From the beginning it was that weird sprites-based-on-photos style that I guess started with Pit Fighter, but that must have come to an end with the first (shitty) 3-D one.
The first bad MK game IMO was the infuriating 2D-3D Sub Zero platformer.
― antexit, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
MKII definitely is up there in terms of "introducing awesome new characters in a sequel"; I think the only other games that compete with it are Darkstalkers 2 and Viruta Fighter 2 (SF2 blows all of them away, of course).
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I think MK 3 looked really silly next to all those 3D fighters coming out at the same time.
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link
WAIT WAIT so all the ones past 3 are arcade?
what the fuck, am i supposed to hang out at airports or something??
― gff, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the Mortal Kombat movie is still probably the closest game-to-film adaptation yet.
-- latebloomer, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:26 AM (Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:26 AM) Bookmark Link
When Chameleon appeared late in the movie, I was all "fuck yeah, just like the game!"
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link
IN MK3 YOU COULD UPPERCUT PEOPLE UP ONTO OTHER LEVELS HOW COOL WAS THAT?????????????????????????????????????????
― DG, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
all the ones past 3 came out on consoles... 4, 5, 6, 7 all on PS2 as far as i remember! maybe 4 was on ps1 but i don't think so? i can't remember
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
SF2 hardly counts as a sequel imo, the first "street fighter" was so weird and different
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
do arcades exist anymore at all?
-- latebloomer, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:31 AM (8 hours ago)
good question. i know there's one up the top of the trocadero because fatnick and i went on a quest to play outrun 2 there
― DG, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
it all went downhill when my local corner shop got rid of its SF2 machine
there's a couple in montreal, one of which i went to and had my ass handed to me a couple of times.
it's sad because the arcade system is pretty awesome... i get to play on an arcade stick without needing to build it myself and/or pay 200 bucks, all while standing at a cabinet that i don't have to put somewhere in my house and plathe best possible version of a fighting game!
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
but MK3 loses points for switching to arabic # system
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the terrorists have won
― DG, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
BTW I foget who linked the "lame" MK3 fatalities but that was the last Mortal Kombat that I thought had AMAZING fatalities! i mean some of the UMK3 ones are uninspired (especially lame-o ermac), but some of the actual MK3 ones, priceless. i find it weird that they had to censor out sub-zero-classic's head/spine rip fatality (due ot the controversy it caused in MK1) but some of the ones they left in are WAY creepier/more brutal, ie. stretching a dude's mouth out and pulling their skeleton out through it, leaving a pile of skin?!?! what the fuck?!?! de-spine-i-tation seems tame in comparison!!!
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Will, how long have you been in MTL? It used to be an arcade PARADISE. There were six great ones on St. Catherine that I can remember. Now it's just the one, I think, on the north side by Drummond that has all those weird horseracing games and stuff.
― antexit, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i used to be able to play HARD DRIVIN' at the dolphin in romford :(
― DG, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i've only been here for like two years. i missed the golden age for sure. but then again i've never really looked for places, an old coworker brought me there once...
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
which MK had the Afghani guy who could drop through the bottom of the screen? that's the last one I played. it was fun. yep!
― Garrett Martin, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Afghani guy?! i have no idea what you mean! was it 3d polygons?
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Also wasn't this one of Kano's powers?
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently his name was Kabal. and apparently he wasn't necessarily Afghani, but from a dusty land, and perhaps even a desert. maybe he was Bedouin?
― Garrett Martin, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Couldn't one of the robots in 3 drop through the floor too? forward forward lowkick or something?
― antexit, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Arcades died when home systems were able to meet and more or less surpass cabinet quality graphics/sound/design.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Now, the only stuff that works to keep arcades alive are "event" games, like where you go skiing... for realz! Dance Dance/Beatmania used to keep it alive, but now that people have shown a wii/guitarhero willingness to buy peripherals, that well is mostly dry too. It's down to kiddie bullshit (whackamole, skee ball, treasure claw) and retro stylee arcades to carry the torch.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Kabal was the MK3 character I'd always play as...he looked like a tusken raider from Star Wars
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
with long hair
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.mkdeception.com/downloads/MKD_wp21_800x600.jpg
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
oh lol I have never seen that guy before in my life
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
he was my guy in MK3. which I only bought due to loneliness and depression.
― Garrett Martin, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i wasn't allowed to have it or play it due to overparenting. but i bought allll the magazines for 1-3!!!
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
oh god I was in college for I and II, I old
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
nothing wrong with that! means you got to play them when they were cool. if games were ever "cool" anyway
― Will M., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
MK2 had cool death moves and level design but actually sucked shit to an amazing extent when you were actually playing it
I mean, can run through SF2 from time to time and enjoy it but MK's just like a series of awkwardly blocked punches and annoying shouting noises
Deadly Alliance was good
― That mong guy that's shit, Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:15 (sixteen years ago) link
RONG
― latebloomer, Friday, 14 March 2008 07:39 (sixteen years ago) link
lol wtf @ ~2:30
― Leee, Saturday, 15 March 2008 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
err: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keIcdqP0Zz8
Even the fonts in MK3 were lamer... it is silly how the controversy after MK1 made it so they avoided bringing back the spine-ripping until MK4.
― Nhex, Saturday, 15 March 2008 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Also LOL at both that weird ass Fatality you picked and maskless Sub Zero.
― Nhex, Saturday, 15 March 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
talk about a "fist of doom"
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Friday, 21 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Saturday, 22 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha ha, no one's played any since the ps1 days I see
― abanana, Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Rightly so!
― Will M., Sunday, 23 March 2008 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, I think the realy tipping point was mixing noob sibot and smoke into "noob-smoke"
it just wasn't believable anymore
and then 9/11 happened
― latebloomer, Monday, 24 March 2008 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link
crying-eagle.jpg
― DG, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXZpGsvWi8
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, MK vs. DC is really damn good! Granted I haven't played a MK (or any non-Smash Bros fighting game) in like 13 years, and I am solely interested in the DC stuff, but this is both fun and solidly put together. Feels like a true MK despite being 3D. And Captain Marvel's Kingdom Come lightning blast move is awesome.
dude, this totally sounds like a gamestop user review.
― GM, Thursday, 20 November 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
MK3 is the best one, you fools.
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Thursday, 20 November 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
guys, can we talk about this
it's p. important
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Thursday, 20 November 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
and that's all of the mortal kombat i need rn
― Fictitious Business Name: (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
the last one I played was like 10 years ago. maybe Annihilation? either way I remember that mini-adventure game tacked onto it, I was fascinated with it because of how underdeveloped it was
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
i could watch that alien-with-chainsaw gif all day
― mh, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
i played mortal kombat mythologies sub zero a lot as a kid bc i was obsessed with the cut scenes (which are... real lol to me at this point in my life) and i thought it was such a cool idea (a mortal kombat platformer *should* be a cool thing!). however: fundamentally unplayable game
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
MK11 at its core, has gone right!The abominable, tedious unlock grind and always online games-as-a-service is godawful though. I feel you could replace the term "MK11" here with so many games in 2019.Female characters ARE a lot better in this one, though credit due to MKX for starting their trend of actually designing them decently
Still, it's MK - totally worth it for the goofy single player experience even if you can't/don't want to play with others. They've been a lot better than Capcom in at least delivering that. (Though I hate that so much is gated behind the online Towers. And the AI battles are such a waste of time as much as they were in Injustice 2.)
not just that slavery is bad, but that a storyline where time travel stops slavery from ever happening somehow promotes ‘white genocide’
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
it's jax's ending apparently? it rules imo
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
bb i'm gonna check that out
― Nhex, Sunday, 12 May 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
ha it does indeed rule
"i'm not gonna wait a few centuries for people to get woke!"
― Nhex, Saturday, 18 May 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjlKNniLq8
Shang Tsung trailer. Sindel, Nightwolf, Spawn confirmed. The leaks with Ash and Terminator probably true. Gotta give to NRS, they do these trailers well.
― Nhex, Saturday, 1 June 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBa_aHwCbC4it's kind of exactly what you would've asked for if you had asked for it
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
Why did so many people in this thread think the cop was fat, is this a Mandela effect thing
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 18 February 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9sJKfBM.jpgHe ain't 8-bit Mega Man, but....
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
I can't believe how many mortal kombat games there are. It's the same game, right?
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:49 (three years ago) link
Well you could say that about street fighter, tekken, king of fighters…new versions are the same but different yknow
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
They make a new Madden every year!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
Only one of those I've played are Streetfighter II. I used to like MK1 and 2 on the SNES. I getcha though, just impressed they've managed to do so many, topping them every few years like the FIFA games
Xp lol
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
just watched mortal kombat (2021) and honestly couldn't have asked for anything more than what i got.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 25 April 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
sold!
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 25 April 2021 03:45 (three years ago) link
it has:
2-3 really nicely staged and executed scenes2-3 performances with enough charisma to carry the terrible dialog (though sadly not the lead guy who is basically one of derek zoolander's model friends enlisted to act)3-4 moments that will make you go yesssssss if you have any affection at all for the games1 very funny, subtle-enough callback to the gameplay of the first couple editions that should make you smile
as an object of IP care and feeding it does more than enough
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 25 April 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
so cheesy, total fan service. story very clunky, but as B-grade schlock, good!
― Nhex, Monday, 26 April 2021 03:51 (three years ago) link
Sounds good to me. I am a fan of the very silly '95 movie and was worried this was going to be like a Zack Snyder take on the IP
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 26 April 2021 13:00 (three years ago) link
yeah I just assumed that what this movie was gonna be so I didn't have much interest in seeing it. if it's ridiculous and stupid I might watch it after all.
― frogbs, Monday, 26 April 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
there are some funny moments but i was frequently bored. suffered from a lack of lambert. all the casting is terrible imo.
― adam, Monday, 26 April 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Watched it last night. While it *was* stupid, it also wasn't very much fun outside of a handful of the fight scenes. I feel like this property would be better served Netflix Castlevania-style as an OTT gory animated series.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link