Zero Punctuation: Mortal Kombat

[Silent Eagle]

Anybody know where to find a Mugen Yahtzee? I know someones made it! And the Darkness Imp too!

 

[Mangue Surfer]

I just can't get my head around why so many fighters are so same-y. Why has the design of 'memorize esoteric combos in a side-angle perspective' hardly changed in two decades?

Because works well and gamers hate changes.

Think about the ipod controls. Is the natural step, you cant shape the interface as you please. Work for almost everyone. Everyone EXCEP the ubercore gamers.

HOLY HELL! I still complain about the 3D fighting games like Tekken. How they don't have the same feedback as the 2D fighters like King of Fighters. Tekken and Soulcalibur are already nostalgic by now.

Ps.: sorry for the bad english.

 

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

Jax's fatality is also a rehash from DC Vs. MK; Its Supermans, only with a kick added at the end.

 

[Moffman]

I've always found MK's violence to be a bit tongue in cheek, the pure ridiculousness of it being laughable. Kinda like Duke Nukem (But this game does it with sexism). I think it's meant to be stupid in that way, soooo over the top that intelligent people aren't going to take it seriously.
... Still there probably is someone getting off on it *shudder*

 

[GoddyofAus]

how did he get it?

good review none the less

Lots of Australians have the game.
When it really comes down to it, Customs don't open every package that comes into the country to look at it directly and try and match it up to a huge list of banned content/materials.
Hell, an Australian online store called ozgameshop had it in stock (Not that it lasted very long, and they're useless when it comes to re-stocking)

FYI, ozgameshop is located in the U.K. I doubt it takes 2-3 weeks to ship an item from inside the country.

 

[ace_of_something]

Kinda surprised this was done given how much of a point Yahtzee made that he doesn't like fighting games.

Hehehe. It's banned in Australia and you publish a video off you criticizing it? Hmmmmm...

So long as it can't relate to you playing it, but than again that would be unprofessional.

He played it while he was on vacation... er holiday... in the USA. Yeah, that's it.

 

[liquidsolid]

Just called to say "Marty McFly"

 

[Tsaba]

Marty McFly would like totally win! Yeah!

that and he has backup, the Starlighters
Go Johnny Go!

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Great review.

I could agree that the X-ray attacks do tend to become very repetitive if you like to play only with a certain fighter.

 

[cassiebearRAWR]

The only thing I found impressive about this game was that despite already being campy as all hell, they found a way to make it even more sexist and misogynistic. But that's not really a point in its favor...

 

[jebussaves88]

Mr Leap would crush Calvin Klein like a fat kid crushes his own hopes and dreams by just looking in a mirror.

What were we talking about again?

 

[Magister2005]

There IS a game that has all the 2D characters duking it out updated every few months. It's called MUGEN. Freeware, buggy as the midwest in spring, and...well, just look it up. Still, if you want to see what happens when Peter Griffen dukes it out with Homer Simpson...

 

[RavenDrake]

I'm curious... why is the "someone gets off on it" thing so bothersome to people when it comes to gore?

I mean, I know there are people with high-heels fetishes, but I don't squick out every time a Payless shoes commercial comes on. Is it just because having graphic violence/gore is already so touchy a subject?

It just feels like an extra level (or several) or criticism is applied to it over and above other subjects.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Marty Mcfly would win. Just sayin

Marty Mcfly will always win in a lineup!.

 

[RJ Dalton]

You know, I never liked Mortal Kombat to begin with. Even as a young kid, the gore always seemed so ridiculously over the top as to put me off. I kept thinking over and over again, is the gore the only thing the game has?
And now, as an adult, whenever I see a pointless sex scene in a movie I think to myself, "Are you seriously trying to get my attention with sex? Pft!"
I must just be weird.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Yeah, the entire fighting genre does scream of "Wait, that's it, you just stand in roughly the same arena every time and do glorifed button mashing?"

At least SSBB incorporated platformer elements and ridiculous power ups and weapons.

 

[GreigKM]

Not liking the new Dr. Who? As in the whole revived series or just Matt Smith? Either way, I wholeheartedly disagree. Sounds like nostalgia to me, then again, my favorite Doctor is number 4, so...

 

[K84]

I like the new/old MK, reminds me of times when gaming was fun.
And when arcades still.....*emotion*
Of times when Doctor Who was still worth watching.

I do not like the new one, no sir, i do not.
Torchwood, on the other hand, tres bien.
And that show about the smeghead.