Mortal Kombat Vita

Help_me 3 May 2012 18:29:01 768 posts
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All things Mortal Kombat in preparation for tomorrow.

If anyone wants a one on one stick your PSN account name in here.

PSN: smeech1

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el_pollo_diablo 3 May 2012 18:59:52 1,804 posts
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el_pollo__diablo

One underscore then two that is.

TOASTY.

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Murbal 3 May 2012 19:26:56 19,442 posts
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You buggers are trying to tempt me I can see it!

Edited by Murbal at 19:28:03 03-05-2012

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jonsaan 3 May 2012 19:29:37 24,234 posts
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Very keen on this. Would love to know the deal with unlockables.

FCUTA!

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steve1979 3 May 2012 19:32:00 1,854 posts
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I'm interested in this too. But I've got so much to play at the moment, and I'm so busy away from games that I don't think I'll have the time. Especially with Gravity Rush out next month.

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Rauha 3 May 2012 19:36:55 4,271 posts
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Got this coming tomorrow, reviews have been excellent. Seems with the exception of the loss of graphical oooh aaaah, its an excellent port. 60FPS

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el_pollo_diablo 3 May 2012 21:12:20 1,804 posts
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steve1979 wrote:
I'm interested in this too. But I've got so much to play at the moment, and I'm so busy away from games that I don't think I'll have the time. Especially with Gravity Rush out next month.

But this is the perfect loo game. Those other ones are cup of tea, sofa and exotic cigarette type games. This one is more of a getting off at the next stop type game.

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Darren 3 May 2012 23:20:06 7,627 posts
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I got my copy today from SimplyGames and a quick go on it turned into a three-hour session. The game is superb and every bit as playable as the PS3 version. The graphics are also pretty good with good quality FMV for the story mode and crisp, clear visuals for the actual fights. Animation is superb, the framerate is smooth and the controls tight and precise. The models only look bad when the camera zooms in for a close up where some characters look like PSone models.

It's a shame the developers didn't cheat a bit here and halve the framerate to 30 fps and increase the detail/polygon count on the models (I guess that would have used too much memory?). You can't really see the low poly counts when fighting but these close-ups often have different lighting/colours to the FMV in the story mode which makes them look all the more jarring. For example, Scorpion has a vibrant yellow outfit in the story mode cutscenes but the actual model wears a lemon coloured one. And Goro's skin turns five shades paler between his cutscene and the game.

The amount of content and gameplay more than make up for the game's graphical shortcomings though. I'm glad I decided to buy it after all, especially as it only cost �23.

Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, PC (Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz, 12 GB, 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 SLI, Windows 8 Pro), iPad 4

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bef 4 May 2012 08:06:48 1,606 posts
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Downloading now. Clobbering time when I get home from work. Feel free to add me: (PSN) mymonobrow.

/Looks at Disgaea Vita thread

Sorry guys, this game first.

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Help_me 4 May 2012 08:26:26 768 posts
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Mine got dispatched from Amazon yesterday, hopefully it will turn up today!

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Murbal 4 May 2012 08:40:24 19,442 posts
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Look, I told you guys I wasn't interested! Stop going on about it! Argh!

Also, I won't be going on YouTube to check out videos. No sir. Not at all.

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Help_me 4 May 2012 08:52:33 768 posts
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@Murbal This could be the best MK ever and you're going to miss out on it.
Come on Murbal - Get over here!

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bef 4 May 2012 09:25:27 1,606 posts
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As a fellow EG old timer I urge you to take the plunge mister Murbal.

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Help_me 4 May 2012 16:18:45 768 posts
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It's here!

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dominalien 4 May 2012 17:03:03 5,424 posts
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It's not available where I live :-(

i wonder why and whether it'll come up some day. The guy on the blog ignores the questions about it, as usual.

PSN: DonOsito

Flying_Pig > cookies

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trav 4 May 2012 17:31:36 894 posts
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Would be interested, but too expensive for me at the moment. �30 for retail or �35 on PSN.

Think I'll wait until it comes under �20 before heading in.

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Rauha 4 May 2012 18:15:22 4,271 posts
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Gets home.

No Aliens anthology :sad face:

No Mortal Kombat :angry face:

:,(

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jonsaan 4 May 2012 19:19:52 24,234 posts
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35 in hmv so I'd say standard rrp is the same as psn.

FCUTA!

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neems 4 May 2012 19:46:29 841 posts
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I had a look around today, I saw it for �35 in HMV, �30 in Grainger games and �40 in Gamestation. I can understand HMV, they're not really a game retailer, but what are Gamestation playing at?

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H1ggyLTD 4 May 2012 20:51:20 478 posts
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How do you do a tag assist?

psn: higgyltd

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Gregolution 4 May 2012 21:28:27 2,482 posts
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If psn price was 25 Id be all over this

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jonsaan 4 May 2012 21:42:00 24,234 posts
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Game group will still go down I fear. Their whole approach is just broken.

FCUTA!

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el_pollo_diablo 4 May 2012 22:40:28 1,804 posts
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H1ggyLTD wrote:
How do you do a tag assist?

psn: higgyltd

It's either down back then right thumbstick in any direction, or down forward then thumbstick.

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H1ggyLTD 5 May 2012 00:34:37 478 posts
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Yeah i've got it now - cheers.

Story mode looks pretty epic.

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atomicjuicer 5 May 2012 06:34:55 165 posts
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Just spent 2 hours on story mode and agree with Darren. The graphics are great except for the 2 seconds befor each fight when it shows a character close up.

Surely they could have swapped these tiny sequences for higher poly models? Maybe they were cutting down on load times.

Anyway - the most important things are executed masterfully. Playtime graphics are awesome as is the frame rate and the gameplay. The vita dpad finally gets to show off!

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Darren 6 May 2012 00:31:22 7,627 posts
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It's a superb game. End of. I'm really glad I decided to buy a PS Vita having not owned a handheld since my Game Boy Color as it has really opened my eyes up to how damn brilliant games can be on these things. That I can play them in bed, at work during lunch breaks and on the loo is just a bonus because I find I want to play games on it as much as I would my PC or PS3. Amazing. I really can't wait for a proper RPG to turn up on the machine though but in the meantime Mortal Kombat has enough content to keep me occuppied for a few months until they do.

Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, PC (Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz, 12 GB, 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 SLI, Windows 8 Pro), iPad 4

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Daeltaja 6 May 2012 13:35:30 908 posts
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Agree with Darren here, I picked up SpaceMarine for a tenner yesterday, stuck it in the xbox and turned it off, likely forever, after 30min due to boredom. Now if it where in my Vita, I'd probably stick it out and enjoy it more, maybe due to how hassle free it is with booting up and sleeping. Since I got my Vita, I've realized just how unimportant screen size is, as well.

I actually find myself wanting to use it more than my consoles and practically every game I'm excited about, I say to myself "ooh a Vita port would be sublime".. PS3 PSN titles being completely compatible would be just amazing too, make it happen, Sony, make it happen!