I'm failing to see how this is a rant about MK9

and i fail to see how this is a MK forum all i have been seeing are gays, nerds, complainers, & lamers....c'mon i think MK is much cooler to have dorky faggy fans like u cum swappers....smh

OBVIOUSLY THIS GAME IS INCOMPLETE.

Only a few characters have unique get-ups and the rest are shared.

FUCK YOU NRS.

My rant first time I'm gonna play the game is on the xbox 360 I have played the demo but its just not the same.

From my examiner page:

It promises to be the biggest thing to happen to the Mortal Kombat franchise since... ever. All fans, young and old alike, are eagerly anticipating this release. All fans that is, except me. Why, you ask? Well I’ll tell you. With every MK release, the creators re-write, ignore, and otherwise contradict many important well-founded storyline elements. As a long-time MK fan, I’m regrettably somewhat used to this. But this new game will deliberately rewrite the entire Mortal Kombat story from MK1 on. Someone told me that the idea for the new MK game is similar to that of the new Batman movies – a re-imagining of the story. Two things: 1) notice how in all the many re-imaginings of Batman some things always stay the same i.e. dead parents, huge inheritance. If a Batman movie were made wherein Bruce Wayne’s parents were still alive and poor, it would be the biggest disappointment since, well...

visit http://www.examiner.com/mortal-kombat-in-wichita/mortal-kombat-2011 for the rest.

I wish there were a way we could report posts. I hope you get skulled and banned

Ahahahahahahahahahahaahahhahaah!

The only thing I have a problem with is the challenge tower reward
and unplayable bosses ( I never use them online ).

with that said I dont mind if the bosses are unplayable in versus as long
as I can play as them in challenge tower if they indeed are I am all good.
If however they are not playable at all in any mode I will not be happy
I like Shao Kahn, Goro and, Shang Tsung ( I know Tsung is playable )
and must play as them at least in the tower

still waiting for my Kollectors Edition which I pre-ordered from Amazon ( I`m from Germany) and I phoned the Import Shop tellin me I have to wait a week more because they are importing the US Copy and due to Eastern it will arrive on 26th

OMFG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Don't worry, I don't think he's coming back.

Anyways, MK's finally getting the respect it deserves!

I'm gonna explode it's out but I don't have any money!!!!

I was in the Kyrpt around the Bloodmarsh area looking for an alt costume. and...



I hate that shit. hurts my heart.

I didn't like the lack of a flat out versus mode.
And I do miss the kreate a fighter... :(
but otherwise, i love it :D

I hate Quan Chi.

I want to preface this by saying this is the best Mortal Kombat to released by far. So I really appreciate the thought and effort that went into producing this game. With that being said my complaints about this game I've noticed are as follows:

CHARACTER APPEARANCE:

Johnny Cage - I think most people can agree that the giant "tattoo" of Johnny across his chest is a real big eye sore and makes him look corny. Also the rest of the costume looks corny also. He looks like a fitness instructor rather than a fighter in this game. I think he can also loose the shades.

Reptile - I think most people can agree that Reptile should be human. The way that he's rendered now in this game he looks to be some sort of prehistoric bird. They could have him in the ninja palette swap from MK 1 along with Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Smoke and Ermac.

Kitana/Jade/Mileena/Sindel/Sonya - I know that sex sells nowadays, but I would like for Mortal Kombat to create a render of a female character that looks respectable instead of a border line stripper/pole dancer. I'm sure fans don't mind, but I think female fans would appreciate a respectable looking female fighter.

Noob Saibot - To me, in my humble opinion, Noob looks like a cross between Dark Vader and a turtle. I think he can have the ninja palette swap from MK 1 along with the rest of the ninja characters in the game.

GAMEPLAY:

Air Juggles - One thing that makes me cringe is the flapping of the limbs of the characters when they get hit with air combos and other hits in mid-air. It makes them look like rag dolls in the game. One game I think is really spot on is Tekken. They have the most realistic simulation of how a real human being would fall in a fight.

Mechanics - I think it's really important to have realistic mechanics of falling, and motions of when a character absorbs a hit from a physical hit or projectile. For the most part the game has got it down, but there are spots where it defies physics. For example, when Reptile launches his green ball or when Shang Tsung launches his flaming skulls, the character falls forwards, instead of being blown backwards. When a character gets knocked out, it would seem that they fall like a statue instead of falling down from a knockout hit. It looks bad and cartoonish in my opinion. Also the motioning of sidekicks and punches don't seem to be motioned by a real martial arts at times. Sub-Zero's sidekick and spinning heel kick look sloppy.

Fatalities - I know this is nic picky, but when you knock your opponent out, and the announcer yells to "Finish Him/Her", I think it would be more realistic if your opponent stayed on their feet or made some sort of stumbling motion to showcase them in state of being disoriented. I would think that if a character has enough energy and sense to pop back on their feet after a supposed knockout blow, they would be able to still fight. I also think the fatalities have gotten a bit far-fetched and unimaginative. I'd much rather see simple but realistic gore-fested, bloody fatalities. I'm sure it's a challenge to think of over sixty fatalities for all of the characters but I think a majority of the characters's finishing moves are going for the "Woo" factor instead of just finishing off their opponent.

Fighting Stances - Most of the characters in the game look to have some unrealistic fighting stances. Stryker, Mileena, Jax and few others looks to have some proper stances but the majority of the characters look unrealistic. I think fans would appreciate the old fighting stances the characters had back in MK1 and MK2.

Tag Teams - I know this is a real small detail and it really isn't a problem but I'd prefer to have the fallen partner in a tag team match just to be laid out on the floor instead of knocked out of the screen. I just feel it looks more realistic, especially when fighting on arenas such as the pit or Kratos Areana where if the character gets knocked out off the camera it could be taken that they fell into the pit. Also another minor detail I've noticed is the tag ins. I'd much rather have the tag in partner just do a simple somersault in and out of the match like in MK1 instead of dashing in and out or some specialty effect/move in and out of the match. Again I think it would look more realistic.

SPECIALTY MOVES:

Most of the specialty moves look to be rendered perfectly. I appreciate the thought and effort that went into bringing the past ideas into fruition on such a intricate fighting engine but there are some complaints I do have.

Noob Saibot/Reptile - Looks to have the same slide move that Sub-Zero has.

Scorpion - I feel can do more with his harpoon although I do love the reverse harpoon move he does now. That's great!

Mileena - She rarely uses her pair of sais. I can think of character that would get a lot of use out her sais called "Black Widow"

Teleports - I think there's too many characters that can teleport in some fashion. I don't think Liu Kang should have the ability to teleport, I think it doesn't fit the fighting style of his character.

ARCADE MODES:

I think during the fighting modes, Mortal Kombat should bring back the Endurance Matches from MK1. I think this would bring back that nostalgia feel back and also present fans with more of a challenge to beat the game.
There's already tag team mode, why not add endurance matches for the fans.

OTHER RANTS:

I would like to see some more good fan-made characters such as "Black Widow", "Cuchillo", "Poison Ivy" and "Monolith" just to name a few. Even if they're just introduced as story mode characters, or hidden characters. Maybe if there were a small focus group created from avid fighting game/tournament video gamers to assess the favorability of the characters. And if accepted would make an appearance in the game.

Ok first THIS is a pointless message im making but i just want to get it off of my chest,

I went to almost 242 Challenges without buying my way pass any challenges, then i thought about everything and said to myself well ill spoil myself by watching a youtube vid of the last 300 challenge,

after i watch it, and saw all that work, all you get is 5000 koins, (Which are meaning less if you bough everything) and a 3rd alt for a person that i dont even use.

i was hoping for something GOOD, not a crappy alt that i wont ever use,

as i said, i went tho almost all the challenges all the hard damn challenges that almost made me toss my controller at the tv, not buying my way pass any challenges at all, just to find out that you get something crappy,

im glad i saw the vid that spoiled it, cuz at lest now i dont have to worry about trying to beat all of them and not even to bother wasting my time to get something that sucks,

They could at least give us goro or kintaro for the arcade ladder but nope,

Sorry for wasting everyone time, i know it was pointless posting this since we all know what it was going to be, i just hope it was not true.

and thx for whoever read all this, and sorry for wasting your time.
just a rage post.

Just need to know how many other people feel the same way also.

Yeah i feel the same way. I thought the reward would be emulation of mk1,2 and 3, or something cool....but it wasn't. At least i got my achievement though!

Xbox contollers suck but scooping helps

1st Rant: The screamer in the Krypt.

I haven't gone into it yet and I ain't gonna. Saw a youtube video of it, thought it was fake, watched another Krypt vid and there it was again. That little Baraka monkey thing can go to hell.

2nd Rant: Quan Chi's second Fatality.

Through out the entire wait for the game we thought that this was Scorpion's second Fatality. And thank god it wasn't.

But why give it to Quan Chi?

That means that there is no sorcery in a sorcerer's Fatalitys.
The leg beat down is a must. It's one of those Fatalitys that can be done by any character, but is so specific to a certain character that it's the characters trade mark like Sub-Zero's Spine Rip.

But get rid of that boring Fatality and give it to Kenshi or something, just add telekenesis.

3rd Rant: Sheeva

I hate this character. But thats not the reason why she's one of my rants.

It's the fact that it's hard to make my own combos for her. Every move I have to wait for one second before she can move again. Why

4th Rant: Kratos

Not that fact that he's present. But he was poorly animated. His mouth doesn't even move. Seriously? And his second Fatality is more like a Heroic Brutality to me.

5th Rant: Special Move Copying.

For example. Reptile and Noob Saibot have a similar slide to Sub-Zero.
I guess with Noob Saibot it's fine but with Reptile?

And the Scorpion teleport move that both Smoke and Ermac copy from. But they put a unique twist to it, especially for Smoke, so this is a rather minor complaint.

6th Rant: Cyber Sub-Zero

Not the idea of the character, but his move set. It's just a pile of everyone elses moves into one character, mostly Sub-Zero and Cyrax.

And his Fatalitys are that great either. Maybe for the second one if they showed the brain freezing then the shuriken spins, shattering it.

7th Rant: Fatality Screams

This is when the opponent screams for their life from the pain they are suffering from. Now look at this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzqSGP_nEkc Man, that sure sounded like it hurt.

8th Rant: Small amout of Stage Fatalitys

There were so many possibilities. Like in the Courtyard. Why not throw the opponent into the gaurds' weapons? They follow you where ever you go in the stage.

And theres not even one for the bottom of the pit. Why not force a guys face down a spike leaving a massive gaping hole where their face used to be?


Despite all my complaints. I love this game. I really do.

PSN is still fucking down!

I think the online play could have been so much better. I actually miss chess kombat from Deception, at least that pushed the boundaries a bit... Also, has anyone else noticed how bad the connection is, it lags so much and is generally speaking, really slow!

I noticed an error in the command menu for Sonya.
It's about her EX charged kiss, it says to hold Y(back punch I guess), instead of X(front)

My only rant is the fact that PSN is down.. WTF...

I would just like to say Sonya's 2nd outfit was cr*p and should have had something similar to Deadly Alliance or Armageddon!

This so much!


I'm still waiting for my first ever online match!



Also, damn you Kitana, the pain in my left thumb from trying to connect your combos is terrible.