Mortal Kombat series discussion

[Metal Overlord]

This is my absolute favorite fighting game series out there other than Smash, of course. I grew up with the series and I'm glad to see that it's really getting back on track with Mortal Kombat 9 after a few missteps (namely Mortal Kombat Armageddon and DC Universe). Although I like all the gruesome fatalities that the games have had to offer, there is a lot more to the series than that which has made me come back for more. The series' over-the-top nature keeps the series interesting to me, the fun little Easter Eggs and hidden content throughout the games make me replay the game, and for a fighting game, the series actually has a pretty decent (if somewhat cheesy) story that I love to follow. So, with that said, feel free to discuss your favorite characters, games, fatalities, any other type of finishing moves, stages, or anything else! I'll start off with mine:

Favorite characters: Ermac, Rain, Smoke, Sektor, Kitana, Sonya, Jax, Kenshi, Quan Chi, Sub-Zero, Reptile, Shang Tsung, Motaro

Favorite Fatalities: Sub-Zero's Spine Rip, Kitana's Kiss of Death, Cyrax's Self-Destruct, Quan Chi's Leg Beat, Liu Kang's Dragon Morph (which is also an animality lol), Shang Tsung's Soul Steal, Ermac's Pest Control, Sektor's Scarecrow, Reptile's Acid Vomit, Baraka's Blade Lift, there's just too many good ones to count them all

Favorite Type of Finishers (other than fatalities): Friendships and Animalities

Favorite Games: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3/Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 9, Mortal Kombat 1, Mortal Kombat 4 and Mortal Kombat Deception

Favorite Music: The Portal/Shao Kahn's Arena from MK2, The Tower from MK2, Kombat Tomb from MK2, Character Select Screen from MK1, Liu Kang's Tomb from Mortal Kombat Deception, Snake from MK4, The Bank from MK3, and sooooo many more

Favorite Stages: Goro's Lair in MK1 and MK9, The Portal in MK2 and Deception, Shao Kahn's Arena in MK2, Kombat Tomb in MK2, Quan Chi's Fortress in Deception, The Balcony in MK3, Golden Desert in Deception, The Wastelands in MK2, Elder Gods Arena in MK4

 

[Metal Overlord]

Wow, I guess people here really don't like MK, huh :/

 

[Vermanubis]

I adore MK. Absolute favorite fighting series, and easily top 5 overall series.

I play(ed) UMK3 competitively, maining Classic Sub, Cyrax and Sektor. I don't wanna guess my actual standing, but the only people I lost to more than I won were The End and Spain, who were, at the time, top 5 on Kaillera and arguably worldwide.

I also play MK9 competitively, maining Cyrax.

As for music, I think MK2 has the best, primarily because it captured the MK mythos so well. Dan Forden kinda let it slip in MK9; its soundtrack's pretty soporific.

 

[smashbot226]

Used to play MK9 competitively but then sort of fell out. Mained Kabal with Quan Chi as my secondary.

But still, Mortal Kombat is a completely respectable fighting game franchise that got a much-needed breath of fresh air akin to how King of Fighters got its hype back from 13.

 

[Zone]

hey Metal :D

It's Critical Limit



Did you guys see the MLG stream this past weekend? OMG It made me hyped to play it competitively again.

 

[Claire Diviner]

Wasn't that tournament actually held by Warner Bros. themselves, and didn't they actually fund the prize money? I think it was $10,000 or $20,000. Or was that another tournament I'm thinking of? Whatever the case, it has a huge competitive base, and it shows. I used to play competitively, but unfortunately fell out, especially with so many other games having come out.

My MK9 mains are Kabal, Sonya, and I'm looking to pick up Reptile and Rain whenever I do get back into it.

 

[Zone]

Wasn't that tournament actually held by Warner Bros. themselves, and didn't they actually fund the prize money? I think it was $10,000 or $20,000. Or was that another tournament I'm thinking of? Whatever the case, it has a huge competitive base, and it shows. I used to play competitively, but unfortunately fell out, especially with so many other games having come out.

My MK9 mains are Kabal, Sonya, and I'm looking to pick up Reptile and Rain whenever I do get back into it.

No it was MLG, it was on their stream yesterday. It was only 1,500 dollars. But the matches were mad hype.


I play Ermac, Skarlet, Jade, Noob Saibot

But I also go a decent: Raiden, Kung Lao, Scorpion, Sub Zero, Mileena.

 

[Claire Diviner]

No it was MLG, it was on their stream yesterday. It was only 1,500 dollars. But the matches were mad hype.

Wow, talk about a complete misfire on my part.

I play Ermac, Skarlet, Jade, Noob Saibot

But I also go a decent: Raiden, Kung Lao, Scorpion, Sub Zero, Mileena.

I wish I had the patience to learn so many characters. My attention span only allows me a few at a time.

 

[LivewiresXe]

I know the feeling. My brother got MK9 and it's been pretty fun. I mostly main Smoke, and sometimes I'll pick up Ermac or Rain. I have a couple of others I think that I play around with (like Kitana and/or Mileena, don't remember), but yeah. The thing about MK9 that gets me is things that feel like they SHOULD link sometimes don't. Like, I always felt you should be able to Super Roundhouse into either Lightning or the Water Orb with Rain, but you can't (at least I don't think so).

I kind of feel MK2 was the best one, but that's just me. And hell, I remember when MK1 came out with 7 characters.

As for the rest of it, I have just one thing to say: MK Conquest.

 

[Metal Overlord]

CRITICALLLLL

I swear to God, I see you everywhere lol

 

[Zone]

CRITICALLLLL

I swear to God, I see you everywhere lol

Hey "Bruce" kekeke





On a side note MK9

If anyone want some tips I'm pretty well informed on this game. Not pro status informed. But I know the physics/frame data well enough to give some advice.

 

[LLDL]

Hit me up if anyone wants to get bodied in UMK3

 

[Jet300]

I play MK9. My main is Scorpion, Secondary Mileena and Reptile.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Last Mortal Kombat I played was Armageddon, though I didn't play much of it.

I played a lot more of Deception.

Funny, I didn't think MK had a competitive community. It was considered a joke fighting game from everything I've seen.

 

[Jet300]

Last Mortal Kombat I played was Armageddon, though I didn't play much of it.

I played a lot more of Deception.

Funny, I didn't think MK had a competitive community. It was considered a joke fighting game from everything I've seen.

I played Deception alot of times. Mainly because of the story mode.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Last Mortal Kombat I played was Armageddon, though I didn't play much of it.

I played a lot more of Deception.

Funny, I didn't think MK had a competitive community. It was considered a joke fighting game from everything I've seen.

It was, but a lot of people agree that MK9 is a good step in the right direction towards making MK a legit fighting game series. Hell, it's pretty much a gateway game now in the sense that people who wouldn't normally play fighting games are learning and playing it and that well, it opens the door to learning other fighters for them.

 

[Metal Overlord]

I loved Deception's Konquest for so many reasons

 

[Zone]

Last Mortal Kombat I played was Armageddon, though I didn't play much of it.

I played a lot more of Deception.

Funny, I didn't think MK had a competitive community. It was considered a joke fighting game from everything I've seen.

There wasn't really a competitive scene for Deception/Armageddon/Deadly alliance. Because of the broken mechanics and how shallow the gameplay was.

That's why it was a "joke"

MK9 is very fast paced. plenty of depth. and actually pretty balanced. I mean the top 8 of every tournament is usually very diverse.

 

[Pachinkosam]

Mortal kombat 2 was the best game in the series.

 

[Claire Diviner]

For me, the best games were MK1, 2, 3 and 9. MK vs. DCU - dare I say - wasn't a bad game, as it had good competitive potential. It just wasn't the game people were expecting. When any Mortal Kombat game has "Rated T" on it, you know they goofed up somewhere.

That said, here's something I'm sure fans of Mortal Kombat 2 and 3 can appreciate:

TAS Mortal Kombat 2 SNES in 22:44 by Samhain-Grim
TAS UMK3 SNES Glitchfest In 30:28 By mkTAS Members

They don't go for speed more so than they show off some lulzy glitches.

 

[Jet300]

Mortal kombat 2 was the best game in the series.

This guy knows what he talking about.

 

[Metal Overlord]

MK2= best atmosphere of the series other than Deception

Although the ****ing AI in that game irritates me

 

[DaleLT]

The fact that I wasn't even born from MK 1-3 means I sort of missed the boat on them and didn't know much about the story or the characters that well. We had MK3 but I was far too young to understand it or play it.

The first MK I properly played was Deadly Alliance, I really enjoyed playing it because it was different from stuff like Tekken and Soulcalibur, and it felt much more competitive to play against than those did. Need I mention the fatalities too, and I've still not managed to complete the krypt and don't think I ever will now. But it was a great game in my opinion (the shredded finger-tips after smashing the diamond on test your might, not so much)

I also loved Deception too, the konquest mode I'd spend hours a day on trying to find new things on it to do because it always felt incomplete. It was just a shame that it wasn't bigger and had more to do, but it was still a really good part of the game.

Then Armageddon and vs DCU which I won't bother with because I hated them.

MK9 I loved!! The storyline was great in my opinion, continued the series and story and not making it look or feel like a cheap attempt either. The fighting was pretty addictive too and I liked how much more diverse the styles were. I mained Kitana and Cyrax mostly and managed to make some crazy combos with them, but I've never managed to complete the challenge tower sadly

 

[Mr Hairyman]

Does anyone have any predictions for the new Mortal Kombat game?

 

[dezeray112]

Does anyone have any predictions for the new Mortal Kombat game?

I have seen a rumour that surfaced:

EXCLUSIVE
🚨UPCOMING RELEASE🚨

Next Mortal Kombat game from NetherRealm Studios / WB Games will be called:

🔥 Mortal Kombat 1 🔥

🎮PC, PS5, Xbox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch
💲Standard: 69.99$ (PS5, XB) / 59.99$ (SW)
💲Premium: 109.99$
💲Kollector's: 249.99$ (PS5, XB) pic.twitter.com/c5BCDg1Lec

— billbil-kun (@billbil_kun) May 11, 2023

 

[Oracle Link]

If they have a **** Port and forced online conectivity again i wont buy this game!
(That detered me from buying 11 before)

 

[Mr Hairyman]

If that Amazon leak is true and this isn’t a fatality, this would be probably be the most missed opportunity for the Omni Man Pack.

Spoiler: Super BLOODY & Death

Especially if it’s true that WB Discovery owns Death Battle

 

[TMNTSSB4]

JOHN ****ING CENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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