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Yep.....It's obviously much overdue at this point. The last game was released back in 2017! The modern game industry is such a pile of shit IMO. It's so hard to get excited about anything anymore.
 
lariat said:
I wouldn't get too fixated on the four year cycle thing. The gaming industry is very different than it was four years ago. It's a miracle we're getting a game at all. Especially from WB. Whatever happens it's going to be shit show anyway. The whole Paramount/WB merger debate reminds me of Microsoft when they bought Activision/Blizzard. Everyone will try to block it but it won't matter. After the GTA6 price being unveiled. You're going to need to take out a loan from the bank just to afford the next MK.
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The next MK could be Ed Boon's last.

He's 62 this year. Getting old.
 
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LiquidMetalTitaness said:
The next MK could be Ed Boon's last.

He's 62 this year. Getting old.
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I doubt he even cares at this point. Most of the people who made MK what it is today have left. John Tobias, Dan forden, Hector Sanchez just to name a few. IMO It's been a shell of Its former self for years now.
 
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lariat said:
I doubt he even cares at this point. Most of the people who made MK what it is today have left. John Tobias, Dan forden, Hector Sanchez just to name a few. IMO It's been a shell of Its former self for years now.
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Bring John Tobias back and do one last MK until someone new is in charge.

Misucra said:
Well according to today's medical definitions he is still young.

He is... one sec... "Young-early elderly." So he is fine.
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What if he becomes similar to Joe Biden?
 
LiquidMetalTitaness said:
Bring John Tobias back and do one last MK until someone new is in charge.


What if he becomes similar to Joe Biden?
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Bringing John Tobias will do nothing. They don't have the team nor the leads that could make MK right. They can't do it anymore. Expecting same people who made MK11/MK1 to make a good MK is just a fool's errand. They need a whole new studio for that.
 
Fun fact for those not in the know...John Tobias did make one fighting game many moons ago outside of MK called Tao feng fist of the Lotus on OG Xbox. I enjoyed it for what it was trying to go for at the time. Characters showing damage over the course of the match was pretty innovative for the time. NRS stole that idea and implemented it in MK9 years later. The game itself felt more like a prototype than a fully fleshed out game though. I always felt if Microsoft gave the game proper funding and time, Tobias could have made something truly special. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be.
 
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lariat said:
Fun fact for those not in the know...John Tobias did make one fighting game many moons ago outside of MK called Tao feng fist of the Lotus on OG Xbox. I enjoyed it for what it was trying to go for at the time. Characters showing damage over the course of the match was pretty innovative for the time. NRS stole that idea and implemented it in MK9 years later. The game itself felt more like a prototype than a fully fleshed out game though. I always felt if Microsoft gave the game proper funding and time, Tobias could have made something truly special. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be.
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If John Tobias gets the $$$ and time now for an MK, can he pull off something Ed Boon hasn't or do they need a completely new studio?
 
I'm with Misucra on this one. The NRS we have now is vastly different than the one we had prior to MK11-MK1. The talent is just not what it once was and it shows IMO. I don't think It's a problem one person can fix. I'd love to be proven wrong when Injustice 3 or whatever. We will get our answer if all we get is a another gimmicky gameplay system. NRS need to bring the community back instead of dividing the fanbase even further.
 
lariat said:
I'm with Misucra on this one. The NRS we have now is vastly different than the one we had prior to MK11-MK1. The talent is just not what it once was and it shows IMO. I don't think It's a problem one person can fix. I'd love to be proven wrong when Injustice 3 or whatever. We will get our answer if all we get is a another gimmicky gameplay system. NRS need to bring the community back instead of dividing the fanbase even further.
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What do you feel is the BIGGEST thing lacking in today's MK: Gameplay, Graphics or Story?

Gameplay changes with each entry cos Ed Boon doesn't reuse the same gimmick in games that come later. Graphics have changed into more Injustice-y. I do think John Tobias can help fix the Story.
 
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LiquidMetalTitaness said:
What do you feel is the BIGGEST thing lacking in today's MK: Gameplay, Graphics or Story?
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Gameplay for me for sure but there are people who enjoyed the kameo system. I was not one of those people. I think MK needs to return to a legacy style with fully fleshed out characters. One example of this that drives me up the wall is Mileena can't even throw her low sai in MK1! Instead You're forced to use Kung Lao's low hat as a kameo move. A Kameo meter tied move.....Why? are NRS thinking she's some broken zoner? It's little things like that. It doesn't make any sense to me.
LiquidMetalTitaness said:
Gameplay changes with each entry cos Ed Boon doesn't reuse the same gimmick in games that come later. Graphics have changed into more Injustice-y. I do think John Tobias can help fix the Story.
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I've made several posts about this before but Ed Boon's throw out everything that made MK fun and make something completely different is why we're even having these discussions. IMO NRS are chasing trends of other fighting games instead of building from their own and that's their biggest hurtle.
Far as Graphics and story goes...Again the reset the timeline multiverse Marvel nonsense is a dead horse beyond saving at this point. I don't think even Tobias could save it.
Graphics are fine if not a little to bright and Fortnite looking for me. I much prefer the MKX darker looking aesthetic.
 
lariat said:
Gameplay for me for sure but there are people who enjoyed the kameo system. I was not one of those people. I think MK needs to return to a legacy style with fully fleshed out characters. One example of this that drives me up the wall is Mileena can't even throw her low sai in MK1! Instead You're forced to use Kung Lao's low hat as a kameo move. A Kameo meter tied move.....Why? are NRS thinking she's some broken zoner? It's little things like that. It doesn't make any sense to me.

I've made several posts about this before but Ed Boon's throw out everything that made MK fun and make something completely different is why we're even having these discussions. IMO NRS are chasing trends of other fighting games instead of building from their own and that's their biggest hurtle.
Far as Graphics and story goes...Again the reset the timeline multiverse Marvel nonsense is a dead horse beyond saving at this point. I don't think even Tobias could save it.
Graphics are fine if not a little to bright and Fortnite looking for me. I much prefer the MKX darker looking aesthetic.
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If you now go back and see the aesthetics for MK1, MK11, MKX, and MK9, MKX by far stands out the most.

Predator looked super violent. Spawn in MK11 is kool, but he looks like an Injustice character. Same with T-1000 in MK1.

For Gameplay would you like a new studio handling it? If so who? How about the Killer Instinct devs?

The Multiverse story has shot MK in the foot. Ed Boon was not the story guy, that was John Tobias. That's why I suggested he come back. However IDK how you reverse the Multiverse.
 
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LiquidMetalTitaness said:
For Gameplay would you like a new studio handling it? If so who? How about the Killer Instinct devs?
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I don't really care what studio develops MK. As long as they have a passion to make a great game. That's all that matters to me. NRS are just going through the motions nowadays IMO It's no fun to pay 80 or more dallors to be a glorified beta tester for a half baked game. We only have our selfs to blame if we keep engaging with it.
 
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