Zero Punctuation: Mortal Kombat
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Best fighting game of this generation, by far.
Whether a person likes it or not is their opinion, but to say it's irrelevant is a bit of an ignorant statement, considering that less than a month after its release, it sold 1 million units in the US alone.
Whether a person likes it or not is their opinion, but to say it's irrelevant is a bit of an ignorant statement, considering that less than a month after its release, it sold 1 million units in the US alone.
Yahtzee, too bitchy? That surprises you? Ha! What other Yahtzee have you been watching until now?thebreadbinman said:
Also his comments about the gore wasn't that there was too much, but that it wasn't that good.
Example: You do an x-ray move and break the enemies legs, he gets up, and then kicks
your face. The gore has no weight to it, and becomes boring after long exposure.
Also Yahtzee never settles for anything. Especially Fun! I have always thought
Yahtzee was hard on games, but he is right a lot too.
Besides, why should we settle?
I know that you're a paid video game critic but I'm still a little surprised you so much as bothered with this game. It's hardly news that Mortal Kombat is trying to sell gratuity to a puerile audience (only further proven by the fact that they still use a 'K'). Either way it's kind of nice to know it is pretty much exactly what I expected from the game.
Hell no!!ScarBrow07 said:
Sam Beckett (that's the guys name from Quantum Leap)was at least trained in a form of martial arts. Nothing against Marty personally, but he would just get stupid whenever someone would call him chicken. Then end up being chased all over Hill Valley when he realized how out matched he was...lol
As someone whose pretty much never been into MK before this, I have to say like this one. I do find the gameplay tighter than the previous iterations. As for the blood and gore, while it does get boring after a bit, I will say it does feel like the dev team worked to get back to what they felt was their old school vibe.
Whether or not that helps the case of the games are art debate or helps move the medium forward, I believe that is subjective, though my opinion is that while we don't go back, we don't really go forward.
The costumes of the females...I don't care too much either way, though I'll admit when the cop chick is not properly dressed for work and is showing cleavage like a canyon, it's a bit much. I'm still feel like we are waiting for a female character design that looks sexy without being hookerish....
I've always been more a tekken and street fighter guy so that probably should be taken into consideration.
But yahtzee hit it on the head with the story, the one character just coming and killing half the cast was just stupid.
But as alway another good episode of ZP. Keep up the fine work, Sir Croshaw
Whether or not that helps the case of the games are art debate or helps move the medium forward, I believe that is subjective, though my opinion is that while we don't go back, we don't really go forward.
The costumes of the females...I don't care too much either way, though I'll admit when the cop chick is not properly dressed for work and is showing cleavage like a canyon, it's a bit much. I'm still feel like we are waiting for a female character design that looks sexy without being hookerish....
I've always been more a tekken and street fighter guy so that probably should be taken into consideration.
But yahtzee hit it on the head with the story, the one character just coming and killing half the cast was just stupid.
But as alway another good episode of ZP. Keep up the fine work, Sir Croshaw
hmm, depends is Quantam Leap guy allowed to... uh... quantum leap, into someone like say bruce lee? If not, then i'm gonna go with Marty Mcfly, just because.
Yahtzee......dont care who you slept with to get it but ill offer you 500$ for your copy 
PP
p.p: Now seriously how come HE gets the game while 21,999,999 others are being denied that privvilage
He MUST be tight with the PM X_X
PPp.p: Now seriously how come HE gets the game while 21,999,999 others are being denied that privvilage
He MUST be tight with the PM X_X
I always found Mortal Kombats story intresting. And I thought how they decided to re-boot it was pretty cool. I mean, they did something like that in Star Trek (The new one.), and everyone praised it, and it works here too.
I don't agree either with the X-rays. I still get that same, Oooo.. feeling whenever I watch, say like Sindel's X-ray, or Johnny Cages. Painful, and I still grimance at them.
I don't agree either with the X-rays. I still get that same, Oooo.. feeling whenever I watch, say like Sindel's X-ray, or Johnny Cages. Painful, and I still grimance at them.
Which Superman took from Sheeva in Mortal Kombat 3.Gekidami said:
Anyway, I get that he doesn't like the game, fine. He has fun reviews of games I liked that he didn't (I liked Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for example).
He's entitled to his opinion...and I'm entitled to have fun with the game.
...though I do agree with him that the simplistic titling of the game could get kinda confusing.
Yup. Never cared for this series, nor did I understand why everyone was so keen on it. Now I know, it's a REBOOT! HOORAY.
I never even knew that the first mortal kombat had a story... Weren't stories illegal to have in video games pre-N64/PS1/Sega Saturn era?
I never even knew that the first mortal kombat had a story... Weren't stories illegal to have in video games pre-N64/PS1/Sega Saturn era?
It's a shame that he spent the entire time complaining about arguably the best fighting game to be released in the last year :/.
It wasn't perfect by any means but he rarely shits this hard on worse games.
Or as my key dyslexia would have it a "light punch to the neck." Happening less and less these days but still.
It wasn't perfect by any means but he rarely shits this hard on worse games.
You honestly need reaffirmation that in a world of 6 billion people you aren't unique?144 said:
I like to time them at the point where they'll kill the person and top that off with a fatality.Dragonblade146 said:
Or as my key dyslexia would have it a "light punch to the neck." Happening less and less these days but still
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C'mon, we all know Mr. Rogers is Old Testament. I think he was Esther's pimp.Petromir said:
Why is this happening? Who has been buying Mortal Kombat games for the past 15 years? Is Primal Rage next?
Street Fighter came back after a long absence (and waaaaay too many faux-sequels) because people wanted it. SF2 and all its various permutations aged pretty well overall, as they laid the groundwork for the entire genre. Mortal Kombat was just a bunch of pallet-swaps with all of the exact same moves except for a couple of unspectacular specials and the ability to rip someone's spine out (yeah, that sure isn't pandering to adolescents...). Seriously, what's next, Duke Nukem? Wait, what? You're kidding, right?