It was, and thanks.

That's what has been killing the games for me since MK3. They are becoming too futuristic, and less about the ancient tournament.

I think people need to calm down a bit though. It's a stupid idea, yes, but ultimately it could turn out to be an extremely good, fun game and that's what really counts.

I guess this game could actually be a test/filler before the real MK8. If they can pull it off... good fighting engine, graphics, characters etc and it's well received then they know they are on the right track and can deliver us with a monster MK8.

I'm not gonna lie, I will feel cheated and be pissed off if this is THE MK8, because DC characters do not belong in the MK canon, and if the rumors are true and there are no fatalities or blood then same goes. But as I said above, a test/filler game may not be so bad, and could bring in a whole new legion of fans as well as a monster MK8. Just wait a bit before judging.

If you guys stayed around and called yourselves MK fans after withstanding the MK: Armageddon phase... then, why are you all this upset? MKA was freaking terrible in terms of everything. God awful gameplay, nonexistent storyline that the storyboard director didn't even want to finish and just a completely pointless waste of time in general.

The storyline was butchered, all the characters you loved were basically destroyed in MKA. This game isn't destroying MK's credibility, it was already gone. This is why this game doesn't bother me as much. Heck, at least we can speculate who else is going to be in the game. MKA didn't even allow us that; we knew everything from day one.

Kotaku said they were contacted by a former Midway employee who worked on the game and he said that the game was toned down big time for a T-for-Teen rating. Very minimal blood and absolutely no fatalities or gore.

dude...its WARNER BROS.

what kinda finishers are they gonna do? throw sticks of "tnt" at eachother? lol.

maybe we can see scorpion catch the road runner.

all jokes aside..i dont think dc and warner are gonna allow their chars to get their heads chopped off.

that article is so hard to read because its so true

yea, and even in that big pile of dung, it was still mk and no batman in site.

It isnt confirmed yet, but it doesnt look good...

http://kotaku.com/381302/mk-v-dc-has-little-blood-no-fatalities

Boon = Traitor

Agreed. I stuck by mka, because MK is apart of me in general. I played that game as legit as i could. Some others did it there way. I'm not saying all MK games are perfect. I'm saying because of MK's long history. It's hard for someone like me to hate it. (waits for sarcasim)

Although I may have my doubts, I’m looking forward to this.

This almost has to be a one time only deal. Though it makes me wonder what’s going on and where it’s going from here.

How in the hell are they going to explain the story? (if there is one)

A question right off the bat: Sub-Zero is young again, is this before the deadly alliance or is this Sub-Zero even connected to the former? Maybe a son? Or this is just the incarnation of everything Sub-Zero.

If it's the last, it makes me think only the most popular characters are coming back and in their most known forms. ie: Raiden being light again.

This is what I believe set everyone off. Yes, everyone knew Armageddon was going to be awful. Normally, there wouldn't be this much outrage. The Mortal Kombat franchise has been a laughable pile of shit for years now.

What's gotten everyone upset is that their expectations got bigger because of Capcom's Street Fighter IV. Everyone had hopes that Boon would see how SF4 was going back to its roots and take MK back as well. Also, Ed Boon was going nuts a few months ago talking about how the next MK was going to be a Gears of War style game in terms of being dark and gritty.

A bar being set high by Capcom and Boon's own statements which turned out to be full-on lies are what has everyone disgusted by this MK vs. DC crap. The news that the violence was eliminated and that there are no fatalities is only going to fan the flames.

Everyone knows by now not to expect a good MK game anymore. I never even touched Armageddon. I didn't have to. But every MK fan is so drippingly desperate for a good MK game again, everyone got excited by those two things. If Capcom hadn't have done SF4 and Boon hadn't blatantly lied to the fans by letting his mouth write checks his ass can't cash, people wouldn't be spewing the level of venom they are now.

But Capcom did SFIV, Boon lied, and now people are triple the amount of pissed they would have been normally.

but "dude" it's mortal kombat. it's the mother of fighting games and is best known for it's fatalities. I have seen a fucking ton of images in comics of batman being snapped in half and superman with his head ripped off on a pike. If boon doesn't stay true to his word about a darker grittier game than like i said my £40 will go elsewhere. However, you have no proof there is no gore in this game, and infact there is more evidence to proove that the game will have it (which comes from the words of boon himself).

You can believe your argument and i will believe mine, its a matter of opinion. My opinion is boon wouldn't be so excited about this game as he was if there was nothing left of mortal kombat apart from the outer shells of a few beloved characters.

Big companies can suprise you sometmes.

honestly..what the hell were they thinking?

what the hell is batman gonna do against people like sub-zero, scorpion, quan chi, shang tsung, raiden...????

his stupid little belt isnt gona save his ass from being decapped.

this whole idea is just crazy.


if this isnt some long, planned out hoax, i hope it all blows up in their faces.

i cant wait to see ed boons face after that:

Given the source material, I think that's what most people were expecting. I'd say that's as good as confirmation. Cheers!

If there are no Fatalities, then that is truly lame. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects was rated T and still had finishers. Sure, there was blood spilling everywhere or people getting their spines ripped out, but opponents were in fact killed.

Iron Man and Human Torch turned their opponents into dust. Daredevil did a nice neck breaker. Wolverine impaled people with his Claws and went totally nuts on them. If even that game can have Finishers, then MK Vs. DC should as well.

I have no problem if they tone them down and don't have people getting torn apart 90% of the time, but they shouldn't totally get rid of them.

At the very least... see how good the game is first, engine wise. Maybe it'll actually be fun to play (yes, I'm being overly optimistic here) for once. To be honest, I'll take Batman in MK over them slaughtering every character in the game just for the sake of making MKTrilogy 2.

Give it a chance.

Why would Boon be fired?

Yes its a questionable decision but it will sell copies.

I don't see why WB would team up with Midway and the MK team and say no blood and fatalities. They should know what MK is about.

I'm not giving anything with the MK name on it a chance that doesn't have the violence or the fatalities. If I wanted to play a fighting game that didn't have those two things, I would play a game that wasn't MK. And I sure as fuck wouldn't play a game with the MK name on it that didn't have those two things.

mkda was decent at least.

imo, mkshaolin monks was the best of the current gen.

I'm definitely gonna give it a chance. It can't possibly be worse then MKA. Just the fact that there are no Fatalities is disappointing when even Marvel Nemesis had them.

I had that game. Brigade was a good tier in there.

that website means shit all to me. A midway employer contacted me aswell believe it or not and told me that he shat all over batman. You can't read stuff off random websites and expect them to be true. Anybody can claim they have a friend who works for midway or sombody contacted them - just to get some page views. I mean look at the 400000000000000000 posts we had on here with people who know people at midway. It's a load of shit.

On the other hand from gamesradar.

"Boon said the title will be far dirtier and grittier than previous installments in the series, adding that the development team is just trying to take advantage of all the new hardware that's available and doing the most it can with the new consoles."

Yes this might be from october last year, but i personally believe they will take advantage of the new engine. If you play unreal 3 when you get the blood splats on your screen, that would be fucking sick in MK.

http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122613911009

Just hold your horses guys until you start jumping the boat - there is far more evidence that prooves there will be blood and gore, than that there won't be. We will just have to wait for these videos to start popping up.