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

Nasty_Freak said:
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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Kung Lao is a shaolin monk, he has been in it forever and you haven't played him, I won't be surprised if he is the winner of MK9.
 
once again......2 much emphasis applied on miscellaneous bullshit and not core game which is gameplay...im so sick of MK players or community (if any) always yapping about "fatalities this and fatalities that" never has anything been the focus of discussuion from a technical stand point like Armageddeons Sub-Zero's broken broken combo 1,2,3 and free grab on near recovery of opponent which is a guaranteed or just back and 3 and free grab.....damn no wonder why the fighting game community in whole doesnt respect MK or its players/fans and u never seen a major tournament entry with it....instead of Milenna's "first fatality is great but her 2nd shit is garbage....they couldve done better with her shit" and "o shit both Kung Lao's fatalities are hot ima learn him just because he got 'awesome' fatalities (LOL in true scrub fashion)" u should be making comments like "damn i hope all there is a character balance and because there have been issues within the past few MKs starting with DA up 2 MK vs DC where theres been alot of broken and unavoidable shit like Dairou's ground stomp that was almost unexpected and came out rediculously fast and barely unavoided thanks 2 low jumping height.....or the above mentioned combo with Sub-Zero...or how breakers were 2 few 2 accomodate for guard damage or rush down pressure games....or how Superman's just frame ground pound was the equivalent 2 a Magneto infinite - no end in sight...or flashes infinite combo...or how stiff the character fluidity was in MK Vs DC with no back dashing or foward dashing and a 2-button step (WTF ED?)"......more defensive mechanics similar 2 a SF3 parry system that can make a every character viable and the game in general tournament ready.....good priority on most normals while special moves cannot chessed out....but all i ever on here and every other MK fan site is "they better fix the fatalities (i didnt know fatalities being fixed contributed 2 a match being won) and more darker MK with more blood and gore o.... and MORE FATALITIES!!" its been time that MK players/fanboys/fangirls took MK as serious fighter amongst the ranks of a Tekken or Melty Blood or Guilty Gear or SF or KOF fighter www.classicmk.com has long been a strong if not THE strongest representation of any MK affiliated fansite competitvely in the tournament scene and im not bashing trmk or itz ownersin any way as i have the utmost respect for trmk.net as i come here between www.sdtekken.com,
www.shoryuken.com and www.tekkenzaibatsu.com 2 get my everything Mortal Kombat info from, but for members/posters/fanboys/fangirls/players MK is far more then just a game with a complex story and "OooooOO" and "AHHHHH"
 
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Well what crawled up your bum?

I've always said I play MK for the complex story, the "OooooOO" and the "AHHHHH". A deeper kombat system is great don't get me wrong, but I'm much more excited about the content. The game itself is only a means to an end to get me to my costumes, stages, fatalities, storymode, krypt unlockables, etc. etc.
 
I understand that Mortal Kombat is a fighting game, but a game doesn't make it 18 years by solely being one dimensional. In my opinion, Mortal Kombat is so popular because of its multi-dimensionalism. If some fans don't like the story mode, don't play it. Just as, although less common I'm sure it happens, some people play the games simply for the story mode. It gets kind of irritating when I hear people bashing the story aspect of the game. Seriously, wheres Killer Instinct? It was a purely fighting game, (a good game, and I'm not bashing it, it was the first game I ever played), with no story, and now, it's not around, and not many newer games know of it. Mortal Kombat has its awesome fighting gameplay, with combos, special moves, and fatalities, but in my opinion its the story behind the characters that keep people coming back for more. I mean honestly what's the point in just beating the shit out of someone if there's no logic behind it? The only answer to that is to let out some anger issues. I'm not saying that everyone should fall in love with the stories, but bashing them just seems rediculous, seeing as how they give a justafyable reason as to why Scorpion hates Sub-Zero and Quan Chi, or why Noob hates younger Sub-Zero. Without the storyline, you just have a bunch of grown men and women beating the shit out of each other, and, in my opinion, if you want to see that, just go to a bar.
 
Sub-Zero_Wraith said:
you just have a bunch of grown men and women beating the shit out of each other, and, in my opinion, if you want to see that, just go to a bar.
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where do you live?

All jokes aside, not many people on these forums "bash" the story line. Some have called it BS because of the way they set up the story (time travel thing), but most have nothing but love for the Mortal Kombat story, which IMO, is one of the reasons this game is as popular as it is.
 
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Spitfire said:
once again......2 much emphasis applied on miscellaneous bullshit and not core game which is gameplay...im so sick of MK players or community (if any) always yapping about "fatalities this and fatalities that" never has anything been the focus of discussuion from a technical stand point like Armageddeons Sub-Zero's broken broken combo 1,2,3 and free grab on near recovery of opponent which is a guaranteed or just back and 3 and free grab.....damn no wonder why the fighting game community in whole doesnt respect MK or its players/fans and u never seen a major tournament entry with it....instead of Milenna's "first fatality is great but her 2nd shit is garbage....they couldve done better with her shit" and "o shit both Kung Lao's fatalities are hot ima learn him just because he got 'awesome' fatalities (LOL in true scrub fashion)" u should be making comments like "damn i hope all there is a character balance and because there have been issues within the past few MKs starting with DA up 2 MK vs DC where theres been alot of broken and unavoidable shit like Dairou's ground stomp that was almost unexpected and came out rediculously fast and barely unavoided thanks 2 low jumping height.....or the above mentioned combo with Sub-Zero...or how breakers were 2 few 2 accomodate for guard damage or rush down pressure games....or how Superman's just frame ground pound was the equivalent 2 a Magneto infinite - no end in sight...or flashes infinite combo...or how stiff the character fluidity was in MK Vs DC with no back dashing or foward dashing and a 2-button step (WTF ED?)"......more defensive mechanics similar 2 a SF3 parry system that can make a every character viable and the game in general tournament ready.....good priority on most normals while special moves cannot chessed out....but all i ever on here and every other MK fan site is "they better fix the fatalities (i didnt know fatalities being fixed contributed 2 a match being won) and more darker MK with more blood and gore o.... and MORE FATALITIES!!" its been time that MK players/fanboys/fangirls took MK as serious fighter amongst the ranks of a Tekken or Melty Blood or Guilty Gear or SF or KOF fighter www.classicmk.com has long been a strong if not THE strongest representation of any MK affiliated fansite competitvely in the tournament scene and im not bashing trmk or itz ownersin any way as i have the utmost respect for trmk.net as i come here between www.sdtekken.com,
www.shoryuken.com and www.tekkenzaibatsu.com 2 get my everything Mortal Kombat info from, but for members/posters/fanboys/fangirls/players MK is far more then just a game with a complex story and "OooooOO" and "AHHHHH"
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Quick correction: ClassicMK.com came from when the forums @ UltimateMK.com closed. UMK.com just reopened, given that UMK3 has blown up in recent months.

UltimateMK.com is now open again, and ClassicMK.com is still going strong. And with MKEmpires.com now a strong community, with alot of the mods/admins of the other sites, the competitive MK scene is as strong as ever. As a matter of fact, we were FINALLY given a sub forum @ Shoryuken.com

and yes, i moderate at all these sites as well, so if you have any questions, PM me anytime, or hit me up on AIM @ UMKStatic

CyRaX66 said:
You sound like u got ur ass raped on umk3 a bit to much, but i have to say i agree with you.
I used to only play UMK3 till it got its online disabled, but lets face it, there will be no more "UMK3 MKT" 2d games (like they exactly were) i mean i dont mind a MKT remake, or a extra aniversary disc with updated gfx from UMK3 and MKT.
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It was never disabled. it just cant be purchased new until its re-released. YOU CAN STILL PLAY ONLINE
 
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Holy shit that game looks awesome.

I also met ed boon. You would think he's a jerk or something but he's a really nice guy.
 
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Spitfire said:
once again......2 much emphasis applied on miscellaneous bullshit and not core game which is gameplay...im so sick of MK players or community (if any) always yapping about "fatalities this and fatalities that" never has anything been the focus of discussion from a technical stand point like Armageddeons Sub-Zero's broken broken combo 1,2,3 and free grab on near recovery of opponent which is a guaranteed or just back and 3 and free grab.....damn no wonder why the fighting game community in whole doesnt respect MK or its players/fans and u never seen a major tournament entry with it....instead of Milenna's "first fatality is great but her 2nd shit is garbage....they couldve done better with her shit" and "o shit both Kung Lao's fatalities are hot ima learn him just because he got 'awesome' fatalities (LOL in true scrub fashion)" u should be making comments like "damn i hope all there is a character balance and because there have been issues within the past few MKs starting with DA up 2 MK vs DC where theres been alot of broken and unavoidable shit like Dairou's ground stomp that was almost unexpected and came out ridiculously fast and barely unavoidable thanks 2 low jumping height.....or the above mentioned combo with Sub-Zero...or how breakers were 2 few 2 accommodate for guard damage or rush down pressure games....or how Superman's just frame ground pound was the equivalent 2 a Magneto infinite - no end in sight...or flashes infinite combo...or how stiff the character fluidity was in MK Vs DC with no back dashing or foward dashing and a 2-button step (WTF ED?)"......more defensive mechanics similar 2 a SF3 parry system that can make a every character viable and the game in general tournament ready.....good priority on most normals while special moves cannot chessed out....but all i ever on here and every other MK fan site is "they better fix the fatalities (i didnt know fatalities being fixed contributed 2 a match being won) and more darker MK with more blood and gore o.... and MORE FATALITIES!!" its been time that MK players/fanboys/fangirls took MK as serious fighter amongst the ranks of a Tekken or Melty Blood or Guilty Gear or SF or KOF fighter
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With the amount of time they've had to work on it, the new MK should have some polished game play. I agree with your notion that everyone focuses on the Fatalities way too much. We need an MK with great, balanced game play. Hopefully, we'll get it with MK9.
 
Spitfire said:
damn no wonder why the fighting game community in whole doesnt respect MK or its players/fans and u never seen a major tournament entry with it[/video]
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I hate that you think that the fans care about that. I could care less if people don't "respect" mk. It's a ****ing GAME. One that I love. It's done quite well over the years, and I don't see it disappearing any time soon. Did you just sign up to this forum to bash shit?
 
Story Line
***Spoiler Alert***

In an interview with Hector Sanchez he said that Mortal Kombat will be taking place after Mortal Kombat Armageddon but is a retailing of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3. See Raiden has finally lost to Shao Kahn, after the events that occurred during Armageddon and Raiden realizes that he needs to go back in time to the beginning of the series when Shao Kahn wasn't as powerful.

I think to my self "Time travel, really?" but it makes some type of since...I guess.

I can't wait to see how the story plays out, it's going to be awesome.
 
Joshuaalt said:
Story Line
***Spoiler Alert***

In an interview with Hector Sanchez he said that Mortal Kombat will be taking place after Mortal Kombat Armageddon but is a retailing of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3. See Raiden has finally lost to Shao Kahn, after the events that occurred during Armageddon and Raiden realizes that he needs to go back in time to the beginning of the series when Shao Kahn wasn't as powerful.

I think to my self "Time travel, really?" but it makes some type of since...I guess.

I can't wait to see how the story plays out, it's going to be awesome.
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Holy face-palm Batman! That's not a spoiler. That was part of the announcement.
 
Joshuaalt said:
Well good because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone.
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Most people take what information they can get. Right now, the only things being announced are features of the game.
Just dont post anything discovered after the games release without a spoiler alert (story mode ending, easter eggs, hidden characters etc...)

Though i do appreciate your concern.
 
ermacattack said:
Kung Lao is a shaolin monk, he has been in it forever and you haven't played him, I won't be surprised if he is the winner of MK9.
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Well, I always like being the butt kicking chick. Now, however, I was able to play as him when I rented MKSM. I loved doing the Buzzsaw fatality on Cage, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao himself.
 
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