Mortal Kombat

[The Shawn]

I gotta say, Quan-chi is getting a lot of hate as a playable character, but I absolutely love him. His moves are cheezy as hell, he says a bunch of random words that have no meaning in the english language but sound cool, he has a 'zombie' move, and to top it all of he can finish you by beating you to death with your own leg!

Seriously. Good stuff this game.

Edit: Anyone else find it kind of strange not to see (and hear) the Midway logo at the promp screen though? It just seems different to me. I mean I know they were sold out but I alway's remembered that from the past games.

[G-Boobie]

Overall is this worth picking up?

Last Mortal Kombat I bought and still regularly play is Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Overall I was satisfied with that one. Wasn't overly crazy about the 'story mode', mainly cause of the story itself. I do just like straight up fighting in it.

But I thought this one looked well done in commercials, but nobody I know actually has it. Thinking of grabbing it in the next few weeks.

It's really good. The story mode alone is six or seven hours, and even though the story is crazy go nutz, it's still a lot of fun. There are three hundred challenge rooms to go through, some of which are goofy and fun. Some are cheap as Hell, but you can pay the game's currency ("Koins") to skip them. Single player content alone might be worth it, and the fighting itself is excellent too. You should totally get it. Just stay away from King of the Hill or ranked matches for now. The netKode is garbage.

[HappyGilmore]

IMO I would say yes. At the same time it's the first fighting game I played since ps2. Story mode is good all though farfetched but thats MK for ya. On top of story mode there is the traditional ladder mode, and 300 challenges, with a bunch of buyable unlockables if that your thing (a shit ton of artwork). Also the fighting is not too complicated. That's my 2 cents, the only thing I can't speak for is how it compares to modern fighters because I don't play them.

Sounds decent enough. Looks like it'll be another game in my collection, come next paycheck.

[Baloo]

I've been a fan of the MK series for a long time, and while I haven't been able to pick this one up yet, I decided to watch the entire story mode.

Needless to say, my shit was flipped. Seriously, they give a new meaning to the term reboot here!

[Nirvana]

I really hope they fix the netcode soon. My friends and I were playing online, and while we had a couple decent matches (not great, but playable), the rest were just absolute garbage. I'd be pressing buttons and literally nothing was happening.

[G-Boobie]

Gamespy, brother. It's a bad word to see on your TV if you want to play online.

Hopefully they'll get it together. The game is a lot of fun. It's actually making me want to go back and revisit MK II and UMK3.

[Nirvana]

Yeah for sure. They've addressed the issue though, so eventually it should be fixed.

This game really does have a lot of potential, there's a lot of fun stuff you can do in this game.

[Robocop2]

Forget MvC news this made my week/month
Final of the 4 DLC characters announced:http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/21/freddy-krueger-haunting-mortal-kombat-august-9/
Heres to hoping a certain other icon makes it too.

[cracked8ball]

Wow. Didnt see that coming! I figured it be like Cyber Smoke or someone from one of the newer MKs. Looking forward to August 9th now.

[MASTERWEEDO]

I wish the would've used the o.g. Freddy...and why does he have claws on both hands?

[Robocop2]

Yeah I dunno why he has two claws either. Here's to hoping original Freedy is an alt costume.

[The Shawn]

I'm still thinking that they will whip out Jason Vorhees on the second installment of downloadable players, after all there are still 4 empty slots next to cyber sub on the right hand side.

It would make for a kind of Scorpion/Sub Zero rivalry that would go over well with the fans.

I can't wait to tell you the truth, this is freakin great news. I thought having Rain back was epic, but this will be fun.

[Robocop2]

I know I've heard opinions eithe way as to whether Jason will be included at some point or not but; Since both Freddy and Jason are New Line Properties and I believe WB owns New Line I'd say that the licensing wouldn't be an issue.

[The Shawn]

Kruegar is out today for download.

[Terminusvitae]

*didn't read the rest of the topic*

I love this game. I certainly prefer it to Street Fighter 4, no question.

[hellraiser]

Anyone download Kruger yet? YouTube videos on him look nuts!!!

[Robocop2]

I've been playing around with him a bit and so far I'm really liking him quite a bit.

[The Shawn]

Protip: A good Jade player destroys Freddy Kruegars kombos.

[Nirvana]

So I was one match away from getting out of MK pools at Evo, which is ironic because its the game I put the least amount of time into.

I haven't dedicated as much time as I should into this game because I do love the fight system (minus a couple things) and Sonya is incredibly fun to play; you gotta love 50% combos mid screen.

If any of you guys wanna get some games in online, I'd be totally up for it. Just gotta pray for a good connection ^_^ My GT is in my sig. Feel free to add me and let me know you're from digit press.