the whole point is that the character kills his opponent, not someone else
and all those ideas are original...but it's too many graphics and somehow unbelievable..
duno but those ideas were cool especially the wolves and stuff

Thanks for your thoughts

They are all great ideas, no doubt, my only thought is that they could have been done better.

Onoriginal fatalities have been happening since MK2 :\ And now that we have at least 48 fatalities and 24 hara kiri people start to notice it ^^;; But good for you that you did :3

Thanks and ya i know my ideas could be better but they aren't detailed i was just trying to make a point
still post your thoughts

*running down the street with friend Anubis in tow toward the forum postings*...Im telling ya man ya gotta see this!....*Wise opens door both step into the room*...SLAM!...no see come over here ....*points to the postings*..LOOK! TOLD CHA!...IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT THE FATALITIES ARE LACKING SOMTHING!....*Anubis looks shockingly at the above posts,then slowly looks toward the ground, slowly scratches his chin*...hmmm ,it seems that you were correct,there seems to be a ground swell,of concern about the fatalities,from the MK gaming community.....this could be a problem,it just so happens I know of someone who works at MIDWAY maybe I can have them talk to ED and CO.about the concern, the players have here...yes!,this I will do...*turns to go out the door*
Wise: hey!..hold up ! let me just finish this post and I'll go with ya...
Anubis: sure.
Wise: walks up to the posting board and starts to post:
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I thought until I saw this post that I was the only one that felt the fatalities were kinda weak,its a good thing they are just a small part of the whole package...maybe they could just download some-*stops himself suddenly,hangs head down sadly* Wait!...Ed said that there wasnt going to be any down loadable content till the next installment...ok,ok how about this...maybe they should create the fatalities,then let the MK hardcore vote on which ones are the best or most creative ...or let us send in some ideas on the fatalities...or let us do just a few of them ,and they can scew up the rest ,I dont know!....somthing,somthing need to change,cause I fear we all are going to be dissapointed with the rest of the batch for the second game in a row....and I BET not even smell a hint of anything sounding like a Quan Chi neck stretch!!!
Wise~

it seems like alot of the fatalities are end the same way. the way that i see it is that the outcome or aftermath is the same, but the creativity lies in how the character gets to take point.
ok ermac and houtro's fatalities both end the same way, think of it as a location they they are trying to get to, so ermac takes the way of telekentics to get there, while houtaro uses his brute strenght.
al long as there are no neck strechs or MK3 fatalies i am happy

yaa i get what you mean abomb
itz lik every1 finishez the big race at the same time but they all had diffrent wayz to get there they all didnt choose the same path.
(thatz an analogy for those who don't know)
but ya i DEFINATLEY agree NO MORE NECK STRETCHES I'm sorry to fans of that but that was AWFUL

yeah its like they all take a different path to get to the same place.
nightwolfs and meillna's fatality are different, but the same it that it is still a decapatation

You're right. Some fatalities made me go like, "WTF??!!" I mean like on Ashra's "magical-melting-desinigrating-fall apart-thingy" fatality just was god-awful. And Kira's whole "slitting-the-throat-and-kicking-the-body-with-the-arms-mysteriously-flying-off-with-it" was like, another terrible one. And Sindel's "scream" fatality! The limbs just fly off! I mean, they could at least explode like they did in Kitana's "kiss of death", minus all the "popcorn" body parts. And Nightwolf is just severing the opponent's head in BOTH fatalities! And don't get me started on Bo Rai Cho's! Lol. I mean the oppponent just falls while on fire! That's it! No running or ashes or crispy-ness! But I REALLY liked Mileena's "head bite" though... SSSWWWEEEETTT!!! And Jade's "olympic-javelin" one was just beautiful. I realize this isn't supposed to be realistic, but seriously. At least make all the fatalities look nice and original!

Tahnk you very much for agreeing with me

Okay, so during the development of MK:D, the team boasted about the new and improved dismemberment system that would be used in the fatalities. And it does look pretty nice. I love the fact that when parts come off bodies, there are actually bloody stumps rather than the polygon-less voids of MK4. But they are over-using the dismemberment system BIG-TIME. It seems like in every fatality, arms and legs are falling off for no good reason at all. Meanwhile, there are several fire fatalities, none of which feature a remotely realistic burning effect, and truly imaginative finishers like Jade's staff-through-the-head are few and far between. I know they had to come up with a lot of death moves for this game, but it seems like most of them were brain-farted out in about 30 seconds. You would think that since the fatalities are the game's biggest selling point, they would spend more time to think them out. I've come up with numerous fatality ideas that would be better than the ones in the game, and it didn't even take me very long.

Anybody's up for KFC?

What was that for D???

I'm a little hungry and I'd like company.

kodypowell Wrote: What was that for D???

Okay, quick theory that I just made after watching the Ashrah and Kira bios at IGN.
After watching the four fatalities, I think that the fatalities were OLDER versions of the fatalities. Way back when in May perhaps. How did I get this? Well, during Kira's fatality, Ermac screams in the exact same way as Kobra, and we've confirmed each character has their own voice. So why would Ermac sound completely different (Since he sounds like 4 people talking at once...)
Now I'm not completely sure, but those fatalities did look a little unfinished. I'm sure they were older versions, and the newer ones will be 10 times better.

I will agree that there are a lot of legs and arms flying and with each new fatality that does that, it makes the others even less original. However, MK has always had redundancy in Fatalities. MK1 (Love the game) had only 7 Fatalities. 2 of which lit the opponent on fire and 3 of which ended with some form of decapitation.
Then other than a few unique ones... most MK2 Fatalities can be broken down into Decapitation, Explosion, or something happening to the torso.
Here are the decapitations that have the exact same death animation
Kung Lao - Hat throw
Cage - Uppercut
Reptile - Tongue
Kitana - Fan
Jax - Clap
Baraka - Blade
Then there were the ones where only the lower half of the body remaining.
Liu Kang- Dragon Bite
Cage - Torso Rip
Reptile - Invisible something?
Sub- Ice Grenade
Shang- Kintaro punch
Scorpion- Rope Slice
Then the exploding ones
Shang - Inner ear
Kitana - Kiss of Death
Raiden - Uppercut
Raiden - Electricution
Sub- Deep Freeze
Then there are the ones that show no physical wounds.
Liu Kang- Uppercut
Mileena- Stabs
There were only a few that were used unique death animations
Kung Lao - Split
Jax - Arm rip
Shang - Soul Steal
Baraka - Impale
Scorpion - Toasty
Mileena - Inhale
I loved almost every Fatality from MK1 and 2 and although the Fatalities ended basically the same, the way they were executed made them feel unique. There are some in MKD that I like, some I don't and I see the concern but in all honesty it's not like every Fatality in the past was unique. I would like to see so OTHER types of Fatalities though and like some of you have said, it would be nice to see a burnt skeleton after being lit on fire.
And like many have commented, as long as there are no neck stretchers or over the top cartoony MK3 Fatalities, all is well.
I MUST say though... to MIDWAY's credit, I'm quite pleased with the camera. The angles compliment the scenes very well and zoom in/ out, pan, and tilt at key moments which really helps. MKDA cameras really didn't do that. It felt more like a few random shots instead of being specially placed at certain angles.

90 percent of the focus was on the mini games-Qoute Ed Boon gamepro.THERES THE PROBLEM.

GlaciusXL Wrote: like some of you have said, it would be nice to see a burnt skeleton after being lit on fire.

Yes. We need Meat-Blaze to step in as a stunt double. ("Adventures of Spirit Liu" reference, for those of you who haven't been reading it)

psyclobex Wrote: 90 percent of the focus was on the mini games-Qoute Ed Boon gamepro.THERES THE PROBLEM.

He said content, not mini-games.

I agree with fats being the same... but It's kind of hard to come up with brand new concepts like a kiss of death was back in MK1/2, or a head eating reptile, or even a beutifull woman who is actually a monster and eats u all up... especially after so many games with so many characters....
I liked many faatalities in deception though... I liked boraicho's fire-brethig one, I love both of ashra's and Kabal's

i don't feel like reading all the posts, but i like your scorpion idea kodypowell. and seriously, what's up with everybody exploding to pieces when they get killed? it seems so cartoonish. but i don't really wanna complain cuz the fatalities are just extras, it's rare that a fighting game has bloody finishing moves. so no matter how bad they are, it's still better than not having them.

There really are only a small handful of ways to kill somebody in a visual, flashy way:
Slicing, ie decapitation
Stabbing/Piercing
Burning, whis includes both fire and acid
Freezing
Implosion/Crushing/Smashing
Explosion
And then there are various combinations and permutations of the above. so having to spread this out over 72 times, you gotta expect some repetition. On the other hand, their team has increased in size incredibly. They have many more minds at work on this problem than before, so they should be able to come up with something good.
Really it doesn't matter how someone dies, but more how much they emphasize how painful it was.
Personally, I'd like to see a death trap where someone gets sucked into a tube or grabbed by a steel arm and launched a mile towards the horizon.