ThePredator151 Wrote:TheManWithTheGoldenGun Wrote:
I dunno as much as I like Street Fighter I think that a 2D or a 2.5D Mortal Kombat game would be a step backwards for the series. I personally like being able to walk around a stage, pick up weapons, knock an opponent to another stage or knock them into a death trap. I would like to see the game 3D but have it like Tekken or Dead or Alive where you arent allowed to step in or out of the background and the game does it for you
I liked MkvsDC's 2.5D set up. The only thing concerning moving about in 360 degrees that I might have them change, is probably just making it harder to do
(an odd//unusual control or something like that). That way projectiles make a difference more often. But again, I thought MkvDc struck a good balance anyway so.... idk
I dunno if I like the idea of making something that's as basic as walking into and out of the foreground become more difficult to do. I get that alot of people think projectiles and 3D are inherently at odds with one another. Personally, I think that they can do both and do them well.
For one, you need to speed up projectiles, that might help. You can also make more projectiles in to 3D attacks. Didn't Shang Tsung have a sort of 3D fireball in either MK:DA or MKvsDC? I thought he did. You can also have certain projectiles be heat seeking. I also think that pro-move projectiles should follow toward the current path the character is on, so maybe the first one doesn't connect but maybe the second one might. Of course, in this vein, you could have a pro-move that has 4 projectiles, each one faster than the last.
The idea is to force the opponent to duck or block, thus mitigating some of (but not all of) the usefulness of the side step. So yeah, there are ways of making the projectile more useful in 3D.
But I'd also argue the necessity. For one, a good player can work in a projectile and make it hit. Secondly, isn't it just more realistic? I mean, I know that MK isn't like real life or whatever, but you're in a fighting tournament and people did have the power to, you know, throw fireballs, isn't sidestepping or dodging a pretty likely tactic? It's at least as likely as ducking under a projectile and a helluva lot more likely than holding your arms up to block against it.
I'm just saying that while there are several valid arguments for MK being in 2D, the fact that projectiles haven't proven as useful (thus far) shouldn't be one of them. Just because 2D had projectiles before and 3D hasn't perfected it yet, doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be done.
