As much as I don't want to clog up the MK5.org boards with off-topic crap, I figured I'd post this for anyone who has read contradictory info about Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, was curious about the game, or might have already decided not to give it a chance based on false info:

In comparison to MK:DA, Tao Feng does not have:
-weapons (for its main characters)
-finishing moves/fatalities
-as many characters
-mini-games like ‘Test your Might’
-unlimited range attacks
-as much unlockable content
-actual ‘dripping’ blood
-as much gore and blood overall
-a team of 50 people and 4 years of overall production (two years of which contained the full team)

However, Tao Feng does have (amongst other things):
-better graphics
-more ingenuity (sorry, couldn’t resist )
-full-body character damage
-wall and pole attacks
-a limb damage system that dissuades players from blocking too much
-more interactive objects, including environmental hazards that do extra damage when you knock your opponent into them (extra health is also awarded if you do this in survival mode)
-bigger levels
-'attack while jumping backward’ moves (couldn't resist that either)
-unique character sizes and no shared moves between skeletons
-character titles based on actual Chinese naming conventions (take ‘em or leave ‘em, but I never heard anyone raving about “Sonya” and “Liu Kang” when MK first came out)
-a team of 25 people and 3.5 years of overall production (only one of which included the full team)

Now for the other stuff that you might have seen on websites. Tao Feng does not have:

-bones that literally break or can’t be healed once broken
-an option to literally run across walls
-battle damage (cuts, bruises, etc.) specific to certain regions of the body
-raging combos
-a way to target specific limbs for damage (the limb damage increases in warning as a player continues blocking, and which impairs arms or legs if they fail to block a hit with the limb damage DANGER warning--all attacks on the damaged limbs, upper or lower, subsequently do 50% less damage until healed)
-shallow gameplay that you might have seen in the available gameplay videos
-a cool name
-around 100 combos per character (but it does have plenty to keep things interesting)


Finally, the current official release date is March 19th.

I hope that clears things up.