Shang Tsung Vignette

WICKED!!! Now that I think of it, I am really happy that he can only transfer into one character because in this game, the characters fight completely different, whereas in the 2D games, the characters were separated by special moves, hence a morph wouldnt be that drastic. I hope the old costume is his alternate because Im not used to a playable "older" Shang Tsung lol.

His fatality is brutal, although it is another slice point. Im not complaining :)! Cant wait for the Combo/Story Video and then finally... The FATALITY VIDEO!
 
Skronk said:
I wish people would stop whining about slice points it's pointless all the fatalities are finished and no amount of complaining will change that
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I wish people would realize that 'whining' is what brought you Mortal Kombat 9 in the first place. Where it not for fans voicing their opinions STRONGLY (or whining as you so elegantly put it) about how bad the 3D MKs where we would not have this new MK and all of its awesomeness... besides the monotonous slice point fatalities. ;)
 
Skronk said:
I wish people would stop whining about slice points it's pointless all the fatalities are finished and no amount of complaining will change that
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I wish people would realize that 'whining' is what brought you Mortal Kombat 9 in the first place. Where it not for fans voicing their opinions STRONGLY (or whining as you so elegantly put it) about how bad the 3D MKs where we would not have this new MK and all of its awesomeness... besides the monotonous slice point fatalities. ;)
 
Adjun said:
I wish people would realize that 'whining' is what brought you Mortal Kombat 9 in the first place. Where it not for fans voicing their opinions STRONGLY (or whining as you so elegantly put it) about how bad the 3D MKs where we would not have this new MK and all of its awesomeness... besides the monotonous slice point fatalities. ;)
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Exactly what I said. I agree 100%
 
Misfortune said:
That small window wasnt enough to stop a good player at all, Besides they couldve changed that if they wanted too and make the transition lesser frames for faster tranformations. At the end of the day If Shang Tsung was able to change into everyone, this game wouldnt be tournament worthy like the developers were pushing for. It would be completley broken and Shang Tsung would be banned from tournaments as well. Maybe there were some hardware complications but even if there werent Im pretty sure he would still be the same.
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I'm sorry, but I can't believe what I'm reading. MK wouldn't be tournament worthy if Shang could morph into anyone? Because it'd be completely broken?
In regards to the classics, that small window was definitely enough for a good opponent. And even with breakers in MK9 to avoid punishment like the other poster mentioned, that's provided there even is one to use. Not a smart way to utilize your meter if you're saving it for every failed morph.
As for changes in frames and anything else, I wasn't talking about what they could do but what has been done in the past, and the way it was wouldn't break MK9 at all if it were implemented.
 
jarvis653 said:
I'm sorry, but I can't believe what I'm reading. MK wouldn't be tournament worthy if Shang could morph into anyone? Because it'd be completely broken?
In regards to the classics, that small window was definitely enough for a good opponent. And even with breakers in MK9 to avoid punishment like the other poster mentioned, that's provided there even is one to use. Not a smart way to utilize your meter if you're saving it for every failed morph.
As for changes in frames and anything else, I wasn't talking about what they could do but what has been done in the past, and the way it was wouldn't break MK9 at all if it were implemented.
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Can you give reasons as to why it wouldnt be broken if Shang could turn into anyone at will?
 
Adjun said:
I wish people would realize that 'whining' is what brought you Mortal Kombat 9 in the first place. Where it not for fans voicing their opinions STRONGLY (or whining as you so elegantly put it) about how bad the 3D MKs where we would not have this new MK and all of its awesomeness... besides the monotonous slice point fatalities. ;)
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While I agree with you, you can't deny the fact that people on here and other websites (Myself included), do complain way too much about some things. Kinda seems like you're trying to sugarcoat it a bit by calling it "voicing our opinions strongly". :laugh:
 
LOL
I give up. Already gave reasons and said everything to be said on this. If you still don't get it, sorry but I don't have the patience.
 
MAPS said:
While I agree with you, you can't deny the fact that people on here and other websites (Myself included), do complain way too much about some things. Kinda seems like you're trying to sugarcoat it a bit by calling it "voicing our opinions strongly". :laugh:
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Oh I definitely sprinkled some sugar on it! But it's the truth. Boon said he listened to the fans and made this game for them. Well, that would mean he heard some harsh criticisms too.


Misfortune said:
Can you give reasons as to why it wouldnt be broken if Shang could turn into anyone at will?
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Nothing is broken with the proper talent behind the programming.
 
Wow, another unoriginal fatality. Great job NRS!


artofgarduno said:
how is his fatality a slice point? I only see a rip point
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"Slice point" means that it's a pre-determined point where the victim loses a limb or is decapitated.


TheTuninator said:
It'd also be unbalanced as HELL if he could change into any member of the cast at will. Shang would have literally no bad matchups, because you can just transform into whatever character your opponent is free against.
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Dude, this isn't Pokemon. It doesn't really matter too much who you fight against.
 
You can only say it broke the game if you know how it would have worked. If you could turn into anybody during a combo that definatly would break the game in his favor. lol do punch punch scorpion punch punch spear punch punch sub zero punch punch freeze punch punch etc lol
But idk if it was like you needed to do the big 3 direction and a button combo's to transform. And if it transformed back during combo's you'd get kind of screwed.

I don't see it being game breaking but matches will be in shang tsung's favor if the person using him knows some of those huge combo's with many different characters, or even if they knew all the disabling/annoying specials of characters.
 
What do you slice point haters want? Fatalities that go on for minutes where the opponent is beat to death with a blunt object?
I think all the current fatalities are great they're quick and to the point. Long fatalities after every match would get boring especially if you're on the recieving end.
 
Skronk said:
What do you slice point haters want? Fatalities that go on for minutes where the opponent is beat to death with a blunt object?
I think all the current fatalities are great they're quick and to the point. Long fatalities after every match would get boring especially if you're on the recieving end.
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You don't get it...

If someone could post the "slice point" picture I'd appreciate it. Educate these people a little bit...

EDIT: Here it is.

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Notice the slice points. Those are pre-determined slice points for every fatality. So far we haven't seen just half of a limb chopped off, or a body cut in a certain way. Hell, even Cyrax's net fatality uses these slice points, that's sad.
 
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