So the game isn't fun enough because of a lack of content?

I hate to defend a fighting game, but the amount of content has little to do with the value of a game.

Fighting games aren't really about the quantity content in my opinion but rather the beating the crap out of other dudes characters. Quality > Quantity in my opinion.

"Fighting games aren't really about the quantity content in my opinion but rather the beating the crap out of other dudes characters. Quality > Quantity in my opinion."

Since your entire post is bold, I am reading it as if it were coming from an obnoxious 12 year old...you say that you are unsure about the game because of the reviews, but what reviews are out there? (just checked metacritic and there is 1 review from OXM with a score of 8.5) ...also, I've never heard any MK fans selling their entire MK collection because this game is rated Teen. If that is true, then those fans are obviously retarded and I'm glad that they're gone.

yeh i probaly came off as a fucking 12 year old ( i bolded the text for no reason )
but yeh the ign review is out  they gave it 7.5 (they actually took off points for the game having tamed fatalities so i shouldnt take their opinion seriously)
also my only issue really with mk vs dc is if the game will have a online community maybe i should ve titled this topic "whos getting this game"
because other than that and aside from the stiffness im seeing this is as mk returning to form


another thing of note all the hate ive seen for this game came from gamespot and kotaku

I think that there are still plenty of MK fans who aren't completely throwing away this game due to it's Teen rating, plus there could be a big jump in new fans thanks to the DC license. If the game is actually good and fun to play, then I expect it to have a decent online following.

yeh true im gonna put my final opinion after i see what jeff says when he finishes the review for the game
if anybody hes the guy you 'd wanna ask if the game is good since he loved the good old mk games and didnt like the bad new mk games 

now if you will excuse me im gonna try to take down jeffs  675 point score on this page :P

"Since your entire post is bold, I am reading it as if it were coming from an obnoxious 12 year old...you say that you are unsure about the game because of the reviews, but what reviews are out there? (just checked metacritic and there is 1 review from OXM with a score of 8.5) ...also, I've never heard any MK fans selling their entire MK collection because this game is rated Teen. If that is true, then those fans are obviously retarded and I'm glad that they're gone."

Was there ever a point in which you were sure about this game? Mortal Kombat games haven't been good ever since what? The third one? And this has... superman in it... I just can't get sold on this idea.

What it will most likely be: Have you played the last two or three Mortal Kombat games? If you liked them chances are it's pretty much the same, with the exception of having the Joker instead of awesome characters like, say, Kobra. But I'd guess the online community wouldn't last very long, at least that's what happened to the previous entries in the series, wasn't it?

I'd rather have Boon stick with MK and not bring in the DC part.

"I'd rather have Boon stick with MK and not bring in the DC part."

"Since your entire post is bold, I am reading it as if it were coming from an obnoxious 12 year old...you say that you are unsure about the game because of the reviews, but what reviews are out there? (just checked metacritic and there is 1 review from OXM with a score of 8.5) ...also, I've never heard any MK fans selling their entire MK collection because this game is rated Teen. If that is true, then those fans are obviously retarded and I'm glad that they're gone."

"I would say they aren't fans at all >.>"

"Absurd said:

"I would say they aren't fans at all >.>"

That's pretty much what I was saying without actually saying it and thus saying it to say that I said it by saying that I said it."

"jakob187 said:

"I'd rather have Boon stick with MK and not bring in the DC part."

I kind of agree, I actually would have liked them to stick with DC just for this game to see how to works out but, I want to beable to rip of superman fucking head, MK is based on gore, there was even a documentary on how much blood/gore was in the other games, it`s just wrong to make a T MK game, if your a fan since the start then you would argee.
I`m still going to purchase this one though, looking pretty awesome to me."

"Absurd said:

"I would say they aren't fans at all >.>"

That's pretty much what I was saying without actually saying it and thus saying it to say that I said it by saying that I said it."

They just messed up with the sidestep. They said it was only to position moves but it's not. The next MK I think should be strictly 2d, maybe not even with 3d character models.

"They just messed up with the sidestep. They said it was only to position moves but it's not. The next MK I think should be strictly 2d, maybe not even with 3d character models."

yah, the reviews have me a little worried too. I really haven't liked any of the MK's after 3 but I'm still hoping this one turns out different.

Also agree on making the next one strictly 2d platform and 3d characters. That sidestepping/weapon business from the last one was retarded.

I think the problem is that MK tried to catch up to what it thought was the leaders, when in fact...it was one of the two leaders.

I agree with the sentiment of this thread. In fact, if at all possible, they should avoid writing any new code. They should just take the arcade version of MK and port it to modern consoles, re-releasing it every few years with a different name. New gameplay elements are for the weak.

"I agree with the sentiment of this thread. In fact, if at all possible, they should avoid writing any new code. They should just take the arcade version of MK and port it to modern consoles, re-releasing it every few years with a different name. New gameplay elements are for the weak."

"I think the problem is that MK tried to catch up to what it thought was the leaders, when in fact...it was one of the two leaders.

SF, MK, and SS are the definition of 2D fighting games.  Everything else came at a different time and did what they needed to do.  SC and VF and Tekken rule the 3D ring, and I think SF and MK need to stick to 2D, as that's where they are the kings.

"

"Bellum said:

"I agree with the sentiment of this thread. In fact, if at all possible, they should avoid writing any new code. They should just take the arcade version of MK and port it to modern consoles, re-releasing it every few years with a different name. New gameplay elements are for the weak."

If that was sarcasm, I caught it.  If not, lol.

I don't think anyone is saying "no" to new gameplay elements.  There's just not really any need for this series to be in 3D.  I mean, look at SFIV.  That game is highly successful so far, and it's 2D through and through.  MK could easily do the same thing.  I think the freefall kombat stuff is pretty cool as an addition, and you could easily do that in a 2D fighter, as it's all on a single plane that can't really be controlled movement-wise.  The grapple QTE stuff, however, just bothers the fuck out of me.  I'm calling that it'll be glitched and fuck up a ton of matches.

Here's a perfect MK game:  roster of 20 characters with 6 unlockables (and ffs, include Kabal and Stryker), two fatalities for each character, 2D plane for fighting, no more than 3 hit combos, add in the freefall mechanic for multi-tiered environments, and add some of the pro move shit in there.  That's all you need.

And they pretty much have most of that in this game - except they have a 3D plane with the sidestepping, "brutalities" because of the T rating, and a roster of 20 characters that is only half-full with MK players.

In short, fuck Superman.  I blame his gay ass.

"

"i blame dc in general"

i dunno about that i think marvel would be okay with their characters killing people for once and they have more memorable characters
plus a marvel vs mk or the "pipe dream" mk vs street fighter would be hells better and would make better sense (street fighter has psycho power  and hadou energy so the rage story would be better suited) and marvel has their more super powerful characters( that can make tears in time and space hint hint) plus a thor vs raiden or magneto vs raiden would be much more kickass 

"i dunno about that i think marvel would be okay with their characters killing people for once and they have more memorable characters
plus a marvel vs mk or the "pipe dream" mk vs street fighter would be hells better and would make better sense (street fighter has psycho power  and hadou energy so the rage story would be better suited) and marvel has their more super powerful characters( that can make tears in time and space hint hint) plus a thor vs raiden or magneto vs raiden would be much more kickass "

"mrfluke said:

"i dunno about that i think marvel would be okay with their characters killing people for once and they have more memorable characters
plus a marvel vs mk or the "pipe dream" mk vs street fighter would be hells better and would make better sense (street fighter has psycho power  and hadou energy so the rage story would be better suited) and marvel has their more super powerful characters( that can make tears in time and space hint hint) plus a thor vs raiden or magneto vs raiden would be much more kickass "

I hate crossovers.  It's bullshit.  If the people are so unoriginal that they can't come up with their own damn characters, then they need to just stick with the same characters that they already have.  It's not like there aren't enough in the MK universe or the SF universe to keep things on their own.

With MvC, I could completely understand that, as it was guys like Mega Man and shit that aren't from fighting games against Marvel doods...and it was totally rockin'.  Nonetheless, once you had that, there was a ton of OTHER collaboration "versus" games that just ruined it all.

I still think X-Men: Children of the Atom was a massive high-point for Capcom in making fighting games that weren't SF, as that title was fucking brutal!!!

As it stands right now, the most I can truly hope for is a return to one of the coolest fighting franchises out there:  Darkstalkers.  Imagine THAT with the SFIV engine.  =  D

"

"mrfluke said:

"i dunno about that i think marvel would be okay with their characters killing people for once and they have more memorable characters
plus a marvel vs mk or the "pipe dream" mk vs street fighter would be hells better and would make better sense (street fighter has psycho power  and hadou energy so the rage story would be better suited) and marvel has their more super powerful characters( that can make tears in time and space hint hint) plus a thor vs raiden or magneto vs raiden would be much more kickass "

I hate crossovers.  It's bullshit.  If the people are so unoriginal that they can't come up with their own damn characters, then they need to just stick with the same characters that they already have.  It's not like there aren't enough in the MK universe or the SF universe to keep things on their own.

With MvC, I could completely understand that, as it was guys like Mega Man and shit that aren't from fighting games against Marvel doods...and it was totally rockin'.  Nonetheless, once you had that, there was a ton of OTHER collaboration "versus" games that just ruined it all.

I still think X-Men: Children of the Atom was a massive high-point for Capcom in making fighting games that weren't SF, as that title was fucking brutal!!!

As it stands right now, the most I can truly hope for is a return to one of the coolest fighting franchises out there:  Darkstalkers.  Imagine THAT with the SFIV engine.  =  D

"

It combines two of my favorite things: MK and DC characters.  Can't imagine myself not liking the the game.  As long as the word "fun" is mentioned in a review, I have few worries.