I assume you aren’t a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, or even cameraman. Moreover, is it safe to assume that you enjoy Michael Bay & Spike Lee films, but don’t understand Hitchcock or Chan Wook-Park?
I think it is.
Also, KI’s “former glory” was a watered down, cartoonish MK ripoff.
Will Kyle’s AI be fixed to use these and also shadow counters again? It’s really easy to just spam attacks on the AI constantly blocking and win by time-out.
I’m personally confident that they are not getting up after that. If they arn’t dead now, they will be in awhile.
Thunder practically gave Rash the equivalent of an electric chair
Jago threw a big ball that cooked Kilgore like a burned turky
TJ Combo is no longer an average boxer, so the punch had to have broken his foe’s neck
Tusk, well we pretty much know what happened
and Maya’s, well. I don’t think anyone could survive having daggers impaled into their heads (Unless your an MK character)
You know, I used to frequent a Transformers fan site, and every time a new series would pop up that would have absolutely nothing to do with the original 80’s toys/ cartoons/comics, there would be an outcry pretty much in step with what you’re giving here. And the response would always be the same:
if you want the originals, go enjoy the originals. they’re still there, you can watch/play with/read them anytime you want.
With KI, same thing. If you want the original KI, go play the original KI. If not, play this one, and accept it as what it is. Or play both, for that matter.
There is also a lot of nostalgia with these things…
Give someone unfamiliar with the old and new games a chance to play both and I’m pretty sure 95%+ will prefer KI 2013.
Because without the nostalgia goggles or year of getting aquinted to the old playstyle, it just doesnt play as smoothly and tight as the new game does…
I owned one of the old games back in the day, had the black cardtridge for the snes or n64 and thought it was cool, but hadnt played it ever since, when I booted up the classics wich I got with my ultra combo packs, I just didnt like how they played at all. My biggest takeaway from the old games was that the characters were cool, and we got them all now, so I’m happy, Ultimates is just the cherry on top, and I to keep from straying, I like them just fine!
Now all I can do is hope all characters get one (especially Fulgore, Mira, Cinder and Hisako)
Yeah, the original KI for SNES was the one with the black cartridge. Surprisingly while it wasn’t the flashiest version, gameplay-wise it had ironed out a lot of issues the arcade game had. My go-to example is Fulgore’s eye laser linker…in the arcade version the following AD whiffs for me like 70% of the time. But the SNES version…no problem.
Eh, when compared to the old games they were both equally a mix of comical and serious, especially if you look at the overall sum of finishers and not solely focus on Fatalities. Buy a Scorpion doll anyone? Or perhaps just let Sheeva yank their skin off, or we can see an explosion of no less than 3 full sets of rib cages & 5 left legs. But yeah, MK’s design philosophy prior to MKX has always been to err on the side of whimsy.