The New Direction of Mortal Kombat

[Logan Westbrook]

releived statment: ahh it seems I have recovered from that abrupt fritz I hope I didnt discharge my weapon whilst I was malfunctioning, I woulnt want to hurt a meatbag in the process.

Confesstion: actually I would!

Please stop doing that.

 

[HK-47]

releived statment: ahh it seems I have recovered from that abrupt fritz... I hope I didnt discharge my weapon whilst I was malfunctioning, I woulnt want to hurt a meatbag in the process.

Confesstion: actually I would!

Please stop doing that.

Statment: I cant meatbag, its in my nature...I apologise if my encodded speech pattern is annoying to you.

Consolation: perhaps I can inflict a heavy truama wound on the nearest meatbag in your honor to Compinsate?

 

[Logan Westbrook]

I like single-franchise titles like Soul Edge.

That would be the franchise that has Darth Vader in the next instalment, right?

 

[shadow skill]

I like single-franchise titles like Soul Edge.

That would be the franchise that has Darth Vader in the next instalment, right?

Not the same thing, having guest characters is perfectly fine, this is not an example of that, this is an example of a crossover that actually requires that you destroy the mechanics of the game in question.

 

[Dragonclaw]

While I'm firmly in the "rather not have Star Wars in my Soul Calibur" camp (To me Kratos and Nariko would be better PS3 choices than Jedi...) I am both intrigued and horrified at the concept of MK v DC. I think that it's the removal of such an integral part of MK's brand that makes it seem like a bad choice. If Midway has gone with "Midway v DC" and thrown in other characters like...i dunno...the Primal Rage characters and maybe a few other characters from their stable (that I can't really think of at the moment) it would seem like a better idea to me.

 

[Minky_man]

Hasn't Mortal Kombat been struggling since like Trilogy? Basically staying in the market the same reason Dynasty Warriors sticks around, because of the fans that played the originals. I mean to say, if you saw Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance without having played the rest of the games, would you pick it up as fast as say Tekken without seeing previous tekken games?


Bless em, they try their best to revamp combat and other things but something as desperate as a crossover seems like an attempt to get fans from DC to play the old Mortal Kombat gems.

What happens if Dynasty Warriors gets desperate and has a crossover with Marvel!? Madness, its like crossing over anything with DBZ, comic book characters and the like are just massivly overpowered compared to "Yellow Human with knife on a rope"

Like someone said earier matched with what I read on the preview on Gamespot, "superman would be imune to everything apart from magic" Huh!? If that were the case, most of the DC universe would have killed Superman ten times over.

(Most wanted crossover: DBZ Vs Marvel - Broly Vs The Hulk, Would be crap yes, but the concept for a movie would be awesome)

 

[jim_doki]

I like single-franchise titles like Soul Edge.

That would be the franchise that has Darth Vader in the next instalment, right?

Not the same thing, having guest characters is perfectly fine, this is not an example of that, this is an example of a crossover that actually requires that you destroy the mechanics of the game in question.

actually, it is exactly the same thing. a geeky franchise crossover that without proper execution could end in tears.

 

[teh_snakerer]

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[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Sorry but Haloid and Dead Fantasy are crap and if you think otherwise you need to get some quality movies and literature in your system. They were unnecesarry and just ridiculous and sore on the eyes. They were futher over the top than any final fantasy game ever created and they furthered absolutely no points at all. Having a technical sill doesn't mean you should squander it.

I just wanted to comment on this: it's all right to dislike something, but do you have to call everyone who does like it illiterate?

On-topic, I am very, very skeptical about this.

 

[Yan-Yan]

Really, I feel that with the surplus of 'blood and gore' games out there, Mortal Kombat has lost it's niche. It used to be a one of a kind game. It was a fighter that showed the blood and gore to a level rarely seen in games.

These days though, it's "just another fighter". I think a new direction is a good thing for Mortal Kombat, because as they said, their sales have been going down with each game, and not for a lack of additions to the game (weapons, fighting stances, characters, fatalities, etc have all been added).

I don't know if this kind of thing is what MK ultimately needs, but I won't classify as a bad thing until I see the final product, and how it compares to previous games. Maybe it'll do the series some good to lose the M rating, and go down to Teen? I know it seems backwards, but losing what makes them unique could be a good change.