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Post by Bobinator on Jun 11, 2014 23:45:40 GMT -5
Before anybody asks, yes, I'm aware of MKX, and yes, I'm totally going to cover it when it comes out. Most likely the PC version, as long as it comes out in a reasonable timeframe. Unfortunately, the PS4/ONE versions are probably going to be off limits to me by then, since I'd rather get a WiiU.
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Post by dr_st on Jun 25, 2014 15:46:41 GMT -5
Another tremendous article. All thumbs up! I have to agree with almost everything, at least when it comes to the first 4 games and MK-2011. Being a PC-only player, I completely skipped all the games in between, which turns out to have been a good thing. I actually grew up playing the 2D games, so they still feel special to me, and I can enjoy them enough to play, even today. I either play the original DOS versions, or the Arcade releases via MAME, which are slightly better. The console ports I've tried are really sub-par, in comparison. I disagree about some points - e.g., I felt the AI in MK3 was much cheaper and more annoying and more difficult than in MK2. The MK2 AI succumbs to a pretty standard jump-kick, step back, wait for counter attack, then counter their counter approach. The MK3 AI is, on the one hand, dumb, on the other hand, it clearly cheats by pulling off moves that the player cannot pull off, time after time. Higher up the ladder and in the endurance matches the best tactic is sometimes landing a few early attacks to get some small advantage, then getting the AI a certain distance from you, and walking back and forth until the time expires. Amazingly, it's so dumb that it will easily get stuck in this loop, as long as you don't break distance or actually try to attack it. MK9 does take the crown. I was so pleased when they finally released it on the PC, and the Komplete Edition to be sure. I understand how getting it 2 years after the game was out for the consoles made the launch largely unnoticed, if not disappointing. But I didn't care, and for me it was totally worth the wait. Especially, since MK is one of the few fighting games where you can actually play with the keyboard and not be handicapped compared to a stick/gamepad player. I think the review was a bit too harsh on MK-vs-DC. Stupid in-battle mini-games aside, I feel that the game actually looked nice, and the story mode, cheesy and all, is very well-done. It's the MK-vs-DC story mode that started the formula which was so successfully continued in MK9.
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Post by Super Orbus on Jun 29, 2014 9:54:41 GMT -5
Unfortunately, the PS4/ONE versions are probably going to be off limits to me by then, since I'd rather get a WiiU. Consoles are like Pokemon. You gotta catch 'em all. EDIT: Just finished reading through the article. So in Conquest they "couldn't even afford bras for the female characters"? Riiiiight. I'm sure that was the reason.
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Post by nightdreamer on Jul 7, 2014 23:30:36 GMT -5
Kotaku covered a reunion event from the original MK cast, and most of them still look fit and spry! (Johnny Cage is hilariously the only guy that has 'aged' considerably!)
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Jul 24, 2014 13:58:59 GMT -5
Surprise, a large (almost one gigabyte) patch has been released for the PC version! It cites "performance fixes" among its features and some people who have patched the game say that, indeed, the slowdowns they suffered are gone. If only they took a little less time...
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Post by dr_st on Jul 24, 2014 15:53:52 GMT -5
Very nice! I wonder if it fixes the issue that bothered me the most: reconfiguring keyboard keys only affects the combat, not the menus / select screen / extras navigation, which creates an inconsistent control scheme. I didn't see it mentioned in the patch description text, so probably not.
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Sept 19, 2014 3:35:47 GMT -5
Not really news at this point but the PC version of MK9 is once again on sale on Steam for five bucks, along with several other games published by WB. Since their Humble Bundle last year, their games show up in sales more often.
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Post by jorpho on Oct 2, 2014 0:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by Bobinator on Oct 2, 2014 0:49:45 GMT -5
The best thing about that video is the guy playing Shang Tsung trying so hard to come up with any positive values about Mortal Kombat when the news guy mentions how violent the games are. "Helps children learn to be concerned about violence" MY ASS.
But, yeah, sadly without any video of the thing, it'd be really hard to say much about it. Maybe I'll give it a brief mention when it comes time to write about MKX.
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Post by KeeperBvK on Nov 4, 2014 6:30:16 GMT -5
How come there aren't any pics of MK4's fatalities or of the game's GBC version? Also, the game.com version of MK Trilogy gets a screenshot but no mention in the text at all? I'd love to read ANYTHING about it in the article. To me, HG101 is all about the obscure games and the obscure versions on obscure platforms. Also, I like MK 4 quite a bit more than the 2D Mortal Kombats. But to each his own.
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Post by Bobinator on Nov 4, 2014 8:29:52 GMT -5
How come there aren't any pics of MK4's fatalities or of the game's GBC version? I could have sworn there was... whoops. I'll make a note of that, sorry! Also, the game.com version of MK Trilogy gets a screenshot but no mention in the text at all? I'd love to read ANYTHING about it in the article. To me, HG101 is all about the obscure games and the obscure versions on obscure platforms. Probably because, unfortunately, I don't think game.com emulation is really a thing. I can give it a shot, I always kind of meant to go back and do a general touching up on this article, I just never get around to it because I've got a million other things to do, sadly. Well, that's just it... it basically IS Mortal Kombat 3 with a sidestep button. My problem is it didn't innovate enough. Games like SFEX had new moves and new features, even if they still played 2D, MK4... well, it DID have new features, but they tended to be of limited use.
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Post by KeeperBvK on Nov 5, 2014 6:20:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the quick reply. It'd be great if you can look into some of those things mentioned. Reading on, I was also wondering how the N64 and playstation versions of Mythologies stack up. The article doesn't mention anything in that direction, so I guess they're both identical? No "fancy" FMVs cut in the N64 version or anything?
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Post by Bobinator on Nov 5, 2014 16:29:51 GMT -5
Yeah, they're pretty much identical, only the N64 version uses still images and text for the cutscenes.
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Post by KeeperBvK on Nov 10, 2014 2:38:22 GMT -5
Might also be worth at least a tiny mention in the article then, with all the other ports being compared so meticulously. Also, I love this sentence in the Shaolin Monks section: "You'll also come across secret areas containing stuff like concept art and secret areas, some of which can only be accessed with two players." Time to dig out the old "yo dawg, I heard you like..." meme? By the way: I love the article as a whole. Great work.
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Post by jorpho on Nov 10, 2014 8:27:03 GMT -5
Also, the game.com version of MK Trilogy gets a screenshot but no mention in the text at all? I'd love to read ANYTHING about it in the article. To me, HG101 is all about the obscure games and the obscure versions on obscure platforms. Probably because, unfortunately, I don't think game.com emulation is really a thing. Oh, it is. hg101.proboards.com/thread/8815/game-com-emulated
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