Mortal Kombat

Seriously… Am i the only person who doesn't want Kratos in MK?

It's stupid… It's the kind of ridiculousness that goes unnoticed by everyone except those who remember MK from the 'good old days'. I personally though this was going to be, essentially, an amalgamation of everything good from 1993-1995 revamped for the 'new age' for all the fans that have stood by through some of the sh!t that has followed from the first few games…

This is a tactic to shift 'units', caused by the downward spiral of what MK was… And because of the pathetic 'tameness' of MK V's DC, Boon and Co. have had to do something to convince people that MK is more than some tired old fighting game that won't sell. Add a Char., however unsuited to the original game, that everyone under and over 25  has heard about, who's known for being brutal to prove that the gore and 'super violence' is back and BOOM – game sales based on nothing more than that, and a mass of interest at even the name… Kratos aka cash cow.

Personally i think it's a step to far? Everything was, IMO, perfect as it was… Adding simple new things like X-ray moves and Char. damage, bringing back/keeping things like 'super' violence 

and proper fatalities whilst keeping things out – like re-setting before rounds – is exactly what a 'proper' MK needed on the Ps3 to bring it back from the dark…

And yes i do realise very few people care, and those who do will still buy it regardless… For example me. But it just doesn't make sense and he looks, IMO, out of place… He doesn't have a place in either camp. It's stupid!!

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Grrrr

i personally wasnt impressed by the demo, it was really slow fighting

@ HardAndSloppy – I actually wrote my post for the Duke Nukem thread here by mistake  And even then posted about something that had already been covered a few posts beforehand… It had been a long day

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One thing MK9 must 100% avoid are those stupid 'infinite combos'… Wtf, eh? I'm not a massive fan of fighters, but I'm definitely getting MK… Probably anyway And i hope that my time spent in the 'practice area' actually learning how to 'master' my chosen Char. will show when i come up against a player trying to 'b!tch me up' using 'cheap' tactics…  And i crush them with my skill!!

And the 'Rep' system might work well for those 'rage quitters'  Take your beating like a man and take the loss… I've seen the trophy list and some of the 'ranked online' trophies seem tough, and pretty much encourage 'spamming', boosting and all the other bad sh!t that goes on. The 'Turtle' trophy looks stupid!

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Information about the game (unofficial)

http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/…..video_game)

HardAndSloppy said:

emdeepee said:

Only gonna be a rental for me Doc.

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same here

You just planning on playing the 'Story Mode' element of it? You know it's only like £30 from most online stores?? None of the online modes you find interesting enough to part with a few pounds. I can't wait but i bet this'll be like £20 in a few weeks… I just can't wait though

All the 'pre-order' costumes/fatalities are unlockable in the Krypt… Not that i can give a source, i can't remember where i read it . So really they ain't getting anything that special if it's true, and it should be  

emdeepee said:

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Pretty much yeah. My gaming style = Jack of all trades (Master of none!!). As such when I go online I usually get my ass handed to me!!

I just can't play the same game over and over so I never get too good at anything. Plus I got quite a big backlog of games I've bought to go with some of my rentals.

pretty much summed it up for me. i only really rent games now because of such a crappy year last year. i bought a ton of shit games including: AvP, dante's inferno, COD:Blops, bioshock 2, and a few i cant think of at the moment. I vowed to only rent games i was the least bit sceptical of. and i dont really enjoy playing fighting games for long periods of time, they get boring. This year i'm only buying L.A. Noire, Uncharted 3, and the best of them all ………………. DUKE NUKEM: FOREVER!!!!!!!!