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Liu Kang Is In Mortal Kombat

You probably could have guessed that, but hey.

Feb. 11 2011

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Mortal Kombat

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Looks awesome, can't wait! The Kollector's Edition seems like overkill for me though, can't see myself with it somehow.

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What a irritating voice.

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It's just impossible for them to make the combat look exciting.

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Aw, he doesn't drop an arcade on his head? =(

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Liu Kang's bicycle kick. Shang Tsung morphing. I approve.

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Man, these beats are hot!

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Sweet music. I hate seeing Sub Zero getting picked on by Scorpion. Should be the other way around ; )

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How I wish Mortal Kombat was still relevant in the fighting genre :(

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game looks sweet, but that trailer was boring as shit

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A really disappointing trailer due to the great amount of hype the Mileena and Kratos ones gave me.

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BLUGABLUGABLUGA. *kick kick kick*

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I hate to say it (and I loved using Kang in the old kombats) but this trailer actually made me less interested for the game.   The pacing of it just didnt seem as tight as previous trailers released. 
 
And for this reboot (I know every game under the sun is doing CEs right now ) but god dam this CE doesnt offer anything and it shouldnt even justify a collectors edition as this game should be able to stand on its own 2 feet and say 'IM FUCKIN BACK BITCHES'.
 
This CE just looks tacked on which ultimately makes the product as a whole look worse for it.
 
Still excited for the game but now not so much :/

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Meh ..... MK must stay dead , nay correction MUST DIE !!!!! Never had any real "meat" in its fighting mechanics

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this looks sick I can't wait for april 19.

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That looked bad. Sorry to say it, but up until now I really liked what they showed for this game, but this looks very mediocre at best.

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LIU KANG CLAN AIN'T NUTHIN' TA FUCK WIT!

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@Mystyr_E: He doesn't drop an arcade on his head... YET!
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looking pretty awesome.

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Bicycle kick: CHECK

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It makes me sad to realize that the reason they probably didn't do the arcade finish was because they are probably saving it for paid DLC.

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Oh man I <3 Liu Kang he's getting a teleport 0.o I thought he would turn into a dragon for a sec or fireball his head off.

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The frames looked real choppy I hope they fix in that in the final version.

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My roommate (who just ordered the Kollector's edition) is absolutely SALIVATING over this game, but specifically over Kabal. Every new character announced who isn't Kabal is like a knife through his poor heart.

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Didn't buy the Dead Space 2 CE due to crappy plastic crap. This CE looks good though. I might give this a pre-order. Also.. fighting games are good.

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Love the Kang!

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Wait, if Liu Kang was trained by Bo Rai Cho, how come the fat drunk doesn't shriek like a girl when he's fighting?

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yo I hear you can kill dudez with spikez in dis video gaem?

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@crusader8463 said:
" It makes me sad to realize that the reason they probably didn't do the arcade finish was because they are probably saving it for paid DLC. "
I think it's more likely because they're going for a bit more of a serious tone with this one.  All of that silly stuff is gone..  Though perhaps they will add it as DLC eventually. 
 
@Undeadpool said:
" My roommate (who just ordered the Kollector's edition) is absolutely SALIVATING over this game, but specifically over Kabal. Every new character announced who isn't Kabal is like a knife through his poor heart. "
He'll be glad to know that Kabal is in the game then.  Every character from the first three games is in, except Rain and Motaro - who was likely left out due to the technical issues of having a four legged character.  Quan Chi is the only character from the later games that's in, and his appearance more than makes up for the lack of the other two, in my opinion.  (Sorry Jeff!)
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@WinterSnowblind: Have they 100% confirmed this? Because the unofficial confirmation of Stryker (a favorite of a DIFFERENT roommate) has him all manner of dejected.
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@Undeadpool: Stryker is definitely in, he could briefly be seen in one of the gameplay videos.  The rest of the information isn't confirmed but comes from the same source on Twitter who leaked the Marvel vs Capcom roster. 
 
Also worth mentioning that Microsoft are apparently in talks with developers to have an exclusive character as day one DLC.  Supposedly they weren't interested until the Kratos reveal caused such a buzz, but all that's known is that they flat out refused the possibility of Master Chief being included. (though not the Halo franchise as a whole).
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They gave him Kano's old finisher? 
 
He better have the dragon one from MK2, that's all I'm sayin'.

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OK, those book stands look pretty boss.

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Some pretty sweet looking bookends.

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Every fighting game needs its Bruce Lee wannabe .

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WHOA. I need those bookends!

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Am I the only one who thinks his character model looks kinda crap?

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Those bookends are the real star of this show.

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Good to see my favourite whooping, bicycle-kicking fighter is in the  game.

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April 19 will be a day of days.

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I'm too hyped for MvC3 to care about MK right now... but GIMME THOSE BOOKENDS!

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Ugh, I hate indistinct sequel titles. "Remake" or not. 
 
Over/Under on the next game called "Mortal Kombat": 2015. Bets?

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Doooopeness.

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@WinterSnowblind said:
" @Undeadpool: Stryker is definitely in, he could briefly be seen in one of the gameplay videos.  The rest of the information isn't confirmed but comes from the same source on Twitter who leaked the Marvel vs Capcom roster.  Also worth mentioning that Microsoft are apparently in talks with developers to have an exclusive character as day one DLC.  Supposedly they weren't interested until the Kratos reveal caused such a buzz, but all that's known is that they flat out refused the possibility of Master Chief being included. (though not the Halo franchise as a whole). "
Yeeeeah, I saw that vid. I myself am pretty stoked about Stryker, he was kinda under-used thanks to all that controversy, but this makes me smile.
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@mewarmo990 said:
" I'm too hyped for MvC3 to care about MK right now... but GIMME THOSE BOOKENDS! "

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spoilers

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The bicycle kick animation was a little wonky.... but, if that's the only thing I didn't find awesome.. then i'd say that's pretty good! Those book ends are very sweet, however they might need to hold my game cases instead. :)

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lol GiantBomb.

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I don't know why people are not enticed by this game. I gave up on Mortal Kombat after 4, Deception was the only OK follow up. Regardless, now it's going back to its roots and the gameplay actually looks enjoyable.  Mortal Kombat has always been about over the top, exaggerated moves so don't expect something like Dead or Alive.
 
Oh and about the DLC - yeah I hope they don't milk it to death, but I know for a fact that it's just the EXTRA fatalities that they're throwing into the paid DLC mix. We're still going to get a few for each character with the game.

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It's kinda weird how this series is still allowed to exist thanks to nostalgia and gore. Most of the nostalgia also being induced by the goriness of the original games. I call it gorestalgia.

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Edited By NathanStack

Meh. I'm not super keen on the the juggling stuff they've shown in some of the other previews. I'll wait to see some actual gameplay before deciding in this one.