The Mortal Kombat Thread

@jonny_anonymous: Hmm, I kinda prefer his actual story. :P That is a cool idea though, think it's called Erron Black.

@ostyo: His backstory is crappy. He's just an ex-gangster cop who got zapped

@jonny_anonymous: Nothing wrong with that back story. D:

@blade_r: @ostyo: @jonny_anonymous: Which endings do you think are canon or want to be canon ?

@kgb725: These all seem likely or possible.

Mileena

Cassie

Reptile

Ferra/Torr

Scorpion

Sub-Zero

Johnny Cage

Mileena

Liu Kang

Kitana

Kung Jin

Kung Lao

Kenshi

Takeda

Jacqui

Kano

@ostyo: The most interesting of the two would be Cassie and Takeda's Taven and Shujinko together in the same game would be interesting to say the least

I have no idea, I have a feeling certain elements from any of them could end up being used except for maybe a few but idk which ones will actually end up happening or not.

I hope Mileena's will happen, or at least something similar so she can return.

I have a feeling something will happen with Erron Black and the SF kiddies at that air transport, idk what will go down but I do think something will.

I also think Mr.Tsung will be making a return soon, plenty of nods/references to him in endings.

@blade_r: @kgb725: Indeed. Shang Tsung's return seems almost a certainty.

@blade_r: I would say Mileena and Kenshi/ Kung Jin/Lao Kitana and Liu Kang are pretty likely to happen. I'd say Kano and Scorpion's are maybes

I really hope he does, I have always liked Tsung. Hoping he will come back and be part of the main story again lol

Mileena's has to happen lol

Kenshi's would be cool, but if they kill off Daegon like that then Taven needs to go too ;)

Kung Jin's I can see happening, and it would be awesome too, it just bums me out they if he does get restored he will probably be old man Lao now :/

Kitana's would work as well, and I kind of think they will use that, I am sure she will be just as pissed at Raiden as Liu Kang seemingly was.

And I think Liu's will happen too, he and Kitana are now the rulers of the NR, and in typical bad guy fashion im sure that wont be enough and they will eventually either want revenge against Raiden still, want to finish Shinnok's goal of ending the elder god's rule, or just deciding to try and conquer other realms, because you know, being the ruler of an entire realm just isn't enough lol

@blade_r: Lao won't be old because Scorpion and Sub-Zero weren't

@kgb725:I believe that's because they and Jax were revived/restored before the 25 year time jump, but then again Revenant Liu doesn't really look old after the time skip so maybe you are right, I sure hope so :)

@blade_r: Yea but Jax is old and he aged after he revived but Scorpion/Sub-zero are young lol how ?

@kgb725:Good question lol I didn't even think about that hahaha maybe NRS just wasn't ready to give us elderly Scorp and Sub just yet lol

@blade_r: Maybe there's no love for Jax lol he died in like 3 different endings

Lol that's why I think dude is probably gonne get killed for real, and probably by Erron Black, and if Erron survives there will be a nice little Sonya x Kano style rivalry between Jacqui and Black lol

@blade_r: Maybe depends on how much time passes

That classic Sonya outfit is amazing lol I cant wait to get it, and lookin forward to classing Liu and UMK3 Reptile as well.

EDIT

Tanya's new design in character select, looks great.

@blade_r: Holy Brazil, someone tag Dragonborn_CT.

@dragonborn_ct Here ya go :)

@blade_r: Man, nobody seems to use Takeda competitively.

@ostyo: @blade_r: Fun fact, Kung Lao's costume is referred to as gaucho, which is how we call Deep Southern Brazilians, while Liu Kang is referred to as Capoeira, which is a BR martian art.

@dragonborn_ct: Another fun fact from our token Brazilian.

The combos in the game are fantastic. They made it seem like all the endings happened but at different times. Do you guys think Armageddon is going to happen again? If they do make it again hopefully they have this fighting engine but with a tag team.

@dragonborn_ct: Nice, I love learning cool little things like that lol. So how do you like them?

@xlab3000: It could, but I kind of hope it doesn't, or at least not for a good while lol

Actually, I would be ok with Armageddon happening again if they can find a way to continue the story without going back in time/resetting the series again.

@blade_r: I automatically love everything that references or feature my country or my people in games anyway hahaha

;)

@dragonborn_ct: Nice, glad you like it :)

Tanya will be available to Kombat Pack holders on Tuesday June 2nd, she will then be on sale for everybody else on June 9th.

@blade_r: Looks so much better.

@ostyo: Agreed, now she actually looks like Tanya lol

@blade_r: Plus, the glowing eyes were a must.

They take forever to release dlc

She actually does look good

I agree, I have no idea why her eyes turned white all of a sudden in Deception but it looked good and stuck lol

@blade_r: OH snap, Dat fatality!

Yeah I really like that one lol I love how the intestines stay on her and she throws them off lol

@blade_r: Haha, wow... What a traitorous b!tch, sold Rain out first chance she got. XD

@ostyo:Lol that's Tanya for ya, always betraying/backstabbing somebody haaha

Her gameplay is pretty fun, I haven't spent too much time playing her just yet but from the little time I did she was a blast, especially in Pyromancer and the one with the staff she can hop on from out of the air, that is cool.

I know this is completely irrelevant but I just got my 1st ever Platinum trophy like 10 minutes ago with MKX :D

@blade_r: Oh? What did you earn? :D

I wonder if Skarlet will be dlc on down the road. Otherwise I find it strange that they gave her a new look for the comics. Especially since Reiko, Hsu Hao and Rain still had their previous skins from earlier games.

Like what did I get for getting platinum? Absolutely nothing lmao but it felt good haha normally I wouldn't care but since it was MK I am stoked lol

@_dirge_ said:

I wonder if Skarlet will be dlc on down the road. Otherwise I find it strange that they gave her a new look for the comics. Especially since Reiko, Hsu Hao and Rain still had their previous skins from earlier games.

I do like the new design the artist gave her, it looks pretty damn good. Although I do hope that NRS would put in Havik as DLC first ;)

@blade_r: No, I mean what did you do to earn it?

I'm just slaying n*ggas with Takeda.

@ostyo: Oh lol the last one I had to do was "Dropping fools" which is "Reach a 10 complete game win streak in Ranked 1v1 matches" it f****** sucked lol

@blade_r: Damn, that's better than me. Most I've ever won in a row was two.

@ostyo: Its pretty much a luck thing lol the only reason I got it was because I fortunately got matched up with people who were either 1. Not that good yet, or 2. Were using Tanya, which made it easy for me because people weren't/aren't too good with her yet so I took advantage of that and crushed fools with my Jason hehe

Spent some time with her today though and got some nice stuff going with her staff variation, she has a lot of mix ups which is always a plus lol

Personally regarding Tanya, the glowing eyes never made much sense. She's not a God or something yet she looks like one lol, she's merely Edenian like Kitana, Jade, Rain and even Mileena is technically half(even though she's a clone) Her first appearance was in MK 4 she didn't have glowing eyes, then MK Deception, MKA and MK X for whatever reason, decided to give her glowing white eyes. The storymode she didn't have white eyes. But anyway she's ok, I like her pyromancer good for zoning.

I don't think Skarlet will be back since she was already DLC in MK 9, Havik who knows...though I have a feeling he'll die in the comic. Now, Fujin is someone who has to be DLC at some point if not this game has to be in MK 11. MK 9 and MK X he's demanded and for some odd reason has been shunned...

Anyone else do the MK towers? MK 1, 2, 3 and now MK 4 is up. I beat it, maxed out past gold points and got the secret fight! To do is, this is how I did it, don't lose a match, and on the 7th fight get a flawless victory on the second/winning round and finish with a fatality. You fight Goro as the secret fight!

@blade_r: I was hoping the naginata variation would be good.

Her pokes on naginata are crazy though the range...

Is that the one with the bladed staff? I played with it for a while today and actually had a blast, I might stick with it to be honest. At first I was a little "meh" but after taking it into practice for about an hour or so I really got a feel for it.

Hell yeah dude, b2 has insane reach lol

BTW are you having trouble doing a neutral jump punch with her out of teleport? For some reason she seems to always want to do a regular punch when I fall out of the TP above an opponent instead of njp.