N'ah. That was the beauty of having characters like Johnny Cage or Sonya--they could move really fast using a special move. That gave them an advantage. I think dashing should be left out, to help characters that don't use stun moves and rely on speedy attacks.

Forward dash is in and movement has been tweaked so you can move around better. Gameplay/juggles are being worked on, but who knows if that's gonna change much.

MK has always been a great game regardless. And your statement about MK competing with the "big boy" games is rediculous. MK started the true fighting franchise, everyone else took ideas from MK and enhanced on it. And for you to imply that Tekken is better than MK is insane! MK has always been better than that game, story wise and character wise.

If MKD is anything like MKDA, it needs dashing/running moves badly. In MKDA, running away from the opponent was practically easier than attacking him, and that's just absurd. It makes no sense as far as gameplay goes (the focus in a fighting game should be about aggression and attacking) nor as far as replicating martial arts battles goes.

I really couldn't careless about the storyline, it'll grip my attention for about a week. My main interest is Gameplay and not cheesy tactics that were scattered in MKDA. I like Mortal Kombat too but you can't front on the fact that it wasn't finished. I never meant to say that Tekken is better than Mortal Kombat (I do think Virtua Fighter is though), I was just saying that it would be nice if it could compete on their level as far as hardcore matches are concerned.

Mortal Kombat would compete easily if characters like Scorpion wasn't practically untouchable and we had a balance for all characters, this is when I would believe Mortal Kombat would kick ass, just like it did when MK2 + UMK3 was out.

I ain't insane thinking that other fighting games are better than Mortal Kombat, infact alot of people on this site were cussing it hoping for an improvement just like myself. I'm just not going crazy again like I did with MKDA which wasn't I repeat wasn't dominating the fighting scene like Mortal Kombat 2 did.

PEACE!!!

Espionage Wrote: I'm hoping in this new Mortal Kombat that they have a dash, so the gameplay speeds up. I'm hoping that everything that they put a huge variety of juggles in the game so it keeps the game more airborne (i.e bring back the signature jump kicks where you'll be able to juggle after). And balance the characters, this I really do believe the team needs to focus on the most because I can't take another game where Scorpion rules over everyone and theres nothing you can do about it. If they do this then I think it will have a chance to compete with the big boy fighting games like Tekken, Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur. I'm hoping that this is the Mortal Kombat that know one can front on for real. As long as Ed Boon does more programming then talking then were in for a treat (JUST FINISH THE GAME BOON!!!). PEACE!!!

Urg, he cant help it. when the games comes out it comes out. i dont even care if it this fall.

bc i hope that they take their time. peace. oh and as for dashing, that would be funny well crazy if u dash someone and then u ran and fell in the pits.

yes it needs a dash forward game badly. considering how big the environments will be.

balance and mk, ha!