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Re: Character of the Month: May 2023 Nominations

 June 03, 2023, 05:44:30 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Character of the Month: May 2023 Nominations (Started by DeathScythe June 02, 2023, 05:23:40 AM
 Board: M.U.G.E.N Discussion
    

Re: Tekken 8

 May 30, 2023, 06:58:59 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Tekken 8  (Started by videoman September 14, 2022, 12:28:30 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
    

Re: Tekken 8

 May 29, 2023, 05:51:20 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Tekken 8  (Started by videoman September 14, 2022, 12:28:30 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
I'm not sure spending this much time without revealing anything new can be considered safe. Tekken is the kind of game to retain a mostly similar gameplay from its previous titles (even though there ARE gameplay changes) and good-looking graphics are the bare minimum for your next title, which means that so far, they only showed the same thing they had before, but with a new coat of paint. They need to show something more impactful, at the very least more than just new designs for old characters.
    

Re: Tekken 8

 May 29, 2023, 01:08:19 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Tekken 8  (Started by videoman September 14, 2022, 12:28:30 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Yeah, the roster is looking pretty boring so far. SF6 mixed their new character reveals with old ones, showing Jamie pretty early so we could also be hyped for the new stuff, but Tekken 8 seems to have forgotten their new additions... if there are any.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 27, 2023, 01:35:42 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Good, we'll probably get some leaks, then. I mean, we already have the Kombat Pack 1 leaked from a very official source (thanks Amazon Italy) and part of the roster revealed by one leaker and confirmed by a more reliable one (the latter one being the same who leaked Aftermath), so a gameplay video getting leaked is far from impossible.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 26, 2023, 08:38:57 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Thats the thing, its not hate for the franchise that makes me criticize the story so much, its love. UMK3 was my first fighting game, it has a special place in my heart, the PS2 era wasn't perfect, it absolutely had flaws, but at least it tried to be consistent and try new things. They had the nerve to create a beat 'em up that ended up being excellent, even after Special Forces' massive flop, yet somehow we didn't get more of those, the fighting games tried interesting things with mini-games and kept their story somewhat consistent with their story modes, again, it wasn't perfect, I know there were major flaws in the gameplay (infinites and normals being transferred from a char to another from game to game), but it was something, hell, we even got a solid beat 'em up in Armageddon with Taven, not exactly MKSM, but still not bad, and that game was a celebration of the franchise with every previously playable character.

Nowadays what do they get? The gameplay was good in the first two games, but people are very divided about MK11's, the story is a total disaster because not only are the inconsistencies I mentioned (and many others I didn't mention) present, but they stick to this stupid Chapter system that only exists to limit the way the story is told, hell, it even makes the evil sides feel weaker, like, for the first two games we only played as heroes with the only neutral or evil characters to get chapters being Kotal Kahn and D'Vorah. MK11 allowed us to play as Shang Tsung, Shitdel and Shao Kahn, but only in Aftermath, before that, it was all good guy chapters, even past Scorpion became a good guy before he took over the Scorpion chapter. Also, the alternate modes aren't special, the tower thingies are basically just modded versions of regular gameplay, its interesting to have, but as an alternate mode, they're not that interesting, and the Krypt in MK11 didn't even allow you to keep your progress if you didn't pay for an online connection, not to mention you were playing as some rando who ends up canonically dead in Aftermath.

What can we expect from MK1? They say we'll have "a new fighting system, game modes, bone krushing finishing moves, and more." New fighting system? With people being divided about the gameplay in MK11 that was the bare minimum. New game modes? Could be interesting, but I'm not expecting much, knowing NRS they could just bring the fucking towers again with a slight twist and call it a "new game mode". Bone krushing finishing moves? Basic, and if you ask me, boring, because it seems like the most of the fatalities nowadays are just so they can show gore in the most unnecessarily detailed way possible, and yes it IS unnecessary, because they're literally making their devs watch actual real life gore to reproduce that and said devs are getting PTSD from it, I'd rather have style over detail in fatalities, I don't care that the organs inside are reacting exactly as they should in real life. Also they end up with "and more", which is hilarious, because I'm expecting very little already, so "more" doesn't mean much, "more" could mean microtransactions, could mean requiring online connection to keep your progress, could mean that the game will suck even harder. I don't have faith on them anymore, even if there is no relevance to the anger I feel at the state of my favourite fighting game franchise today, I still feel it.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 26, 2023, 06:54:50 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Seadragon77 said, May 26, 2023, 01:12:19 AM
What I'm hoping for is, that this is a new timeline and all, a complete total overhaul of the characters in terms of their... well, character.

For example: Mileena is no longer a product of dark sorcery, but the daughter of an Edenian and a Tarkartan that has been accepted into the Royal Family (maybe explain that a member of the Royal Family has been canoodling around with a certain Tarkartan) and is the protector for Queen Kitana in the process. This leaves Jade for another role.

Scorpion and Sub-Zero are not just allies, but they are part of the same ninja clan that helps protect the Earth from threats that come from other realms. Among these fellow ninjas? Cyrax, Sektor, Smoke and Tremor.
Sorry for double posting, but I have to remind people of one thing: Mortal Kombat stories in the current trilogy end up in a setup that isn't paid off in the next game.

Mortal Kombat 9 pulled from Armageddon, but instead of including Taven and Blaze in any way, shape or form, they put Raiden and Shao Kahn there instead, then NRS pulled the "alternate universe" excuse to defend that choice. Regardless, at the end of MK9, they set up Shinnok's invasion, MKX arrives and the invasion lasts for one literal chapter and we get a time jump that ends in a setup for Dark Raiden existing and Liu Kang and Kitana being the big bads I'm the next game.

MK11 is the messiest one, as Dark Raiden is straight up erased from existence and Liu Kang and Kitana are literally reduced to minions, of a character that they pulled out of nowhere no less. All this time we were told that the highest powers were the Elder Gods and the One Being, but Kronika shows up, one of many titans, pulled out of NRS' ass, because Greek mythology had gods and titans, so Mortal Kombat needs that as well, I guess, fuck the One Being and the Elder Gods.

Even character-exclusive setups were illogical. Jade is turned into a revenant alongside all other dead characters in MK9, MKX shows all revenants, except Jade, but because Jade's MK9 arcade ending was said on Twitter (by a member of NRS) to have a connection with Kitana's ending in MKX, we thought her showing up in MK11 would be connected to those, but no, Jade pretends she was always there. Skarlet started as an construct in MK9, the blood equivalent to Ermac with his souls, in MK11 she is a street urchin who was taught blood magic by Shao Kahn. They can't even decide if Kung Jin is Kung Lao's cousin or nephew, for fuck's sake. And don't get me started on Sindel.

So yeah, MK1 seems to be going from the MK11 good ending, maybe even having the Shang Tsung in the trailer come from the bad ending so we can solidify one as canon or even merge both of them, but because this is NRS, I simply don't trust them to keep that consistency, because they never do, they completely ignore their own setups, they don't give a shit about the story or the characters, so I really would like to view this new game as them realizing the story is messed up and fixing it, but they haven't earned my faith.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 26, 2023, 06:05:24 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Injustice 1 and 2 have terrible story modes full of plot holes. Hell, the whole premise of Injustice falls apart when they try to "two-sides" the problem of Superman being a murderous psychopath and a fascist. It WOULD have been interesting to see a Superman that actually feels conflicted because he believes killing some criminals is the best way to deal with crime, but when he killed Shazam, a CHILD, for merely arguing against him, that story really reached the point of irredeemable. Not to mention Wonder Woman, whose only representations in media nowadays are as a manipulative fascist (Injustice 2) and a rapist (second movie).
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 25, 2023, 03:30:43 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Way too long, considering how little the latest trailer revealed.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 23, 2023, 03:16:52 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Oooh, I missed a whole conversation, didn't I?

GTOAkira said, May 22, 2023, 03:12:09 AM
Seems like the a lot of the roster has leaked from a reliable MK11/Aftermath leaker
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mortalkombatleaks/comments/13nhzsn/reliable_leaker_r00000r_confirms_caps_leaks_about/

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TrinitroRoy said, May 22, 2023, 12:03:53 PM
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Mauteckk said, May 22, 2023, 07:23:51 PM
After John Tobias left the franchise, creativity for new MK games ended.
MK9 is a great game because it's MK, MK2, MK3 with story changes.

I'm pretty disappointed with this MK reboot  :'(
I am not satisfied with what was shown either, but you can't be disappointed with something you know nothing about. Besides, it wasn't John Tobias leaving, it was simply WB, they're parasites, MK9 was the best overall game because it was a testing ground for the franchise, so that WB could claim they had it, then it went downhill with their stupid schemes.

Mauteckk said, May 22, 2023, 08:40:08 PM
Restart of restart is what then?
After the end of MK9, the story only got worse, and MKX is proof of that. MK11 tried to fix MKX's history by changing MK9's history (they were all dead in the end), and why do all that? To finally do another restart?

Just with everything that happened in the last few games is reason enough to doubt a good and creative story  :'(

And just remembering: I thought it was really cool that your avatar changes when you refresh the page  :)
MK11 tried to fix nothing. First off, MK9's story was already mediocre, it made many characters stupid and inferior to their original counterparts, notably Shao Kahn suddenly becoming a dumb gorilla instead of a smart strategic mind that had the muscles and magic to back it up. Hell, MK9 didn't even follow up MKA, it completely ignored Taven's existence and they had to pretend they had planned this as an alternate timeline when it clearly was a poorly written followup to Armageddon. MKX did indeed fail to follow the setups from MK9, but at the very least the new characters were an attempt at doing something completely new. And MK11 did absolutely fuck all to fix anything, Kronika was brought into existence out of nowhere and almost every character became inconsistent in multiple ways, hell, even Kronika didn't work with the rules set up in the story for her. It was a disaster from beginning to end.

Kirishima said, May 22, 2023, 11:05:31 PM
My guess as to why MKX had a sudden change was that with MK9 being so successful, there is no reason to put any effort and respect into the story moving forward anymore.  MK11 is a testament to that as it didn't matter what the outcome was, folks will still buy it in droves.  Otherwise, we never would have gotten Sindel's plot twist.  Ed Boon is just approving anything on the go lately.

It didn't help with MK11 following a formula for every encounter.  Player 1 meets Enemy 1.  Player 1 makes a quip reference something happening right now or in the past, be it either in the old or current timeline.  Rinse repeat.  MK9 felt like there were higher stakes and emotional sacrifices.  MK11 showed it didn't mattered as the whole universe became a singularity once again as spoken right in the beginning.

MK1's story will be all right, just don't expect it to be the same quality as MK9 even with the reset timeline.  We are still dealing with time-travel nonsense with Shang Tsung ffs
I don't expect it to even be alright to begin with. At least in MK11 it was obvious nobody cared about the story, when Sindel's lines were leaked, anyone with the slightest knowledge of her character expected her to still be brainwashed OR for the leaks to be fake, and she was only ONE example of characters being written like shit in this timeline. The PS2 era had flaws, but at least it tried to stay consistent with its plot, MK11 failed to be consistent with itself, let alone with the rest. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the writers wanted to do something better, but were limited by higher ups in some capacity, Boon may be the project lead, but he is not the true boss, the WB higher ups are.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 21, 2023, 09:12:07 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
I honestly don't like the idea. Granted, the FAQ and the leaked info suggest that fighters can be both regular and Kameo, so its not like being a Kameo stops anyone from being added later to the regular roster, BUT I still hate the idea that some characters will be limited to showing up for one attack every once in a while. I think they pissed off enough people with that kind of teasing, granted, at least in MK1 they're made specifically as assists, unlike in MKX and MK11, which had Rain, Sindel, Baraka, Sektor and Cyrax fully functional, but not playable for the sake of being mean, I guess.
    

Megaman Powered Up voice patch for DCL/Space23's Protoman

 May 21, 2023, 08:22:09 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Megaman Powered Up voice patch for DCL/Space23's Protoman (Started by Macaulyn97 May 21, 2023, 08:22:09 AM
 Board: Edits & Addons 1.0+
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 20, 2023, 07:41:29 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
Since the conversation is spoilered, I won't say who we're talking about, but two of those guests going against each other in Mortal Kombat make sense, the other one just isn't impactful and could have easily left the spot for a MK character. Like 4 MKs and 2 guests would have been enough, Mortal Kombat can sell itself, the excess of guests is already showing in the first pack.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 20, 2023, 02:33:12 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
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Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 19, 2023, 11:17:12 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
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Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 19, 2023, 08:56:49 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 19, 2023, 12:52:10 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
The site says "new gameplay system".
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 18, 2023, 09:23:50 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
I have a theory about the plot of this game. I think Shang Tsung won't participate in the story, I think he is part of the backstory. I think both endings of Aftermath happened, then Shang Tsung attempted to invade Liu Kang's timeline, killing the other characters and then being killed by Liu Kang. And now Liu Kang will have to lead the heroes to take over Shang Tsung's timeline and fixing it, so that there is only one again.
    

Re: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

 May 18, 2023, 04:30:02 PM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) (Started by Macaulyn97 February 24, 2023, 12:22:56 AM
 Board: Fighting Games
There was a leak that said characters would have different alliances in this game. Kitana and Mileena are friendly here, so I wonder what else will change. Also, pre-order exclusive character in the first trailer? Fuck them.
    

Re: Scott Pilgrim Versus [IKEMEN GO Full Game]

 May 18, 2023, 07:38:43 AM View in topic context
 Posted by Macaulyn97  in Scott Pilgrim Versus [IKEMEN GO Full Game] (Started by Ryon May 14, 2023, 03:57:51 AM
 Board: Projects
So, is it MUGEN or IKEMEN GO? The trailer says both, but the thread says only the latter.
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