Midway doing more Mortal Kombat Comments by Robert Purchese
Struggling publisher pleased with sales.
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Thunderbolt!
26/01/09 @ 17:10
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I was surprised with MK Vs DC as its quite a solid fighting game. As a budget game its perfect for a bit of pick up and play.
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Would the people calling for them to shutdown please shut-up and remember you're talking about people's careers here. Ok so it's not the best game in the world but damn, I can think of a fair many which are far worse.
I for one quite enjoyed beating down on Superman, so grats on the 1.8 mil Midway! Best of the luck with your next title :-) |
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michaelius
26/01/09 @ 18:10
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Now how about non kiddy friendly serious 18+ Mortal kombat without retarded heroes from DC ?
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Even though MK VS DC Universe is undoubtedly the weakest MK offering in a while (yes Eurogamer, your linked review is actually semi-accurate for once... a miracle, to be sure) I'm not surprised by the impressive sales figures. The DC tag obviously pulled in more buyers than usual, and I think Midway knew fine well that the game was more for pulling in extra cash rather than pushing the boundaries in fighting games and keeping MK fans happy.
That said, I expect the next MK game to be more focused on what fans have enjoyed most about the series. I do hope it'll be like Deception which I think is the best MK in recent times. |
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I don't understand the problem. The game sells a lot, but if you don't like it, don't buy it. I can understand it encourages too many sequels (Need for Speed comes to mind), but as a struggling games company, I'd hate to see it shutdown. There's a difference between this company doing it and, say, EA because EA can afford to take risks but decide to milk the cash cow.
PS: I don't like the game :) |
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Drop the really tacky attempt at emulating Marvel vs Capcom (they were GAME crossovers so at least there was a point to 'em), and I might be interested in the next one Midway. TBH though, while the 3D ones were...OK, you've not really impressed me with MK since Trilogy so it would need to be something special!
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insincere_dave
26/01/09 @ 22:02
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"Would the people calling for them to shutdown please shut-up and remember you're talking about people's careers here."
Yeah, people who're clearly not very good at making games and the industry won't miss. |
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MK was getting fairly good with Deadly Alliance. It was sort of the same level with Deception.
But Armageddon (link to my views on that game) and vs DC were back to the bad old days where there was nothing much in the game, where it was very pretty but had no substance to back it up. If they can go back to Deadly Alliance, with the intent of making a properly serious fighter, MK will come good. If they prefer to milk the cash-cow we'll see another Armageddon. Here's hoping they want to make a serious fighter. |
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muscleblade
27/01/09 @ 08:26
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@Kami
You got it all wrong imo. Deadly Alliance and Deception are the 2 worst games in the series. MK VS DC is more like the old games. UMK3 is still my favourite. I hope the next installment will be more like that game. |
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The problem is, I didn't like the old games. Mortal Kombat was always gore over technical achievements. I guess I liked DA and Deception because they tried to work in a polished fighting game alongside the gore. I kind of admired that. Armageddon was awful because it had no balance, no character, nothing. Just a black void of blood and guts with hardly anything redeeming at all.
MKvsDC wasn't bad per se, but it is a spin-off title. I've played better but after Armageddon MKvsDC was pure gold. Though that said, next to Armageddon a bucket of liquid poo would look like molten gold... |
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CountFapula
27/01/09 @ 10:33
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Midway have delivered Area 51 Blacksite, Blitz the League, Stranglehld, MK vs DC were all a blast for me.
They might not be AAA titles but I'm not some idiot who lives and dies what the metacritic scores are, those games were fucking FUN. Do any of you asking for midway to close remember that? Before every game had to be a AAA 10/10 to get a look in from you whiners? You might wanna try it sometime. |
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CunningLinguist
27/01/09 @ 10:34
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@The_Surreal
Are you referring to the EG staff? The jury is still out on that one. |
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CountFapula
27/01/09 @ 10:37
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JJRabit, I don't give a fuck what any of the anti ea people have to say any more because you know what? They took risks with new IP and no one brought them (and if that includes you, you have NO right to bitch about ea sticking to sequels that people actually buy).
Dead Space was personally up there with Fallout 3 as the GOTY for me and no one brought it. Ditto Left 4 Dead on 360 and Mirror's Edge. So don't complain when a company sticks to sequels. |
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I thought that MK vs DC was dead on arrival with its archaic gameplay and insanely laggy online part - but I guess not. Having said that, the franchise is still pretty cool. I wish they'd hire someone who actually knows a thing or two about fighting games to help them, though.
I would love to see an MK vs Capcom. It would be a crazy game for sure, but man... |
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@CountFapula
EA was just a rich publisher and was the only reason I included it in my post. Feel free to replace it with other ones. I'm not anti EA, but my point was that some people can't afford to take risks and therefore churn out sequels, where others sometimes can but choose not to.
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