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The Fragile Breath wrote: Does anyone want to talk about characters they hope to see return? Characters they don't want to see return? Or about some of the recent teases Netherrealm have given? Ermac was my most hoped for, followed by Skarlet, Jade, and Smoke. With Ermac confirmed and Jade's fighting style confirmed (sadness), and Smoke has been hinted at once or twice, I'm really hoping to see Skarlet return as a full fledged character.
I'm more interested in what's going on with the plot. Are they just skipping Shinnok after teasing him in the last game? Quan-Chi's there, which is good, but what about the fallen Elder God?
I'm very, VERY interested in the plot. I'm also quite positive Shinnok will be in (probably playable) after that awesome tease of him appearing at the very end of 9.
The thing I'm probably the most interested in is whether or not Ermac is evil in this new one, as well as Kotal Kahn's alignment. Spoilers from the comics
Spoiler:
because unless something changes, Kotal is actually a (fairly) good guy, which is surprising and cool. Also, in an Ermac versus Kotal fight, in the intro Kotal says something about Ermac being his ally. Perhaps Ermac will be good? I'm excited, and wondering how long until they announce Erron Black to be playable.
Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
He doesn't really seem to share any similarity with good old Shao however. Kotal has a Mayan theme going on, whereas Shao has always felt like he stepped out of Conan the Barbarian.
Maybe they're estranged family?
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
And I disagree on the "bad guy" behavior, in the comics he's been pretty diplomatic.
Edit: The interactions we've seen between him and Cassie (a confirmed good gal) have been pretty non-hostile too.
Cassie: "Hey, cool mini skirt."
Kotal: "Is that a joke at my expense?"
Cassie: "No, it's yours for free!"
Or consider the interaction between Cassie and D'vorrah (one of Kotal's two most trusted people), where Cassie says in a completely non-hostile tone "I didn't expect to see you here, D'vorrah."
...Yes, I know. I have studied this game WAY too much.
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Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
What's the bet the single player story has just as many wafer-thin excuses to have allies fight one another, like the one where Cage and Jax fight each other because of a small verbal argument.
H.B.M.C. wrote: What's the bet the single player story has just as many wafer-thin excuses to have allies fight one another, like the one where Cage and Jax fight each other because of a small verbal argument.
I would be shocked and disappointed if it did not have them!
Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
H.B.M.C. wrote: What's the bet the single player story has just as many wafer-thin excuses to have allies fight one another, like the one where Cage and Jax fight each other because of a small verbal argument.
I would be shocked and disappointed if it did not have them!
Seconded. "Hey, you called that girl hot! Fight me, because reasons!!"
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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The Fragile Breath wrote: Does anyone want to talk about characters they hope to see return? Characters they don't want to see return? Or about some of the recent teases Netherrealm have given? Ermac was my most hoped for, followed by Skarlet, Jade, and Smoke. With Ermac confirmed and Jade's fighting style confirmed (sadness), and Smoke has been hinted at once or twice, I'm really hoping to see Skarlet return as a full fledged character.
No indications so far (apart from probably getting Shinnok), but I'm hoping for some characters from MK 4-7 to turn up in the new timeline, especially Fujin, Bo'Rai Cho and Ashrah.
"The 75mm gun is firing. The 37mm gun is firing, but is traversed round the wrong way. The Browning is jammed. I am saying "Driver, advance." and the driver, who can't hear me, is reversing. And as I look over the top of the turret and see twelve enemy tanks fifty yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich."
Elemental wrote: No indications so far (apart from probably getting Shinnok), but I'm hoping for some characters from MK 4-7 to turn up in the new timeline, especially Fujin, Bo'Rai Cho and Ashrah.
Absolutely. Fujin would be interesting with the new combat system.
Ok, so Mileena is of the opinion that she should be Empress of Outworld (well she is Shao Khan's "daughter", I guess, so ok). Kotal Khan has other ideas.
And Shinnok was there, and he got sucked into that damned amulet. Always comes back to that amulet.
H.B.M.C. wrote: What's the bet the single player story has just as many wafer-thin excuses to have allies fight one another, like the one where Cage and Jax fight each other because of a small verbal argument.
Can't be any worse than Pokemon.
*Trainer approaches you.*
"My shoes... are red."
*SCREEN FLASHES*
- - - - -
I'm seriously loving Cassie Cage. She's shaping up to be my favorite character.
Let's just pretend that I meant to put the Brutality one in there.
Speaking of which:
Brutalities!!!
How awesome an idea is that? Special finishing moves based upon what you end the final round with? Several per character. No inputs required. Ingenious!
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Can I just say that I love the set up for this one? Each character has three distinct styles, so if you're someone who loves one particular character you have more to learn and aren't counterpicked solely by playing the character you love.
Really hoping for Kabal to be revived, but I'll settle with Ermac.
Any of you guys getting this on PC?
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I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
This is the first MK I've been interested in and actually pick up since probably MK III back on the PC ages ago. I have little to no idea what has transpired between IV and IX. I think it is partially because it has been long enough to get my interest and also because I played Injustice, which was fun, and this is the same group, afaik.
I like the EU (and probably NZ and Australia) CE better than the NA one: the Scorpion statue in that looks much better to me.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Ahtman wrote: This is the first MK I've been interested in and actually pick up since probably MK III back on the PC ages ago. I have little to no idea what has transpired between IV and IX. I think it is partially because it has been long enough to get my interest and also because I played Injustice, which was fun, and this is the same group, afaik.
I like the EU (and probably NZ and Australia) CE better than the NA one: the Scorpion statue in that looks much better to me.
Basically, a bunch of stuff happened, then MK9 happened and Raiden changed the timeline.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Yeah, play MK9. It's a great game that takes you through the first three MK games but also redoes them, so you'll be completely up to date by the end.
But if you must know, short short version:
MK1 - Tournament to take over Earth. Have to win 10 in a row. Outworld has won 9. Earthrealm wins. Shao Khan unhappy. MK2 - Khan goes for a 'winner takes all' special tournament. Loses again. MK3 - Khan goes "Feth it!" and invades Earthrealm. Is defeated. MK4 - Fallen Elder God Shinnok, the ruler of the Netherrealm, tries to take over everything. Loses. MK5 - Shang Tsung (Khan's 2IC) and Quan-Chi (Shinnok's 2IC) form a 'Deadly Alliance' kill Liu Kang, and try to make themselves the ultimate power. They pretty much kill everyone and then they win! Yes, the bad guys win MK5. MK6 - Onaga, the original master of Shao Khan and original ruler of Outworld, returns. He kicks the crap out of everyone and is going to win when a dude who can mimic everyone kicks his ass. MK7 - The Elder Gods foresaw that all this Kombat was going to do terrible stuff to the realms, so set up an 'Armageddon' event to stop it all. Every kombatant fights in this, trying to get to the top of a literal ziggurat to take the ultimate power. MK8 - Didn't happen. Batman was not involved. MK9 - Shao Khan wins! He bested everyone on the way to the ziggurat, and beat Raiden in final kombat. Raiden goes "LOL!" and sends a message back in time, hoping to fix things. He does... kinda... though it goes badly.
But yeah, play MK9.
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So tempted to buy it on release (once a port report is out)... but it's a WB game, so it'll be chock full of needless DLC, and they'll release a Komplete edition anyway.
Imaskari wrote: Netherrealms Studios is a dev I happily support as Ed Boon is awesome...
Fair enough. I hadn't looked at it from that perspective. Ed Boon (and his company) is a man deserving of our money.
Imaskari wrote: ... and WB interactive entertainment isn't nearly as bad Ubisoft or EA.
Not so fast. WB are the 'me too' of the game publishing industry, wiling to try/adopt any anti-consumer practice the others do simply because everyone else is doing it.
WB has published games that are actually worth playing and don't have bad optimization though.
They actually give their devs a lot of freedom too, even ones they own.
Mortal Kombat, Injustice, and the Batman games would have been not so great if WB were as big control freaks as EA on a non Bioware game.
They are publishing for the Witcher 3 in NA as well and that was CD Projekt having total control of the dev process.
DLC and pre-order bonuses suck I agree I just don't think its going away anytime soon. I don't think that is a reason to punish good devs for some crappy behavior of the publisher.
I bet even after the terrible sales and pre-orders for Assassins Creed Unity and Farcry 4 Ubisoft will still DLC and pre order bonus even harder for their next big game.
Imaskari wrote: WB has published games that are actually worth playing and don't have bad optimization though.
Completely correct. I adore the Batman Games - Arkham City is a game I love so much I've played through it 5 times - and Injustice was tons of fun. I even broke my "no pre-order" rule for Arkham Knight, I want that game so much!
But as a publisher they are becoming worse. I mean just look at all the special editions of MKX! Goro is locked out for those that don't pre-order. It's happening, and getting slowly worse.
And wait... they're publishing Witcher 3 (another game I broke my no pre-order rule for!)? I didn't think CD Projekt Red needed a publisher? Either way, they've said Witcher 3 will have tons of DLC, all of it free, which is awesome.
Imaskari wrote: I bet even after the terrible sales and pre-orders for Assassins Creed Unity and Farcry 4 Ubisoft will still DLC and pre order bonus even harder for their next big game.
Ubisoft is the worst, with 10000 different versions of every game they release (and that's before we even get to the porting issues). I didn't buy Black Flag until it was on-sale on steam along with all its DLC was out. Got the whole lot for $30. Totally worth it.
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