Sweet, it gives all the hardcore gamer fans what they need, and let's the people who already like MK's gameplay no trouble whatsoever. Awsome news man!

Fuggin sweet Malone! I respect your efforts (along with everyone elses) for approaching the team with downright dirty questions. I'm honestly amazed at them taking into account the serious gameplay issues they were backed into.

Again props dude, have fun out there! And send some vids dammit, i cant stand watchin all these noobs play... lmao
peace

This isn't really that big of a deal. You are acting like it was really hard for mastermalone to approach them with these questions... The MK team saw one look at mastermalone, got intimidated and ran over to him offering to answer ANY questions he had. He just forgot to ask what the secret mode was. That's how you pimp e3...

also malone did u bring up qr off a breaker, and the free damge u get from it.

Thanks for all your efforts, everyone! I'm feeling more excited about the game now...

I'm very happy to hear some awesome feedback. Thanks to malone and the others for that. I'm glad Ed and the others listened carefully and took these things into mind and hopefully, the necessary bits will be implimented for the final version of the game.

Btw, does Shao Kahn's throw do more than 5 damage this time?

I'll own you first! My faith has been restored and it's a good thing! I'm actually looking forward to the game now.

Hopefully we will see the servers combined and that'll own so bad!

I forgot to add my thanks for what you've done, Malone! Props to you!

may the elder gods bless you malone.


its nice to see the important stuff get addressed for a changed.

i was feeling really down about this game. this was the first mk game i wasnt looking forward to. but after all this info, the game is shaping up very nice.

great post!

I'm happy to read a real review about the game instead of the gamespot review who talk about stuff we already know about the game. Thank you for taking the time to go there!


I'm happy because the team looks receptive. But did you talk with the team a bit about Sheeva? Will they tone her down a bit to make her less powerful since you said that she is the new Dairou?

Good question Ras. Now that you bring up Sheeva, I think Jarek also needs to be brought up as his Drop move seems to be quite fast too. Will he be toned down in the final version?

Also, I wonder about Smoke's Stinky Cloud. Will that too be toned down?

I'm just as surprised at Boon and Co.'s knowledge of the problems before Malone even approached them about it. It shows a level of proactiveness on their part and clearly that's a good thing. If they are gung ho on the throw escapes, wake up, move properties, etc. then I can at least give them the benefit of the doubt that they'd fix the retarded moves by making them less dominant.

I wouldn't worry about Jarek's drop move either, I'm sure they'll fix that up before release. Probably just a bug in that version. Same thing with that 51% Combo scorpion did, i'm sure that damage will be reduced. I love you can roll out of the air combos, thats awesome.

great stuff malone. Its great that the MK team could answer the questions up front, lets hope it shapes into place on release day, so far it is.

I thing, have you tested Bo Rai Cho yet, im sure you know what i mean. By the looks of your report Bo might be more balanced this time around.

Thank you mastermalone and everyone who still cares about MK gameplay!!! You guys RULE!!!!!!!

Thank you Mastermalone. I/We really appreciate what you've done. But not to be a hum-bug but I will stay skeptical and stay defensive until I see the final product. I will say in the end we shall see what they accomplish, but I will stay hopeful. Thanks again to you and MK Team for at the very least listening.

This is truly a historic event: for the first time in the known universe complaining about a game on a message forum actually led to something productive.

Bravo to those who actually took the effort to stop just complaining and actually get something done with the problem. And to Mastermalone for getting the info to the people that needed to hear it. (I was worried that all that effort to get MKD gameplay glitches documented and solutions created was just going to end up lost in some Midway mail department.)

BTW: How come Mastermalone only got 3 dragon points for this? His little report has changed the attitude of virtually every major critic on this forum overnight. Max him out already! Heck, screw the dragon points and bump him up a forum rank regardless.

Also good to know most of the gameplay fixes, aside from wake-up games, are already in place. I can only imagine what would happen if they became "we ran out of time" features. It probably would involve the hardcore fighting fans gathering torches and pickforks, and Ed Boon being chased into a burning windmill...

I see from the KAK trailer height is an adjustable feature. Excellent, now it just needs weight adjustments to be perfect.

Noob and Smoke are still a team huh? Oh well, I planned to make my own version of Smoke anyways.

I hope to god that version Kintaro is incomplete.Were's his stomp? That was his gimmick, not Goro's! And why does he have a carbon copy of Goro's weapon, just with a new name slapped on? Hopefully that means Goro's getting his swords from his MKD ending and his old style is simply being passed over to Kintaro. If that's the final build of Kintaro he's going to be garbage.

It going to be fun bouncing people around with Shao Kahn. Being able to quick-switch to his hammer ought to lead to some nasty juggles, which was all it was good for anyways.

Great Job mastermalone. Nothing but good news, please please ask about Noob-Smoke, also if the costumes we see for Sub and Scorp are final and will be inculded in the final game or they are just place holders. Great Job!

I agree!

And tell Ed that Noob-Smoke is not okay with us and we demand they be serperate characters again!

A few Q's for your sexy ass, Malone
- Can the taunt be cancelled? Also, what's the recovery? Any possible movement options from it?

- Can you buffer back for the parry or do you have to go nuetral, then b+blk?

- How does general movement feel? Looser, tighter?

- Is the SS still auto?

- Fujins dive kick, is it executed at a certain point in the air, or is the height at which it comes out variable?

- How's BDc compared to advancing movement; IE can you still run like a pussy all day?

- Recovery on projectiles? Does it feel as though you can actually zone now? Faster projectiles don't mean shit if you can't move afterwards.

We all really appreciate you and the others who are responsible for the report. Thank you so much. I am holding my reservations, because this is the same shit we went through with D. But the info is GREATLY appeciated.

GG Malone.

i hopin you can buffer the ice clone.

ahhh..the good ol days..jumpkick iceclone

*cries*

Wery well, I'm glad to hear that the MK team is going to fix some problems of the others MK but what about animations? Will they smooth them and made less stiff?

atta boy, malone. it seems everyone's congratulating you, but if anything, it's an understatement.

THAT was the kinda shit that we needed. most sites just went in there to cover E3 and relay back the info, but you actually went in there and told them what we wanted and how we wanted it. when you've even got the greater pessimists like Chrome looking forward to this (to an extent), I'd say mission accomplished.

Wow.

Words cannot express the sheer amount of awe I now feel. I was going to buy this game nevertheless, as I'm a junkie for the series, but...it'll actually be PLAYABLE?

Major, major, major props to you, malone. Thanks so much for this report. Keep it coming! Inquiring minds want to know about Noob Saibot and Smoke!

So far sounds like MKA will really kickass! Hopefully the fighting engine won't be half bad this time around!

I hope in the final game Sektor doesn't have the light saber for his weapon. I hate that weapon really.... Sektor sounds like he will still kickass no matter what though!

I'm surprised about what you said about Sheeva. I wasn't thinking she would be like the new Dairou, but thought that perhaps Jarek would be. If Sheeva remains to be pretty damn good and top tier, then I can see it now, her fanbase sky rockets through the roof! lol

Stryker haveing a really good distance game doesn't surprise me. It is some thing I was expecting really. He has a good distance game in MK3 as well with those damn grenades lol. Well I like the defensive distance type game, so perhaps I'll play with Stryker more than I thought I would.

Man I just can't wait for this game!

Wow...just wow.

I can't put into words the happiness I feel right now. MK is finally becoming what it needs to be. I'm becoming teary eyed just reading all of this. Master Malone, god bless you for your dedication. We all appreciate it very, very, very much dude.

You asked the right things and gave us a real preview. I have no problem with the people who run MKO, but as far as the game goes they have no idea what the fuck they're doing. This can be seen in just watching them play the game. Nothing to worry about though, we have you.

The bitching, complaining and insightfulness from you,m2dave,tony,bleed,myself,etc,etc seemed to have payed off. We screamed loud, and our voices were heard. Praise god!

Malone, what's up with Sub man? You know you gotta give my boy mroe play time than that! Few question dog. Please check them out tomorrow if you can.


1. Clone. It works the same as it does in MKD right? If it does, I'd be happy. I'd rather it not work up close(even though I feel it should) then have him get raped by making it only work every 5 seconds like in the GC version of MKD. It's not like that..is it? Please give me a feel of how the clone works.

2. This new move..the ice pillar. Unsafe I assume huh? Is the damage good? Basically works for anticipating jumpers huh? If that's the case, Sub will have awesome air control with that and the clone, but the question must be asked: with the clone..does he really need this new move? Why would you risk doing the pillar and being unsafe when you can clone and punish them even harder with a juggle when they land in it? Hmmm.

3. I was dissapointed to see Sub no longer has Dragon or Shotokan, but rather Raiden's first stance. How does it feel? Any differences between that and the MKD version? Any new low pokes worth mentioning?

4. Kori Blade. It seems b+2 is now safer on block. That's a good thing. Any new moves worth mentioning? Is d+3 still there? With the amazing low pokes he had in Shotokan and Dragon now gone he needs that move more than ever. I hope it stayed. Also, please fill me in on the status of Kori 1 and 1,b+1. Is it still somewhat safe on block? Does it still plant?

Thanks malone!