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[Mortal Kombat 9] It's out! Torn groin muscles for all! PSN ID and Gamertags needed!

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  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    those videos just remind me how stoked I am to relearn kabal

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    When I try to look at the fighting, I keep thinking that it would look a bit like a movie fight scene if you had pro players and different camera angles.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    those videos just remind me how stoked I am to relearn kabal

    No! He is mine you son of a bitch! Haha.

    I was leaning toward bailing on him this game since I used him all the time in MK3/UMK3, but watching those videos made me want to play him again.

    I don't know who I want to play as. So many damn kharacters. I want to play Reptile, but not in that outfit. I don't know how I feel about Sindel's fatalities. Watching the guy play as Jade last night made me unsure if I want to play her.

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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    When last I played MK vs people I used Rain, Ermac, and Noob. Right now I am thinking I like Noob, Smoke,
    Cyber Sub
    , and Sektor.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    TheUnsane1 wrote: »
    When last I played MK vs people I used Rain, Ermac, and Noob. Right now I am thinking I like Noob, Smoke,
    Cyber Sub
    , and Sektor.

    Speaking of
    Cyber Sub
    , is he permanently
    a robot now? If so, that's kind of a weird design choice for one of the series' most popular characters.

    Though not as bad as the time they put him in a lame vest.

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    TheUnsane1 wrote: »
    When last I played MK vs people I used Rain, Ermac, and Noob. Right now I am thinking I like Noob, Smoke,
    Cyber Sub
    , and Sektor.

    Speaking of
    Cyber Sub
    , is he permanently
    a robot now? If so, that's kind of a weird design choice for one of the series' most popular characters.

    Though not as bad as the time they put him in a lame vest.

    Game story spoiler warning for sandy vaginas
    According to the wiki, Cyber Sub-Zero is the younger brother of Sub-Zero. So maybe older brother Sub-Zero is not going to be turned into Noob Saibot? Then...Noob Saibot would'nt need to be around cause older Sub-Zero wouldn't be dead.



    Ah fuck it! Why am I trying to make sense of a MK storyline....

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Any comments on the difficulty because in the demo even the hardest difficulty isn't that bad. (granted you're stuck to playing the lowest levels of the ladder so there's that affecting it too)

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    TheUnsane1 wrote: »
    When last I played MK vs people I used Rain, Ermac, and Noob. Right now I am thinking I like Noob, Smoke,
    Cyber Sub
    , and Sektor.

    Speaking of
    Cyber Sub
    , is he permanently
    a robot now? If so, that's kind of a weird design choice for one of the series' most popular characters.

    Though not as bad as the time they put him in a lame vest.

    Game story spoiler warning for sandy vaginas
    According to the wiki, Cyber Sub-Zero is the younger brother of Sub-Zero. So maybe older brother Sub-Zero is not going to be turned into Noob Saibot? Then...Noob Saibot would'nt need to be around cause older Sub-Zero wouldn't be dead.



    Ah fuck it! Why am I trying to make sense of a MK storyline....

    No

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  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    redfield85 wrote: »
    those videos just remind me how stoked I am to relearn kabal

    No! He is mine you son of a bitch! Haha.

    I was leaning toward bailing on him this game since I used him all the time in MK3/UMK3, but watching those videos made me want to play him again.

    I don't know who I want to play as. So many damn kharacters. I want to play Reptile, but not in that outfit. I don't know how I feel about Sindel's fatalities. Watching the guy play as Jade last night made me unsure if I want to play her.

    If it makes you feel any better I might also roll with raiden, as he used to be one of my dudes. If he didn't still yell gibberish during the superman I wouldn't have even considered it

    smoke, kratos, cyber sub zero, noob, cyrax, and baraka are also high on my list

    tl;dr, it's a crapshoot

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Anyone care to explain why Sub Zero became 'The Hero' of Mortal Kombat?

    Cause, he's always getting his ass kicked by Scorpion....and everyone else.

    Same reason Scorpion is typically on the side of Light (if by actions, not intent).. Because he's popular.

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  • BarrabasBarrabas Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm interested in trying Baraka, Ermac, and Noob Saibot. Baraka and Ermac because I played them in MK2 and UMK3 respectively, and Noob Saibot because his complete redesign looks interesting. But if past experience with new fighting games is anything to go on I'll end up playing characters I wouldn't have even considered before the game came out.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Man. Looking at those proper fight videos.

    I'm gonna spend most the time getting pummeled to shit online.

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  • BarrabasBarrabas Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Man. Looking at those proper fight videos.

    I'm gonna spend most the time getting pummeled to shit online.

    Well that's how all fighting games work if you haven't been into them ever / in a long time. You get your shit kicked in online until you slowly start to figure stuff out and start winning more. It's a process everyone has to go through for every fighting game. I look forward to it ... well I look forward to the part where the game starts to click for me at the end of the beatings.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Man. Looking at those proper fight videos.

    I'm gonna spend most the time getting pummeled to shit online.

    Get good at blocking. Really. I think that is most beginner's main problem.

    Just think of it like this...

    In Street Fighter, you hold back most of the time (or you should...or I did because I mained Guile). In Mortal Kombat, you should always have a finger on the block button...blocking most of the match.

    Always think defense first. Guy is across the screen? Does he have a projectile? Walk/dash in and block. Do not jump in (usually). Guy good at combos? Block the whole combo AND THEN stop blocking and retaliate.

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  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Blocking won't mean spit if you don't practice your bread and butter punishers.

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  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    yeah that's what's going to take the most adjustment for me, remembering I need to press a button to block in a 2d fighter

    because that feels alien to me outside of soul caliber

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Man. Looking at those proper fight videos.

    I'm gonna spend most the time getting pummeled to shit online.

    Get good at blocking. Really. I think that is most beginner's main problem.

    Just think of it like this...

    In Street Fighter, you hold back most of the time (or you should...or I did because I mained Guile). In Mortal Kombat, you should always have a finger on the block button...blocking most of the match.

    Always think defense first. Guy is across the screen? Does he have a projectile? Walk/dash in and block. Do not jump in (usually). Guy good at combos? Block the whole combo AND THEN stop blocking and retaliate.

    Now that you mention it, I've always been pretty poor with the blocking.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Yes, Blocking is a fundamental skill that a lot of people tend to neglect.

    You'd be surprised how far good blocking and punishing can take you.

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  • TurboGuardTurboGuard Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So can anyone confirm via valid sources that you can still unlock all of the Klassic Kostumes you get from pre-ordering in the game normally?

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  • BizazedoBizazedo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Just finished story mode at a friends house.

    It is badass. MK vs DC style. Very sexy.

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  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Time to get rid of that MvC3 garbage and get this. I thought I would never say something like that.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Algertman wrote: »
    Time to get rid of that MvC3 garbage and get this. I thought I would never say something like that.

    If I actually traded games in, I would 100% MvC3 and trade it in to be honest. But, I never really trade in games, so it will sit at like 95% achievements and never be completed. Heh.

    edit: Are there move lists out in the wild yet?

    edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6KTZarpn0

    Mileena 3rd outfit.

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  • ProtoSoundProtoSound Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    redfield85 wrote: »

    hot

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I keep hoping this will be one of Mileena's alternate costumes:

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Well just paid off MK on Best Buy's website for store pickup. Those Kabal vs Reptile videos were pretty wicked. I'm curious as to what character I'm going to click with. Definitely playing through story mode first though.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Ceno wrote: »
    Well just paid off MK on Best Buy's website for store pickup. Those Kabal vs Reptile videos were pretty wicked. I'm curious as to what character I'm going to click with. Definitely playing through story mode first though.

    Yea, I am getting this at midnight and plan on staying up all night, beating Story Mode in one sitting.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Im personally very much digging Noob and Sektor

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  • samurai6966samurai6966 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It's a 15 hour storyline from what's being said. One sitting might be really hard to do.

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  • WishpigWishpig Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    FUN FACT!

    Ed Boon had said a while ago (after Armageddon but before MK vs DC) that he wanted the next big MK game to really reboot the cast and the story. Get rid of the old and bring in a ton of new faces.

    Big spoilers below!
    The execution of so many popular characters may be a proper ending to them and a way to usher in a shitload of new characters like Boon originally wanted.

    Then Again the ending to MK9 really sets the stage for a "retelling" of MK4-onwards in the same way MK9 was a retelling of MK1-3.

    So this may not be the case actually.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It's a 15 hour storyline from what's being said. One sitting might be really hard to do.

    I have been hearing 6-10.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    redfield85 wrote: »
    It's a 15 hour storyline from what's being said. One sitting might be really hard to do.

    I have been hearing 6-10.

    6-10 for sure

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  • BarrabasBarrabas Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The 15 hours comes from them saying a 15 hour single player experience. Which is Story Mode + Challenge Tower. In case anyone is wondering where the confusion with that number comes from.

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  • JakorianJakorian Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So whats the deal with the secondary fatalities? Do they have to be unlocked?

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  • Evil WeevilEvil Weevil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So I just went ahead and spoiled myself on the entire story.
    So, it seems all the "good" guys except Sonya, Johnny and Raiden are all dead. Quan Chi may be in control of them, so who knows if we're going to see them? The majority of the "bad" guys are still alive though, so in the next installment we'll probably see them join forces with the last surviving three to stop the Netherealm's invasion.

    I thought it was a pretty good mode, the transitions into fights was way cooler and smoother than MK vs DC's own story mode. I also liked how Cyber Sub Zero was the good cyborg, although he's sadly dead. I noticed they built up Cyrax's story and just kind of left him hanging, so that obviously must mean he has to have some sort of whole new plotline in the next game. At least I hope so.

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ....


    story spoiler
    They seriously killed off 2/3 of the cast?

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ....


    story spoiler
    They seriously killed off 2/3 of the cast?

    Sounds that way.
    But then, this is Mortal Kombat, where they routinely kill off the majority of the kast only to have them kome back in the next game. So, how many do you actually expect to stay dead?

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    nononononoooooo

    not gonna cliiiick

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  • Evil WeevilEvil Weevil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Joolander wrote: »
    nononononoooooo

    not gonna cliiiick

    I only did so because I probably won't have enough money to go and buy it for many months to come. Think of it as a preemptive strike against not being able to contain myself for that long.

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  • WishpigWishpig Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    see317 wrote: »
    ....


    story spoiler
    They seriously killed off 2/3 of the cast?

    Sounds that way.
    But then, this is Mortal Kombat, where they routinely kill off the majority of the kast only to have them kome back in the next game. So, how many do you actually expect to stay dead?

    Yeah but
    The body count has never been this high... I mean I don't think (ya know, not counting MK:A)

    I feel pretty good about this as I think MOST (not all) of the old cast are shitty characters riding on the nostalgia wave.

    And with them taking a more cinematic and serious approach to the story, we can't assume they'll all be brought back.

    I'd bet on most returning though! Albeit in typical MK fashion, in the next NEXT game. They like their characters to take a breather when the die, lol.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Been following Gerstmann's achievements on Giant Bomb since he got an early copy for review. Seeing as how he's unlocked 100% of the Krypt, I'm guessing he still likes the game.

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