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Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Darth TNT posted:

Call me crazy with a K. :allears:
Best line. :allears:

Choco1980 posted:

Also, in the original MK3 the cyborgs would "bleed" oil as opposed to blood. There were a couple of characters I think that had other colors of blood too, like I want to say Reptile's was green.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Reptile's blood was green, and I think Sheeva's was as well for some reason?

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CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER

Tiggum posted:

Best line. :allears:
Johnny Cage seems like a cool dude in this game, which is nice.

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!

CommissarMega posted:

Johnny Cage seems like a cool dude in this game, which is nice.

The Cage line produces pretty great characters.

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Senerio posted:

The Cage line produces pretty great characters.

Not David.

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

I'm 😤 not a 🦸🏻‍♂️hero...🧜🏻



More Nicolas.

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Samovar posted:

More Nicolas.

Dear $DEITY no! This game is bad enough without adding BEEEEEEEEES!

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
I'm not sure what was more awesome, Smoke's one liners, or the totally-not-funky-porn-riff that starts playing with Kitana walks in.

counterfeitsaint fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Oct 7, 2015

K-ParAdoX
Jul 12, 2004
...but.this.phone.is. always.off.it's.hook...
"Assuming Bi-Han's identity is the best way to honor him." :raise:

Yes, pretending you're a recently deceased loved one is the right away to honor their legacy... Well, it worked for Cloud, I guess.

Iunnrais
Jul 25, 2007

It's gaelic.
Well, less pretending you're him, and more making use of his style? Although, yeah, I guess they are taking the name too. Except it's not a name, it's a call sign, so maybe that's kosher then?

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Samizdata posted:

Dear $DEITY no! This game is bad enough without adding BEEEEEEEEES!

So you're not a fan of Dvorah, then.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

Iunnrais posted:

Well, less pretending you're him, and more making use of his style? Although, yeah, I guess they are taking the name too. Except it's not a name, it's a call sign, so maybe that's kosher then?

I'd imagine it's like someone inheriting the badge number of their older cop brother who was killed in the line of duty.

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Green Intern posted:

So you're not a fan of Dvorah, then.

More not a fan of Nic Cage. TO-MA-TOE, TO-MAH-TOE.

Weavered
Jun 23, 2013

So I got MKX on the Black Friday sale and without going into detail the story mode starts off pretty hectic with poo poo flying around and all sorts of crap going on. Can't wait for this to carry on so I can make some sense of what's happening.

I know it still won't make sense.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Weavered posted:

So I got MKX on the Black Friday sale and without going into detail the story mode starts off pretty hectic with poo poo flying around and all sorts of crap going on. Can't wait for this to carry on so I can make some sense of what's happening.

I know it still won't make sense.

MKX starts a year or two after MK9, as a new villain revealed at the end of this game launches his attack. Beyond that, the reason why some characters are evil and corrupted is answered by the title of this thread: Raiden makes mistakes, and there's a serious case of "Oh dear how do we wrap up this subplot so late in development..." late in the game.

DMorbid
Jan 6, 2011

Hello! I see you.


While we wait for the next update (again), here's some more crap I wrote about Mortal Kombat. This was written a week ago, but I didn't want to bump the thread just to shill my bullshit.

MK Retrospektive Extra: Portable MK Games

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Doc Morbid posted:

While we wait for the next update (again), here's some more crap I wrote about Mortal Kombat. This was written a week ago, but I didn't want to bump the thread just to shill my bullshit.

MK Retrospektive Extra: Portable MK Games

Shill all you want. You bullshit is awesome.

Wanderer
Nov 5, 2006

our every move is the new tradition

Weavered posted:

So I got MKX on the Black Friday sale and without going into detail the story mode starts off pretty hectic with poo poo flying around and all sorts of crap going on. Can't wait for this to carry on so I can make some sense of what's happening.

I know it still won't make sense.

It actually makes pretty near perfect sense, although one of the big weaknesses of MKX is that it presumes deep familiarity with MK9 and the series's plot as a whole.

For example, Fujin shows up in the first chapter of MKX's story mode and is never really identified. You're just supposed to mark out at next-gen high-definition Fujin, because obviously you're familiar with a character who was only a major player in a single game released 18 god drat years ago.

Plot-wise, though, the game has no serious problems. It doesn't play ball with the tie-in comic in a couple of minor ways and it's very much a hyperkinetic, bloody comic book of a story, but in terms of consistency and narrative flow, it's successful.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Doc Morbid posted:

While we wait for the next update (again), here's some more crap I wrote about Mortal Kombat. This was written a week ago, but I didn't want to bump the thread just to shill my bullshit.

MK Retrospektive Extra: Portable MK Games

I also had Mortal Kombat 2 for the gameboy and it was a fine game indeed. :) I played it a lot and fought Jade and Smoke. Well, Smoke was easy, Jade not so much...

Onmi
Jul 12, 2013

If someone says it one more time I'm having Florina show up as a corpse. I'm not even kidding, I was pissed off with people doing that shit back in 2010, and I'm not dealing with it now in 2016.
I had the Tiger Mortal Kombat game. I could never beat Goro.

GrimRevenant
Mar 28, 2011

Je Reviendrai.

Samizdata posted:

TO-MA-TOE, TO-MAH-TOE.
Uh… those are pronounced the same way. :confused: I mean maybe a little extra aspiration on the second one, but I think you MAY have wanted to be a little more explicit. ;)


Smoke was always up there as my favourite character, usually just after Scorpion. Kinda hard to beat the flaming revenant ninja with the come-here projectile.*

* Speaking of, am I the only one who thought that the pull attack of the Revenants in Dragon Age was an homage to Scorpion?

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

GrimRevenant posted:

Uh… those are pronounced the same way. :confused: I mean maybe a little extra aspiration on the second one, but I think you MAY have wanted to be a little more explicit. ;)


Smoke was always up there as my favourite character, usually just after Scorpion. Kinda hard to beat the flaming revenant ninja with the come-here projectile.*

* Speaking of, am I the only one who thought that the pull attack of the Revenants in Dragon Age was an homage to Scorpion?

Not so much, but oh well. Never played Dragon Age, so I couldn't tell for sure, but I wouldn't put it past them. Scorpion is kind of iconic at this point. I mean, look how many people know what it means when you sort of growl "Get over here!"

your evil twin
Aug 23, 2010

"What we're dealing with...
is us! Those things look just like us!"

"Speak for yourself, I couldn't look that bad on a bet."
Hi everyone, next video being worked on, also I realised I haven't done Fatality vids for the most recent characters so I'll put those up too.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I find myself still wondering what game it was that those nameless Outworld mooks were playing in the sewers. 5 d8s. Some kind of dice poker?

Anyway, Smoke's is the first story mode that's actually felt different to me. I mean, I suppose everybody's got their own attack speeds and threat rectangles and whatnot, but all that variation felt like it boiled down to what color energy blast they shot. Smoke's projectile counter seems like his own unique wrinkle, and his dual fight against characters with what feel like slower projectiles seems designed to take advantage of that.

And then Sektor's feel a lot faster, making him more of a threat as the final boss.

Of course, you're probably going to say that everyone's projectiles move at the same speed and I'll feel a right muggins, but even so.

your evil twin
Aug 23, 2010

"What we're dealing with...
is us! Those things look just like us!"

"Speak for yourself, I couldn't look that bad on a bet."
JAX FATALITIES


Both of Jax's Fatalities, with Baraka and Sheeva as the victims. Also includes Jade performing a Babality on Jax.


SHEEVA FATALITIES


Sheeva's Fatalities on Jax, followed by Sonya getting revenge on her captor by doing a Babality.

your evil twin fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Apr 14, 2016

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013
It seems a bit off an overkill to first pop someones head and then still take the time to rip off his arms.

Weavered
Jun 23, 2013

Darth TNT posted:

It seems a bit off an overkill to first pop someones head and then still take the time to rip off his arms.

Jax can never be accused of doing half a job.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I'm disappointed that ripping Jax's arms off results in bone and muscle rather than metal bits.

kalonZombie
May 24, 2010

D&D 3.5 Book of Erotic Fantasy

goatface posted:

I'm disappointed that ripping Jax's arms off results in bone and muscle rather than metal bits.

I'm more disappointed that when Sheeva claps them they don't clang.

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
What happened when you do an arm rip fatality on Sheeva? Just rips the top two off?

BumSCL
Nov 5, 2012
Yep. Same with any other fatality that removes the arms, it'll only take the top two off. Even in the case of Baraka's first fatality where they're sliced from beneath.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

goatface posted:

I'm disappointed that ripping Jax's arms off results in bone and muscle rather than metal bits.

It could be an issue with his fatalaty mesh being based off of his default model where he doesn't have robot arms. But even the cyber lin-kuei have muscley bits so :shrug:

Also Sheeva's fatalaty claps sound the same regardless of whose arms she's clapping with.

enigma105
Mar 16, 2004

His record...it's over 9-7!!!

Kurieg posted:

It could be an issue with his fatalaty mesh being based off of his default model where he doesn't have robot arms. But even the cyber lin-kuei have muscley bits so :shrug:

Also Sheeva's fatalaty claps sound the same regardless of whose arms she's clapping with.

They essentially have two body types, men and women, then add the extras like clothes and such. So all the fatalities work the same, no matter the victim. Pretty sure MK X fixed that.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

enigma105 posted:

Pretty sure MK X fixed that.

Not really. The only true weirdo model/skeleton for xrays and fatalities that comes to mind is Alien, because it doesn't have eyes and some MKX fatalities and x-rays involve exploding or gouging out or otherwise hitting the eyes.

Cassie Cage, however, visibly pulps the testicles on male victims of her x-ray. Women just get a camel-toe punch, men have their scrotum exploded into gore.

Some characters do have different skulls or muscle structure when getting x-rayed, though.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

enigma105 posted:

They essentially have two body types, men and women, then add the extras like clothes and such. So all the fatalities work the same, no matter the victim. Pretty sure MK X fixed that.

MK X also decided about halfway through that they wern't supporting PC anymore so, two steps forward one giant step back.

RoboChrist 9000
Dec 14, 2006

Mater Dolorosa

Cythereal posted:

Cassie Cage, however, visibly pulps the testicles on male victims of her x-ray. Women just get a camel-toe punch, men have their scrotum exploded into gore.
I guess they could have done exploding ovaries? Wouldn't make much anatomical sense, but then again neither does getting punched in the nuts/oval office so hard your eyes pop out and/or your head falls off.

Different skulls and stuff was in MK 2011, here, too, though. Mileena and Baraka both had appropriate skulls/mouths.

Actually, speaking of funny heads/skulls, MKX doesn't need to do things different for Predator? His skull isn't really that human-esque either.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

Actually, speaking of funny heads/skulls, MKX doesn't need to do things different for Predator? His skull isn't really that human-esque either.

Predator, Alien, Baraka, Mileena, Corrupted Shinnok, and Goro all have different heads/skulls.

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Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
Someone punched them in the nuts/oval office so hard the pc port fell off.

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