DC vs. MK

Originally posted by Nemesis X
ESRB made Midway neutre the title.

I'd say it was the fault of both... midway wanted the rating.. so they desperately clamored to carefully remove every piece of taboo gore to meet the ESRB's ridiculous guidelines...a few things such as

-Getting impaled through the stomach being more acceptable than being impaled through the head

-Getting shot off screen instead of getting shot on-screen?.. I mean c'mon.. its obvious they still got shot whether or not you've seen it directly

they seriously need to overlook and revise their own guidelines.. we dont live in the puritan times where adulterers get branded with the scarlet letter anymore

Originally posted by SmashBro
Not all MK fans prefer blood and gore over gameplay. Infact, if you played the MK games just for the blood and gore then you weren't really a fan to begin with. The gameplay matters the most. I mean, heck I don't see how you can even call yourself a gamer if blood and gore is all you care for.

😂 😆 🤣

You've got to be kidding me. That's the best you got? Dude, all the MK fans have played the games because of the blood and gore. Don't be goin around ranting ridiculous crap if you're not gonna make sense. If it wasn't for the violence in previous MK games, hardly any gamers would've played them at all. If you don't like the bloody fatalities, why do you even call yourself a MK fan? If you went around talkin stuff like that in the MK forums, you'd be a laughing stock.

I just found out that Midway has lost 7.5 million dollars in three months and are hoping that MKvsDC will save the company. They're so screwed.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I just found out that Midway has lost 7.5 million dollars in three months and are hoping that MKvsDC will save the company. They're so screwed.

they can make it back...

Originally posted by Nemesis X
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You've got to be kidding me. That's the best you got? Dude, all the MK fans have played the games because of the blood and gore.

No they don't. There's plenty of MK fans who play it for the gameplay.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Don't be goin around ranting ridiculous crap if you're not gonna make sense. If it wasn't for the violence in previous MK games, hardly any gamers would've played them at all. If you don't like the bloody fatalities, why do you even call yourself a MK fan? If you went around talkin stuff like that in the MK forums, you'd be a laughing stock.

Wait wait, did you just ask me why do I call myself a fan if I don't like the fatalities? First, I never said I didn't. I just don't care too much for them like you do. Second, why WOULD I call myself a fan if all I care about is blood and gore? Do you know how many games got that? If you play games only for that, you're wasting your money and ignoring the most important thing (which is the gameplay). It just shows that you're a fan of that kind of violence, not the game. Third, honestly, I dare YOU to go to the MK forums with the nonsense you talk. The posters will just tell you the same exact thing I'm telling you and it would be no surprise because what you say is beyond ridiculous.

The fatalities are cool but I always looked forward to kicking ass (especially with fast combos) more, as i've always looked at fatalities as an addition or deserved incentive that complimented gameplay. but i'll have to admit, gore is an mk staple. It's almost like playing nba street without the fancy over the top dunks or gears without the curbstomp and the chainsaw hack, or a wwe game without weapons, or gta without drivebys, or a fps without headshots. Does the taking away of those things completely ruin the game? Nope. Does it make it a bit less engaging, perhaps but I guess that where the imagination comes in and takes over.

the mk digi-bloodlust that's happening now reminds me of the snes/sega genesis mk war that was going on back in the day. haha.

I remember gamers liked the genesis version better cause it had blood in it unlike snes's version but the snes's version had way better graphics. (me I liked both versions but I loved mk 1 for the arcade the most) But neither side really won. it all came down to preference, I guess.

I dunno. Mk vs dcu still has stylistic or humerous finishing moves, at least, and the games' still crazy violent, I mean i've seen some moves in the game that would be too violent for even any street fighter game, or even any tekken game, for that matter. (i mean, i remember seeing the flashes' arm getting fully snapped backward and almost in half at the elbow, with him yelling, with the bone cracking sound effect and eveything, 'Up Close And In Slo-Mo!'😉 -cause the game seemingly zooms in the closer the players get and zooms out the further away they get.-

It's just the overemphasis of it all, to me, as opposed to it happening quick and barely unnoticibly like in other fighting games.

To me, with this game, mk'll still remain the most violent fighting game there is even without it's fatalities. You can bet on that.

I can't wait to get this game.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
😂 😆 🤣

You've got to be kidding me. That's the best you got? Dude, all the MK fans have played the games because of the blood and gore. Don't be goin around ranting ridiculous crap if you're not gonna make sense. If it wasn't for the violence in previous MK games, hardly any gamers would've played them at all. If you don't like the bloody fatalities, why do you even call yourself a MK fan? If you went around talkin stuff like that in the MK forums, you'd be a laughing stock.

I'm a fan of MK in the old days and I love Deception. I have never picked up one of the games because of the blood and gore. If I just cared about that then I would pick up games like Tao Feng and play MK just to button mash and see blood. You're not that smart when it comes to opinions. I didn't know that you had to absolutely love the bloody fatalities to be a true fan of the series.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Don't be goin around ranting ridiculous crap

Take your own advice, dude. You've been ranting about this game's lack of blood and gore for a long time, and it's getting annoying. Didn't you say you got over the rating a few days ago?

Originally posted by Nemesis X
If you don't like the bloody fatalities, why do you even call yourself a MK fan?

Besides, they're just optional attacks that can be performed at the end of a fight.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
the mk digi-bloodlust that's happening now reminds me of the snes/sega genesis mk war that was going on back in the day. haha.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
I remember gamers liked the genesis version better cause it had blood in it unlike snes's version but the snes's version had way better graphics. (me I liked both versions but I loved mk 1 for the arcade the most) But neither side really won. it all came down to preference, I guess.

Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
I'm a fan of MK in the old days and I love Deception.

And call me crazy (or a pansy if you want), but although I do like blood and all (as an added effect), that was kind of the reason I took a break from MK altogether for a few months (or maybe it was a couple years. I forget). I guess, I was just too used to the blood disappearing after a few seconds (like it does in the 2-D games), but since it didn't work that way in Deadly Alliance, I was just like "Ugh 😘" when the blood and gore kept staying there on the ground and on the characters/outfits for an indefinite amount of time. I mean, I was already used to seeing that kind of content in shooters and all, but not in fighting games.
But eh, I still got used to it after awhile, and that's when I got Deception. Ironically, 'tis may be part of what made me like MKD more-so than most of the other MK titles.

That said, I know I won't be getting that kind of satisfaction from MK vs DC. I may find it half-decent at best or something, but it probably won't take Deception's place or MK2's place as my favorite games in the series.

is zatanna there? 😕

Originally posted by Sado22
is zatanna there? 😕

no...

Originally posted by Sado22
is zatanna there? 😕

no...

I am REALLY disappointed by that.

Overall I'm looking forward to this game, but it has a serious lack of good female characters.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
I am REALLY disappointed by that.

Overall I'm looking forward to this game, but it has a serious lack of good female characters.

everyone is going to disagree about what characters are in the game, i think its only natural...

at least we got wonder woman, kitana and sonya, though...

Originally posted by Raoul
everyone is going to disagree about what characters are in the game, i think its only natural...

Originally posted by SmashBro
Did I mention specials? No I didn't but at the same time, you can't deny that MK was the first of many things. Also, every fighting game today has at least one feature that disguishes them from other fighters so what's the deal with MK?

Originally posted by Dark-Jaxx
The gore is just a gimmick to make their series more interesting, in comparison with Tekken, Streetfighter, or Soul Calibur, the MK gameplay is rather sub-par, has been for a while.

While the gameplay isn't the best, it's still pretty good. It's just that with the last three, the gameplay had stiff movements, which was a minor, yet noticeable problem. However, the gameplay has always been different from those games you just mentioned (which are different from eachother anyway) so I wouldn't really compare them to MK or to eachother.

I'm just wondering. How are they using an Unreal 3 engine in the game? Wouldn't an engiine like that work on first person shooter games or something?

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I'm just wondering. How are they using an Unreal 3 engine in the game? Wouldn't an engiine like that work on first person shooter games or something?

The unreal engine isn't just for FPS games. Some games that use the engine:

DCU Online
Blitz
Bioshock
TNA
Gears of War 1 and 2
Lost Odyssey.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime

Same here. 🙂 I took a break from the series for quite awhile after Deadly Alliance, but after I finally picked up Deception one day, I ended up liking it even more than MK3/UMK3, MK4, and MK: DA, which is saying a lot. Needless to say, I was disappointed with Armageddon, so Deception still remained my favorite 3-D MK title (even though it lacked Shang Tsung, Johnny Cage, and Quan Chi as playable characters by normal means), and this is all coming from someone whose also been a fan of MK from the old days.

That said, I know I won't be getting that kind of satisfaction from MK vs DC. I may find it half-decent at best or something, but it probably won't take Deception's place or MK2's place as my favorite games in the series.

I know how you feel. Deception was really good IMO. I didn't like DA because it was stupid and the story sucked. Who kills off the star of their franchise? What I really liked was the story. Shunjinko was basically manipulated since childhood and believed that he was chosen as a champion and then at the end he finds out that he has been nothing more than a pawn.

There's a lot of characters missing. So DC only gave 11 characters to Midway? That's weak. You think with an awesome crossover like this, there'd be more characters. Even SCIV and other fighter games have a bigger roster.