DC Vs Mortal Kombat?

[Joker]

While the bang gun bit is hillarious, just shooting someone is a big let down for Jokers fatality. Where the hell is his Joker Venom, damn it? They should have done the bang gun bit, but then had him fire the "bang!" part out, it impale into them, and then they laugh themselves to death wth a huge smile.

 

[Nathan]

That would've definitely been more awesome.

 

[ChelseaGrin26]

Yeah these fatalities are kind of weak IMO. I know its T rated but they aren't being creative at all. The Joker had so many better fatality opportunities.

 

[Havok83]

While the bang gun bit is hillarious, just shooting someone is a big let down for Jokers fatality. Where the hell is his Joker Venom, damn it? They should have done the bang gun bit, but then had him fire the "bang!" part out, it impale into them, and then they laugh themselves to death wth a huge smile.

IA. That fatality seemed lame, especially since we've seen some amazing stuff over the years

 

[Savage]

The glowing eyes are not that big of a deal. If he had always had glowing eyes in the comics everyone would say it was amazing . Same with Flash's gloves. If he had always had them everyone would say "Oooo I love the gauntlets they got it just right!" For all we know it could have something to do with the story.

Seriously...

Yeah...but they DON'T have any precedent...so...they suck.

I disagree on the Flash gloves though. I actually like them. But as of now Joker's eyes glowing is a big WTF considering there's nothing supernatural about the character at all. If the story explains it well then yippee. All is forgiven.

 

[Silverstein]

He'd have to be super natural for that fatality to work on Superman or Batman.

Superman because he's bullet proof and Batman because his helmet is bulletproof. This is noted by the fact that his bat is black on his chest instead of with the yellow "shoot me here" background.

The gun looked like a what? a .22 revolver? That would not pierce a kevlar re-inforced cowl.

Even if everyone is resorted to a normal human level, Batman is still armored. If everyone is normal, then technically Batman would be the strongest.. But everyone else still has other powers, meaning..


I'm seriously SO confused right now, you have NO idea..

 

[Nathan]

Yeah...but they DON'T have any precedent...so...they suck.

I disagree on the Flash gloves though. I actually like them. But as of now Joker's eyes glowing is a big WTF considering there's nothing supernatural about the character at all. If the story explains it well then yippee. All is forgiven.

The story could say that God personally sticks one of his thumbs up Joker's ass and grants him with supernatural powers to smite his foes, I still won't tolerate it. It just looks visually horrible. I don't care what excuse they might have, the glowing eyes have to go.

 

[ChelseaGrin26]

Yeah its just an ugly aesthetic. I bet its somehow tied into that rage mode.

 

[Balthus Dire]

Doesn't each character have 2 fatalities?

 

[Nathan]

I think I read somewhere that Boon said they'd put in as many as time allows it. So far 2 Fatalities for each character aren't confirmed I think. It would definitely be nice.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Yeah its just an ugly aesthetic. I bet its somehow tied into that rage mode.

It's not. Every character has had glowing eyes so far, and the Rage meter was only in the recent build.

 

[Superhero 101]

Rage think kinda reminds me of the thing they had in Marvel Nemesis.

 

[Nathan]

I had to think of Blazing from Def Jam.

 

[SouLeSS]

Fatality Lite is what they should be called.

You know if this was an M game those fatalities would be so much better. Oh well.

 

[Nathan]

No, they wouldn't be. Being M rated would mean we get the same over the top, cartoony, celebrity deathmatch type Fatalities back.

Let's take Joker's Fatality for example. If the game were M rated, Kitana's head would've probably exploded into thousand little pieces with 10 gallons of blood gushing out.

I don't need that.

 

[SouLeSS]

If it was M, it would allow them to do other things with the fatalities, but since it's T there certain things they can't do, like limb ripping, extreme deaths, so on and so forth.

If it was M there would be a much much larger amount of 'moves' or ideas they could use, and you can bet your sweet ass that they've thrown out dozens of fatalities because they either couldn't make them fit with the game mechanics (no limb ripping means no limb ripping, no ripping people in half, so cuttin gin half, so on and so forth), or DC wouldn't allow it.

Infact, Cinder(the DCvsMK board leader/worker of midway) said towards the begining of the hype for this game over on the Midway boards that they've had to tone down a lot of fatalitiy ideas and had to throw out even more due to the rating and DC's disapproval.

I mean yeah it would still have some of the campy overthetop blood, but still, I'd much rather see the character run around on flames and burn up than just showing the flame hit them and they turn to ash instantly, in the case of Scorpions Toasty.

 

[Nathan]

Which I don't mind one bit. That only means they have to think even harder of unique Fatalities that are gruesome, but not too over the top to step into the gore territory.

How many more variations can they give us of ripping someones limb or head off? I'll gladly take T-rated Fatalities over the re-hashed stuff from the past.

 

[Havok83]

How many more variations can they give us of ripping someones limb or head off? I'll gladly take T-rated Fatalities over the re-hashed stuff from the past.

we are getting rehashed stuff from the past. Superman's brutality is Sheeva's old fatality

 

[Savage]

I gotta agree with Nathan, here. The T rating actually means more realistic fatalities and that they have to work harder at it just to push the boundaries. The create a fatality feature in the last game actually showed their thought process. Apparantly the more limbs you can rip off in one go the better. That's not a good way to go about things at all. Some of the best fatalities are simple. Kano's heart rip, Sub-Zero's spine rip, Kung Lao's head decapitation, etc.

 

[Nathan]

we are getting rehashed stuff from the past. Superman's brutality is Sheeva's old fatality

And it fills me with anger. But luckily Mortal Kombat doesn't have many non gory Fatalities. So I'm hoping that there'll only be a few re-hashed Fatalities.

I just hope they don't go the silly route and re-use Fatalities like Kabal scarying someone to death.

 

[SouLeSS]

Some of the best fatalities are simple. Kano's heart rip, Sub-Zero's spine rip, Kung Lao's head decapitation, etc.

None of which are going to be in the game because thats M rated content and the game is T.

Or at least they'll be watered down versions of them, like Scorpions Toasty.

 

[Hush]

I thought that Joker Fatality was hilarious and I can bet you for sure that Darkseids (if he is in the game) Fatality will just be his Omega Effect.

 

[SouLeSS]

I will say though, the Joker gameplay video looked pretty good. Well, it didn't look too good, but the way he moved around and his taunt and what not all seemed very campy, right in Jokers ally. I'm glad he was kinda hoping around like the old british boxers, and grinning the whole time through all his moves and what not. Little personal touches like that would make the game much higher on it's pass/rent/used/GreatestHits/Release scale.

 

[Nathan]

I thought that Joker Fatality was hilarious and I can bet you for sure that Darkseids (if he is in the game) Fatality will just be his Omega Effect.

Even though it would be true to the character, that would be really lame.

Omega beam. *zap* You're gone. Boooring.

 

[Hush]

Yeah but man What else is darkseid going to do? I mean, that is his thing if you will.