The Ultamite Kombat yet Trailer added
3 posts · 2008-04-18 08:12:00 to 2008-04-22 11:41:00
imax wrote:
All I was saying in regards to the fatalities and whatnot is that the elaborate death sequences were pretty much what kicked off Mortal Kombat's popularity. They certainly weren't the hinging factor, but in the beginning that's pretty much all anyone focused on. Part of what makes the games fun is the finality of completely slaughtering your opponent at the end of a match, sometimes in the most contrived ways imaginable.
To remove that from the game is to remove part of what makes the game fun and what the game is generally known for.
If MK vs. DC ends up being a good game, then that will be it. Until I can see more of the game, the crossing of the universes just doesn't feel right to me.
ManicV wrote:Do not want.
I like the DC universe, and I love MK. But the two together just seems... wrong. I guess I never questioned Marvel vs. Capcom because I didn't really care about either of those franchises. I didn't like any of the MK games between UMK3 and Deception. Armageddon was great, and I was content to believe that it would be the final MK installment as it was supposed to be.
And no fatalities/blood? These two things are what made the franchise. It's not Mortal Kombat without them.
MK Armageddon was basically MK Deception + MK Unchained + everything else that was left out. They were basically the same games almost just more and/or different characters. I don't see why you wouldn't like it. It's not like its a movie or tv show, just a game to have fun with. Marvel vs. Capcom did well, Super smash bro. did well, this just seems like the right thing to do.
I'm a huge fan of both genres. Up until I saw the trailer I wasn't sure about it, but now... I am more excited about this than I ever thought I could be. COME ON FALL!!!!!
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p.s. As for he no fatalities thing, honestly, if the fatalities were the only thing you liked about the MK series then your not an MK fan. There is tons of lore and backstory to all the characters in MK and it creates one of the most unique and interesting universes I've ever seen.
All I was saying in regards to the fatalities and whatnot is that the elaborate death sequences were pretty much what kicked off Mortal Kombat's popularity. They certainly weren't the hinging factor, but in the beginning that's pretty much all anyone focused on. Part of what makes the games fun is the finality of completely slaughtering your opponent at the end of a match, sometimes in the most contrived ways imaginable.
To remove that from the game is to remove part of what makes the game fun and what the game is generally known for.
If MK vs. DC ends up being a good game, then that will be it. Until I can see more of the game, the crossing of the universes just doesn't feel right to me.
GoDGiVeR wrote:
Roukan wrote:Directed at him or not, the fatalities were a deciding factor in the game's uprise. You can't say that (I'm assuming) a lover of the game/lore the Fatalities didn't make the game that much funner. Think about it. Would you vs. friends just to beat the snot out of them repeatedly with cool kicks? That's what Street Fighter and King of Fighters is for. Brawlers, they are. Mortal Kombat took that step too far, and we f#^&ing loved it. I loved going up to Liu Kang and ripping out his spine, seeing the 2D blood drip to the floor. I loved freezing someone and chucking their own freaking head at their body, shattering it; and you can't say when Babalities came out you didn't burst out laughing. Fatalities made the game, and the lore and character backgrounds are just a plus. A very entertaining and enthralling plus.Oh boy, if one of those anti-violence-game doods read that, they might just think that they are right in suspecting that game-violence spawns violence in real life.
Sorry for drifting off topic, but that isn't wrong actually, unfortunately what most people fail to see is that any game can spawn and is spawning violence, just look at football and soccer fanatics. Using video games as a scapegoat is just plain wrong.
Game, point, FATALITY.
Video Game Industry 1 - 0 Anti-Video Game Industry
What people fail to realize is that violence in video games doesn't actually incite anyone towards real-life violence. Gaming forums are the real problem. Countless scientific studies have concluded beyond all doubt that people who engage in heated debate on video game forums exhibit heightened levels of aggression. Obscenities haphazardly spouted amid poorly constructed sentences with pitiful grammar; this is the real tragedy. And it's enough to drive someone to kill.
Just last week a 13 year old boy was reading a video game forum and became enraged when someone disagreed with him. He went into his father's unlocked gun cabinet and grabbed a loaded 9mm. He stole his neighbor's car, drove across state lines, broke into the home of forum user "UberPikachu1337" and shot him to death. All because of a message board. Who is to blame? The internet. It's been right under our noses the whole time.
Violent video games don't kill people, open discussion kills people. Kids access the internet every day. Who knows what they could be talking about? If we want to maintain any semblance of hope at all, we need to abolish gaming forums.
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