Best and Worst parts of Meeting the Cast of Armageddon
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posted09/07/2006 03:18 PM (UTC)by
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"Meet the Cast of Armageddon"

The Good
1) Sektor's Duel Pulse Blades - These look great. I'm glad that they did not take the easy way out and just swap colors of the blade from Cyrax. Now I am hoping that they will play just like Quan Chi's Broad
Swords.
2) Falling Cliff Level - It appears in the fight with Kenshi and Sheeva, that the Falling Cliff Level is back in the Installment of MKA. This was one of the freshest ideas in MKD, and I am glad it made a return.
3) Jarek's "spear and toss" special - This looks to be one of the best moves so far in MKA as far as I'm concerned.
4) Our first glimpse of Kung Lao in Action - I know I was waiting for it, and from the other post a few other people were as well. He looks great, with faster gameplay he may very well be one of the best warriors in this installment. Now Hopefully he gets his MK2 look for his Alt, and all will be fine. grin
5) Blaze's Teleport - I could not be happier with a choice for a new boss, fresh meat, big, and QUICK. He looks to pose a huge challenge for a boss, even if the gameplay is on normal, which will make the final fight more exciting nd hopefully less predictable.
6) Cyrax? - It looked to me that Cyrax kicked the bomb towards nightwolf after he backed away, It was hard to tell, but if this is true, then those bombs may be more useful than they were in MKDA.
7) Motaro Charge - This was the first time I noticed him do a special, and it looked great, alot of force, and the best thing going for him since we discovered the disappearing of his other half.
8) Stryker! - These clips are short I know but I was overly impressed with how well that tazer looked in 3-D. It makes it more optimistic now to play as him and see what else he might have in store for us.
9) Shinnok's weapon - Though it will most likely play just the same as a regular staff, I am very glad the did not decide to go with a regual staff and atleast make it visually better for the boss of Mk4.
10) Knocking players up to another level - This looked so well done when Sindel knocked her opponent up to the next level.
The Bad

1) Motaro's Voice - Why does Motaro sound just like a regular human, we know why they had to take off his legs, but they could have easily made up for it with a deeper voice.
2) Kitana's Color - I must admitt, I was not that bothered by it with the other videos, but this video made her look TERRIBLE. Hell, if her name wasnt in the bar, and I would have thought maybe they decided to put Khameleon in afterall tongue
3) Dark Raiden - I do believe now we hvae seen both his costumes, and they are the same from MKD. I was hoping for Nastolgic purposes they could have given him a look resembling his MK1 or 2 look.sad
4)Spearing Moloch - I dont like the idea of being able to spear someon of that size. His adantage is brute force, so it doesn't make much sense for scorpion to pull him over with such ease.
5) Lack of love for MKDA levels - Besides wanting the Acid Batch again, I thought MKDA had some of the greatest levels in this series, and it is a shame to not be able to see any of these come back(that we know of as of now) There were so many possibilities for Wu Shi ACadamy, House of Peraka, Shang's Palace, Sea Serpent Level and more. They semed to include alot from all the other games, btu yet none from this one.
Thats what I got from this video, overall I am very impressed, as well as the one featuring Arial Kombat. I'm glad Baraka has his MK2 outfit as an alt again as well. I was feeling down about this game for a few days, but after watching these videos I am begining to have a BETTER gut feeling.
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09/06/2006 10:30 PM (UTC)
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I like the fact that noob get his MKT throws.that video really make me want to play armageddon.
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09/06/2006 10:35 PM (UTC)
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mortalkombat247 Wrote:
"Meet the Cast of Armageddon"

The Good
1) Sektor's Duel Pulse Blades - These look great. I'm glad that they did not take the easy way out and just swap colors of the blade from Cyrax. Now I am hoping that they will play just like Quan Chi's Broad
Swords.
2) Falling Cliff Level - It appears in the fight with Kenshi and Sheeva, that the Falling Cliff Level is back in the Installment of MKA. This was one of the freshest ideas in MKD, and I am glad it made a return.
3) Jarek's "spear and toss" special - This looks to be one of the best moves so far in MKA as far as I'm concerned.
4) Our first glimpse of Kung Lao in Action - I know I was waiting for it, and from the other post a few other people were as well. He looks great, with faster gameplay he may very well be one of the best warriors in this installment. Now Hopefully he gets his MK2 look for his Alt, and all will be fine. grin
5) Blaze's Teleport - I could not be happier with a choice for a new boss, fresh meat, big, and QUICK. He looks to pose a huge challenge for a boss, even if the gameplay is on normal, which will make the final fight more exciting nd hopefully less predictable.
6) Cyrax? - It looked to me that Cyrax kicked the bomb towards nightwolf after he backed away, It was hard to tell, but if this is true, then those bombs may be more useful than they were in MKDA.
7) Motaro Charge - This was the first time I noticed him do a special, and it looked great, alot of force, and the best thing going for him since we discovered the disappearing of his other half.
8) Stryker! - These clips are short I know but I was overly impressed with how well that tazer looked in 3-D. It makes it more optimistic now to play as him and see what else he might have in store for us.
9) Shinnok's weapon - Though it will most likely play just the same as a regular staff, I am very glad the did not decide to go with a regual staff and atleast make it visually better for the boss of Mk4.
10) Knocking players up to another level - This looked so well done when Sindel knocked her opponent up to the next level.
The Bad

1) Motaro's Voice - Why does Motaro sound just like a regular human, we know why they had to take off his legs, but they could have easily made up for it with a deeper voice.
2) Kitana's Color - I must admitt, I was not that bothered by it with the other videos, but this video made her look TERRIBLE. Hell, if her name wasnt in the bar, and I would have thought maybe they decided to put Khameleon in afterall tongue
3) Dark Raiden - I do believe now we hvae seen both his costumes, and they are the same from MKD. I was hoping for Nastolgic purposes they could have given him a look resembling his MK1 or 2 look.sad
4)Spearing Moloch - I dont like the idea of being able to spear someon of that size. His adantage is brute force, so it doesn't make much sense for scorpion to pull him over with such ease.
5) Lack of love for MKDA levels - Besides wanting the Acid Batch again, I thought MKDA had some of the greatest levels in this series, and it is a shame to not be able to see any of these come back(that we know of as of now) There were so many possibilities for Wu Shi ACadamy, House of Peraka, Shang's Palace, Sea Serpent Level and more. They semed to include alot from all the other games, btu yet none from this one.
Thats what I got from this video, overall I am very impressed, as well as the one featuring Arial Kombat. I'm glad Baraka has his MK2 outfit as an alt again as well. I was feeling down about this game for a few days, but after watching these videos I am begining to have a BETTER gut feeling.
Mk247

I agree with everything you said but I also wanted to add a few of my own.
The Good
Reptile: From early screenshots i was a little leary on how well they pulled off the SM costume but seeing him in action I think he looks phenomenal.
Daegon: For a new character he looks fantastic, and the emblem on the back may lead to a red dragon alliance. this works for me because I always wanted them to expand on the red vs black rivalry.
Arenas: With some great returning arenas and some intersting looking new ones. (especially the one the reiko and kenshi are fighting in) this looks to satisfy most tastes.
Graphics: Considering this is form the PS2 version I couldn't ask for better visuals great job midway.
The Bad
Collision Detection: As with the previous two entries there appear to some issues as to this, still time to rework it though.
Glitchy animation: Spear miss hitting, arm through cape that sort of thing. Once again still time hopefully.
The Ugly (lol)
Blood: While it does seem to be toned down its still as chunky as ever and unfortunately I doubt this is going to change anytime soon.
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09/06/2006 10:37 PM (UTC)
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I hear what you are saying about Moloch's brute force and how it seems weird that scorpion, a smaller guy, can manipulate him like that but you have to remember...Scorpion is the Elder gods champion. He's changed a lot since he fought in DA.
This is the last hurah...it seems all the kombatants have gotten some sort of power boost.
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09/06/2006 10:44 PM (UTC)
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asmodeus Wrote:
I hear what you are saying about Moloch's brute force and how it seems weird that scorpion, a smaller guy, can manipulate him like that but you have to remember...Scorpion is the Elder gods champion. He's changed a lot since he fought in DA.
This is the last hurah...it seems all the kombatants have gotten some sort of power boost.

Ture, yes, but Im just not referring to only a spear, if he is hooked by the spear, he can probably be frozen, and tossed etc, and that just contradicts how he was viewed and how you played against him in MKDA.
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09/06/2006 10:55 PM (UTC)
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mortalkombat247 Wrote:
asmodeus Wrote:
I hear what you are saying about Moloch's brute force and how it seems weird that scorpion, a smaller guy, can manipulate him like that but you have to remember...Scorpion is the Elder gods champion. He's changed a lot since he fought in DA.
This is the last hurah...it seems all the kombatants have gotten some sort of power boost.

Ture, yes, but Im just not referring to only a spear, if he is hooked by the spear, he can probably be frozen, and tossed etc, and that just contradicts how he was viewed and how you played against him in MKDA.

I agree that it takes away from the nostalgia but it would just be a task to get the game properly balanced. Otherwise why wouldn't everyoneuse boss characters online or just in general.
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09/06/2006 10:58 PM (UTC)
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i thought everything was good.
the only bad part is that the fighting syles didn't come from one build.
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09/06/2006 11:15 PM (UTC)
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Funny that I began playing MKT while using Noob Saibot. I remembered how I loved his teleport slam...
Now that it's back in MK:A, I just can't wait to play as him!
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09/06/2006 11:23 PM (UTC)
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Stryker was the only thing valid or meant anything to me in that entire post. wink
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09/06/2006 11:29 PM (UTC)
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Reptilelord Wrote:
mortalkombat247 Wrote:
asmodeus Wrote:
I hear what you are saying about Moloch's brute force and how it seems weird that scorpion, a smaller guy, can manipulate him like that but you have to remember...Scorpion is the Elder gods champion. He's changed a lot since he fought in DA.
This is the last hurah...it seems all the kombatants have gotten some sort of power boost.

Ture, yes, but Im just not referring to only a spear, if he is hooked by the spear, he can probably be frozen, and tossed etc, and that just contradicts how he was viewed and how you played against him in MKDA.

I agree that it takes away from the nostalgia but it would just be a task to get the game properly balanced. Otherwise why wouldn't everyoneuse boss characters online or just in general.

Becasue though they have more powerful hits/attacks, they are sluggish and not as easy to counter attack etc.
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EcstasyTuesday
09/06/2006 11:31 PM (UTC)
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i love noob fucking saibot
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09/06/2006 11:41 PM (UTC)
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dark raiden doesnt exist noobs
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09/06/2006 11:45 PM (UTC)
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Where are all these gameplay videos everyone is talking about??????????confused
...confused... All i know is that Goro looks good now, and they should've made reptile look like he was from mk2. Oh yeah, they should also Motaro have more of a horse voice and look like a horse. With a human head and horns of course...
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09/07/2006 12:56 AM (UTC)
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"dark raiden doesnt exist noobs"
play Deception noob
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09/07/2006 01:06 AM (UTC)
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i liked how chamelion's blood was green, but i dont like how big Motaro's tail is. the tip of it anyway.
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09/07/2006 01:06 AM (UTC)
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O1Kage Wrote:
"dark raiden doesnt exist noobs"
play Deception noob

I'm pretty sure you missed what Scorpio meant. Dark Raiden doesn't literally exist, because he is the exact same Raiden from all the other games, just with a Brown, Black and Green costume, with Grey skin and Red eyes. Storyline wise, he is the exact same raiden as before.
Some people call him "Dark Raiden" because of his look. It's sort of a nick-name for him, that I prefer not to use, seeing how it isn't needed. (If thats not what scorpio meant, then you guys can just ignore this)
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09/07/2006 01:10 AM (UTC)
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The Good
fantastic graphics which will be even better on the xbox
and the return of some much missed characters *cough*Stryker*cough*
The Bad
Khameleon fans everywhere have to wipe the tears of saddness from their eyes. Why Midway WHY???
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09/07/2006 01:17 AM (UTC)
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The good:
Scorpion has "hapkido", it has become his traditional stance.
Reptile has "pao chui", I'm very happy about that because it's a very fluid and tricky style. Plus he's my fave character tongue
Noob Saibot has his teleport!
The Bad:
backgrounds seem a little empty and unattractive like the new wind world and meteor storm arena.
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09/07/2006 01:30 AM (UTC)
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Hmm, Dairou had wing Tsun, and both Reiko and Hotaru shared Pi Gua.
Give it to the deserving seidan and be done with it already...
otherwise...the dim look of the newer arenas /MK4 ice pit, the ruins stage/
totally brought out the pre-apocalyptic feel. Good job. New tower stage looks awesome with the black vortex on the top.
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09/07/2006 01:31 AM (UTC)
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The Good: Meeting Nitara and Scorpion
The Bad: Meeting Onaga... he'll squash me like a bug]
The Ugly: Meeting Mileena... *pukes*
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Hyukan
09/07/2006 01:40 AM (UTC)
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I definitely think Cyrax punched that bomb back towards Nightwolf. Sweet.
Also, I saw Sektor using one pulse balde and two pulse baldes. Maybe they still haven't finished stances. I think I saw Taven with Fu Jow Pai...
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09/07/2006 01:45 AM (UTC)
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all positive
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Edugra
09/07/2006 02:33 AM (UTC)
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good:
Sektor dual pulse blades, the returning of old ones stages. better graphics than before
bad:
Repeat too much hapkido and fu jow pai.
I hope is the wrestling sytle is there. it must get really good throws like ddt, hurricaranna, piledriver The Pedigree!!!!!!!! etc sorry for my english
good
I like shujinko's "get over here"
I like that scorpion could pull moloch over. They should have had a slightly different animation for boss characters, though (more struggling)
blaze looks awesome
onaga's fire move looks awesome
meat's head bowl rocks (suits him)
deagon
stryker's tazer
the fact that a lot of characters had different grabs
sektor's double pulse blades
bad
hmmmmmm......... nothing
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Godzilla
09/07/2006 02:42 AM (UTC)
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I also miss the MKDA arenas. Hell, Shang Tsung's palace would have an awesome deathtrap. And the screaming souls were awesome to fight amongst.
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