Anime Mortal Kombat 11

[Silverfish]

I doubt anything is better than MK4.

Nope. MK4 is still the only one in the series where, when you throw someone, your character screams "Heyi'mgonnathrowyouoverthere!"

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

MK4 is still the only one in the series where, when you throw someone, your character screams "Heyi'mgonnathrowyouoverthere!"

At least it was in English. Most of those sound are Spanish, check the video - it's not a misheard compilation but a real thing:

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

MK4 had some good music, though.

 

[Squid]

MK4 was weak, I don't give a shit. I like just about anything when it comes to mainline MK games but MK4, Deadly Alliance, and Armageddon are the weakest entries.

 

[samuraigaiden]

MK should go full boomer and add John Matrix to the roster.

 

[anvi]

MK4 had weapons right?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

MK4 played like a bad version of UMK3 but had weapons and some stage interactivity and tried to balance things by introducing MAXIMUM DAMAGE (it auto-broke your combos if they crossed a certain threshold of damage). It brought a couple of cool characters (Shinnok, Tanya) and a lot of shit characters (everyone else that was new, fuck Quan Chi).

There was also MK Gold for the Dreamcast which was like an upgraded version of MK4 with more characters that were missing like Sektor and Mileena. Nothing much looked like it changed in gameplay, there's probably some extra stuff they added that I'm forgetting. I instantly hated MK4 when it released and it looks/plays like a bad fan game today.

 

[anvi]

Is MK11 the best fighting game? What about the recent Tekken?

 

[Melcar]

They are all shit.

 

[sullynathan]

Is MK11 the best fighting game? What about the recent Tekken?

TK7 is gud

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

I instantly hated MK4 when it released and it looks/plays like a bad fan game today.

MK4 was opposite to MKX in every way (I compare them to each other becaouse MKX is kind of MK4 reboot):

MK4 - excellent new characters, plot, music, atmosphere, endings, graphics on PC with 3DFX looks gorgeous but gameplay SUCKS ASS. Take MK3 control scheme, add 3d sidestepping, increase tempo, nerf damage (famous uppercut is now laughably weak), add weapon system that is useless (you loose your weapon once ou get hit). Before MK4 there was War Gods - another MK clone from Midway that was used as testing grounds or MK4 and it was miles metter. It even has Scorpions copycat (Voodoo) and Ahau Kin returned as Kotal Kahn two decades later. MK Gold is just more of the same (more of shit?) and coolest new character (Belokk) was cut last miunte:

MKX - great, competitive gameplay ruined by ugly graphics, shit plot, forgettable music and terrible roster.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

War Gods, oh boy, what a steaming pile of shit that thing was.

However, Mace: The Dark Age was actually pretty cool and I wish they continued on with that series. Could've been like the grimdark Western counterpart to Soul Calibur.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

MK4, oh yeah, excellent endings.



I can't say MK4 looked all that visual impressive next to Tekken 3, Dead or Alive, Last Bronx, and Virtua Fighter 3...which all came out the year before.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

I can't say MK4 looked all that visual impressive next to Tekken 3, Dead or Alive, Last Bronx, and Virtua Fighter 3...which all came out the year before.

VF3 was waaaay beyond anything (propably most advanced video game of 1996, I remember screenshot from ECTS showcase) but MK4 had high-res, crisp textured that looked great. Do not compare inferior PSX port or PC software mode, I'm talking about 3D accelerator mode.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

He's bitching about three-button control scheme pffff... on Amiga there was only one button available (thanks to lowest common denominator among Amiga players - joystick users).

He also obviously doesn't know about MS-DOS port which was closest to the arcade out of them all.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

I doubt anything is better than MK4.

MK9 is the bert in the series.

What about the recent Tekken?

T7 is not only the best Tekken game (second one being T5 Dark Ressurection) but it's also the best figthing game of the last decade.

 

[samuraigaiden]

It's a shame digitized graphics were abandoned by the franchise. Can you imagine how MK1 would look in 4K and 120fps?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

If you grew up in the '90s and said, "MAN YOU KNOW WHAT THIS GAME IS MISSING? SPAWN AND THE JOKER" then I call you a liar.

 

[Squid]

I don't mind Spawn as much as I mind Joker in MK. I'd rather just not do guest characters but if they're going to have them quit with the DC people. They don't fit in any sense. At least the thriller/slasher killers (Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface) and Alien and Predator mostly fit with the vibe of ultraviolence this game loves. And most of the movies those guys are from are just as campy as MK is.

Joker doesn't fit. I mean guest characters anyway are just eh and I think are there to just get fans of those series to instantly buy them out of EXCITEMENT. But for real does no one remember how dumb MK v DC was? Wow, great fatalities

 

[Silverfish]

Honestly, I liked the fatality where Superman punches the other guy through the ground Looney Tunes-style.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

Honestly, I liked the fatality where Superman punches the other guy through the ground Looney Tunes-style.

It wasn't 'Fatality' but 'Heroic Brutality'.

 

[Silverfish]

Just like Jax's MK4 ending. I dig it.

 

[Squid]

Fan theory is that Freddy's licensing is changing hands or some shit so they can't legally sell this right now or something.

Now I'm completely against guest characters

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Yeah, saw this yesterday. Apparently they also killed off the online servers without any warning as well so it may not be a Freddy thing since similar happened with MvC2 and Capcom but that game is still accessible online if you owned it on PS3/360 if you bought it originally.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

Fan theory is that Freddy's licensing is changing hands or some shit so they can't legally sell this right now or something.

Now I'm completely against guest characters

I haven't heard anything about Freddy changing hands. But Alien and Predator did last year with Disney buying Fox, there were (or still are) also ongoing rights issues with Friday the 13th...those are what stopped further development of the game in Friday the 13th game 2018.