i.e. MK games will become good when Hell will be frozen, lol.
Right now arena cameo character models (Daegon Reiko Kenshi on Pit and Kira Li Mei on Battle Arena) are used as placeholders, MK team stated that in interview. In other words there may be someone else there in final build
If they’re smart, the system will award you the win as soon as the words “FINISH HIM” appear on screen.
could this be evo worthy… could it???
No it is not, because new MK looks like a huge improvement over its (3D) predecessors, while MvC3 looks like a downgrade from MvC2. I’m more excited about KoF 13 though.
after KOF13 the only fighting game i’m looking for is this new MK…i watched the 10.36min video and i was really impressed by the work they did with this game…smooth and…gory!!
I fucking hope so.
This game is looking awesome thus far, im just really tentative on how smooth the actual will be on release. I cant that stand that slow, mudded down shit feel that MK has had through the 3D games.
One thing the 3d MKs did right was bring out the personality of the characters. And really separated the “so called” copy cat ninjas (especially in terms of appearance).
Me being one of the few people IN THE WORLD who, still to this day, likes MKA: I give thanks to Boon and his team giving the 3D MKs a shot and now presenting us with something amazing that is MKIX.
I heart <3 Sheeva too. 
Well now, the mood in this thread changed fast, did it not?
While i’ll give them credit for totally unique character design with MKA…i mean i pulled it out for nostalgia and dear god does it feel bad. I mean the only thing in the game that feels ok other than appearances is that the visual part of the kreate a kharacter is a lot better than i thought, but dear god is the gameplay ugh. I will give points for finally incorporating a stand up attack.
They’ve had em since MK4, unless you’re just talking about the camera focusing on one character at a time. Hell, Deception had unique in-between round kip-up/stand up animations for every character.
Damn man Im getting really hyped now lol, Im actually looking forward to this a bit more then i was SSF4 (Im not really a SF4 fan) and I hope they deliver…so far so good.
Finally got to watch the Gamespot video. Shit looks way more awesome then what was shown in the pre-E3 trailer.
That said, I kinda lolled at Boon messing up the names, calling Kung Lao “Shao Lin” (before correcting himself) then calling the Dead Pool “the Pit.”
What worried me for a second was when he mistakenly said “create your own fatalities… specials…”, then I figured out he meant combos.
I personally don’t see a whole lot of 1v1 play in tournaments, I think its all gonna be 2v2.
I’m gonna be playing mainly 2v2 myself. Just waiting to see kano.
If this game really does get serious play this might be the first time there’s a number of equally viable play options. 1v1, 1v1 tag mode, 2v2 tag mode, etc. It stands to reason that the 1v1 would be the “true” way to play but I can see some conflict arising over the issue, especially since tag mode will have a very different meta.
Agreed.
It’s confusing how he called combos “custom combos” (in relation to the dial a combo and canned string type combos from other MKs).
So with all the things that we have seen in the past days , what exactly would you guys want to be altered / tweaked ?
I personally don’t want too many characters. Perhaps 26 is a bit too much and it will be more difficult to balance them all. Though I guess I should mention that Boon said he has some very ‘aggressive’ plans for online (new characters, new backgrounds, new fatalities) … So balance paches ? Is it a longshot?
Secondly I would like it if the super bar doesn’t get filled up only by getting yourself hit and doing special moves. Agressive gameplay SHOULD be encouraged , it’s more flashy this way and less boring to watch.
X Ray moves should also do less damage if you can combo afterwards (ala Kung Lao) - Right now they remind me of SF4 ultras .