FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2008-04-20 12:38pm

Enigma wrote:Heheheheee

Those Batman moves are great.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-20 03:10pm

Darth Wong wrote:The fame of Mortal Kombat was entirely due to the fountains of cheap sprite-based blood in the original game. Then they made one good movie and one horrible sequel. After that, they've just been milking the game's history.

...they made a good Mortal Kombat movie?
I had always thought the only good thing to come from that franchise was the song.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-04-21 01:22am

Molyneux wrote:...they made a good Mortal Kombat movie?
I had always thought the only good thing to come from that franchise was the song.

It's been a while since I saw it, but the first movie kicked ass. Especially Johnny Cage.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-21 03:44am

Losonti Tokash wrote:
Molyneux wrote:...they made a good Mortal Kombat movie?
I had always thought the only good thing to come from that franchise was the song.
It's been a while since I saw it, but the first movie kicked ass. Especially Johnny Cage.

I've never been a fan of the games, but I'll check out the first movie, then.

Post by **Vympel** » 2008-04-21 09:22am

Mortal Kombat is the absolute bottom of the barrel for fighting game franchises, they have shitty fight mechanics and rubbish characters.

Pfft. Mortal Kombat is fucking awesome. I don't know how anyone can rag on Mortal Kombat for having rubbish characters - frankly I'm surprised no one ever seems to complain about how fucking cheap and unimaginative Street Fighter 2 was with the Ken & Ryu identical-in-every-way-douchebag twins, yet somehow these lame carbon copies are supposed to be iconic symbols of awesome.

Fuck Street Fighter and all it's sequels. Yeah, I said it. It had to be said. Ryu's a fucking pussy, and Sub Zero is way cooler than him. Pun intended. I've never played Street Fighter for fun. Ever. Every franchise, literally, is better than it.

Mortal Kombat forever. The end.

Post by **Kuja** » 2008-04-21 10:48am

I thought Mortal Kombat had a couple good ideas around the time of Deadly Alliance and Deception, like killing off Liu Kang and introducing a new hero, Shujinko. Unfortuantely they didn't really push as far as they could have, so the new ground broken fell apart quickly. All the "Dead" characters just kept coming back and half of Shujinko's story turned out to be the back scenes behind all the games we've played already. Then they failed to build on their new foundation and ditched Shujinko (a shame) for a different new hero in Armaggeddon, which was probably the lames installment in the entire series.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2008-04-21 01:56pm

Vympel wrote: Pfft. Mortal Kombat is fucking awesome. I don't know how anyone can rag on Mortal Kombat for having rubbish characters - frankly I'm surprised no one ever seems to complain about how fucking cheap and unimaginative Street Fighter 2 was with the Ken & Ryu identical-in-every-way-douchebag twins, yet somehow these lame carbon copies are supposed to be iconic symbols of awesome.

And you have no problem with the fact that up to MK4 every single character was identical with only two or three special moves to differentiate them, and it's barely been better since?

Also, at least Ken and Ryu are visually distinct, not just infinite pallette swaps.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-21 07:06pm

Vendetta wrote:
Vympel wrote: Pfft. Mortal Kombat is fucking awesome. I don't know how anyone can rag on Mortal Kombat for having rubbish characters - frankly I'm surprised no one ever seems to complain about how fucking cheap and unimaginative Street Fighter 2 was with the Ken & Ryu identical-in-every-way-douchebag twins, yet somehow these lame carbon copies are supposed to be iconic symbols of awesome.
And you have no problem with the fact that up to MK4 every single character was identical with only two or three special moves to differentiate them, and it's barely been better since?

Also, at least Ken and Ryu are visually distinct, not just infinite pallette swaps.

Don't forget the choppy play in MK1 and 2...

Post by **Vympel** » 2008-04-21 07:19pm

Vendetta wrote: And you have no problem with the fact that up to MK4 every single character was identical with only two or three special moves to differentiate them, and it's barely been better since?

Nope - especially as the special moves were more natural to perform, as opposed to Street Fighter's utterly retarded special move mechanics. And of course, Mortal Kombat has grown up a lot since then, rather than coasting and never changing anything.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-21 07:26pm

Vympel wrote:
Vendetta wrote: And you have no problem with the fact that up to MK4 every single character was identical with only two or three special moves to differentiate them, and it's barely been better since?
Nope - especially as the special moves were more natural to perform, as opposed to Street Fighter's utterly retarded special move mechanics. And of course, Mortal Kombat has grown up a lot since then, rather than coasting and never changing anything.

Their spelling hasn't noticeably improved.

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2008-04-21 09:30pm

The end boss for the MK characters can be Superman.

You dont have to fight him, you just have to survive for a second.

Raw Shark · Post by **Raw Shark** » 2008-04-25 06:29pm

Losonti Tokash wrote:The concept of Scorpion vs Batman makes me happy in my pants.

I really like the promo art of them facing each other from the link. The light / dark and protruding / receding shape contrasts in the masked and unmarked parts of their faces is sort of evocative of the yin-yang...

Post by **RogueIce** » 2008-04-25 06:38pm

Raw Shark wrote:
Losonti Tokash wrote:The concept of Scorpion vs Batman makes me happy in my pants.
I really like the promo art of them facing each other from the link. The light / dark and protruding / receding shape contrasts in the masked and unmarked parts of their faces is sort of evocative of the yin-yang...

Isn't that Sub Zero? Guy has a blue mask.

Raw Shark · Post by **Raw Shark** » 2008-04-26 12:17pm

RogueIce wrote:
Raw Shark wrote:
Losonti Tokash wrote:The concept of Scorpion vs Batman makes me happy in my pants.
I really like the promo art of them facing each other from the link. The light / dark and protruding / receding shape contrasts in the masked and unmarked parts of their faces is sort of evocative of the yin-yang...
Isn't that Sub Zero? Guy has a blue mask.

I was thinking that it was Scorpion in funny lighting because of the all-white eye effect, but on the other hand they gave it to Batman too, but then Batman is often depicted that way. I dunno, I just like the picture.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-04-26 05:32pm

RogueIce wrote:Isn't that Sub Zero? Guy has a blue mask.

Probably, but like I said, the concept of Scorpion fighting him. Or Scorpion fighting anyone, the dude is awesome.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2008-04-26 05:57pm

Vympel wrote:
Mortal Kombat is the absolute bottom of the barrel for fighting game franchises, they have shitty fight mechanics and rubbish characters.
Pfft. Mortal Kombat is fucking awesome. I don't know how anyone can rag on Mortal Kombat for having rubbish characters - frankly I'm surprised no one ever seems to complain about how fucking cheap and unimaginative Street Fighter 2 was with the Ken & Ryu identical-in-every-way-douchebag twins, yet somehow these lame carbon copies are supposed to be iconic symbols of awesome.

Fuck Street Fighter and all it's sequels. Yeah, I said it. It had to be said. Ryu's a fucking pussy, and Sub Zero is way cooler than him. Pun intended. I've never played Street Fighter for fun. Ever. Every franchise, literally, is better than it.

Mortal Kombat forever. The end.

Mortal Kombat 2 was the pinnacle of the series that they only had a glimmer of the same fun in the PS2 game with Deadly Alliance.

I dunno which games you remember but dial a combo number 3 that went on for nearly as many SF2 titles there were or are you think SF2 was the only game to have 14 fucking bullshit reduxes? Shitty 3D number 4 that actually they had another couple "upgrades" as well? At least the console exclusive were just ONE itineration. So please, let's not think MK was anything but a blood porn game that had shitty controls and a shittier combat system. And let's try to remember that beyond a select group of characters the whole of MK was "Look another retard that makes less and less sense.". At least SF had the deceny not to copy Ryu eight times, color him differently and proclaim behold a new player in the arena!!!

I can understand enjoying a franchise, but thinking it doesn't as many if not more flaws then SF is fucking being blind to the sheer shit we've experienced over the last 10+ years.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-04-26 06:05pm

If by "DC," they mean more than just Batman, are the MK'ers bringing kryponite to the table? The main Justice League types, like Superman, Flash, Martian Manhanter, Green Lantern, WW, etc., would smoke the tards from Mortal Kombat without breaking a nail. I'm guessing they're going to do like usual and scale the DC'ers power levels down.

This reeks of retardedness and being desperate to keep MK alive.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2008-04-26 06:08pm

Superman wrote:If by "DC," they mean more than just Batman, are the MK'ers bringing kryponite to the table? The main Justice League types, like Superman, Flash, Martian Manhanter, Green Lantern, etc., would smoke the tards from Mortal Kombat without breaking a nail. I'm guessing they're going to do like usual and scale the DC'ers power levels down.

This reeks of retardedness and being desperate to keep MK alive.

Both sides will be equal because having Superman kill each of them from orbit....is too geeky. But Scorpion breathing fire on Wonder Woman is serious business

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Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-04-26 06:19pm

Ghost Rider wrote:But Scorpion breathing fire on Wonder Woman is serious business .

Hmmm... good point. Flash may be able to run faster than light speeds, but dudes like Liu Kang can do that bicycle kick thing. That is pretty formidable when you think about it...

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2008-04-26 07:06pm

Superman wrote:
Ghost Rider wrote:But Scorpion breathing fire on Wonder Woman is serious business .
Hmmm... good point. Flash may be able to run faster than light speeds, but dudes like Liu Kang can do that bicycle kick thing. That is pretty formidable when you think about it...

But Liu Kang is a zombie and doesn't have the agility. Mind you he now have two hooks and chains a la Lobo (even though Lobo only has one.).

Check out this MK:Armageddon intro shows Liu Kang and his new moves.