New Mortal Kombat coming in 2011. - Page 2

Originally Posted by joeblow

Fighting games are worth the full price if you plan to play it a lot with friends or online. I'd say good fighters are often the best dollar-per-hours-played value out there, along with good online shooters and online RPGs. If you mainly play by yourself, then fighters are usually an awful value (The Soul Calibur series have usually been fun to play alone though).

With that said, for Mortal Kombat they at least added a huge solo feature with all of the various challenge stages in the Tower:

Originally Posted by MrDowntown

Yeah 60 dollars seems like a bit much, especially for mortal kombat, but I like that tower system. Look like it'll keep it interesting.
There was a time where I would be one of those people who would finish all 300 levels on mortal kombat. And boy do I want to, but I know I probably won't find the time.

I love this series and will buy the game simply out of pure nostalgia, good to see that it should be somewhat worth it and I can get plenty of hours out of it if I want to.

Originally Posted by Lee K

How in the world would charging a normal PS3 game price be a bit much? It's a full game, possibly more full featured than any other fighting game out there, and will quite possibly provide HUNDREDS of hours of competitive online/offline/single player play.

I have hundreds of hours put into SF4 and SSF4 which both combined cost about $110 after tax (plus the cost of my first generation $150 TE stick) and I would never ever complain. I would have paid quite a bit more for the entertainment value per dollar.

How cheap can you be? If fighting games aren't your thing, don't buy it. But just because it's not worth it to you doesn't mean they're over charging.

Originally Posted by Wurms

Any word on how they will do online multiplayer?

If I do a quick match or something I dont want to be paired with the Uber-God-of-Kombat. Im an average to above average skill at fighting games and dont want to get my ass handed to me (literally in this game) everytime I play online.

Having fun with the demo and gonna get this day 1 most likely

Yes, Kratos has an ending. But there's a catch. From the start, we decided we wouldn't put him into the Story and have him interacting with Scorpion or things like that, Boon explained. But when you conquer the Arcade ladder, you'll get your just desserts. We do explain what happens when Kratos wins the tournament, Boon hinted, describing the endings as a lot more elaborate than in prior games.

Yes, Kratos has a fatality. No, we're not going to spoil it here. We had 10 fatality ideas we wanted to do, Boon teased. But the final versions are in line with all the crazy deaths you've seen in God of War over the years. Boon hinted that Netherrealm Studios is making creative use of Kratos' weapons in designing his kills, adding, It's probably over the top, but we've always been over the top.

Yes, Kratos has a stage. And yes, it has a stage fatality. It has the best stage fatality we've put into any Mortal Kombat game ever, Boon said excitedly without further elaboration. The stage itself was inspired by the end of God of War III, when Kratos battles Zeus in the Chamber of Flame. That fight had an almost fighting-game mechanic, Boon said, so when we saw that we thought, It's writing itself!

Yes, Kratos is being carefully balanced. How do you balance a character who is practically omnipotent? Not an easy question. Kratos is interesting because his God of War fighting style is so long range - it's designed for crowds, Boon said. That approach won't necessarily fly in a one-on-one fighting game, so Mortal Kombat emphasizes Kratos' close-range brute strength and reserves the long-ranged attacks for special moves. Anyone who loved MKII or MK3, which are particulatly combo-centric, are going to be happy with Kratos.

Yes, Kratos uses X Weapon. He has more weapons in this game than any of our other characters by a factor of two, Boon confirmed. We spotted the Bow, Cestus, Blade of Olympus, Icarus Wings, Helios head and, of course, the Blades of Chaos.

No, Kratos won't participate in Test Your Might. We're not too shy about putting our Mortal Kombat characters in silly situations, Boon said. There's just no humorous side to Kratos, Boon said. You're not going to see Kratos do a Friendship we kept him out of those situations out of respect.

Warner Bros. may be following in the (very large) footsteps of Electronic Arts and THQ when it comes to discouraging -- or at least profiting from -- the sale of used games. Joystiq has learned from a tipster that when Mortal Kombat hits shelves on April 19, its box will include an "online pass" token that must be redeemed before playing online. At present, WBIE evidently intends to do the same for its high-profile releases F.E.A.R. 3 and Batman: Arkham City. Since the latter won't feature multiplayer, though, the token would have to unlock some other (equally attractive) content.

According to an email obtained from our source, which appears intended for retailers, WBIE won't be promoting the pass -- in fact, no reference to it will appear on the game's packaging. Instead, it is apparently providing retailers with details on the pass, including how to purchase a new one if you're buying a used copy of the game. Unsurprisingly, a new pass will run 800 Microsoft Points / $10 for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively. We've contacted WBIE for comment on this information. You can find an excerpt from the retailer email past the break.

Originally Posted by gdog2004

Hey guys. Love the MK demo. Just wondering if anyone else had this issue. One of my controllers doesnt work right in the game. All the buttons on the right (square, circle, etc)dont work when the match is going on. It works in the menus, but not in game. And it works in other games. The other controller works as it should. Any ideas what could be going wrong ?

Originally Posted by Lee K

One controller probably needs to be changed to "controller 2" or whatever.

The game is probably looking for a certain controller number in the game and perhaps it's set to controller 3 or 4.

Hold down the PS button on that controller and try the different controller settings.

Originally Posted by gdog2004

How can I tell what controller its set to ?

Originally Posted by gdog2004

Is everyone able to play 2 player ?