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Barozi on 10 June 2010

Looking really good



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Slimebeast on 12 June 2010

I don't really get it. Why are people so hyped. It's just a fighting game, yes?



NiKKoM on 12 June 2010
Slimebeast said:

I don't really get it. Why are people so hyped. It's just a fighting game, yes?

It's like all the kids who grew up with FF7... some of us grew up with MK.. so we are mixing nostalgia with our rational thinking and believe that after 17 years there will be a good game...



 

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lestatdark on 12 June 2010
Slimebeast said:

I don't really get it. Why are people so hyped. It's just a fighting game, yes?

It was one of the best fighting series in the 16 bits era, which suddenly died out once it went 3D with MK4 on the N64. Each new iteration since has been slipping further away from the original feeling of the series.

Thankfully, taking in consideration of the trailer, it looks like it's going to it's roots.

To make a better comparison point, imagine that Elder Scrolls suddenly starts slipping away from it's base and becomes a downgraded version, with no Open World, no Quests, limited actions and items, and with a 5 minute main history, this goes on for more than 10 years, you start losing hope in the series, and then, after all that time, they release an Elder Scrolls that's like Oblivion&Morrowind&Daggerfall put together and overhauled xD.



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Brutalyst on 12 June 2010

Though I dont think it looks ground breaking in anyway, I think it looks very good.

 

They are taking the SFIV route by the looks of it, using a 2.5D system and adding a few of their own twists such as 2v2 tag combat.

 

But it looks like its alot closer to the older MK games such as 2 and 3 which is what alot of the MK fans want, as the 3D ones just never really delivered.



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Slimebeast on 12 June 2010
lestatdark said:
Slimebeast said:

I don't really get it. Why are people so hyped. It's just a fighting game, yes?

It was one of the best fighting series in the 16 bits era, which suddenly died out once it went 3D with MK4 on the N64. Each new iteration since has been slipping further away from the original feeling of the series.

Thankfully, taking in consideration of the trailer, it looks like it's going to it's roots.

To make a better comparison point, imagine that Elder Scrolls suddenly starts slipping away from it's base and becomes a downgraded version, with no Open World, no Quests, limited actions and items, and with a 5 minute main history, this goes on for more than 10 years, you start losing hope in the series, and then, after all that time, they release an Elder Scrolls that's like Oblivion&Morrowind&Daggerfall put together and overhauled xD.

You're silly, but I love your Elder Scrolls analogy.  

I think NiKkom is a bit closer to the truth though, nostalgia plays a huge part here.

I used to like fighting games too, but that was when I was a child playing in the Arcades. Some genres don't age too well (or you grow out of them I dunno).



lestatdark on 12 June 2010
Slimebeast said:
lestatdark said:
Slimebeast said:

I don't really get it. Why are people so hyped. It's just a fighting game, yes?

It was one of the best fighting series in the 16 bits era, which suddenly died out once it went 3D with MK4 on the N64. Each new iteration since has been slipping further away from the original feeling of the series.

Thankfully, taking in consideration of the trailer, it looks like it's going to it's roots.

To make a better comparison point, imagine that Elder Scrolls suddenly starts slipping away from it's base and becomes a downgraded version, with no Open World, no Quests, limited actions and items, and with a 5 minute main history, this goes on for more than 10 years, you start losing hope in the series, and then, after all that time, they release an Elder Scrolls that's like Oblivion&Morrowind&Daggerfall put together and overhauled xD.

You're silly, but I love your Elder Scrolls analogy.  

I think NiKkom is a bit closer to the truth though, nostalgia plays a huge part here.

I used to like fighting games too, but that was when I was a child playing in the Arcades. Some genres don't age too well (or you grow out of them I dunno).

Yup, nostalgia does play a huge part, but I've also been a fighting game fan. Always has and always been. And there are some that have aged well, especially because their technicality has also evolved, like the Virtua Fighter series.

I just hope that at least this new MK has a bit of the spirit of the original ones, that would be nice  



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