street Fighter 4. Pulling characters from different consoles will only make this game less competitive in the real tournaments.. I say screw the dlc until much later. If DLC is the highlight of this game than this game is only going to last a month just like mk vs dc.. focus on fighting mechanics at a competitive level...

I get what your saying and as far as the game mechanics go it looks like it could be the best to date which is a great thing for all. Like I have said, I would rather have this reboot be pure 110% MK and nothing else, if they want to add in XXXXXXXX character in a later game then I am fine with that as long as they are not horribly broken characters.

As far as everything else goes guys we need to tone down the insults just a bit, everyone has a right to their opinion if you like it or not so please can we tone it down a bit, I know we would all rather have a good solid passionate debate / discussion instead of what it has degraded down into with some of the posts.

Please?

 

[Ricochetmatt]

That still doesn't make enough sense. You liked the game before because it was doing all the fans justice etc. Putting in Kratos hasn't changed any of that. He hasn't removed anything from the game that was already there, he is simply extra. Putting in a bonus content such as Kratos is simply that, a bonus. It's your choice to focus on him or not, that's the only way it can affect you. Like if I obsessed over a crappy character like Dairou. I wish he was never in MK but he is and I just never choose to use him. And if I need to fight him so what?

But it IS taking away from the game. Especially for those of us that hate crossovers. For me, Kratos is one of those characters that I loathe with a passion... To see him taint the MK name is depressing and takes a lot away from the experience.

It's also a sign of the MK Team not feeling confident enough with their product. Rather than creating a bonus character that fits into the MK universe, they drag in some annoying character from another series. Why? For brownies points. Brownie points for people that may not even be MK fans anyway.

That Luke guy *****ed about the fan site service, but if you ask me... THIS is a bigger problem and is far more disrespectful to the fans. They're catering to people outside of the fan base, which is not exactly a good thing. If you can't attract them with the untainted product your selling, they're a lost cause. But to bring in a character from another source... That's just cheap. And there's no assuring that GOW fans will even buy this game because Kratos is in it.

 

[Taj Gill]

But it IS taking away from the game. Especially for those of us that hate crossovers. For me, Kratos is one of those characters that I loathe with a passion... To see him taint the MK name is depressing and takes a lot away from the experience.

It's also a sign of the MK Team not feeling confident enough with their product. Rather than creating a bonus character that fits into the MK universe, they drag in some annoying character from another series. Why? For brownies points. Brownie points for people that may not even be MK fans anyway.

That Luke guy *****ed about the fan site service, but if you ask me... THIS is a bigger problem and is far more disrespectful to the fans. They're catering to people outside of the fan base, which is not exactly a good thing. If you can't attract them with the untainted product your selling, they're a lost cause. But to bring in a character from another source... That's just cheap. And there's no assuring that GOW fans will even buy this game because Kratos is in it.

Thats exactly what ive been trying to say this whole time, and its not even because people hate crossovers, its because this game IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A CROSSOVER. Yeah i loved the game before this announcement, i still do love the game, but what im saying is that they RUINED the INITIAL INTENT OF THIS GAME. The initial intent was to be a fan service, people are not going to see that as much, if not at all, because this whole kratos thing has shunned it. And to MAPS, if you are going to play the game for its purpose, then you should be able to see why we have reason for us to be concerned about what this game initially was supposed to be. No matter what anyone says, im gonna say this over and over again, Kratos' announcement is going to overtake the initial point of this game; a FAN SERVICE.

Oh and Kergon, i do love MK for MK, i know i will love this game, but im just mad over the fact that this announcement contradicts the initial point of it. Thats why im saying the MAIN IDEA of the game is ruined, which is basically a slap in the face of people who, like me, bought into the initial hype.

 

[Umon Daisuke]

This is Soul Calibur II all over again. I get the financial incentive of putting such a character in there (GOW3 did sell through over a million in the US alone), but I'm skeptical of the wisdom behind it, design-wise. Balance issues and splitting the user bases of the two consoles isn't the best way to win over the hardcore fighter fans. Making one content-identical retail version on both consoles then going nuts with DLC's like SFIV is much better in my view, and it extends the life span of the product immensely.

Sure, Kratos and (assuming) whoever ends up on the 360 exclusively will be banned from tourneys should the game deliver the goods but I think they may run into a risk of setting expectations for guest characters in the future. It could weaken the brand similar to what happened with SC. Tekken remains Namco's premier series, while SC has been reduced to "guest fighter". Kratos made an appearance there too on the PSP.