Hello,
Before I start let me just say, that I have been a die hard mk fan since day 1.. I bought my first playstation just because it had MK3 on there with better graphics rather than that shitty genesis version.. Matter of fact I bought my past few systems based on mk releases as well.. Anyways, going on..
I am a graphics expert and I am very disappointed in the mk team with the last few games..
Heres a food for thought... Look at all these new FPS games coming out, such as resistance 2, fallout 3 etc.. They have so much content, so much information stored in one disc yet the game still manages to look amazing.. MK vs DC has little to no content but a story mode, arcade and 2 player mode.. From a technical stand point, all the fights from any mode are linked to one core area for information.. I was so disappointed to see how they had a powerful UT3 engine in there hand, and still manage to fuck it up.. Keep in mind they probably didnt even use 8gb's of xbox's storage and ps3's 25gb capacity.. A game of this magnitude was nowhere near 6gb's..
The graphics were so half assed looking, the backgrounds had barely any textures.. No dynamic lighting, no nothing.. It was very bland for my taste.. They actually thought they can substitute all this with decent looking visuals and ground breaking effects to grab your attention, yea it was cool for the first 20 matches but than starts to get old..
On a more general stand point.. I really hope some badass developers pickup the MK license and take it places boon could never do.. Frankly since MK3, every game has been either getting cheesier and cheesier, or just plane half assed.. Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 were very original in there own ways.. But since mk3 comes out, you get UMK3, and trilogy (Basically the same game over and over (Although I loved them and still think they were better then the last 3..) The same goes for DA MKD and MKA...
I hope the next one has more dynamic gameplay.. Not just setup moves you perform over and over.. One thing I loved about MK vs DC is how you can create a vareity of combos along with pro-moves.. (Great touch..) But I think its about time to give the MK fighters a bit more credit.. Alot more power, and way more badass appeal... Take it to the darker and sinister route and lets see how things go...
Once again, not bashing the game.. Im a huge fan who's ventilating his disappointment for boon and his team that let such an amazing storyline/ idea go down the cheesy lane..
I believe its about time Boon and his team LET GO of that whole ideology "Release a new MK game every year b/c we can half ass our way to the deadline.. " If they actually spent about 2 years, they can release one badass of a title that can probably rival the first 2 MK's.. Bring back its glory and head a new direction..
You may bash away now =)