Mk9 beat capcom!!!

back said:
Not a big deal.



MvC3 is a joke.
And AE isn't even a game, its an add-on pack.



I love MK, but all this clamor is just about MK9 competing with SF's dlc :?
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Yea, this is what I thought as well. If it was MK9 beating the original SSFIV it would have been quite an achievement.
 
Flagg said:
Artur Pach, that is the greatest signature i've ever seen.
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hee hee why thank you

i also agree with you about the SF Franchise. In saying that, im actually pretty excited to give SFxTekken a go in march. Gameplay look quite deep and with THAT many characters, theres a lot of variety.

i don't think we're all excited about the sales so much as the fact that MK made itself visible again. Hate or love, they're talking bout us again! Its a great game and i get a lot more satisfaction beat a high level player online than in SF (personally). Just feels harder to beat a better player. i think a lot of SF-ians would actually LIKE the depth of MK9 if they'd actually give it a go.
 
The problem I have with Capcom now, is their open want to squeeze as much money out of their customers.

I was interested in SF X Tekken, but not now. They announced about a month ago there will be a "Gem System". What this means is, you put a certain selection of gems into slots, and it changes how your character plays. Like they might be faster, or stronger, or be better defenders, or charge characters become quarter circle characters, build better meters and so on. Now that sounds interesting, (not to mention balance issues), but guess what...you have to BUY THE GEMS. Yes, which means only rich kids will probably buy ALL THE GEMS, giving them a massive, unfair advantage over people not flushed with money.

It's a shame, i was very looking forward to MvC3 and that turned out to be a disaster, so i'll unfortunately be giving that game a miss to.

I know NRS charged for DLC characters, but the price was fair, and they have given a whole bunch of other stuff, free, and patched MK 9 constantly, which was a good thing.
 
Flagg said:
The problem I have with Capcom now, is their open want to squeeze as much money out of their customers.

I was interested in SF X Tekken, but not now. They announced about a month ago there will be a "Gem System". What this means is, you put a certain selection of gems into slots, and it changes how your character plays. Like they might be faster, or stronger, or be better defenders, or charge characters become quarter circle characters, build better meters and so on. Now that sounds interesting, (not to mention balance issues), but guess what...you have to BUY THE GEMS.

>BUY THE GEMS
>BUY
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F*ck no.
I was kinda thinking about it, but now it's a no.
This is why I don't have any GODDAMN respect for those bull shit munchers called Capcom.
Is this right for them to nickle and dime their customers with this shit?
I don't f*cking think so.
I bought SF 4 and Super 4 and dropped it there.
Guess how many MK9's I had to buy?
Just one!
 
I still think UMK9 is in the works.



And you know what, I would welcome it.
I used to call Capcom fanboys crazy when they would buy the same game over again just for some balance tweaks and extra characters.
But now I see it. UMK9 would be a day 1 buy for me, I'm just that kind of man now :mullet:
 
back said:
I still think UMK9 is in the works.



And you know what, I would welcome it.
I used to call Capcom fanboys crazy when they would buy the same game over again just for some balance tweaks and extra characters.
But now I see it. UMK9 would be a day 1 buy for me, I'm just that kind of man now :mullet:
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Ed Boon said no on the umk9 but you know Boon.. anything can happen.
 
gamemk said:
i didn't even bother replying to this thread on trmk or tym, because i feel like, if i don't like mk9, why sh_t on it in front of all of the mindless fans who love it, but you are right. i mean, look at my name for godsakes: gamemk. i've been playing sf and mk since their inception, and i was a huge mk fan, until i realized what the old games were and what mk9 is(junky, cash-in entertainment). the mk story is the best part about mk--and that's all john tobias--but the actual game is nonsense. plus, seems to me that many of the mk fans only like it for the gore and the story, and they really don't care about the gameplay.

ed boon just puts out whatever junk is popular(he jumped to 3d when 3d was popular--sold millions; now he's back to 2d now that 2d is popular--sold millions. anybody could sell millions with the mk franchise name on a fighting game), and you drones buy it because it has liu kang and scorpion and fatalities; and all of that junk will still sell to pre-pubescent boys time and time again, so of course it will sell big.

like i've said, sales don't mean di-k, but more money for ed and his staff; however, it doesn't mean better games for any of us, if history is an indicator. mk has been hitting big numbers for decades, in spite of it's poor quality, but that hasn't prompted ed to try to push that quality. on the contrary, mk got worse and worse--and even more corners were cut-- as the years went on and it still sold millions of copies because of the fresh batch of pre-pubescent boys who will always be there to spend mommy and daddy's money on sex and violence.

justin bieber outsells mozart but does that make bieber god's gift to music? hellz naw! so it's cool to revel in mk's success, but please don't think popularity == quality. mk is like those saw movies.

bieber my world 2.0 sales from wikipedia:

Australia 2x Platinum[63]
Austria Gold[64]
Brazil Diamond[65]
Canada 2x Platinum[22]
Gulf Cooperation Council Gold[66]
Italy Gold[67]
Lebanon Gold[66]
Mexico Platinum + gold[59]
New Zealand Platinum[25]
Philippines 2x Platinum[68]
Switzerland Platinum[69]
United States 2x Platinum[70]
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If you look at what SF IV is, it's basically a 3d version of Street Fighter II on a 2D plane, with a few alpha characters and new characters thrown in. Yes, the mechanics are different, but it was the original World Warriors revealed first. A little rumour goes around that Ono capitalised on SF II, because all the characters were very iconic and memorable, and he's never been a big fan of SF III. SF III characters only came later on after huge public demand, so of course, he cashed in on that demand.

If MK has always been better, how come there has never been a big MK offline scene? How come there have never been big MK tournaments, until the advent of MK 9?

Perhaps Boon did do a Ono, but the man saw that MK I, II and III were the only good games in the series, so he took what was good from them, put them in a new game with new mechanics.

The storymode is awesome and it's something Capcom will probably copy in the future. I do think the gameplay of MK 9 is also good. It's not as deep as something like SF III or SF IV, but it is it's own beast, and the NRS team have taken their time and it is deep. There are definitely small things that can make or break a character, and the game has its own depth.

SF IV was massive because people saw the return of the SF II world warrior cast. MK 9 was equally massive, because people saw the return of the MK I, II and III cast. SF II and the early MK games were massive in the early 90's, and it seems they are still popular today, if SF IV and MK 9 is anything to judge.

And yeah, I like your Justin Bieber anaolgy! Do people think Modern Warfare II or WoW are the greatest games of all time, simply cause they tend to shift more units than anything else? I like a bit of MW2, don't get me wrong, but I have played far, FAR superior games. Games that aren't even well known by many casuals. And that's it at the end of the day. Casuals. They are what make a game financially successful, not fans. Fans probably make up around 2% of total sales. It's why when they do things like SUPER street fight IV or ULTIMATE MvC, they dont do as well sales wise as the previous versions. Because a casual already had the original, got bored of it in a week, and moved on.
 
gamemk said:
eems to me that many of the mk fans only like it for the gore and the story, and they really don't care about the gameplay
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What a gross assumption. I love this new mk for the gameplay only. The fatalities value only lasts 1 viewing. After that it's stale. I'm still playing this game once in a while because every character feels and plays differently. I love this game solely for the gameplay. If this was another 3d mk I would have dropped it months ago and not even bothered going to the offline tourneys that I did go to.
 
This mk turned out so much better than I anticipated.

After the reveal trailer I said as long as it doesn't suck, ill be happy. That is an indication of how awfull the majority of the games were.

After nearly 7 months I'm still playing hours a day, learning new things about my day one character, picking up new characters I never thought I'd play, and still learning match ups.

It is noob friendly and has depth. Something sf has never done.
 
Nasty_Freak said:
Of course it would beat Capcom. I like some Capcom, SNK, Namco, and Tecmo games but nothing beats this newly ressurected Mortal Kombat!!! Mostly because those other games are much more difficult and complex and the fact that Capcom and SNK are ripping off people through DLC especially. Plus, WB is a very good company and is creating another wonderful game for 2012 (Lollipop Chainsaw). ;-)
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SNK? Their last game was KOF XII, it was crap, but there were no DLC's available.
 
I really hate the continuous SF vs MK crap and the hate for SF. I enjoy both series and I have a feeling that some people hate SF just because it isn't MK. The SF series is not a bad series, and neither is MK. To each his own but the constant bashing of one over the other is redundant. Both games have pros and cons. MK isn't perfect and neither is SF. Both are successful. Both have good and bad games.
 
I see what some of you are saying. It's pretty obvious that MK9 would beat MvsC and SSF4 Arcade edition. No doubt about that


but what if MK9 and original SF4 were released around the same time? Then it would be a real competition
 
Sky Valley said:
I see what some of you are saying. It's pretty obvious that MK9 would beat MvsC and SSF4 Arcade edition. No doubt about that


but what if MK9 and original SF4 were released around the same time? Then it would be a real competition
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You know, that would be waaay more of a competition.
SF4 Vanilla vs MK9?
Shit.. I honestly can't say who would win.
I wanna say MK but that's obv biased.
 
I find this MK vs SF brings out a lot of the childish crowd. SF sucks! and all that. It's fine to hate a game but it's the way some people here express themselves. I love them both. It's Capcom that's starting to be crap as a company, taking features out of their games left and right and making you pay for them. It's not the games themselves that are bad.
 
I like capcom games, but capcom themselves seem kinda douchey and greedy, and the fanboys are annoying. So That's why I still have somewhat of a bad taste for them sometimes, and more of a reason to praise MK for outselling their recent games.

but still, a great company with great games. I just wish they would go a different route with their art direction for Street Fighter.
 
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