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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Trauma-san:
Yeah, I watched a bunch of stuff with Ed Boon, and he said the fatalities were becoming (or had) the focus of the series, and it was a bigger deal than the actual game, and was getting lots of publicity, blah blah blah, so they purposely toned them down, so that the focus would be on the gameplay.
The franchise almost died, people never thought there would be a 5, because 4 didn't sell very good... it almost bombed at the arcade, because arcade sells in general are way down then when 2 and 3 came out. Plus, the 4th didn't look very good, since they had just started the 3D thing. Then, to make matters worse, they made a sub-zero game that wasn't very good, then a Jax game that was horrible. Everybody thought they were just gonna hang it up, so he decided to make drastic changes..
-- Kill Liu Kang
-- Get rid of most of the fatalities
-- Get rid of the run button
-- get rid of the kick/punch buttons, so they didn't have to give everybody like a wack ass low kick or something
-- face damage
-- three styles of fighting for everybody
-- home systems only
-- One player modes, besides Arcade (the Krypt, the Konquest mode)
-- Bring back the test your might from MK1.
It was like a huge gamble, they thought the game was gonna be horrible, but they took a long time, and I think it's pretty awesome.
Cliftone_Santiago_909:
hmmm That's understandablle. The Fatalites were becoming the focus of tha game... I remember buying part 2 and 3 thinking "What Are Tha New Fatalites".. and they were dope. I just dont think they really had to tone them down. They should have made all them changes but kept some dope ass fatalites.. would have made the game even better.
Why kill Lui Kang?
Trauma-san:
They didn't say, but I think it was just a balls move, they did it just to shock people. Liu Kang was easily the most popular character of the other games, and he was the strongest, usually.
Cliftone_Santiago_909:
HE WAS THA FUCKIN CHAMPION OF THE EARTH REALM DAMMIT!!!
Entreri117:
I gotta pick this game up!
I DL'ed some fatalities and moves off of Kazaa for it...SHIT LOOKS AMAZING!
I dunno if I'll be able to get used to the style switches and new combos...but I'll sure as hell try! The graphics are terrific!
I'ma be gettin this game for XBOX...anyone else got it for X?
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