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This title is like Final Fantasy. It teases me that a shit series may finally die, but it won't happen.
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http://www.mkoutworld.net/?id=games/mka
THE FINAL DROP OF BLOOD
"The theme of finality came up when we were determining whether we should move on to the next generation or create one last game for the current consoles," recalls Mortal Kombat's creator, Ed Boon. "Finality drove the whole story. It drove the feature sets. It's the last step in this generation. By wrapping things up, we can move on to the next generation with the slate wiped clean."
Leaving the current generation with the series in it's current state is comparable to turning off Star Wars before the Death Star is destroyed, or The Lord of the Rings before the One Ring is cast back into the fire. In a way, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon will bring with it an end to an era -- the final battle for a generation. When the last drop of blood is spilled, Shang Tsung's deadly tournament will likely reach its conclusion. "I want to see a pan shot over a battlefield that is smoldering and littered with bodies," says Boon. "It's going to be this massive culmination of things. I can't imagine that we'll come back [in the next generation] and not have a Sub-Zero or Scorpion, but my feeling is that I would like to introduce as much newness as is possible."
To ensure that all of the loose ends are properly tied up, every character that has ever thrown a punch in a Mortal Kombat tournament is suiting up for another round in Armageddon. "We really want to play up the nostalgia factor of it," comments Boon. Just looking at the roster of 60-plus combatants will assuredly bring back a flood of memories for fans. Did you ever really think you would see Stryker again?
This immense roster is just a small taste of the new material that will be included in this explosive finale. This installment will also house the reinvention of the Fatality system, the implementation of the series' first create-a-fighter mode, the evolution of combat through aerial maneuvers, plus the transformation of Konquest mode -- which could very well double as a stand alone game like Shaolin Monks.
"We can only do this mass amount of content because it's the current generation," injects Boon. "We're not reinventing the display engine." As the future of the series looms ever closer, Armageddon will serve as a bridge between generations, bringing with it a sense of closure for fans, while still leaving the series open for rebirth.
This title is like Final Fantasy. It teases me that a shit series may finally die, but it won't happen.
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From the way they made it sound, I don't think this is even supposed to be the end of the series, just the current storyline
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Originally Posted by Yoshi
more like Tomb Raider.
MK2 is still the ultimate, every MK after that lost it's feel. The last 2 MKs(deception and the other one) looked great, but the gameplay was total ass. the new dial-a-combo system is turd on a stick!
i wish they would give us back the(what i call) manual combos system like MK2, they required more skill to pull-off rather than hitting a buncha buttons in order.
again, MK armageddon looks great, but it will most likely play like shit...again!
Last edited by marwan; 13 Jan 2006 at 10:06 AM.
Tomb Raider >>>>>>>>>>>>>> MK + Final Fantasy
Fucking Angel of Darkness > FFVII
level six laser lotus
Kudos to Midway for finally giving fans what they've all been waiting for: Stryker vs. Mocap.
Does whatever a zombie can.
This has to be blatant trolling, Angel of Darkness > ET, but not by much.
As far as the topic is concerned, even if the game is just a rehash of Deception, with 60+ characters, it's worth the buy. It'd be like buying a Street Fighter game and getting to play with everyone, it'd be awesome.
Plus, I liked Stryker
It was half blatant trolling.
Tomb Raider >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MK + FF is true.
Angel of Darkness > Anything but ET is blatant trolling.
lol miyamoto
Anything > Stryker
Yet another MK turd. Ed Boon is an idiot. The past two Mortal Kombats have been unplayable. Bury it quickly.
level six laser lotus
And before anyone throws out MK: Shaolin Monks as a indicator of this game's potential, it should be noted that it was originally a completely different game, but the assets were sold to Midway and reworked into an MK game mid-development.
IIRC, David Jaffe and SCEA Santa Monica were behind the original incarnation of the game.
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