Are you hyped for Mortal Kombat X? *Reptile new trailer*

Reptile trailer!

SW talks about Street Fighter 4, you mention Killer Instinct, but where's the love for Mortal Kombat X? It isn't that far away (April). Game looks like a lot of fun and the graphics look great. I'm super hyped for this. Are you?

New characters

• Cassie Cage
• D'Vorah
• Ferra/Torr
• Kotal Kahn

Returning characters

• Sub-Zero
• Scorpion
• Raiden
• Kano
• Goro - pre-order bonus
• Quan Chi
• Kung Lao
• Kitana

Along with incumbents Scorpion and Sub-Zero, four new fighters were announced when the game was revealed: D'Vorah, an insect-like woman who controls insects; Ferra/Torr, a pairing consisting of an armored dwarf-woman and a giant masked brute; Cassie Cage, the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade; and Kotal Kahn, an Aztec-inspired "blood god" described by series creator Ed Boon as the new emperor of Outworld.[7][8] According to Boon, the game's main antagonist has yet to be revealed but is said to be a "surprising returning character".[9] The return of Raiden was confirmed at EVO 2014.[10] Before it was officially announced, GamePro Germany revealed that Kano would be another returning character from the series.[11]Goro was confirmed as a pre-order exclusive character,[12] and Quan Chi was officially revealed during the annual PlayStationIgroMir event.[13] Kung Lao has been leaked due to Finnish video game magazine Pelaaja revealing him on the magazine's preview article of the game

MK9 was a lot of fun, and it felt like MK finally had a fighting engine that didn't completely suck dick and being overshadowed by cool ass finishers. So yeah I'm excited for MKX.

The reason the few people that talk fighting games on this forum don't talk MK is, because games like Guilty Gear and Street Fighter fucking outclass MK on their worst day. Killer Instinct is nostalgia goggles, because those old games have awful fighting engines. The new one is actually pretty decent, albeit one could argue it has better teaching tools than an actual game.

Hell yeah I am each character has 3 separate type to choose, oh the options, can't wait to see how that plays out. Day one purchase for sure!

No

Mortal Kombat is my favorite fighting game series but I'm not hype for this one. I think I'm over fighting games but I'll buy it after a price drop.

Is it made by Naughty Dog?

Not a fan of fighting games.

@SolidGame_basic: I'm hyped for it. I have it preordered. Hope it turns out good.

Well ****, there goes my exact post.

Yes I'm hyped for it

no not at all

That second trailer was the shit!

yup, im hype.

Definitely. The last game was so good aside from the cheap boss fights.

And yeah, it doesnt get talked about much mostly because its multiplat.

Nah, imo MK gameplay is novel for a while, but that's it.

day 1 for me, hope they bring Ermac back

Personally, no, I'm not the biggest fan of how NetherRealm games like MK and Injustice gameplay feels. I digress though, the game looks pretty cool and hopefully it doesn't die out like MK9 did.

I am super hyped for it. Would be my most hyped game if Evolve didn't exist.

MK9 was by FAR the best in the series and now we have it's sucessor coming out on better hardware with it looking to improve on it's fantasti predecessor in every way. Hard not to get hyped!

Not sure yet actually. Need to see more on it. Reiko is the special returning character and the main antagonist. I say Reiko because if you watch his ending for MK Gold, he is Shao Kahn

The only reason to own consol.....oh wait its comming on PC.

I am super hyped! Day one.

Well, I still need to get MK9, but otherwise yeah. My personal disappointments with the new characters aside.

EDIT: Hate it when I leave out words making them unfinished.

Yes, I am.

im slightly interested since MK is the only fighting franchise that isn't complete garbage

From the standpoint of the hardcore fight gamer, absolutely true SF and GG have outclassed MK historically. Can't be argued nor refuted. MK had about as much combat depth as a Wocka Flocka song up until 2011. But stepping into the boots of the casual: the storytelling from SF has always been on a way lower level compared to MK, and GG is so fuckin' goofy it's hysterical. MK's lore and settings have always been top notch, and that sucks in a lot of people.

But yes, they've largely outclassed MK where it counts...gameplay. Boon finally had his epiphany to deliver more technical MK games for the hardcore to appreciate.

As far as the question in the thread: hell yeah I'm hyped. I would've bought this anyway, but the Kitana/Kung Lao trailer motivated me to buy day 1.

Meh.... no 3D, no Tag... and an entire character as a Preorder bonus.....

No mention of Counterplay Mechanics.....

DoA5 is a better Candidate.

you just like being different, don't you?

The only fighting series Id like to see is Virtua Fighter, of the major ones anyways. Street Fighter looks to be playing it safe, still. It will be interesting to see what happens to King of Fighters--a visual stunner.

Sega should make another Powerstone.

Not me, not much my cup of tea anymore but I bet fans of the genre will love it.

@SolidGame_basic:

I am different..... whether I actually like it is a whole different animal entirely.

Are you talking about counter hit stuns/crumples or more like parries and reversals? I'm hoping this game has a few chars like Vanessa, Akira, and Aoi in Virtua Fighter that can reverse attacks, but not any and everybody. That's the reason I fucking hated DOA: everybody and their grandpapi could reverse your shit.

The finishing moves are insane. Cringe worthy. If I am in the mood for a fighting game I would pick this over any other.

@Rock-City:

Its to prevent Counterpicking.... having 3 characters who can counter out of 20 creates a predictable strategy..... I mean come on.... who do you think is going to win in a fight between two characters where one of tgem has a mechanical advantage the other doesn't ?

Besides all the DoA characters Counters don't do the same thing.... many of them do counter damage but the advanced are used for Frame Advantage, launch advantage and for Tina, Rachel, Bass and Rachel they get bebefit from knock down counters.....

@Lulu_Lulu: Well I played a ton of Virtua Fighter 5 on XBL from 2007 to around 2011, and some of the chars like Wolf and Lau would give serious problems, and I mained Aoi which if you've played VF can reverse pretty much anything and parry a high percentage of attacks. In theory you're correct, a mechanical advantage would tip the odds in one's favor. In practice however, not neccesarily. That's more player skill than anything.

after you're done playing Fighter Within? #ROFL

@Rock-City:

Just because it doesn't work every single time doesn't prove a fair and balanced game.... after all its still requires skill to use effectively..... it stilll has weaknesses....

Its like the Projectiles in Street Fighter.... not every character can do the... but the ones can are at an advantage they get to throw a projectile that does damage for them.... as a oppose to a melee character who risks exposure when they throw a punch....

Although I must say I do wish it had Projectiles like Mortal Kombat.... The only DoA character with that advantage is Nyotengu

@scottpsfan14:

I Like it because its better.

I like it because because its deeper yet simple....

Character exclusively tied to pre-order.

Wonderful.

@scottpsfan14:

ITs true and I can't see your face much less lie to it.

You should try it..... you'll get a kick out of them breast physics.

@Lulu_Lulu: But projectiles are more of an overt advantage, whereas you're playing a guessing game with reversals and parries (assuming you're playing solid opposition). You're dealing with a variety of attack strings and mix ups. I just don't think by having every char on the roster be a potential defensive wizard makes for a fun experience. I remember the fights feeling monotonous in DOA. Like a fucking fest of reversals. Man I haven't touched DOA since 3. No my bad, haven't played it since 4 I think. Found myself more interested in the tits than the gameplay, but I respect your opinion.

@scottpsfan14:

Yes it is.... but I hate Resourced Based Games..... too Artificial. I love assymetry and Guilty Gear has that in Spades but but I'll take Counter Mechanics over crazy moves anyday.

@Rock-City:

Thats my point exactly the whole idea behind DoA's counterplay.... infacts its only guessing if you don't know how to read your opponent..... the system doesn't test how lucky you are it tests your ability to read, recignize, anticipate and break Patterns.....

Actually all fighting games are about those things, the difference with Dead or Alive is that all of the depth isn't condensed into the neutral stance like it is in... well pick any fighting game...

You don't like universal counters and I don't like Universal Games of Chicken

MK9 was good. I honestly would not be interested in playing the new one at this point.

Yes! It's the only fighting game I really enjoy playing.

As as as I'm concerned, Mortal Kombat is the only series now that allows newcomers to ease into the fighting game genre. Every other fighting game series has poorly explained mechanics and bad tutorials.

I haven't been excited about a MK franchise release in almost 20 years. And I used to love fighting games.

Not really. It's greatly outclassed by many Japanese developed fighting games. The east basically owns that genre as well as Hack n Slash.