Saw the demo at E3. Met Ed Boon. My thoughts.

Awesome!!! The fatalities sound pretty cool. Mileena's fatality however, she needs to do better with her other fatality/ies, but it isn't so bad. I want to play as Johnny Cage and Kung Lao too because of their fatalities and their good looks. I also hope Kitana and Jade are there.
 
Do fighters really have unique animations? Do they clearly have their own unique fighting style? Any sharing of moves? Thx

They said at the demo that each character has all their own animations. And there were other cool details like when it goes into XRAY mode, Reptile has reptilian bone structure, and you can seen circuitry inside of Sektor.
 
I would imagine so. I don't think Raiden would necessarily have much to gain by interfering with that.

Also, I remember Boon talking a while back (a couple years ago, maybe?) about Scorpion killing Sub-Zero, and how that crucial event hasn't been depicted yet because they wanted to make sure that when they finally did it, they did it just right. This could be the game that actually shows us how Scorpion kills Sub-Zero.
 
Awesome!!! The fatalities sound pretty cool. Mileena's fatality however, she needs to do better with her other fatality/ies, but it isn't so bad. I want to play as Johnny Cage and Kung Lao too because of their fatalities and their good looks. I also hope Kitana and Jade are there.

I agree her first one is a good start but on her second one she needs to step it up!!
 
if they show how scorpion kills sub it'd probably be done early in the story mode before they can really introduce sub as a main character, this way when he's killed off its not a confusing beerfest replacement thing.
 
Not very picky about how the fighters should look/act/feel relatively to the story either. MK is a fighting game at its core, I never understood why people want it to be 'canon' and coherent so bad. I don't think the random gamer cares about who scorpion shagged and why Daegon is Hsu Hao's brother-in-law. This aspect of MK integrism bothers me a lot. We want a good fighter, not Alan Wake with a ninja mask...
 
Maybe its because Mortal Kombat has always had a more complex, interesting story, especially when compared to other fighters?

Winner!

This is so true....
I never really got into many fighting games because of their story, most of them I don't care for the story. Although MK has always interested me... Especially in Deception (My favorite MK game so far).. Loved the Konquest in that game.

The only time I was the least bit interested in another fighting games story (Other than MK) was Tekken 6, and I was only interest in King's story, as he's my favorite character in the game.
 
The game is set between MK1 and MK3 so he would have had a scar... just FYI

Well not true. He developed the scar between MK2 and MK3. This game seems to take place RIGHT after MK1 ended, and continues to through MK3's timeline. We also don't know exactly when Raiden's information goes back, and what exact impact his changes effect the timeline.
 
The Gamespot video shows a lot of stuff I mentioned. I saw the demo at E3 for a second time today. Just as impressed as I was the first time.
 
Mileena has always been my favorite character since i played Mortal Kombat . all of her fatalities are so unique -- from multiple stabbings to the ferocious head bite . but OMGAD this one is just out of this world ! first she impales them with her sais , then rips their head off and chews it ! pure awesomeness right there .
 
I agree her first one is a good start but on her second one she needs to step it up!!

Yes she should do better next time. Kung Lao, on the other hand, had not only one but 2 awesome fatalities already. I really need to learn how to play as him now.
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