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Sudo
04-18-2008, 01:31 AM
Courtesy of MortalKombatOnline. (http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/)
What does everyone think of this? Apparently more info is forthcoming tomorrow. I'm wondering if they're going to include fatalities or not. While it seems like a silly thought, I really don't see DC being cool with having their characters killed horribly in a game. If that's the case, this will just be another MK game I haven't played since the fourth one.

TonyTheTiger
04-18-2008, 01:38 AM
I'm a mod over at MKO. It's been a strong rumor for a while now.

Personally, MK has gone in the shitter. MK: Armageddon was horrendous. There's no way this new game can be any worse.

If anything this will get people interested in MK again...but who knows? If the game sucks it sucks. If it's better it's better. But I'm not looking forward to cleaning up those message boards with 80% of the MK fanbase crying "sellout!" and the soon to be influx of comic book fanboys doing the same damn thing.

On the bright side, the Sub-Zero/Batman render is something I keep looking at and keep laughing at just as hard. It's too funny to not be awesome.

lynchmcgahee
04-18-2008, 01:47 AM
So Midway is gonna try to rip off Capcom?

madman77
04-18-2008, 01:54 AM
There will not be any fatalities for that exact reason, Warner Bros/DC doesn't want to have any of their characters being killed. I know for sure it'll have Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern. I can't remember the others.

exit
04-18-2008, 02:00 AM
There will not be any fatalities for that exact reason, Warner Bros/DC doesn't want to have any of their characters being killed.

A Mortal Kombat game without fatalities, that's sure to be a winner.

ssjlance
04-18-2008, 02:58 AM
There's always the possibility of everyone's favorite finisher to show up Of coure, I'm referring to the almighty FRIENDSHIP.

G-Boobie
04-18-2008, 05:16 AM
I am utterly without wisdom on this. Who the Hell green-lit this thing? Is Midway under the assumption that the Mortal Kombat license still retains some legitimacy? If so, why?

Some people still like Mortal Kombat. Some people like to pound on their balls with rubber mallets. I submit that the two are related activities.

emceelokey
04-18-2008, 05:38 AM
Hey tonythetiger, I haven't been back on that site sinc I first played MKA and pretty much felt like I had been betrayed and I have since turned my back on MK.

If there's plans on including a bunch of characters from each company then it only lends itself to either a fighting or brawler type of game. MKA barely had fatalities and I doubt that DC would want anything to do with that either. Or they can pull a Soul Calibur and have a few characters show up per each console. No matter what I WILL buy it because I'm a MK mark... and a fool.

DeputyMoniker
04-18-2008, 05:41 AM
I'm a mod over at MKO.

Good. Then maybe you can answer this: What does "next-generation" mean to the author of that post?
Back on topic: I hope it's good. I mean, it can't be worse than what we already get so shit...bring it on.

josekortez
04-18-2008, 05:54 AM
This is just a terrible idea. I don't like Mortal Kombat that much, but I feel bad for the MK fans who will have to suffer this crap with DC fans like me.

DeputyMoniker
04-18-2008, 06:10 AM
This is just a terrible idea. I don't like Mortal Kombat that much, but I feel bad for the MK fans who will have to suffer this crap with DC fans like me.

It's too early to say whether or not this is a terrible idea but I will say that it doesn't sound good. They haven't made a decent MK game in, what, ten years? (UMK3) They may as well be making MK vs. Portal Runner. I hope they realize that after all these years, MK doesn't suck because it's missing Batman. I, too, feel bad for the MK fans but maybe if this one turns out to be shit they'll finally get a good MK a couple years from now. I mean, I don't think we would have TR: Legend if we didn't bottom out with TR: AoD. Sometimes titles just go through a really long dry spell. Again, I feel for the MK fans because, regardless what they say, they are hoping this will be good and it is likely that they will be disappointed. You gotta think "Uhh...how about you just get MK right? We can talk about adding Batman after that."

bb_hood
04-18-2008, 08:14 AM
WOW, this seems like a very sad crossover. This makes no sense, Mortal Kombat characters mixed with the DC universe... why not just take the characters from the Garfield cartoon strip and pit them against Transformers. Same concept.
MK is one of my least favorite series, and this just looks like a ploy to cash in once more on the cheesy MK license. Because lets be honest, the main draw to MK and MK2 was the blood and gore. The gameplay wasn't all that solid. Combining these 2 series seems like just another crack pot scheme to sell crappy games. Why not come up with new characters in a quality game.

bb_hood
04-18-2008, 08:26 AM
There will not be any fatalities for that exact reason, Warner Bros/DC doesn't want to have any of their characters being killed. I know for sure it'll have Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern. I can't remember the others.

Ok, so a Mortal Kombat game without fatalities... so what were gonna get at the end of a fight is just one guy getting "knocked out" or both guys shaking hands.
But even if they did put fatalities in the game, it would make no sense. Its not logical for any of the good DC characters to massacre anyone really, especially in a violent manner.

And this match-up of MK vs. DC makes no sense... all the MK characters are just super violent bad-asses, where most of the DC superheroes are virtually invincible. How can any mortal man, or group of mortal man even stand a chance against green lantern or superman. These companies gotta stop selling us this shit and come up with some good ideas.

Blitzwing256
04-18-2008, 09:12 AM
Ok, so a Mortal Kombat game without fatalities... so what were gonna get at the end of a fight is just one guy getting "knocked out" or both guys shaking hands.
But even if they did put fatalities in the game, it would make no sense. Its not logical for any of the good DC characters to massacre anyone really, especially in a violent manner.

And this match-up of MK vs. DC makes no sense... all the MK characters are just super violent bad-asses, where most of the DC superheroes are virtually invincible. How can any mortal man, or group of mortal man even stand a chance against green lantern or superman. These companies gotta stop selling us this shit and come up with some good ideas.



pssst, raiden is a god, and scorpion is an undead demon...

11killer11
04-18-2008, 10:22 AM
Personally I think that this game is coming because Midway knows that the last two or three Mortal Kombat games were stinkers so now they're trying to do a Marvel vs Capcom sorta thing because seeing what happened to that(200 a pop on ebay) they think that this will do the same thing and be sold out within a matter of days. I'd reserve it if it was 30.00. If it was 50, no way.

DreamTR
04-18-2008, 10:48 AM
You guys forget the MK games still SELL.

IN fact, Mortal Kombat is one of the primary factors Midway hasn't went into bankruptcy quite yet.

As far as gameplay goes, yes, everyone loves UMK3, we know.

Mortal Kombat Deception, with the original Konquest Mode and gameplay without sidestep infinites is not a bad game by any stretch. Now Deadly Alliance and Armageddon are whole other stories, and MKIV just had a pile of glitches, but it was playable.

Regardless, the games sell well still. As much as I love Street Fighter, please tell me the last time a SF game has outsold an MK game? (I'm talking strictly sales here now) Capcom Fighting Evolution? Alpha Anthology? Anniversary Edition? Capcom VS SNK 2? Stinkers in sales compared to the MK stuff. Now gameplay is a whole other story on those, but the point is, the license is extremely viable still.

blissfulnoise
04-18-2008, 10:48 AM
Even though Mortal Kombat is the film at the bottom of the fighting game barrel, I'm a sucker for cross-over games like this. I'll be buying it. Twice if they squeeze Morphius in it.

DreamTR
04-18-2008, 10:50 AM
Personally I think that this game is coming because Midway knows that the last two or three Mortal Kombat games were stinkers so now they're trying to do a Marvel vs Capcom sorta thing because seeing what happened to that(200 a pop on ebay) they think that this will do the same thing and be sold out within a matter of days. I'd reserve it if it was 30.00. If it was 50, no way.



WTF? Only reason that game goes that high and Capcom never reprinted it is because they lost the Marvel license. Capcom is famous for reprinting high sellers like the RE series, or in demand one off titles from distributors like Pocket Fighter, Mega Mans, and some RE GameCube games.

Not a chance anything remotely similar will happen with this game. It will be a million seller, be re-released, etc.

It won't be $30. You are talking about royalties now with a big license.

Kitsune Sniper
04-18-2008, 10:53 AM
All I can say is...

STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID.

And I bet Dan Didio is the one behind this monstrosity. He killed my favorite characters and now he wants to kill the company's credibility!

TonyTheTiger
04-18-2008, 11:17 AM
"Next Gen" means Xbox 360/PS3. I figure there's no reason to call it "next gen" anymore but whatever.

As for why this exists...something tells me it happened much like how Kingdom Hearts came to be. Somehow Midway got the rights to make a DC fighting game and figured "Hey, we have all these MK characters so why the hell not?"

If anything this is Ed Boon & Co.'s way of admitting that MK has lost all credibility and their way of looking to earn some of it back by riding on the shoulders of some big time superheroes. At minimum you know this is going to sell a hell of a lot better than previous MK games.

madman77
04-18-2008, 11:23 AM
There are no friendships or babalities either. The DC characters will have their own special moves, Superman will have his laser eyebeams and Batman will have the batarang. I don't want to get into some comic nerd discussion of who would beat up who in a fight, but cmon, MK characters being normal mortal men? How many men do you know that can conjure up iceballs and freeze people instantly? It's fantasy, people. It's not the real world.

DreamTR is right about Mortal Kombat selling and being the reason that Midway is still around. I believe there are enough fanboys who will continually buy new MK releases regardless of the content. This release will likely bring in the comic book geeks as well.

11killer11
04-18-2008, 11:48 AM
Ya I guess you are right. I wasn't trying to start a arguement I was just stating my personal opinion which i guess is wrong. Now onto my next question, (I don't want to make another topic about this) Do you think this game will go up in price because of the crossover? I mean on Ebay and such?

DreamTR
04-18-2008, 12:28 PM
Ya I guess you are right. I wasn't trying to start a arguement I was just stating my personal opinion which i guess is wrong. Now onto my next question, (I don't want to make another topic about this) Do you think this game will go up in price because of the crossover? I mean on Ebay and such?


No. Why would it? Unless they don't print tons of copies which is highly unlikely. There are tons of crossover games (Capcom VS SNK anyone?) that aren't highly sought after with the exception of MVC2 STRICTLY because of the licensing thing, and demand for that title.

blissfulnoise
04-18-2008, 12:39 PM
No. Why would it? Unless they don't print tons of copies which is highly unlikely. There are tons of crossover games (Capcom VS SNK anyone?) that aren't highly sought after with the exception of MVC2 STRICTLY because of the licensing thing, and demand for that title.

To be fair, Capcom vs SNK 2 EO on the Cube is pretty desired. Probably more to do with it being a GCN game than anything else.

Kevin H
04-18-2008, 02:06 PM
Next thing you know they will make a movie about this with everyones favorite video game movie director, Uwe Boll, helming it.

evil_genius
04-18-2008, 06:28 PM
Oh....
My...
God....

jcalder8
04-19-2008, 01:19 AM
Well I think it's a cool idea. I mean way back when Street Fight vs X-men did anyone think that it's sequels would spawn one of the best fighting games?

NEOFREAK9189
04-19-2008, 03:01 AM
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Preview
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/mortalkombat/news.html?sid=6189513&tag=topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot

Poofta!
04-19-2008, 03:14 AM
All I can say is...

STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID.
and a whole lot of completely nonsensical gibberish rubble

stop talking.




anyway, back on topic, this might be fun. only w/ fatalities though, but somehow i dont think they would keep them out as its one of MK's greatest selling points. besides the DC universe is a lot darker than marvel, they may totally go for it.

i agree that pretty much everything past UMK3 was complete shit. MK:DA was fun though, i greatly enjoyed it for about 10 hours on the xbox.

you should all be more concerned w/ that fact that there has never been an even mediocre DC games and if there has, all i have to say is: superman.

Poofta!
04-19-2008, 03:20 AM
Ya I guess you are right. I wasn't trying to start a arguement I was just stating my personal opinion which i guess is wrong. Now onto my next question, (I don't want to make another topic about this) Do you think this game will go up in price because of the crossover? I mean on Ebay and such?

yes it will, especially if they are sealed. you should totally reserve and buy 50 copies on launch day.

madman77
04-19-2008, 07:32 AM
anyway, back on topic, this might be fun. only w/ fatalities though, but somehow i dont think they would keep them out as its one of MK's greatest selling points. besides the DC universe is a lot darker than marvel, they may totally go for it.
As I mentioned, there won't be any fatalities. Warner Bros/DC Comics will not allow their characters to be killed. Midway cannot put the fatalities in the game, unfortunately.

joshnickerson
04-19-2008, 08:30 AM
The only positive I could possibly see from all this is seeing Batman beat the shit out of those lame ass MK characters.

Berserker
04-19-2008, 03:53 PM
No fatalities? Come on. How can it be Mortal Kombat if nobody dies!

Their only hope of pulling this off is by having random campiness (fatalities, excessive blood/gore) to compliment the seemingly random pairing.

Ze_ro
04-20-2008, 02:38 AM
Someone really needs to teach Midway's programmers how to animate 3D models correctly. This game still has the awful, jerky, unrealistic motion they've been using in every game since MK4. I realize "Mortal Kombat" and "realistic" aren't really two terms that combine well, but in this day and age, the physics should at least be believable... but watch the video, especially when they're fighting while falling through the air... just brutal.

Maybe they need to give the franchise to another studio or something... get some fresh blood into the development.

--Zero

Emuaust
04-20-2008, 06:09 PM
Someone really needs to teach Midway's programmers how to animate 3D models correctly. This game still has the awful, jerky, unrealistic motion they've been using in every game since MK4. I realize "Mortal Kombat" and "realistic" aren't really two terms that combine well, but in this day and age, the physics should at least be believable... but watch the video, especially when they're fighting while falling through the air... just brutal.

Maybe they need to give the franchise to another studio or something... get some fresh blood into the development.

--Zero


Or at least get some programmers into the team that arent half assed and lazy!
In my opinion Deception was a cool game, not a good fighting game when it comes to
depth or awsome fighing engine but it had something absent from most fighters, REPLAY VALUE!.

Konquest was a cool idea, but to be honest it was still very underdeveloped, then there was Armageddon,
the whole Motaro lost his back 2 legs because we are to dumb to animate them proved
that they really have no idea how to program the 3d age, maybe they should do a
street fighter IV and go back to a 2d plain? I actually think 2D and MK might be the best
progession option for the MK series

DreamTR
04-20-2008, 07:02 PM
Well I think it's a cool idea. I mean way back when Street Fight vs X-men did anyone think that it's sequels would spawn one of the best fighting games?


You mean popular. Not one of the best.

deltoidsteep
04-20-2008, 10:37 PM
i'll agree that the last few mk games have been mostly crap. but come on...batman...sub zero...in the same game?
beyond awesome

Poofta!
04-20-2008, 10:54 PM
As I mentioned, there won't be any fatalities. Warner Bros/DC Comics will not allow their characters to be killed. Midway cannot put the fatalities in the game, unfortunately.

i dont believe you =P

unless you show it to me out of the horse's mouth, i wont.
and even then, ill have to wait till actual release to believe it.

DeputyMoniker
04-20-2008, 11:41 PM
i dont believe you =P

unless you show it to me out of the horse's mouth, i wont.
and even then, ill have to wait till actual release to believe it.

According to Kotaku, they have reason to believe it will not feature fatalities.

Wondering why DC comics would seemingly sign onto a project that would let Scorpion rip Wonder Woman's head off? You know...kill a superhero? So were we. So were you. This might explain it: a former Midway employee has contacted us and said that he worked on the game, and that Mortal Kombat v DC features "no fatalities and little-to-no blood". In other words, "MK is dead". No blood, no fatalities...if this is true, why is this game called Mortal Kombat again?

Source: http://kotaku.com/381302/mk-v-dc-has-little-blood-no-fatalities

madman77
04-21-2008, 10:17 AM
i dont believe you =P

unless you show it to me out of the horse's mouth, i wont.
and even then, ill have to wait till actual release to believe it.
I guarantee 100% that there will not be fatalities, this info came straight from the horse's mouth. Warner Bros. basically has to approve everything going into the game, as well as any promotional materials.

Iron Draggon
04-21-2008, 11:36 AM
I think they need to make a PC version, if they want me to buy it... and they need to make Midway VS Capcom too, so we can finally have MK VS SF... all these years of waiting for it, and we finally got Capcom VS SNK, but that's it... which is very nice, but I wanna see Liu Kang beat the fuck out of Ryu!

Poofta!
04-21-2008, 09:44 PM
its labeled as RUMOR on kotaku last time i checked, and no one else here has proven otherwise.


ill wait and see, if its true, then no way in hell im even dropping 10 bucks bargain bin price on this turd.

madman77
04-21-2008, 11:46 PM
You can choose to believe me or not, that's up to you. In a few month's time you'll see.

Poofta!
04-22-2008, 12:44 AM
You can choose to believe me or not, that's up to you. In a few month's time you'll see.

i dont believe you. so, we will see, regardless this is a game that to me, is either a 20 dollar pickup, or.... isnt. i wont lose any sleep either way. the only thing swaying me from believing you, and the rumors, is the shear stupidity of putting such a game out.

ScourDX
04-22-2008, 01:12 AM
Mortal Kombat vs Killer Instinct would be a better mix than DC universe. I wish Warner Bros/DC Comics would approach Capcom instead.

Kitsune Sniper
04-22-2008, 01:19 AM
stop talking.

No. I've seen the DC Universe and its characters go down the gutter for the past few years. It's all the fault of the editors, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had anything to do with this mess.

Though, to be honest, there would be ten times more fatalities than a normal MK game if Dan Didio had been involved. After all, meaningless deaths sell comics. Killing your enemy was what made Mortal Kombat so popular, and killing off characters for no reason at all is what is making DC popular again, at least according to the editors, who have no idea what the readers actually want.

Edit:
Me? Bitter? Really?

Edit 2:
And to steer back on topic after the rage-induced fanboy ranting (HA!), I believe the rumor of the game not having fatalities. Warner Bros. is VERY protective of their superhero properties, especially the big three (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman.) I think they'll cut down the blood to a fairly reasonable level (for MK standards, anyway) but there's no way in hell Superman or Batman will kill anyone. It's not their style. Wonder Woman is capable, but only under certain circumstances. (See: Mythological beasts, Max Lord ()@#&$)@#&$)#@).

Poofta!
04-22-2008, 03:09 AM
Mortal Kombat vs Killer Instinct would be a better mix than DC universe. I wish Warner Bros/DC Comics would approach Capcom instead.

i agree with this 101%.

something tells me Midway approached WB for some reason. if WB did any research i doubt they would ask Midway for anything, that company has made bad game after bad game and is barely kept afloat by a handfull of relevant franchises and several from the arcades of yesteryear .

madman77
04-22-2008, 03:12 AM
What you guys don't realize is that regardless of what you think of the recent MK games, they were still big sellers and really the only money making games for Midway. I think this will be a huge seller for them. You'll have a combination of MK fanboys who will buy anything that says "Mortal Kombat" on it along with the comic book fans. ESRB Teen rating, lack of fatalities and Internet whiners aside, this game will sell.

Damaramu
04-22-2008, 12:28 PM
Interesting interview with Ed Boon. Looks like we were close to getting a Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover (and could possibly still happen):

19-Apr-2008 Interview: MK co-creator calls for Street Fighter collaboration (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=187314)

The Shawn
05-02-2008, 08:50 AM
Holy ballz Bat-man!!! This game looks freakin swee-heet!

http://www.trmk.org/

Darren870
05-02-2008, 09:39 AM
they better make this game the best 3d MK ever...

Otherwise they might just be laughed at forever...

segagamer4life
05-02-2008, 09:41 AM
yeah, while I agree it looks sweet, I can't beleive that DC won't allow their characters to be fatalitied??? come on that stinks!!!

Oobgarm
05-02-2008, 09:56 AM
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115792

The Shawn
05-02-2008, 12:30 PM
My only concern about the game is: How does an MK character "Put the beat down" on Superman?

youruglyclone
05-02-2008, 12:59 PM
My only concern about the game is: How does an MK character "Put the beat down" on Superman?

it's ok they're magic...

Smashed Brother
05-02-2008, 01:46 PM
*Cries tears of pain and despair*

I've been trying to absorb the fact that during the past two weeks, hell has frozen over and winged pigs are flying past my house. I am just simply.... dumbfounded at this. I, you........ my God!!! :puke:

You know, the first two MK's were great. They were... like a semi-bad HK action flick from the 80's. They were steeped, ever so lightly, into the roots of Asian lore and they just had this slight aura of mysticism emanating off of them. You could just feel it as you made your way through both games. But, Midway decided to pile-drive this once great series into the ground. So much has it been pooped on, that the MK series is to fighting games what 'Backyard Wrestling' is to the, ahem, "sport" of wrestling. The 'Insane Clown Posse' of the rap genre, if you will. Loaded with ridiculous cliched characters that you don't care about, a storyline that no longer makes any sense, with illogical events occurring that insults even the most simplest of beings and just a general stank of awfulness all around.

I don't care for DC as a whole, but I do like Batman and Superman. I just don't understand why DC($)would allow such a travesty($)to unfold before our very eyes($).

Smashed Brother
05-02-2008, 01:52 PM
Holy ballz Bat-man!!! This game looks freakin swee-heet!


Only in some alternate universe, penned and inked by the scribes at DC, would this game look sweet. This universe, my friend, would be the universe where your eyes are packed with ground beef, rose-colored glasses are the regular attire and all tv and computer screens are smeared with a coat of Vaseline. Then, and only then, would this game look sweet :)

The Shawn
05-02-2008, 02:04 PM
Only in some alternate universe, penned and inked by the scribes at DC, would this game look sweet. This universe, my friend, would be the universe where your eyes are packed with ground beef, rose-colored glasses are the regular attire and all tv and computer screens are smeared with a coat of Vaseline. Then, and only then, would this game look sweet :)


Opinions are like Assh#$%$... Er.... To each his own is what I meant to say.:)

G-Boobie
05-02-2008, 02:18 PM
I don't care for DC as a whole, but I do like Batman and Superman. I just don't understand why DC($)would allow such a travesty($)to unfold before our very eyes($).

That sums up my perspective. A few of the MK games have been enjoyable, but with the exception of a few very select Batman books and the Vertigo universe, DC Comics just plain sucks.

I'd love to play a game where I can take Jesse Custer and pound the crap out of one of the forty palette-swapped ninjas of the MK universe. Not going to happen though. Aquaman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman... This is our future.

In the end though, who cares? Street Fighter IV, Soul Calibur IV, Arcana Heart... We've got plenty of good fighters this year and into the next.

PapaStu
05-02-2008, 03:08 PM
**merged for great success**

TonyTheTiger
05-02-2008, 04:35 PM
In the end though, who cares? Street Fighter IV, Soul Calibur IV, Arcana Heart... We've got plenty of good fighters this year and into the next.

Eh. Soul Calibur III was a glitchy disaster and from what I've seen of Soul Calibur IV, sorry I mean Soulcalibur IV (wtf?), it doesn't look like there's anything big happening there other than the girls' comical bust sizes. And Arcana Heart is tolerable at best (feels very Mugen right down to the static JPG backgrounds). So as it stands, there really isn't a whole lot of great upcoming fighting games. Virtua Fighter 5's nice little upgrade sort of counts, I guess, though it's not a new game and looking further ahead, Tekken 6 might be good.

G-Boobie
05-03-2008, 03:01 AM
Eh. Soul Calibur III was a glitchy disaster and from what I've seen of Soul Calibur IV, sorry I mean Soulcalibur IV (wtf?), it doesn't look like there's anything big happening there other than the girls' comical bust sizes. And Arcana Heart is tolerable at best (feels very Mugen right down to the static JPG backgrounds). So as it stands, there really isn't a whole lot of great upcoming fighting games. Virtua Fighter 5's nice little upgrade sort of counts, I guess, though it's not a new game and looking further ahead, Tekken 6 might be good.

I like to master a fighting game, or get as close as I can while working and going to school. I don't need a new one every month, like it was a puzzle game or something.

What I've seen of Soulcalibur IV has me hopeful that the concerns of III will be addressed, and nevermind the retarded boobs and random Jedi. We won't know for sure until it ships, but I have faith in Project Soul.

I like Arcana Heart.

You forgot to address a little game called Street Fighter IV, too. Not to mention the HD Street Fighter II remake. So I guess we'll just have to disagree.

TonyTheTiger
05-03-2008, 03:10 AM
I didn't forget. I'm looking forward to SFIV too so I didn't mention it as a negative. But if you list out the games you get maybe 4 really really good (hopefully) upcoming titles that qualify as new. I wouldn't say that qualifies as "plenty."

Of all of them, HD Remix is the one I'm most stoked for. That's pretty sad considering it's a reworked version of a 13 year old game and yet is still more interesting than new ones. Capcom's trying with Street Fighter but who else is actually giving something that's fresh in the near future? SNK seems to be stepping it up with KOFXII...but we'll see. The immediate future doesn't look too impressive to me.

Cmosfm
05-03-2008, 09:11 PM
Despite what anyone says, Deadly Alliance was one hell of an amazing game.

walrusmonger
05-03-2008, 09:34 PM
I really enjoyed DA too, although 1,2 and DA were the only ones I actually liked.

This new one looks a lot better than the past couple of games actually, I'd love to try a demo of it on PSN or Live.

NeoVenom
05-06-2008, 11:02 AM
I thought this game was an April Fool's joke....but it isn't. A MK game isn't a MK game without fatalities, IMO. And like someone said, how the hell are MK characters going to defeat Superman? By wearing kryponite gloves? LOL

TonyTheTiger
05-06-2008, 02:48 PM
I thought this game was an April Fool's joke....but it isn't. A MK game isn't a MK game without fatalities, IMO. And like someone said, how the hell are MK characters going to defeat Superman? By wearing kryponite gloves? LOL

I don't get it. Nobody seems to question why Ryu can fight the Hulk. Why is a difference in power all of a sudden a big problem in a fighting game?

NeoVenom
05-06-2008, 05:36 PM
I don't get it. Nobody seems to question why Ryu can fight the Hulk. Why is a difference in power all of a sudden a big problem in a fighting game?

Cuz the Hulk is no Superman.

The Shawn
05-06-2008, 05:42 PM
I'm sure it won't be a problem, We shall have our answers this fall...

TonyTheTiger
05-06-2008, 06:15 PM
Cuz the Hulk is no Superman.

He's pretty damn close, that's for sure. The Hulk has moved entire continents and regenerated from nothing but a charred skeleton.

NeoVenom
05-06-2008, 07:30 PM
True. But anyways, I'm pretty sure people have complained about Marvel vs SF. For exampe, Apocalypse was a chump in it yet in the comics and the cartoons, he's unstoppable. I wasn't a fan of the game...