Anya

That's exactly how I felt about Curse of Darkness. The music in the intro was the best part of the whole game.

Then you're stuck just playing MK Armageddon, a game that came out last year and wasn't good to begin with.

I always expected the critics to like it. It's something different and they don't play the genre seriously. He mentions it's not accurate 5% of the time and that using normal attacks is uncomfortable and just glosses over it like that's no big deal. I'm picturing playing T5DR where you flick a remote to do elbows and hopkicks but it's inconsistent and jabbing is a pain. That would be unacceptable.

Mortal Kombat still sells but the games haven't been good in like, 10 years. I never see anyone make a serious case for them being quality games, the remaining fans seem to mostly just be attached to nostalgia or fluff like the story and character designs. Strange since MK has a badly written story, so convoluted and full of retcons it's impossible to follow. I think MK fans really just like arguing over the internet about what is canon. I know I used to. But seriously the art is some of the worst in gaming. I don't know how anyone past 14 could think this is cool. Look, ninjas!

"Elitist"? What does that even mean? It's a group of players getting together for some fun and competition. All skill levels are welcome and everyone will have a good time. There's nothing elitist about it.

The main thing about console tournaments is that you can have so many more tvs. Playing with just 1 or 2 cabinets takes all day.

I am honestly surprised. I always say "NES" and everyone I know says it. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "N.E.S" out loud!

"P.S.2." doesn't make up a funny word so of course I wouldn't say that. I say "P.S.X." or any other acronym that doesn't sound good as a word. NES isn't supposed to be "correct", it's just slang.

It has to be NES. Saying "N.E.S" outloud is just lame.

I think you climb up on the counter and there's a hidden door to select.

Bubsy 1 is a generic mascot platformer. Not even a good one. The only thing I can remember about it is that it had a bunch of death animations which I recall just because it was impossible.

Isn't VC only console games? So it will probably never have ST. MK II is the the MK game to get on SNES. UMK3 is a much better game then MK II but the SNES port is lame.

By Super T5 I think he meant like SF II to New Challengers. Comparing it to that and UMK3 would be fair. It's an update but a major one.

RE4 is on two other consoles, T5DR isn't on any other. It's the biggest 3D fighting game now. If VF5 is a killer ap("for the hardcore") so is it.

Tournament Fighters(SNES) was pretty good for it's time. Especially considering it was a licensed fighter. Simpsons beat em up isn't that good. It's too simple.

Tekken 5 DR = Killer ap.

PS3 has and will probably always have better fighting games then Wii.

I think season 4 has the best stand alone eps but the worst arc. Season 5 has the best arc but is boring as stand alone eps. Mid season 4 is the peak of the series for me. At least for silly comedy eps which I love. In a row they had Pangs, Something Blue, Hush, Doomed then A New Man. You can't beat that! The older I get the less I like the earlier stuff. The Angel/Buffy ship is too teen angsty and maybe it's just me but Angel being with her at that age is kind of creepy. I forever think of Angel like he is on his show where he is so much more mature. Past season 2 where he acts more like he's in his late 20's or early 30's. I mean he is the father of a son that is almost Buffy's age.

Oh, well I've ranted about that too. Maybe you could say something like Smoke's bombs are SO powerful they can only be used in that Fatality. Cyrax's just make you fly up in the air.

You could say that about every Fatality though. How come Stryker doesn't just bomb them in round 1? How come Kung Lao's hat only cuts them in half at the end? Why doesn't Jax grow big and just step on Shao Kahn from the start? Why does Jax grow big in the first place? Cyrax got his soul back too, somehow from a machine Sonya and Jax had. I'm not sure how that works. Maybe a gypse curse.

I guess I should have said Tobias and Vogel. Both had to do it. Like take Smoke. They decide in MK3 to get rid of the regular ninja palatte swaps and have robots. Ok fine. But then they decide they want Smoke back and to have him playable. Since they can't cheaply put him in as a ninja like in MK II they make up a plot twist where he's now a cyber ninja. Ok...but then in UMK3 they have ninjas back and fans demanded the regular Smoke so they put in a human Smoke too and Tobias writes up some lame ending about it. Then they decide to take it back and make it "non canon" for Trilogy. One small thing becomes insanely convoluted just because they wanted another palatte swap....

Ed and his team did The Grid since MK..... As long as he is in charge the games will never have good gameplay. He doesn't understand fighting games. He has no clue about even the basics of good game design. MK is a situation where a casual player is supposed to be designing for a very complex genre. As far as the story goes they're just making it up as they go along and it is all based on the gameplay. There's so many retcons and contradictions because they write the story around the game not the other way around. If Ed Boon wants a character, background or whatever in the game then Tobias or Vogel have to find a way to write it in. The story is one of the last things they deal with. In a lot of ways the story was never that good to begin with. They had a pretty cool setting with good atmosphere and level design. They got real lucky with the movie. A great deal of the most beloved characterizations are from that and have made their way into the games afterwards.

It's for PS3.

MK II is out now. Only 5 dollars.

I had never watched him before tonight, now I just saw all of them. There were funny bits. The power glove senors falling off the tv was good. So was the jump in TMNT that he just ended up walking over.