Kung Lao Revealed!

ByrdBrain said:
Truth be told i find the design and ideas for Kung Lao great (and scary from a tournament standpoint) i was personally expecting NRS to at least live up on their word a little more and show off more new characters or at least another female regardless of fate in MK9

Kung Lao is by no means a deal breaker for me it just that he could've been someone they could've revealed at a later date
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Wonderful at least someone doesn't completely have a stick up their butt about this reveal.

Even though Jade is dead.

Jade is a PERFECT character to do with this whole Variations theme. I just want the game to play great, have some interesting mechanics, and at least a semi-engaging story.

The # of new/old characters are irrelevant to me as long as the game is a GREAT game.
 
Critical-Limit said:
Did you not read the notes for his variations?

"The differences between Kung Lao's Tempest-, Buzz Saw- and Hat Trick -variations happen to be the biggest ones yet. With Tempest Kung Lao uses more spinning attacks and has the ability to set his hat to spin around him as a shield of sorts. In his Buzz Saw variation his hat is sharpened with razor blade edges and allows the player to control his hat throws more. Hat Trick is the most experimental of the three, because you can throw and call back your hat at any point you want. This keeps the opponent on their toes, because the hat can extend combos."
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It's really not that refreshing. The only thing that feels "new" is using his hat to shield himself. Everything else is just more of the same with neat little additions thrown in there.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he's going to play great... But I'm just not blown away by any of that. Kung Lao f***s people up with his hat. Okay...
 
Critical-Limit said:
Wonderful at least someone doesn't completely have a stick up their butt about this reveal.

Even though Jade is dead.

Jade is a PERFECT character to do with this whole Variations theme. I just want the game to play great, have some interesting mechanics, and at least a semi-engaging story.

The # of new/old characters are irrelevant to me as long as the game is a GREAT game.
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I was admittedly bummed out at the reveal but then lightened up at the interesting twists the story could take now with a supposedly dead character coming back from the grave

I feel that way about Ermac i feel they could do alot with him in regards to the variations but now my only concern now is How exactly does Kung Lao come back or is this a completely new character to take up the mantle (I really hope it isn't the Latter cause i feel that is quirk that should stay unique to sub-zero) maybe by Friday (i think thats when a trailer debuts) we'll at least get a cryptic hint to Kung Lao's role in the story
 
Meh, no one is ever going to be satisfied with anything that comes from Netherealm Studios.

I'm not going to look at this reveal/leak as a bad thing, Kung Lao may not have been a character I'm dying to see return but it's a weird reveal and I like weird.

Hilarious to keep reading all these comments on the forums on how Kung Lao's revival means every dead character is going to return. No one is saying, "they're most likely," they're saying, "they WILL return." I don't get it. We don't have one ounce of information on how this is plausible and yet people are jumping to immediate conclusions AGAIN.

Patience is something people seriously lack and unfortunately it's becoming a giant pain the rear.

I honestly don't see a problem with this character returning. If you do, that's great. I never cared for the writing in this series because they're constantly inconsistent and they retcon their crap. Sure it's nice to see a story in this series, but it's not a great one. Why people are pissing their pants because one measly character came back from the dead is beyond me.

I'm just going to sit patiently awaiting for whatever tomorrow brings. :-)
 
Critical-Limit said:
Just gonna add, they did ALSO say that dead in MK never truly means dead. If they did mention MK9 had a lot of deaths to clean the slate, Which I'd like you to source that. I sincerely doubt they had MKX's story mode planned out by the time MK9 was in development. Sometimes when you are writing a story, and you need a plot device. If bringing back 2-3 dead characters can create an interesting plot. Then it's worth it.

But it's speculation what Kung lao's role is in the game. No point in complaining now.



It's got 4 months to reveal a shit ton of characters, in a couple of weeks you're not even gonna care about what was revealed to you this day.
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Which also hints at Liu Kang, since he wasn't under Quan Chi's control.
Quan Chi's trailer made it sound like the dead warriors under his control would stay dead in MKX, and remain as his revenant army.
That Quan Chi trailer was misleading, as apparently not all the dead warriors under Quan Chi's control will be part of his dead / "revenant" army.
So, negate his death and retcon and screw up any credibility that they would have otherwise had for a decent MK9 story, just for 1 character?

So what if it's speculation?
Threads like this 1 are made for speculating.

Just because I don't agree with you or validate your opinion doesn't mean I have to shut up about it.
Good lord.
It seems that it you don't agree with other people these days, though, your opinion doesn't matter. Smdh
 
Ricochetmatt said:
It's really not that refreshing. The only thing that feels "new" is using his hat to shield himself. Everything else is just more of the same with neat little additions thrown in there.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he's going to play great... But I'm just not blown away by any of that. Kung Lao f***s people up with his hat. Okay...
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When you say it like that it sounds Generic, He's never had a controllable boomerang effect, a hat shield. The throwing hat variation is obviously his zone variation. But the Spin variation needs more info.

But meh it's ok, I never really seen you as the competitive player type anyways so of course this doesn't really appeal to you.
 
Commander said:
Which also hints at Liu Kang, since he wasn't under Quan Chi's control.
Quan Chi's trailer made it sound like the dead warriors under his control would stay dead in MKX, and remain as his revenant army.
That Quan Chi trailer was misleading, as apparently not all the dead warriors under Quan Chi's control will be part of his dead / "revenant" army.
So, negate his death and retcon and screw up any credibility that they would have otherwise had for a decent MK9 story, just for 1 character?

So what if it's speculation?
Threads like this 1 are made for speculating.

Just because I don't agree with you or validate your opinion doesn't mean I have to shut up about it.
Good lord.
It seems that it you don't agree with other people these days, though, your opinion doesn't matter. Smdh
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omg dude you're pulling a lot of shit out of your ass.

I never said you had to shut up about it. I'm also allowed to show my distaste for you crying about a reveal.

I also never said you couldn't speculate, but to actively negatively speculate as if ONLY bad things are to come cuz he's alive is beyond ignorant.

I'm not speculating shit about his story, All I did was give you a perspective to look at it, so you don't see all doom and gloom. But whatever, You're always a drama queen about this stuff.
 
Critical-Limit said:
But meh it's ok, I never really seen you as the competitive player type anyways so of course this doesn't really appeal to you.
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What does him not liking the sound of Kung Lao's variations have to do with anything?
Raiden, Quan Chi, Kotal Kahn and Kano seem more interesting from a competitive standpoint.
Given that none of us have gotten out hands on MKX yet, except for Viking Poodle and Patrick McCarron, we don't really know who will be a top tier character, just yet.
The people playing MKX, up to this point haven't really been playing MKX at FGC PAX Tourney abilities, just yet.
Even on that last stream, Tyler Lantern was letting himself get hit and they weren't really playing competitively.
 
Commander said:
Which also hints at Liu Kang, since he wasn't under Quan Chi's control.
Quan Chi's trailer made it sound like the dead warriors under his control would stay dead in MKX, and remain as his revenant army.
That Quan Chi trailer was misleading, as apparently not all the dead warriors under Quan Chi's control will be part of his dead / "revenant" army.
So, negate his death and retcon and screw up any credibility that they would have otherwise had for a decent MK9 story, just for 1 character?

So what if it's speculation?
Threads like this 1 are made for speculating.

Just because I don't agree with you or validate your opinion doesn't mean I have to shut up about it.
Good lord.
It seems that it you don't agree with other people these days, though, your opinion doesn't matter. Smdh
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who's to say that Lao will never be apart of the revenant army perhaps at some point they all or only him gets freed somehow there are alot of ways the story can go from this point on with the Monk's return (if it is him). what if the netherealm is not the true threat of MKX. while i do prefer other characters getting the spotlight i don't think Lao"s inclusin will completely butcher the story (but it will cause that inevitable shit storm from the rabid side of the fanbase cause i'm positive that most of the dead won't return playable something i was foolishly hoping would be avoided)
 
Commander said:
What does him not liking the sound of Kung Lao's variations have to do with anything?
Raiden, Quan Chi, Kotal Kahn and Kano seem more interesting from a competitive standpoint.
Given that none of us have gotten out hands on MKX yet, except for Viking Poodle and Patrick McCarron, we don't really know who will be a top tier character, just yet.
The people playing MKX, up to this point haven't really been playing MKX at FGC PAX Tourney abilities, just yet.
Even on that last stream, Tyler Lantern was letting himself get hit and they weren't really playing competitively.
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I'm having a hard time seeing someone who cares about game play reading those notes, and not thinking "That's interesting." and wondering how it'll work in game.

But be like him and think "lol nothing that special"

I was just pointing out there are things already revealed that kung lao has never had before.

The same sense that people got hype over subzero throwing his clone.
 
[MENTION=8252]Critical-Limit[/MENTION] and then they give the cryomancer a hammer drop

my view on this game tournament wise is from a perplexed stand point the variations obviously gives this game potential for a even longer tournament life but at the same time i worry over the possibilty of that one "variation" that eclipses the other two I have faith in NRS pulling of a good competitive game, it's just that this really is a hell of a daunting leap from MK9's gameplay.
 
Elias6999 said:
What if Liu Kang sacrifices himself so that Lao can live? That is if he is still alive
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why would that happen, or make sense?!?! LK died, so how is sacrificing him self going to make any sense? Any how and why would he do it?!?! It dont matter how you spin this, it does not make sense.
 
NRS has mentioned alternative timelines, aka an excuse to include or exclude random characters as they see fit. Personally, I always thought that fans took the storyline more seriously than the devs themselves...." OMG He's supposed to be dead! NOOOOOOOO!"
 
eds latest post even confirms they are braind dead morons catering to fans who cant let go of umk3.... jesus....some one posted a pic of the leaked mag saying, explain this...his answer...oh ummm give me min, fool
 
Critical-Limit said:
I'm having a hard time seeing someone who cares about game play reading those notes, and not thinking "That's interesting." and wondering how it'll work in game.

But be like him and think "lol nothing that special"
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Just because it doesn't sound interesting on paper, though, doesn't mean that that perspective won't or can't change once visual gameplay is shown.
Kano sounded bland in the German Gamepro (gameplay-wise), to me, but when his reveal trailer was shown with 3 variations I was quite impressed.

I don't see how someone can't be interested in both gameplay and story, but go ahead and think what you like.
 
Critical-Limit said:
When you say it like that it sounds Generic, He's never had a controllable boomerang effect, a hat shield. The throwing hat variation is obviously his zone variation. But the Spin variation needs more info.

But meh it's ok, I never really seen you as the competitive player type anyways so of course this doesn't really appeal to you.
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Lol I'm competitive with MK for sure. I just don't go into that on the forum. Too many "Bring it, Ima pwn yo ass newb" types on here. I don't have the tolerance for that kind of s*** talk. I get all twitchy.

But hey, I'm glad at least someone is digging the Kung Lao thing. Hope it doesn't bite you guys on the ass. *secretly hopes it bites all the asses*
 
yup sounds like hes going to be just as OP an annoying as he was in mk9, those plebs at NRS better have a astounding reason for his inclusion....if this pos took the place of baraka, reptile, mileena or ermac, im sure many will be pissed...as they actually survived.
 
FlawlessVictor said:
NRS has mentioned alternative timelines, aka an excuse to include or exclude random characters as they see fit. Personally, I always thought that fans took the storyline more seriously than the devs themselves...." OMG He's supposed to be dead! NOOOOOOOO!"
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And I think that's true and also the main problem here. And also the reason why Tobias left. Ed doesn't seem to care that much about the story or have the brain capacity or will to evolve it. That's why we're seeing crap like this and an overall decline. Armageddon was just that - Armageddon. It's a miracle MK9 even got made. But no, after a a perfect reboot it's deja vu all over again - this time to kill MK for good. I really hope I am wrong and Kung Lao will be the only dead returning and his inclusion will make perfect sense, I really do, but to be honest I'm quite skeptical. Ed seems to be a nice guy and all, but I think the MK story arch is too much for him to deal with on his own and even with the rest of the team he's struggling - putting gameplay before story. I still can't believe that crap like Puzzle/Motor/Chess Kombat actually made it in during PS2.
 
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