I like it but here's what I got.

I like the idea of having to earn the special finishers. So to use a Brutality, you'd have to finish the winning round with a full meter. Or not using meter at all throughout the winning round. I prefer the former myself.

I like your idea about having the four attack buttons doing different attacks that the player can mash. Maybe show X-rays where the player is attacking to add to the brutal visuals? Just a suggestion.

I don't really like the idea of having merely four attacks.

I loved brutalities for their brutal combo madness, and I think that should be explored.

Now, I do love the idea of utilizing a full meter, as it makes playing much more challenging and critical, and it also provides a sort of ongoing dilemma for players throughout the fight. However, if a brutality should be done, especially by the player himself/herself, I think the player should have more freedom as to how the brutality is done.

To be honest, the horrible Kreate-A-Fatality feature in Armageddon makes the perfect template for a Brutality feature. You have this timed meter, and it clocks down as you beat your opponent to a bloody pulp. Here's how I imagine it:

1. During the Finish Him/Her sequence, a certain input is done to activate the Brutality feature, preferably a universal input rather than one per character.

2. Screen goes dark, dun-dun-DUN music sounds, and the meter appears. The feature has begun.

3. The character's entire moveset is at the player's disposal, special moves included. The player can issue single hits, combos, or even a string of special movies.

4. Aim of the game: The player is tasked with administering one hell of a brutality on the loser. However, as each hit is landed the meter goes down. The opponent also receives substantial damage, which varies by attack. It goes as follows:
a. Any hit causes the meter to drop, and will drop after the hit is completed. With combos, the meter drops after the combo is finished, and will drop twice as much as than with a single hit.
b. Each hit damages the opponent. All punches and kicks deal normal damage, weapons deal double the damage, and special moves deal triple the damage. The opponent will be brutalized in real time, so choice and order of moves will be critical.
c. The brutality sequence will end when the meter has gone out or after the opponent has been dealt maximum damage, which ever comes first. Preferably, maximum damage is the goal.

5. Koins are earned for the total amount of damage done, and is calculated by a point score (unseen). The point score is as follows:

Normal Damage: 1 point
Double Damage: 2 points
Triple Damage: 3 points
Combos: 1 point per hit + 2 points
Combos including weapons: 1 point per hit + bonus 1 point per weapon hit + 2 points

- Each point grants 25 Koins. There is no maximum amount of Koins to be rewarded, so combos should be dragged as long as possible.



I find this feature to be one hell of thing. It could also be accessed in Practice Mode, just for players to try out and enjoy. As a bonus, there could also be a feature, only in Practice Mode, that allows players to record their Brutality sequences, up to five recordings.

Yep, this I like. I could only hope others would, too. lol

I could see the "create-a-fatality" feature be implemented into the brutalities.

I mean, granted that feature was horrible (although it was very easy to get an Ultimate fatality since you can use certain combos twice) I can see that actually be more usable to make a long combo chain to brutalize your opponent down to just a slab of meat.

Brutalities did appear in the PS3 generation of MKs if you count MK/DC's Heroic Brutalities. The Multality hasn't appeared ever since MK:SM though, it could be that the finisher will return in MK:SM's (spiritual) successor.It could prove out to be a solid addition to MKX if implemented properly.

Nah, I'm not really counting the heroic brutality from MK/DC, not because of the whole Teen rating.

And yes, I do agree with you that it could potentially be a solid addition if they're created in a way where it works.

The create a fatality was an interesting idea, I thought it was a good addition to actually see us creating our own fatalities, but what they gave us to use wasn't really anything I would consider gruesome to look at.

At the very first hearing of this when we had little to no news about this feature, I thought it would be like, you're in this mode where you're taking your created character and you build a fatality of your own from a variety of different stuff they gave to offer.

Not looking at different combos from a magazine and just input them within a short time.

I don't like Brutalities as finisher.

I personally liked the old fashioned way of implementing brutalities via button combinations.

I always felt that they should have just called the x-ray moves a Brutality.

To me, Li Mei's fatality in MKD was their attempt at a Brutality, which I thought was very poor.

I thought so too, but then after seeing several characters' x-ray moves, I didn't think the title would have been fairly given. I mean, I know that I used Kitana's x-ray in a different example, but I'm going to use it here.

Kitana only impales her fans twice into someone, versus Sonya who lands eleven-twelve hits. I mean, I get that they're all powerful moves, and that' how it has always been with for brutalities. But for some reason, I didn't get that anymore after seeing several characters' x-rays.

But I will say, it should have been given a different name altogether.

Many people might not like brutalities in general, and that's fine. But if there was a way to improve, how would you do it to where you'd actually like to see it return?

Does it HAVE to be an end round thing or could it be planted during mid-fight?

Always end round.

It'll lose its significance if it stops being a finisher.

Brutality can be preformed anytime during the game by pressing L2/R2 as a super move?