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[PapaJustify]

Well it is mortal kombat.

Do people actually expect MK animations to be good?

Nah, that's not it. I remember MK animations to be a bit more "mature". That was not gameplay though. I just think the animations look goofy in this CGI trailer. Almost felt comical to see the gore and violence in the end after they swung around trees like apes.

 

[jond76]

That inappropriate music. Terrible.

God, tell me about it. Neat trailer though.

 

[LiK]

Scorpion looks pretty awesome.

yep, they always keep improving their designs. I wish the animations improved too. Looked janky.

 

[Remark]

wiz khalifa lol

Fuck the haters man this shit went in. Went perfect with the trailer.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

I hope that Wiz Khalifa song is the main theme.

 

[Liferebooted]

why on fucking earth people still use CG Trailer ?

like what does that even tell me ? there is scorpion and subzero in a mortal kombat game ?

I don't even get it. I am pissed off

Edit: wtf with the music too ? $#%#$%#$

Really? What do you except from an MK video? An eminem original song?

 

[Mass Effect]

Why does Sub-Zero always lose

Anyway, it looks AMAZING.

 

[GooWop]

They heard The Last Guardian is going to be there.

I like the way you think!

 

[petghost]

please, be those animations and hit detection real

those animations definitely dont look like fighitng game buttons to me man...

 

[Baron_Calamity]

So that music..

 

[OnPoint]

First thoughts:

The music is hilarious.

I have serious doubts about environmental interactivity but am hopeful that someone will finally do this.

I love the implication that Scorpion will be able to use the harpoon from the air.

 

[Handy Fake]

I reckon there's a good chance that the majority of that is in-game, to be honest. It's not like it's a free-roaming, open-world, multi-NPCed universe. A small, singular dynamic environment and two high-asseted characters. Would probably play to the same rules as racing games e.g. the majority of the system's oomph can go straight on what you see.

Looks good fun.

 

[Banana Aeon]

Terrible teaser, with no gameplay for a fighting game, looks like it's taking the worst element from Injustice, and the knowledge that NRS is going to release a half broken game in the first place has already killed my non-excitement.

Plz NRS. Shown that you have learned at E3. And don't waste my EVO time.

 

[Karsticles]

If that's in-game play, then this is a huge step backwards. It's like Boon recognized they can't do fast, fluid gameplay, and so they went in the opposite direction. Seeing "cinematic" in the description of a fighting game trailer makes me deeply disappointed. I was hoping they would fix the clunky combat of the previous games.

The fuck is that awful rap shit?

I can't even understand what he is saying.

Incredibly bad music choice. I actually checked my other windows to make sure I didn't have an ad playing somewhere.

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

So true.
The game will look like this?
I mean, maybe stupidly, but is what i'm expecting for a next gen fighter.

Yep same here... kinda expect games next gen to look like that. Would be kinda disappointed if it didn't...

 

[TTUVAPOR]

Dub step would have been better for this trailer, or some gothic orchestral music.

Regardless though, the gameplay looks freaking amazing.

 

[CoG]

Ed Boon should have just tweeted "Mortal Kombat X - 2015". We didn't need a CG trailer with bad music and the same characters from MK 1. I realize these things are not for "people like us" but what's the point?

 

[Interfectum]

Fuck the haters man this shit went in. Went perfect with the trailer.

No it didn't. It was shit. I had to make sure some other browser didn't kick on some garbage music from an ad.

 

[Pain]

Looks great. Looking forward to PS4 gameplay.

 

[Solid Samus]

Well, certainly one of the top contenders for the worst music (if you can call rap music ) in a vg trailer.

my favorite dumbshit pop music is less bad than your favorite dumbshit pop music

 

[Bishop89]

Why does Sub-Zero always lose

Anyway, it looks AMAZING.

Because scorpion is the best.

 

[Majanew]

While that isn't gameplay, I do hope the game can come close to that. Would be awesome.

And who thought that hippity hoppity music was a good fit for this trailer? Sucked.

 

[DamageControl]

Very cool trailer barring the music of course which was a terrible choice. I just hope this is all in-game.

On a separate but slightly related note, why can't Capcom do what these guys are doing and finally give us a Street Fighter V, rather than hitting us with iterations like Ultra SF4?

 

[ponpo]

Regardless of how active online was, MK9 was a huge seller. It's still a really damn popular series.

People want a current gen fighter and there are a lot of people that want to like Mortal Kombat, but need to see something promising. You put those together with the already sizable MK fanbase and I can see hype. It's more or the the same effect with Nintendo's bigger games like Mario Kart, Smash and the 3D Marios.

MK9 was the best selling game in the entire series. If anything it's bigger than it's ever been.

Mortal Kombat is still a huge IP. MK9 beat Street Fighter IV in terms of sales.

Welp. I'm clearly underestimating the popularity I guess. Didn't think it was that big at all. Maybe just from tournament numbers.

 

[Scotch]

Who the hell thought that music was in any way fitting for this trailer? And someone got paid for that decision...

 

[catmario]

So... What platform is.......?

Cross gen? Current gen only?

 

[sugarless]

Is is just me or is it a bit daft to do an X-ray effect on injuries in a game like this? It just draws attention to the fact that after you see Sub-Zero's knee supposedly being shattered, he continues walking comfortably straight after.

 

[TTUVAPOR]

If that's in-game play, then this is a huge step backwards. It's like Boon recognized they can't do fast, fluid gameplay, and so they went in the opposite direction. Seeing "cinematic" in the description of a fighting game trailer makes me deeply disappointed. I was hoping they would fix the clunky combat of the previous games.

I don't think those cinematic scenes are part of the actual gameplay of a match, I think that was just for the trailer. You can tell when it switches back and forth from gameplay to cinematic...

If there were that many cinematic breaks in a match, the fighter would be pointless and no one would take the game serious.

 

[Spehornoob]

If this is as big of a hit as MK9, can we get dat Shaolin Monks sequel? Please.

It's the best MK game and it's not even a fighter.

 

[Pain]

No it didn't. It was shit. I had to make sure some other browser didn't kick on some garbage music from an ad.

You know what different people have different tastes right? Some like classical, some like rap, some like heavy metal. Deal with it. You can't say someone else opinion is wrong.

 

[Platy]

Pretty trailer .... but also pretty useless.


Confirmed Scorpion, Sub Zero, X-Ray and Fatalities.



.... O RLY ?

 

[dlauv]

The hip hop is arbitrary and jarring, and almost as jarring as the animations. The animation is honestly the worst part about these games, strange hit detection being the second worst.

I really hope this one's good. MK9 wasn't UMK3, but it was the best effort in so many years. Just please, somebody get them an animator. Some animator browsing gaf, please offer yourself to Netherrealm's doorstep.

Or maybe poor animation is a studio inside joke at this point. I'm actually convinced they have awful inside jokes concerning development. Just play MK Mythologies.

 

[sixteen-bit]

If this is as big of a hit as MK9, can we get dat Shaolin Monks sequel? Please.

It's the best MK game and it's not even a fighter.

MK9 was the best selling game in the franchise. They'll probably focus on what sells.

 

[Tinzo]

i looked at it 5 time now and yeah i think it's safe to say it's all in game footage.

hype hype hype

that looks so real :S

 

[Officerrob]

Out of curiosity, why does it seem like there is so much "hype™" for this? Isn't the series not that popular anymore? The anticipation for this title seems bigger than the entire post week 1 player-base for MK9.

MK 9 sold close to 4 million copies, it's not a small franchise

 

[Purexed]

Awesome trailer yet the main consensus is "get that hip hop out my game..."

Never change GAF.

 

[Skinny Pete]

i looked at it 5 time now and yeah i think it's safe to say it's all in game footage.

hype hype hype

that looks so real :S

Um no. Clearly cgi

 

[Ol No Bones]

Love the character designs can't wait to see more. I hope the graphics are representative of gameplay at least.

 

[alstein]

MK9 was the best selling game in the entire series. If anything it's bigger than it's ever been.

MK9 also came out the day of the big PSN crash, which hurt it, not just Arcana Heart.

 

[SenatorBot]

Out of curiosity, why does it seem like there is so much "hype™" for this? Isn't the series not that popular anymore? The anticipation for this title seems bigger than the entire post week 1 player-base for MK9.

MK9 was pretty much the only fighting game to stay on NPD charts months after release. Even Injustice stayed for a long time on the charts. There's no other fighting game out there that can rival it in terms of sales and popularity, not even Street Fighter. MK is one of the very few and rare evergreen titles out there.

 

[Lord_Balkan]

MK ain't that hardcore

Would have been a much better choice than Whiz.

Also for all the people complaining about the animations... If you think for a second, the animations are done like that on purpose. It is to keep the the feel of MK 1,2 and 3.

 

[Goodacre0081]

are we sure parts of that weren't game-play? some parts yes but it seems to transition between in-game and per-rendered segments

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Praise the lord, looks amazing!

?? It's FMV.

 

[Interfectum]

Um no. Clearly cgi

It's not CGI. Probably cleaned up in-game cinematics.

 

[RM8]

. Seeing "cinematic" in the description of a fighting game trailer makes me deeply disappointed.

This. Even for MK

 

[SolarPowered]

MK9 also came out the day of the big PSN crash, which hurt it, not just Arcana Heart.

I don't know if you can say that about a game that had like four EVO appearances and a fantastically long tail.

 

[StuBurns]

Graphics are pretty damn impressive. I wish I liked these games.

 

[pokeystaples]

Wiz going in on the MK commercial! That's what's up. Game looks good. Will be interesting to see what platform it releases for.

 

[LiK]

Awesome trailer yet the main consensus is "get that hip hop out my game..."

Never change GAF.

i don't mind hip hop but this particular song made me want to sleep.

 

[alstein]

MK9 was pretty much the only fighting game to stay on NPD charts months after release. Even Injustice stayed for a long time on the charts. There's no other fighting game out there that can rival it in terms of sales and popularity, not even Street Fighter. MK is one of the very few and rare evergreen titles out there.

SF4 vanilla did about as well I believe, SC4 sold over 1 mil I believe pre-SF4 (though Soul Calibur franchise is in a poor state right now), and Smash.