There's no justification for pre-order restricted game content. Feel free to give me a temporary tattoo or some shit, but if you buy the game, you buy the fucking game. Not 99% of it. The whole damn thing.

They're with Warner Bros. now though. You know, part of Time Warner, one of the world's largest multi-national conglomerates? You can't expect them to not have to add these features being part of such a huge commercial company now. I know it sucks bigtime, but you just gotta deal with it. A lot of people do not understand this.

But they are making the game thinking about DLC... so as I said, it will never be completed...

Yea but honestly... I could deal with not having one challenge level as the joker in Arkham Asylum but in a game that is supposed to be a throwback for the old fans. Adding Characters that weren't there for that time, and yes I know Quan Chi is apparently in it but MK4 was in the arcades as well so most likely people who played MK3 in arcade have at least played it once, isn't right. Neither is holding out on people with Store Exclusive DLC just because you want to make more money. This game was meant to be for the fans... or so ed boon said.

LOL im very "Disturbed" that you made that comment

This argument is self-defeating. They're part of WB now, which means they don't have to worry about finances, and therefore shouldn't be forcing us to pay for additional content from the get-go. Next contestant.

OOH OOH br0s3pH! pick me! pick me! $1 dollar bob. woo okay showcase showdown. I bid "kratos not belonging in mortal kombat" did I win?

You actually can expect that. Just because they're largely commercial doesn't mean we have to settle for selling out.

I'm not dropping my standards for corporate bullshit. I may end up disappointed, but hell, I've been disappointed by Mortal Kombat since MK 4.

I'm just not one to settle for less than what I've been given before.

I doubt it really matters what Ed Boon said unfortunately. It's the word of the higher executives which counts. WB are looking to make profit, so what have they asked NRS to do? Added Kratos to attempt to create greater audience awareness of the MK brand. They've also added pre-order exclusives, to not only get profit from the retailers offering them, but also by offering "Klassic" costumes and fatalities, they're pulling in hardcore fans (like us) and also new ones, who like to get "free" DLC as often as possible (that is, without purchasing from the Xbox Marketplace or PSN). I know it seems like a kick in the backside to loyal fans, but trust me, i'm sure the gameplay and nostalgic experience will more than make up for it. Seems to me like the game will be a melange of fanboy heaven and commercial viability, which to me = overall success.

I wasn't referring to Midway worrying about finances. I was referring to WB wanting to milk as much money from us as possible, which is how modern businesses work is it not? "Next contestant", indeed.

Yes, being killed by Kratos will certainly herald waves of nostalgia.


Boon has said many times "WB is letting us do our thing".

Overall success in the sales figures for WB and NRS, yes. Overall success in the eyes of the fans? We'll see. I'm not ready to condemn this game yet.

Stance changing? Is that new gameplay element I wasn't aware of?

I just figured it'd be a dash button, as dashing replaced the whole running thing.


Kinda how I feel. I'm getting the tongue rip fatality minus any previous gimmicks that were thrown into it in MKDA; I can't be thinking about marketing injustices right now.

They really aren't pulling in the hardcore fans though if so many of the people here are pissed off about it. and I mean I would believe that alot of the hard core fans would be on a mortal kombat forum. I know they are pushing me away at least

There's not a soul on this board that doesn't know that Kratos was put in this game to make money. Just as well, everyone knows that this pre-order nonsense is for the same.

It doesn't justify anything though. I love how people act like shit like this won't continue to expand with each release. But it's okay cause they're making money off of it.

I didn't say I agree with everything present. I'm talking about the gameplay and feel of the game, how it operates using the 2D system. You can't say there hasn't been any other "new" features placed into the game apart from Kratos, because all of the characters have had a revamp in costume, to say the least. And even if Boon has said that, it doesn't neccessarily mean it's true. Yeah, it'll be true to some degree, but not fully. It'll be true in terms of how the actual game is being made, but not in terms of pre-order exclusives and console exclusives, because they're just being used as marketing gimmicks to allow WB to rake in extra pennies.

Wow, great news and disappoint at the same time.
It's things like this that makes me hate game companies.

The game is not finished and yet they have the nerve to shove this in-game content in our face.

Game, the art book and figurines, yeah, good for Kollectors Edition.
Same shit plus Fight Stick, yeah, good for Tournament Edition.

But things like Alternate costumes, Extra Fatalities and Avatar clothing is something that they could had made us EARN in the game. The fuck is the point of having the Krypt if you're gonna pull a CAPCOM out your ass?!

I'm disappointed of the fact that Scorpion's "Toasty" Fatality is not in the game unless you buy it. After all that bitching "we" did when we saw his piece of shit Second Fatality.

It's like they heard us, and then told us

"Either buy it or shut the fuck up".

Same thing goes for Human Reptile, I didn't care for it but I'm not biased. I read from a lot of people that want this at least for his Alternate costume in the game.
"You want Human Reptile costume? Okay sure, but you're gonna have to pay for it."

Harsh move NRS. Harsh move.

And I'm kinda sad knowing that this game most likely won't have Avatar Awards (360).

Enjoy paying for keys to unlock content that already on the disc.

Seriously MK Team, I thought you knew better.

I'm pretty sure dash is confirmed to be forward forward. The stance changing really doesn't do anything we know of, yet. It just changes which fist the character is leading with, if that makes any sense. It sort of reverses their stance.

Oh damn, yea I confuse those two up alot, my bad

But really, I think they are basically the same price

what does 40 pounds conver to in dollars?

I checked it out, basically the same its like 62-63 $

Best Mortal Monday ever. Most of you are so incredibly silly to be SO pissed about everything.


I for one am so excited for this game I could die.

Kratos? Meh. I can deal. Better to have Kratos beating some ass in my MK game then god damned The Flash.

DLC? Welcome to modern gaming.

Pre order exclusives? Happens with every big release. Shit happens. Just means MK is no longer a Midway cheese fest. Thank God.

Bring it on.

I have no idea what your point is. Not trying to be a dick, but I just can't derive anything from this. Seems like you're all over the place.

Well, Midway doesn't exist, so they wouldn't have to worry about finances, now would they? I keep forgetting that reading posts before arguing is not a forte of this community.

Stop trying to justify what is unnecessary. They don't need the money, so there isn't a requirement to turn us upside down and shake us until all the money falls out of our pockets.

Well according to Hans Lo apparently the hardcore fans havent been left out, but I can certainly say that the way things are going down now isnt going to just make me give up hope anytime soon. I will wait until the final product is released before I make such a irrational decision.

I know it's not going to be a game suited fully for hardcore fans; they'd lose out on so much money if they aimed it at us mostly. I know we deserve it for the years of sub-par 3D MK games that have been released, but unfortunately NRS are part of WB now, and WB want money. That's their prime concern. Not saying that I agree with this, just stating this viewpoint, I think a lot of users get a little narrow-minded and forget about the games presence in the real world of business. Besides, yeah we have Kratos in the PS3 version, and yeah we have pre-order exclusives, but besides that what do we have? A game that's turning out to be a brilliant re-launch of the series. If one guest character and a few costumes ruin the game for you, then it's a sad day indeed.

Agreed, all most the people do on these forums is complain. They've been doing it since this game was confirmed. We'll get amazing news and then they find the smallest thing and bitch about it. I for one, am excited for this game to come out. DLC, this is what all games do. Are people really gonna say they didn't see this coming? Come on guys, they're with WB not Midway. Almost every game is starting to focus on online and dlc. So don't think that MK is just gonna stay away from it. Be thankful for what we're receiving people