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Mortal Kombat Appreciation Thread

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kamikazekeeg:
I've been dabbling with the series for years now too at this point.  I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan, I like the crazy violence of MK, but I always preferred the gameplay abit more in Street Fighter, but I played the series off and on in arcades, on SNES/Genesis.  I didn't play it much after that, but I puttered around in MKX abit and I played a decent amount of MK11, I did the campaign and played to progress stuff through the bonus mode too.  As a spinoff (It's close enough with similar gameplay and both games have an MK character in them lol), I also played Injustice 2 a good bit also. 

As far as favorite characters go, I'm still mostly a fan of the classic ninja's, Sub Zero always being my go to.  I really like how NetherRealms has embraced the crossover action in their games, all the horror and action movie characters they've been adding since MKX is pretty fun, or how in Injustice 2 we got other comic book characters aside from DC like Hellboy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

bikingjahuty:
I was only in first grade when the first MK game came out, but of course you were one of the cool kids if you played it. At the time my cousin was living with us and he knew how badly I wanted a copy for my Sega Genesis. Despite only being in high school at the time, he somehow got me a copy (knowing him he probably stole it), but my parents told him I was too young. I was not happy at all, but luckily soon after a friend of mine at school's older brother got the Genesis version and I used to love playing it at his house. We'd try for hours to pull off fatalities, but never could lol.


The first MK game I really played a lot was MK2 for the Genesis. I never owned it until years later, but I used to rent it often from an independent rental store called Famous Video. I used to play the hell out of it whenever I'd have it over a weekend or whatever, but again, I never could figure out the fatalities. It was also during this time that i got to play MK1 and MK2 in the arcade for the first time, even though there was a huge intimidation factor for me because it was common for a group of teenagers in ripped jeans, flannel, and trench coats to be gathered around it. It was like it was there machine and I'd get my ass kicked for even trying to play it lol. But I did, and freakin loved it too[size=78%].[/size]

It is worth mentioning that around this time is when I first saw the MK move and I was head over heels in love with it! I don't think there's a movie I rented more in my entire life. 8-year old me used to do kicks off the couch while watching the fight scenes, which I would rewatch over and over again. I was obsessed with it, and it's probably one of the most nostalgic movies for me to this day.


Like MK2 I ended up renting MK3 and UMK3, but never owned either until years later. However, it was seeing news for MK Trilogy that got me super exciting. Being able to play as every character plus the boss characters sounded amazing. I begged my parents and aunt for a copy for Christmas back in 1996, maybe 1997, but never got one. Again, it was a game a picked up years later.


When MK4 came out an older neighbor kid I was friends with got it for the N64 and I loved it at the time, mostly because it was the first MK game where I could actually pull off more of the special moves and fatalities.


My little brother and I were really into MK Deception on the PS2 when that came out, and I remember playing for hours with him unlocking all the extra content in the krypt. I also picked up MK Armageddon around the the time that game came out, but I didn't end up getting into it as much as previous games.


Over the next few years until MK9 came out I began to acquire all the MK games I played as a kid, but never owned. I went out of my way to acquire the most arcade perfect ports of those games too, assuming that game got an arcade release. Luckily most of the old Midway collections had many of the arcade ports of the original MK games, and the special addition of Deception I believed had an arcade version of MK1 if I'm not mistaken.


But when MK9 came out I fell in love with the series all over again, especially since it was a remake of the original three games, and went through the story in it too. I bought MK10 close to when it came out and really liked it, but not as much as MK9. However I LOVED MK11 and have played the hell out of that game since buying it.

Cartagia:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 02, 2023, 06:28:32 pm ---But when MK9 came out I fell in love with the series all over again, especially since it was a remake of the original three games, and went through the story in it too. I bought MK10 close to when it came out and really liked it, but not as much as MK9. However I LOVED MK11 and have played the hell out of that game since buying it.
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The decision to do the MK9 reboot is one of the single best calls that a game company has made in the last decade or so.  Got the series back to its roots, smplified the narrative, and reinvigorated the series in massive ways.  I'd only followed the series off and on since UMK3, but it completely got my interest again.

telekill:

--- Quote from: Cartagia on January 02, 2023, 07:15:29 pm ---The decision to do the MK9 reboot is one of the single best calls that a game company has made in the last decade or so.  Got the series back to its roots, smplified the narrative, and reinvigorated the series in massive ways.  I'd only followed the series off and on since UMK3, but it completely got my interest again.

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Totally agree. I'm hoping MK11 has the same affect of getting me back into the series. MK Deception and MK9 both did that for me when they released.

doafan:

--- Quote from: telekill on January 02, 2023, 11:35:23 am ---I was putting together the below image of the various mainline Mortal Kombat games... one box per game and came to the conclusion that we were missing the 8th game somewhere. Well, according to the fans, Mortal Kombat vs DC... an odd cross over game counts as the mainline 8th game. News to me. I had actually ignored it because I didn't care about super heroes being tossed into MK. Still don't but it is what it is
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Even when I do freaking love superheroes, this game never had my attention but for some "unknown" reason Sonya got it, that white top was something else, yes I already know that am a freaking pervert, just wondering if by any chance she used that outfit/costume in another game  :-\

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