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Sure looks like Sindel is the main villain if she's literally going Evil Mode for her X-Ray and Fatality
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:09 |
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Gavok posted:Who does that leave? Nitara and Reiko iirc. We've seen Reiko but Nitara has not been seen in any media yet. Maybe it's just me but the animation for a lot of the characters looks incredibly improved from 11/X. A lot of characters now stepping into their attacks instead of just static kicks and "punching over a fence" animations, many moves just look way more fluid and active while moving around. Just watching Shao Kahn's stuff in that trailer and he's so much more mobile with his attacks than I've ever seen.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:10 |
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Is this the first time we saw Shao Kahn without the helmet? Didn't realize he had horns similar-ish to Motaro.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:12 |
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hammer > axe for Shao Kahn but his kit looks appropriately brutal
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:13 |
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amigolupus posted:Is this the first time we saw Shao Kahn without the helmet? Didn't realize he had horns similar-ish to Motaro. He's taken it off before in recent games. The horns are new though, usually portrayed as a half-dragon man.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:14 |
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amigolupus posted:Is this the first time we saw Shao Kahn without the helmet? Didn't realize he had horns similar-ish to Motaro. He's always looked like a cross between a human and a dragon under the helmet. This is the first time he's had horns.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:15 |
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at Sindel's x-ray basically being the taint reaper. I do like how she switches between looking fairly normal and going Big Hair mode for certain moves.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:29 |
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That had me wondering if Sindel is going to be a stance character in this game.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:30 |
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Motaro looks really good as a kameo. Isn't Goro one of the kameos as well? Actually seems like a good system for having some big characters like that without having to worry so much about making them work as an actual selectable character, and also an avenue to pursue some more outlandish designs in the future. I never played Mortal Kombat X but Ferra/Tor looked really cool and I hope they make an appearance as a kameo sometime as well.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:31 |
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exquisite tea posted:That had me wondering if Sindel is going to be a stance character in this game. gotta do something with the leftover Poison Ivy animations lol SUNKOS posted:Motaro looks really good as a kameo. Isn't Goro one of the kameos as well? Actually seems like a good system for having some big characters like that without having to worry so much about making them work as an actual selectable character, and also an avenue to pursue some more outlandish designs in the future. I never played Mortal Kombat X but Ferra/Tor looked really cool and I hope they make an appearance as a kameo sometime as well. I think Torr at the very least was rumored to be a Kameo, maybe a DLC one
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:36 |
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I wonder if they're going to have any new characters at all in this one. Starting to look like they're not going to bother with them and let the reimagined 3D era characters be the furthest out they go.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:37 |
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The revamped 3D era characters(outside of Kenshi) may as well be new characters tbh
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:38 |
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EorayMel posted:The revamped 3D era characters(outside of Kenshi) may as well be new characters tbh Yeah, I can see the rationale for it. They have done a whole lot to rework them
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:40 |
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Liu Kang is that guy who has zero interest in meeting new people, apparently.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:41 |
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Also loving lol @ God Liu Kang smugly going "Your Earthrealm champion is new timeline Raiden" to new timeline Shao Kahn
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:42 |
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EorayMel posted:The revamped 3D era characters(outside of Kenshi) may as well be new characters tbh Yes, who before this game really gave a poo poo about Li Mei or Ashrah. Yes, I know these people statistically exist that was a rhetorical question!!
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:43 |
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*creates a perfect new timeline* *keeps in the fight to the death for the fate of the realms tournament*
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:46 |
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PostNouveau posted:*creates a perfect new timeline* I'm guessing it's a bit friendlier than old timeline Mortal Kombat but things go Horribly Wrong.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:48 |
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if they're still going by the real ancient lore, the tournament is basically a necessity to keep an ancient supergod from eating the universe. Sure there may be some other way to go about it, but people are going to fight anyway, might as well control when and how.EorayMel posted:Also loving lol @ God Liu Kang smugly going "Your Earthrealm champion is new timeline Raiden" to new timeline Shao Kahn there has to be a small part of him that's like "yeah now you get to fight him every year now, idiot. how does it feel."
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:49 |
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PostNouveau posted:*creates a perfect new timeline* Something went horribly wrong? Just blame Shang Tsung and/or Raiden.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:49 |
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PostNouveau posted:*creates a perfect new timeline* Well death is a part of the natural order, so clearly konquest murder tournaments should be as well.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:50 |
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Tortolia posted:Liu Kang is that guy who has zero interest in meeting new people, apparently. Some of these people he met while being a zombie, so his memory is a little hazy.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:52 |
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exquisite tea posted:Yes, who before this game really gave a poo poo about Li Mei or Ashrah. *raises hand* exquisite tea posted:Yes, I know these people statistically exist that was a rhetorical question!! *lowers hand*
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:53 |
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Isn't Liu Kang the ancient supergod now?
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:54 |
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no there's like a super special one that got torn apart because he was being an rear end in a top hat, and the realms were made out of his body or something. Liu Kang is like a tier below. He's top dog now, but part of the job of the elder gods is to make sure homie doesn't reform and start tearing poo poo up again. The tournament is supposed to keep everyone from outright invading each other and merging all the realms back into one again, and it seems to work pretty well outside of the times we're looking directly at it lol
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 21:58 |
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EorayMel posted:Isn't Liu Kang the ancient supergod now? This is kind of the fundamental problem with how Aftermath ended. With a mighty god capable of rewriting time on the side of good, it's impossible for evil to be much of a threat unless said god is a colossally stupid fuckup.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:01 |
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It's good to remember that at the end of the day Liu Kang isn't a normal god, he's a human who is infused with the powers of extremely powerful entities. He's still going to make Human Mistakes, which will also be infused with the powers of extrmely powerful entities lol
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:04 |
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maruhkati posted:This is kind of the fundamental problem with how Aftermath ended. With a mighty god capable of rewriting time on the side of good, it's impossible for evil to be much of a threat unless said god is a colossally stupid fuckup. Said god learned from Raiden. I think we'll be fine.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:04 |
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maruhkati posted:This is kind of the fundamental problem with how Aftermath ended. With a mighty god capable of rewriting time on the side of good, it's impossible for evil to be much of a threat unless said god is a colossally stupid fuckup. in the prematch conversation between li mei and liu kang, liu says that he cannot eliminate injustice from the world because of how it's made
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:12 |
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PostNouveau posted:*creates a perfect new timeline* Its a cool tournament
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:14 |
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E: double post
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:15 |
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Smoking Crow posted:in the prematch conversation between li mei and liu kang, liu says that he cannot eliminate injustice from the world because of how it's made No, but Warner Brothers can.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:20 |
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Smoking Crow posted:in the prematch conversation between li mei and liu kang, liu says that he cannot eliminate injustice from the world because of how it's made Well we just stumbled into the problem every Priest, Rabbi, Imam and every other monothiestic holy man has spent 5,000 years pondering a solution to
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:23 |
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DLC Inc posted:I think Torr at the very least was rumored to be a Kameo, maybe a DLC one That's exciting to hear because I think the rumors have all been correct so far? I know some have been iffy but I hope the one about the second kombat pack having Harley is true.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:40 |
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Smoking Crow posted:in the prematch conversation between li mei and liu kang, liu says that he cannot eliminate injustice from the world because of how it's made This is why Liu Kang is a god and I am a poo poo
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:41 |
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On the one hand the Mortal Kombat tournament occasionally leads to the reformation of all existence, on the other it's like 12 people slapping beef. Which is infinitely superior to magic necromancers flooding through to Earthrealm, or conversely Earthrealm introducing what looks like 99% feudal jackasses with no powers to speak of to drone strikes.
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:45 |
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I just noticed that there's a Premium Edition of the game and that it comes with 5 more Kameos. I wonder how those are balanced. Kinda legit psyched to see Shujinko as the Ancient Master character they envisioned him as but failed to realize so long ago. In-story, they could slot him in Bo Rai Cho's place, but I have no idea if Kameos will actually be involved in any story stuff at all. Edit: I always look at the characters in Mortal Kombat and think about Injustice, and what it would be like if NRS was able to create a Marvel fighting game. So many characters in MK could be swapped out for Marvel ones pretty easily. Jamesman fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Aug 22, 2023 |
# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:47 |
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Babe Magnet posted:no there's like a super special one that got torn apart because he was being an rear end in a top hat, and the realms were made out of his body or something. Liu Kang is like a tier below. He's top dog now, but part of the job of the elder gods is to make sure homie doesn't reform and start tearing poo poo up again. The tournament is supposed to keep everyone from outright invading each other and merging all the realms back into one again, and it seems to work pretty well outside of the times we're looking directly at it lol If I were Time/Fire God Liu Kang, I'd just not allow merging realms under any circumstances. None of this cutesy "Ohhhhhhhkay, if you can win TEN tournaments in a row, then you get a little treat"
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:47 |
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The final kameo released alongside the final DLC playable character is Ed Boone himself
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# ? Aug 22, 2023 22:47 |
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EorayMel posted:The final kameo released alongside the final DLC playable character is Ed Boone himself If Zebron was a Kameo I would cave and pre-order this game right now.
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