Midway hawking Mortal Kombat rights Comments by Dan Pearson
Bankruptcy blow could be a fatality.
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asphaltcowboy
02/03/09 @ 11:56
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Nearly $4m for bonuses instead of going to unpaid staff? Good work! :/
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Sunyavadin, I can understand that opinion, but I don't entirely agree with it. MK4 was an attempt at 3d that was so clunky and horrible. The game suffered for their sole aspiration. I really enjoyed Deadly Alliance, however. I thought that there was a lot done right, there, in terms of the fighting game and they were able to include new characters without losing structure. Downhill from that, though. They recycled, and kept adding more and more unnecessary baggage to the formula, until it had all but keeled over. I don't remember Armageddon too well, except that I mostly got it for legacy play, more than anything else.
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chessboxer
02/03/09 @ 13:16
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I remember everyone was going mental for Mortal Monday years ago. The game then came out and I went back to playing SF2 because it was a superior game. I wouldn't be surprised if SFIV has already outsold MK vs DC.
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Britesparc
02/03/09 @ 14:29
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MK vs DC sold alright, didn't it? If so, I'd have thought Warner Bros would snap up the licence so they could crank out a franchise.
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Man, no matter how you feel about Mortal Kombat, you can't help but feel bad for the developers. They've been working on and releasing Mortal Kombats since I was a nipper... it must feel like selling one of their own children.
I think, out of all the fighting games I've played, Mortal Kombat has the most interesting storyline. Sure, it's over-the-top and often stupid, but compared to something like Dead or Alive or Tekken, it's much more engrossing to be sure. Hopefully a solid developer can grab the license and keep the series alive.
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MK is all that company has going for them. If Midway sell MK then they're as good as dead anyway.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't... @Crofto The MK mythos certainly has a lot of potential, I think, but I'd imagine at this point that it's become a little contrived and confusing. Perhaps if the series goes to another publisher/developer a series reboot might be in order?
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