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E3
Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014
Game of the Show
What is going on,
my fellow gamers? It’s Bchace here, and I am sooo ready to talk about E3 with
you guys. There’s been a lot of announcements, both good and bad, that I’d love
to talk about. But, first, I want to talk with you about the games that have
caught my eye the most at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. It will be
almost impossible to rank these games from most excited to least excited, quite
frankly, I’m excited for all of them. However! I want to focus on one in
particular that just absolutely blew me away, my choice for game of the show 2014...
*Cue music*
Dun dun dun… Test your might…
Dun dun dun… Test your might…
Dun dun dun… Test your might…
Dun dun dun… Test your might…
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MORTAL KOMBAT!
That is right! Nether Realm Studios
is releasing yet another Mortal Kombat game. As you can imagine, being an avid
fighting game fan, I am more than excited for this game. Injustice: Gods Among
Us was absolutely incredible, and I was dying watching E3, desperately waiting
for its announcement, and then, there it was… MK X, the sequel to one of, if
not, the best Mortal Kombat games ever made. Let’s break down what we’ve
learned so far…
The initial trailer had Sub Zero and
Scorpion engaging in intense combat, using their signature moves (and hand to
hand combat) to take each other down in a snow covered forest. The CGI was
absolutely incredible, however, the music they chose for the trailer did not
fit the overall theme that Nether Realm was trying to convey to its audience.
My intial impressions of the trailer were that the developers were trying a far
more serious tone, a darker tone. I half expected RAP to be mixed with my MK, I
honestly expected a remixed version of the classic theme from the movies, but,
I digress, it wasn’t all that bad (although I’m probably being a bit too
forgiving here). The trailer ended with Sub Zero in a crumpled state, struggling
to stand up. At this instant, Scorpion hurled his rope spear, as it penetrated
deep into Sub Zero’s skull. FINISH HIM, beckoned in the background, as his head
was severed, and posted to a tree with what appeared to one of Scorpion’s ninja
swords, and he watched as Sub Zero’s ice blue eyes faded. Sounds pretty cool,
right? The sheer level of detail that went into this trailer was baffling, to
say the least.
^ Here is the link if you want to watch it for yourself
Currently, there is a lot of
speculation going around the inter-webs as to what characters Nether Realm will
be including in this most anticipated sequel. So far, the confirmed characters
are as follows…
Scorpion
Sub Zero
D’vorah *New*
Ferra/Torr *New*
Kotal Kahn *New*
Cassie Cage *New*
Ermac (Concept Art teased)
7 of the 30 or so characters have been confirmed, which
leaves about 23+ characters left to our imagination. It hasn’t been confirmed,
however, only rumoured that the devs are going to focus on creating a new cast
of characters, with only several returning classics (Scorpion, Sub Zero, etc).
Fans are dying to see Reptile, and many other favorites make their debut on
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 systems. It would be a shame to see several
favourites (Smoke being my own personal favourite, alongside Quan Chi) to be
left out from the roster. There’s always DLC, right? (lol)
Brief glimpses haven’t revealed much
info regarding the new combat system, mechanics, and several other key aspects
of a fighting game. However, after watching about an hour or so of hands-on
gameplay via Youtube and other sources, I’ve come to conclude that MKX is
making a genuine effort to innovate the fighting game genre. Here’s how…
Within the current build (Early to
late Alpha), a stamina meter has been added, which puts a limitation on how
often you can use your dashes, or take advantage of the many intractable
background objects within a given stage. Stamina recharges within a few
seconds, so it should mainly prevent high mobility spamming, dash spamming, and
add more depth to the core gameplay, making some moves more risky than others. Rumoured has it, that Nether Realm has also
implemented the stamina meter with the use of Run Combos, which I have found
very little information about, however, they have been confirmed by several
gamers who have had hands-on experience with the E3 demo.
Background objects are indeed a part of MKX, which was taken from Nether
Realm Studio’s previous game, Injustce: God’s among us, however, they are far
less prevalent. Some objects can be chained together within combos, adding to
the already deep combo system.
The single, biggest change in MKX is the option to choose 1 of 3 fighting
styles. These fighting styles govern what special moves you have access to, and
some add additional effects to those special moves. For example, choosing
Scorpion, he has the option of selecting Ninjitsu, Hellfire, and Inferno. Each
of these choices alters his play style, from aggressive, to defensive, an
aggressive/defensive hybrid, or strictly ranged.
For more of the latest news on MKX, be sure to like the
FB page…
And here is a link to a gameplay video if you haven’t
seen it already…
And! For you fatality lovers (like myself) take a look at
this gore-fest…
And with those video links, that concludes my coverage of MKX. If you found
this helpful, informative, or just plain fun to read, please, like my blog and
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Onto the next game...
Game on, guys!
-Brian
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