Who cares what EGM thinks... what matters is what you think. This web site has pretty much all the info you could want about MKD's gameplay and what not. Just look in the news section for links to the info you want.

I think the are mad because they gave someone elese the first look first. Usually EGM was always the first one with news and pics from any Mortal Kombat game, that was till game informer starting getting news and info first. Egm= sore losers.

There's already a thread about this. Anyway, let it go man, let it go.

mkfan_2002 Wrote: I got my new issue yesterday and got pretty pissed off. They were doing previews of upcoming games and gave MK:D a so-so. (A 2 out 4) WTF? All they talked about was the two new modes being boring. Who cares? We want to know about the core gameplay. I'm sure they will be fun, but what about the gameplay and return of classic characters? Post what you think.

Who gives a shit what EGM says. Every other game magazine has had nothing but praise for the game. The only negative thing OXM, Official Playstation Magazine, and I think Gamepro have said about the game is that with the new modes the game is to ambitious for it's own good. Everything about the game is promising. And after how well a job Midway did with MK:DA I beleve the game will be even better than it sounds. Also the new management at Midway seem to be doing a great job as of late. They haven't been rushing games just for profit like NBA Baller and Psi-Ops where pushed back for more polishing. Both games and The Suffering show the new dirrection Midaway's management has gone, and I don't think that there going to rush the next instalment of it's highest profile series just for the profit this time around. I beleave that if Boon says it's not read at the last min. then tthey will hold off till he says it's ready.

mkfan_2002 Wrote: All they talked about was the two new modes being boring. think.

they said the puzzle kombat was boring, bt the guy liked the chess game (and even said when you play it you wont want to go back to fighting again). but yeah lets drop this, theres already a post about this and all it led to was bashing each other.

LOL, just like when I originally posted EGM's opinion in the other thread, I KNEW people were gonna be pissed. EGM's the only mag who has given the series average or bad scores for the last couple of games, and since they did this, people started bashing the mag. I'd like to see what GamePro, Game Informer, etc. thinks about MK:D (I imagine the EGM scores will hover around the 7.0s, MAYBE an 8.5), and if they AREN'T positive, I'd like to see the same people that bash EGM bash them as well.

BTW, the ONLY opinion that should matter is your own, NOT some website or some mag or some friend of yours.

I remember back when MK:DA first came out, one EGM reviewer gave it a rating of 5.0. Yet they praise the likes of Soul Calibur 2, stating that it's a bonafise classic. I think they're just plain biased.

sinlessknowledge Wrote: I think they're just plain biased.

But see, that's what I don't get.

"Biased" towards what? Everything EXCEPT Mortal Kombat?? What would they gain by doing that? BTW, comparing SC2 to MK:DA is like comparing VF4 to SF anything.

God forbid people and their own opinions. Who gives a fuck, so what if MK got a low score, what does it do to you, nothing, you havent even played the game yet, for all you know, you may feel the same way EGM did when you play it. These MK fanboys need to find better things to do in life.

Well first off, MKSECRETS before you start jumping to conclusions and assumptions. I never directly compared MK:DA to SC2. The aspect that's comparable when mentioning those two titles lies within the weapons system (also both games were released on multiple platforms, so it's not like one games getting an edge over another) something that's improved in MK since MK4.

Both games have characters which have their own unique fighting skills in the weapons department. In fact, I believe that MK:DA's is much deeper than SC2's in that aspect. The player actually has to know what they're doing with each character's weapon in order to survive, as opposed to SC2's button mashing weapons based engine.

Which way would you prefer it, skill over quantity or vice versa? The fact of the matter is that MK:DA has a deeper weapons fighting engine than Soul Calibur 2's (and was overlooked by EGM). So what else? Want to prove something? You already have.

sinlessknowledge Wrote: Which way would you prefer it, skill over quantity or vice versa? The fact of the matter is that MK:DA has a deeper weapons fighting engine than Soul Calibur 2's (and was overlooked by EGM). So what else? Want to prove something? You already have.

OMG LOL!!! MKDA has a deeper weapon system than SC2, wtf? Alot of weapon styles have the same moves in MKDA(Sai/Dagger, Sun Moon/Knife, Katana/Ninja Sword) and in SC2, you have horizontal attacks, and verticle attacks, and tons of combinations between the two, and when two weapons collide, each character gets stunned which is very realistic, face it SC2 is a hell of alot deeper than MKDA, skilled players can kick the crap out of button mashers.. But I know that it is your opinion that MKDA is better than SC2, and I can live with that.

mkfan_2002 Wrote: Damn EGM!

I'm with you. Damn them straight to Hell for not liking some game you haven't even played yet.

Kid who are you?!! Do I even know you? Can people even make comments without others jumping all over them like vultures anymore?! MKDA has an advanced combo system for weapons, meaning that it takes much more skill to chain combos, as where you have in Soul Calibur your standard slash, slash, pause, block, slash, slash (the gameplay grows old very quickly). MKDA has much deeper debt than that (can't wait to see what the upcoming MK:D's will be like). Disagree? Tough! So stop whining, and go play your Soul Calibur 2.

If so many here hate EGM so much, why do you read it? A lot of people have been bitching that EGM said this or that, but if you didn't read it you wouldn't know. No harm, no foul.

Well actually I don't hate EGM. I don't believe anyone here has mentioned hating EGM (I used to be an avid subscriber of their magazines since back in 94) it's just that some of their reviews aren't very accurate. "Why bother to read the reviews if you don't like them?" It all comes down to some mags misleading the public with reviews.

For instance when you're surrounded by gamers who 100% go with what mag reviews read that aren't accurate, they're being mislead. For instance, a magazine can go onto give a game a poor rating stating that a game has bad controls. You play the game and have no problems with the control mechanics. Do you think lots are gamers are going to want the game now that it's said to have poor controls? No, I think not(resulting in poor sales of the game, but MKDA sold millions so it's not as major in this case). That's why it takes people to go and play the games for themselves.

Just people object to a magazine review doesn't mean that they technically hate the magazine. People have a right to voice their opinions.

Dude.(moe's voice)dwhaaaaaaaaaaaa?

Dude first of all it take very little skill to do a chain combo with a weapon and the only reason in MKDA you have to know what you are doing with a weapon is because most of the moves in MKDA are Useless... 80% maybe 70% if I were nice are useless... the reason SCII can have button smashers look like they are doing something(if you know how to play the game, button smashers are obliterated) is because all the moves in Soul Caliber 2 have a purpose when in MKDA one combo, maybe maybe maybe two with your weapons can be used safely(I say two because Scorpion/Kenshi's sidestep slash and one combo are affective).. also your weapons are upgradable and some are unlockable, which means 'mirror matches' can be intersting as well... SC2 is a lot more deeper, the gameplay aspect of SC2 is what gave it its good rating most likely... MKDA had a superior storyline, cast of characters, actual finishing moves, and some of the stages in MKDA looked better than the SC2 ones... the graphics aren't really awesome in MKDA compared to SC2(I mean on Xbox at least), their jaws are pretty square looking on MKDA and the facial animantions are better on SC2(on xbox)... the characters have unique voices on SC2 also... so I could see SC2 getting a better rating.... I like MKDA, but I can see its fault when compared to other fighting games... later

EGM is clearly full of shit. They give every fucking madden and NCAA football 9s or higher and its always I repeat ALWAYS the same game just with 1 new mode added. This little thing also goes towards the GTA series, Castlevania (well most of the time, the games are great, but HOD sucked BALLS), SC2, and anything else those bastards worship. They just hand out golds or silvers to basically their favorite game licenses.

blackwizard Wrote: EGM is clearly full of shit. They give every fucking madden and NCAA football 9s or higher and its always I repeat ALWAYS the same game just with 1 new mode added. This little thing also goes towards the GTA series, Castlevania (well most of the time, the games are great, but HOD sucked BALLS), SC2, and anything else those bastards worship. They just hand out golds or silvers to basically their favorite game licenses.

This is so wrong I won't even bother

I agree with EGM MK is stale it hasnt been the same since it turned into that 3-d crap mk will never be as good as it use to be.Now its just mainstream with gay mainstream music like adema or whatever they where called since when does mk need a theme song from some nu metal band? face it. This game has gone soft well at least thats the way i feel about it.

explain to me how wrong it is

This should be in the MK:D section.

-Shoe

Yes i read this also in my EGM mag that came in and i dont really care about it just a couple guys opinions all that matters it what us at MK Online think

sinlessknowledge Wrote: Kid who are you?!! Do I even know you? Can people even make comments without others jumping all over them like vultures anymore?! MKDA has an advanced combo system for weapons, meaning that it takes much more skill to chain combos, as where you have in Soul Calibur your standard slash, slash, pause, block, slash, slash (the gameplay grows old very quickly). MKDA has much deeper debt than that (can't wait to see what the upcoming MK:D's will be like). Disagree? Tough! So stop whining, and go play your Soul Calibur 2.

First of all, I aint the new kid on the block, second of all, you're saying I'm whining when in fact you were the one whining about EGM giving MKD a so-so and giving SC2 a good grade, I was just pointing out the fact that anyone who really knows fighting games, knows that SC2 is so much deeper than MKDA, live with it.