Classic, 2D-styled Mortal Kombat returns!

[AdamN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChHPxthgp6w

Set during the classic era that spans from Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3 as well. This looks fantastic! :thumbsup

 

[skull108]

Hell yea!!

 

[AdamN]

Anybody else notice the "tag team kombat" at the 49 second mark? This looks very, very promising to me. Too bad I don't own one of the next-gen systems just yet, but if this MK is as good as it looks, I might just be compelled.

 

[IrishTickle1]

LMAO at the fatality at the end. This is going to be hilarious and brilliant!

 

[AdamN]

LMAO at the fatality at the end. This is going to be hilarious and brilliant!

It does look rather awesome. I hope they're as creative with the rest of the fatalities as it appears they are with Kung Lao's. I think my favorite part of the video was the combo that Sub-Zero pulled off on Cage, right down to the ice blade stabbing at the very end. Here's an article I found on the game. I'm really loving what the reviewer had to say.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/109/1098513p1.html

And just to update a bit, the video on this site has some more gameplay and a fatality montage as well. Camera's a bit shaky and out of focus, but it still rocks.

http://screwattack.com/videos/Hands-On-Mortal-Kombat

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Maybe now we'll finally get a Mortal Kombat action/rpg game!

 

[omnislash]

Didn't they already have one? I seem to remember Sub-Zero getting some kind of game to himself, I'm not sure if it was an "action/rpg" per se but apparently it did have some sort of level design other than an unobtrusive flat plane.

EDIT: Of course, as soon as I hit submit reply, I find it.

 

[AdamN]

Didn't they already have one? I seem to remember Sub-Zero getting some kind of game to himself, I'm not sure if it was an "action/rpg" per se but apparently it did have some sort of level design other than an unobtrusive flat plane.

EDIT: Of course, as soon as I hit submit reply, I find it.

There was also Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, which came out back in 2005. This was a beat 'em up, action game that allowed you to play as either Liu Kang or Kung Lao, or as both provided you have a friend to team up with in 2-player mode. I never played this one personally, but it looks to have received favorable ratings.

Also, there's a new gameplay video up on Youtube, complete with commentary from Ed Boon. This just keeps looking more and more impressive...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qpq...sUR7I&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-2-HM

 

[alphazion1]

Very nice. 🙂 I always preferred Street Fighter myself though.

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Personally I wouldn't mind a non-button combo RPG of Mortal Kombat (especially if it was like X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse)! As long as I get to form a party of four to five Kombatants and kick Shao Kahn's hordes all the way across Outworld Action/RPG style (and also not have to rely on button combos) then I'll be a happy Rox_My_Sox. ^_^

 

[AdamN]

Personally I wouldn't mind a non-button combo RPG of Mortal Kombat (especially if it was like X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse)! As long as I get to form a party of four to five Kombatants and kick Shao Kahn's hordes all the way across Outworld Action/RPG style (and also not have to rely on button combos) then I'll be a happy Rox_My_Sox. ^_^

I've often thought something like that could work pretty well. Personally, I'd be all for it, if Ed Boon and company decide to go that route as a companion piece to the main series.