New Mortal Kombat game for PS3 and X360

[Ninjinister]

http://kotaku.com/5560010/the-new-mo...pure-brutality

Woah. They brought back some characters that I definitely did not foresee returning.

[Nelson]

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment just revealed that the famous fighting franchise will return on the Xbox and PlayStation 3 in 2011 in a new MK that will be played in 2D.

Woohooo!! Excellent! The video won't load for some reason, but from the thumbnail it seems that the characters design have lost the excessive musculature from the past games. Which is what I wanted to see: characters with realistic proportions that could stand side to side with the digitized actors from the first games.

Now all we need is better music. Some techno that pumps you up, something that the movies and animated series had but for some reason the games did not. Oh, and the return of the Kreate a Character mode.

Nelson's list:
- 2D gameplay (check)
- Realistic proportions on character models
- Better music
- Character creation

[XERO]

I just want Liu Kang back. And not as a zombie.

[Ninjinister]

I'm finding it weird that everybody's going nuts (in a good way) over Kung Lao's Fatality... as if it wasn't recycled from a game made five years ago.

Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome Fatality... in fact, I think it's my favorite from Shaolin Monks... it's just... not new.

[ThirdMarioBro]

So let me get this straight. New Mortal Kombat, gory as hell, with REAL 2D GAMEPLAY, and no bullsh*t, plus the return of the pit.

Thank you Street Fighter IV.

Can't wait.

[Peanut]

THIS is what I wanted. Looks so awesome. I can't wait.

[Ninjinister]

Yeah, it's pretty safe to say that SF4 paved the way for the MK developers to realize that the classic stuff is where it's at.

[Peanut]

Or it could be that Ed Boon said, while MKvsDC was still being developed, that directly after MKvsDC was finished this was the game they were making? Am I the only one who heard that?

F*ck giving Street Fighter IV credit for EVERYTHING. Let's move the hell ON.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Or it could be that Ed Boon said, while MKvsDC was still being developed, that directly after MKvsDC was finished this was the game they were making? Am I the only one who heard that?

Ed Boon says a lot of s**t. Seriously, if you ever go back and watch some of his older interviews, approximately 75% of what he says doesn't make it into a game.

F*ck giving Street Fighter IV credit for EVERYTHING. Let's move the hell ON.

You're just sad 'cause you don't like SF.

[sdp]

I'm really not that impressed with the trailer, the graphics aren't that impressive in fact it looks like MKvsDC. Of course I am very happy that this IS MK and not that ****** realistic take the film pitch had.

Now it is true that Boon says a lot of **** but I disagree a lot of the stuff he says doesn't make it but a lot of the stuff does make it. I am sure they looked at SF4 and saw what they could use but besides that i really see no real big influence from SF4.

Boon said plenty of times that Armageddon was the last MK of that kind and we'd get a new MK for the next game. He also said everything would start fresh and it'd have to do nothing with the previous storyline and characters.

I thought the next MK would have been like SF3 that it was all new fighters that had nothing to do with the past games only Ken/Ryu came back and I figured SubZero/Scorpio would remain. Instead we get familiar characters, so I'm guessing this is a reboot, which I'd be fine with a reboot since there is a lot of cleaning up to do in the early MK Mythos, however the trailer clearly shows MK2/3 characters and settings that don't belong in the first game. I guess you can make room for them but Cyrax is also there so early on? I wouldn't call that cleaning up the Mythos but messing them up even further but oh well.

Hopefully it'll be something interesting, I really don't see it being as amazing as the forums are making it out to be though. Its as if they just re-discovered MK and say the 3d games sucked even if they didn't play them. I'd argue the 3D games are superior to the 2D Mortal Kombats. Anyways just glad the game does feel like MK and not a ****** realistic b-horror movie looking reboot.

[Samhain]

Looks sick. Man, I have MK fever as of late!

[TheCanadiandrome]

ooh baby, yeah this is what's a like! can't wait!

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by sdp

I'm really not that impressed with the trailer, the graphics aren't that impressive in fact it looks like MKvsDC. Of course I am very happy that this IS MK and not that ****** realistic take the film pitch had.

I dunno. I'd actually really, really like a game like that film pitch. It wouldn't necessarily have to be the mainstream MK as much as a one-off or alternate universe type thing, like Twisted Metal had with Black. After Black they made Head-On, which was set in the normal TM universe.

Now it is true that Boon says a lot of **** but I disagree a lot of the stuff he says doesn't make it but a lot of the stuff does make it.

Not really. If I actually cared enough, I could go back and come up with a laundry list of things he's said that don't make it into a game. I don't have any doubt that he may have tried to get the team to get these things in, but in the end, there is a LOT of stuff scrapped, apparently due to time.

I am sure they looked at SF4 and saw what they could use but besides that i really see no real big influence from SF4.

One thing that Boon has said that has been consistent, is that they look at other fighters out there and take what they can that works for those fighters, that would also work for them. With SF4, it and (arguably, BlazBlue) have started a new wave of 2D fighters - the popularity of these games has returned to the forefront. That, and SF4 brought the game back to the basics while still delivering something cool and new - which is exactly what this new game seems to be doing.

I guess you can make room for them but Cyrax is also there so early on?

Sektor.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

That, and SF4 brought the game back to the basics while still delivering something cool and new - which is exactly what this new game seems to be doing.

BUT HE SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MKvsDC! Jesus. And talking about things he'd like to put into the game, but can't or doesn't end up doing, has nothing to do with something like this. You act like he's f*cking Molyneux.

There were a lot more games that "brought things back to basics" and sold amazingly well before SFIV, a lot of them were even Capcom games. I don't understand why everyone thinks the "huge success" (MKvsDC sold nearly as much) of SFIV is what's causing all of these "back to basics" game design decisions.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Peanut

BUT HE SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MKvsDC! Jesus. And talking about things he'd like to put into the game, but can't or doesn't end up doing, has nothing to do with something like this. You act like he's f*cking Molyneux.

There were a lot more games that "brought things back to basics" and sold amazingly well before SFIV, a lot of them were even Capcom games. I don't understand why everyone thinks the "huge success" (MKvsDC sold nearly as much) of SFIV is what's causing all of these "back to basics" game design decisions.

Oh Peanut...

Don't ever change.

Have a cookie.

[sdp]

Well remember how MK4 was supposed to be "back to the basics" which is why it only had Fatalities and they got rid of everything else.
Theres another game he also called "back to the basics" as well, I think Deception so this is nothing new. Metal bands also do this all the time.

Anyways I am a bit disappointed at the new game however, I actually expected much worse so at least this does feel MK.

Personally I want more adventure games, Shaolin Munks was pretty fun.

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

I dunno. I'd actually really, really like a game like that film pitch. It wouldn't necessarily have to be the mainstream MK as much as a one-off or alternate universe type thing, like Twisted Metal had with Black. After Black they made Head-On, which was set in the normal TM universe.

Meh, they would have done it as a full reboot and if it was a success then old MK was as good as dead and if it bombed (which I think it would have) then we would have gotten the old MK back.

I don't know if Twisted Metal is a good analogy since Black did make it more realistic but the mood was still part of the original even if more cartoony. In the movie pitch it took away an important part of it, no different than making Goku a HS student.

With that said in that case Black is clearly the better take on the franchise and why the hell has Sony not made a sequel? long over due and I don't have hopes for it being at E3.

Sektor.

I even googled it to see if I got it right and realized I switched them only to end up typing it wrong.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by sdp

With that said in that case Black is clearly the better take on the franchise and why the hell has Sony not made a sequel? long over due and I don't have hopes for it being at E3.

Black 2 was canceled and Jaffe keeps teasing a PS3 entry but nothing concrete is ever seen. EatSleepPlay is reportedly working on something right now that is NOT TM though.

I even googled it to see if I got it right and realized I switched them only to end up typing it wrong.

Happens to the best of us.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Oh Peanut...

Don't ever change.

Have a cookie.

So...what part of what he said is wrong, exactly?

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by TheCure

So...what part of what he said is wrong, exactly?

I never said he was right or wrong. I just keep forgetting how hardcore some folks are about video games 'round these parts, and I'm not up to the challenge to discuss/debate/argue/et cetera most times. So I'm just dropping it.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm just glad its 2D. I'm HOPING this thing has some kind of presence at E3, but I doubt it. Either way, its just good to have the real Mortal Kombat back.