Mortal Kombat Appreciation Thread

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There ain't any general MK threads so here's one to discuss whatever MK related things you want.... though that's probably unlikely to happen much, thanks to the decline in the series.

Anyway, I just felt like saying that I picked up a Midway classics disc for PS2 with MKII and 3, and my god, they are still so awesome to this day. I thought they would have aged a lot, but they're a million times better than the newer MKs.

28/05/2010

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Mirage

Was going to post yesterday but I cbf typing on my iPhone now a days.

Babality> all.

29/05/2010

Oppai-suki.

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ShuffleZ

FINISH HIM!

29/05/2010

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Rainbow7

The first MK was the best.

29/05/2010

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McQueen

Rainbow7 said: The first MK was the best.

first Mk was terrible, although I have good memories when I was like 7.

MK3, UMK3, UMK3 Trilogy are the ones that really made the game. especially UMK3. I think I'm the only one who plays it on the XBLA.

29/05/2010

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Makra

I reckon MKII is the definitive game in the series. It has the perfect character roster, perfect moves list, stages etc. I wasn't a fan of MK1 much. MK3 is almost as good as II but has pointless characters - Stryker, Nightwolf etc. And lack of Raiden and Reptile disappoint me.

29/05/2010

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McQueen

UMK3 triloggy does have raiden reptile and all the cast from MKII. The thing is which defines a good MK player to begin with is whether they use combos or not. It makes *THE BIGGEST* difference. If you say you like MKII even though they don't use combos but use uppercuts and power moves. Might as well play MK I. UMK3 is what all the pros play in Vegas when the comps in '07 and i THINK (not sure) '08 were playing with because they all agreed it was the most competitive one.

Who cares about movie lists, stages and character rosters? MK isn't about that crap. Nightwolf and Styker. Both dangerous characters, you really need to put both feet in UMK3 to understand.

29/05/2010

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Makra

Are you sure there is such a game as UMK3 Trilogy. I know there is UMK3, and MK Trilogy, but I've never heard of UMK3 Trilogy, and don't really see why they would have made such a game. I have trilogy on PSone, and I do think it's one of the best, but kind of feel like it isn't a proper game in the series, because it's just a combination of previous games, and there are just too many characters, some of which are way overpowered.

I would buy UMK3 if it wasn't friggin taken off the marketplace [Rage] [Rage] [Rage]

And how can you say character rosters don't matter? That's everything in MK.

Edit: Just did a search, and there's no UMK3 trilogy. So which one are you talking about?

BTW, what gave you the impression that I don't use combos? @_@

29/05/2010

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Matteh

I should play MK vs DC again..

Ha, I loved Mortal Kombat on the Sega, used to play it for hours..

=D

29/05/2010

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McQueen

you knew what I meant Makra, it don't matter in any case, keep searching maybe you'll find it :P What you said before that you think you think MKII is the most definitive of the MK series, what do you think i was gonna say about the combos. There are no combos in MKII. That is what makes the game so crap in comparison to UMK3 or UMK3 ;) Triligy lol. UMK3 is *in my opinion* the best one out.

29/05/2010

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Makra

I didn't say MKII was my favourite or the best, I just think it is the classic game in the series, in terms of characters, visuals etc... And it's the game I grew up playing so i guess I'm biased towards it :P

It has been a LONG time since I've played II and 3 though, so I didn't know II didn't have combos. When I played it the other day I didn't play it for that long, and was focusing more on trying to work out special moves.

BTW, how do you play UMK3 anyway? Even if I had it, I don't think I'd enjoy playing it on 360 because the D pad is horrendous for fighting games.

29/05/2010

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McQueen

yeah it's REALLY bad that shitty d-pad. But if your controller is sort of new, it will be fine for playing. Also, if you ever wanted to play some games when you get it (i know it's off the marketplace, but try usb-ing it off a friend or something) I'd love to play some games with someone.

29/05/2010

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OllyEbbz

Check this out...
kotaku.com/...

Looks cool, new movie? or live action trailer for a new game? Come on E3!

09/06/2010

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McQueen

I won't lie,, the last two MK movies were pretty horrible. I hope this movie breaks that curse. thanks btw Dumbnutz

09/06/2010

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Kerosanak

It was entertaining, but I think my past knowledge of Mortal Kombat is blinding me too much to like it, I loved the stupidity of the old movies. If this is actually a movie, I'd watch it, but it would fall short of the other two in my eyes.

09/06/2010

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OllyEbbz

For the best MK experience at home...

THIS

AND ONE OF THESE...

The Saturn pad was just awesome for games like this.

Plus ive got it on 360 but the dpad is just shit.

11/06/2010

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Milky

It isn't a game or a movie. It is test footage. The director wants to make a hard-R movie but the studio weren't keen on the idea, but he convinced them to give him some money so he could make up a short film/test footage for what he would like to do with Mortal Kombat. This is the result. It is now up to Warner Brothers to decide whether they want to make the movie or not.

09/06/2010

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imdownhere

I won MK3 for my megadrive when the first MK movie came out. I was involved in a martial arts demo for promoting the movie and when we finished and went into the theatre a radio station asked for people to come up to win it so me and about 20 ankle biters went up and the radio guy asked "where did kickboxing originate" the kids looked all confused so i happily chirped "Thailand" grabbed the game and ran back to my seat before they noticed that i was the "Muay Thai Guy". Those kids looked really angry to.

09/06/2010

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Makra

Dumbnutz said: Check this out...
kotaku.com/...
Looks cool, new movie? or live action trailer for a new game? Come on E3!

That looks awesome! Interesting take on MK, I wonder what the die hard fans think of it. :O

Funny thing is though, every few years I hear about a new MK movie in the works, and they never eventuate.

McQueen said: I won't lie,, the last two MK movies were pretty horrible. I hope this movie breaks that curse. thanks btw Dumbnutz

Pretty horrible? The second one is one of the worst movies of all time @_@

09/06/2010

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mjolnirlol

mortal kombat is awesome. in my eyes it shyts on street fighter. i love the fatalities, and to disagree with most people here, i actually liked the 3d mks like deception and armageddon. the combos flowed so smoothly unlike stupid street fighter.

oh and i hated that "kreate a fatality" crap in armageddon, that just took away all originality for the characters fatalities.

the new movie looks awesome in my opinion too... some people dont like that its more real and less "magic and out of this world", but put it this way... theyv already done that before, and it failed, so why not give a real world version a go?

10/06/2010

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Lekkers

10/06/2010

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Dyke

@Lekkers
That's the clip Dumbnutz linked us to the other day.

Dumbnutz said: Check this out...
kotaku.com/...

But I suppose it saves a mouse click.

10/06/2010

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Lekkers

Dyke13 said: @Lekkers
That's the clip Dumbnutz linked us to the other day.
Dumbnutz said: Check this out...
kotaku.com/...

But I suppose it saves a mouse click.

soz, page = tl;dr

hence the direct link haha

10/06/2010

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mjolnirlol

who else thought evil raiden was awesome?

10/06/2010

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OllyEbbz

Mortal Kombat is BACK!!
2D fighting, Fatalities everything you loved about Mortal Kombat is back. Seriously cant wait for this! Also added this to the news section.

11/06/2010

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