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Post by chrom on Apr 20, 2020 16:46:09 GMT -5
I really don't like Breath of the Wild, to the point I don't like playing Link in Smash Ultimate because of his design. While I applaud the effort to add more single player content to their fighting games, all the Mortal Kombat story modes have been fine at best to bad. I also don't like Netherealm being so adverse to using characters from the early 3D games. Most of them aren't so bad they can't be salvaged with some updates, no matter what Ed Boon thinks. Sega by and large released a lot of trash for years, going off their own games they've never been as good as Nintendo in my opinion. It's a good thing they have Atlus to fall back on and that Yakuza, which is one of their games I don't really like but do get the appeal of, caught on so much. MK9's story was good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 16:53:57 GMT -5
I really don't like Breath of the Wild, to the point I don't like playing Link in Smash Ultimate because of his design. While I applaud the effort to add more single player content to their fighting games, all the Mortal Kombat story modes have been fine at best to bad. I also don't like Netherealm being so adverse to using characters from the early 3D games. Most of them aren't so bad they can't be salvaged with some updates, no matter what Ed Boon thinks. Sega by and large released a lot of trash for years, going off their own games they've never been as good as Nintendo in my opinion. It's a good thing they have Atlus to fall back on and that Yakuza, which is one of their games I don't really like but do get the appeal of, caught on so much. MK9's story was good. 9 is the best of the three but the whole 1-3 story has been done to death at this point and there wasn't enough to differentiate it. While I applaud the effort to add more single player content to their fighting games, all the Mortal Kombat story modes have been fine at best to bad. I also don't like Netherealm being so adverse to using characters from the early 3D games. Most of them aren't so bad they can't be salvaged with some updates, no matter what Ed Boon thinks. I have 0 interest in any story mode in a fighting game... and Netherrealm themselves stories are usually the weakest part of any of their games by far. Also on the other part of that I make the joke about Hsu Hao being the best character in Mortal Kombat... but like... even him who was basically cyborg guy in a hat... is not an unsalvagable character. Yeah, we have "Better" cyborgs... but he's a black market criminal cyborg... make some of his techo parts a mishmash of random parts that have no business being together... clashing metal patterns stuff that was obviously jury-rigged to "fit". Mavado was a pretty neat character too the cool headed criminal mastermind type... as opposed to the brash kill them all Kano ... of course like all of his moves would need to be remapped since he was all about playing with the 3d space (but I guess you could have him grab shit from the background with his hooks and stuff too) those are two I thought of in like 20 seconds each. Agreed, those two are brought up a lot and it never made sense to me. Aesthetically Hsu Hao isn't very interesting but it wouldn't be hard to make him so. Mokap is the only one I think couldn't be made any better. Sure there's some boring ones like Dairou, Kai, Jarek etc. who probably aren't worth the effort but I can't think of too many. The difference between a lot of the 3D characters and some of the more vanilla 2D ones like Sonya or Kano in terms of how interesting they are is tenure.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 16:56:31 GMT -5
I really don't like Breath of the Wild, to the point I don't like playing Link in Smash Ultimate because of his design. While I applaud the effort to add more single player content to their fighting games, all the Mortal Kombat story modes have been fine at best to bad. I also don't like Netherealm being so adverse to using characters from the early 3D games. Most of them aren't so bad they can't be salvaged with some updates, no matter what Ed Boon thinks. Sega by and large released a lot of trash for years, going off their own games they've never been as good as Nintendo in my opinion. It's a good thing they have Atlus to fall back on and that Yakuza, which is one of their games I don't really like but do get the appeal of, caught on so much. MK9's story was good. 9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas
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Post by Gummydavidson on Apr 20, 2020 17:05:50 GMT -5
Duke Nukem Forever isn't a terrible game.
I enjoyed Assassins Creed 3 more than Black Flag.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 17:13:43 GMT -5
9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas It's kind of worrying to me that once they wrote a story that wasn't based off something from 20 years prior it went to shit. Not to mention that the ending {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}implies that they're going to reboot the timeline AGAIN. In general I just don't really care for 11.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:20:08 GMT -5
9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas It's kind of worrying to me that once they wrote a story that wasn't based off something from 20 years prior it went to shit. Not to mention that the ending {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}implies that they're going to reboot the timeline AGAIN. In general I just don't really care for 11. Yeah like MK9 was crafted well because they had history to lean on and smartly used it to their advantage Even with the direction of X, I didn't mind it because it was something different. Go all in with Liu Kang and Kitana as the next people to take over the Netherealm Then 11 happened. That shit with Kronika being in control of time and how the ending played it just wasn't satisfying and I don't see where they could go with 12 that wouldn't make it feel like treading the same old ground again
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:22:15 GMT -5
While I applaud the effort to add more single player content to their fighting games, all the Mortal Kombat story modes have been fine at best to bad. I also don't like Netherealm being so adverse to using characters from the early 3D games. Most of them aren't so bad they can't be salvaged with some updates, no matter what Ed Boon thinks. I have 0 interest in any story mode in a fighting game... and Netherrealm themselves stories are usually the weakest part of any of their games by far. Injustice storyline isn't that bad Tho in saying that, if only they could have put out all the crazy BS in the comics in video game form. Yes, including Mister Mxyzptlk
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 17:27:46 GMT -5
In general I think a lot of MK characters desperately need to go on the backburner for awhile. I was perfectly fine with Reptile and Ermac being cut in 11 because they needed a break, especially if you're going to keep doing the stories then they need some rehabbing after what utter jobbers they are, but offhand I'd say Liu Kang, Kitana, Kano, Sonya, Raiden, Kung Lao, and Jax all also desperately need to be pushed aside for a bit.
Also I think Boon needs to be sent packing at this point. I can't really tell what he actually adds to the series while he's pretty much openly miserable about working on it any time he does panels or anything and it's so stupid that characters he doesn't personally like like Rain get constantly sidelined despite huge fan demand... and that when people get annoyed by that he basically throws massive public tantrums about it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:30:53 GMT -5
In general I think a lot of MK characters desperately need to go on the backburner for awhile. I was perfectly fine with Reptile and Ermac being cut in 11 because they needed a break, especially if you're going to keep doing the stories then they need some rehabbing after what utter jobbers they are, but offhand I'd say Liu Kang, Kitana, Kano, Sonya, Raiden, Kung Lao, and Jax all also desperately need to be pushed aside for a bit. Also I think Boon needs to be sent packing at this point. I can't really tell what he actually adds to the series while he's pretty much openly miserable about working on it any time he does panels or anything and it's so stupid that characters he doesn't personally like like Rain get constantly sidelined despite huge fan demand... and that when people get annoyed by that he basically throws massive public tantrums about it. He f***ed up Scorpion in MK11 Kano def needs a break
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 17:38:44 GMT -5
In general I think a lot of MK characters desperately need to go on the backburner for awhile. I was perfectly fine with Reptile and Ermac being cut in 11 because they needed a break, especially if you're going to keep doing the stories then they need some rehabbing after what utter jobbers they are, but offhand I'd say Liu Kang, Kitana, Kano, Sonya, Raiden, Kung Lao, and Jax all also desperately need to be pushed aside for a bit. Also I think Boon needs to be sent packing at this point. I can't really tell what he actually adds to the series while he's pretty much openly miserable about working on it any time he does panels or anything and it's so stupid that characters he doesn't personally like like Rain get constantly sidelined despite huge fan demand... and that when people get annoyed by that he basically throws massive public tantrums about it. The fact Rain wasn't in 11 even after the desire for him as DLC in X is evidence enough for me. Hell Reiko from what I can remember was pretty popular around the time MKX came out because of the comics. Not to even mention everyone and their mother wanting Havik back. But no, if they weren't in Mortal Kombat 1-3 or are some random action/horror movie character Boon doesn't want it.
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Post by chrom on Apr 20, 2020 17:41:26 GMT -5
There's quite a few who need to go away for a while, like Baraka who's sole purpose is to get beaten up. We could do without Jax and Sonya as well.
Smoke was someone who was wasted and squandered after 9, especially with him limited screentime in X claiming to now be Enenra. Rain is also someone I liked.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Apr 20, 2020 17:43:09 GMT -5
9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas To me, the dumbest part of 11 was that if you play the arcade mode of X, a lot of the arcade endings actually intertwine. They seemed like they had a full-fledged plot set up for 11, and then they threw all that out for time travel BS.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 17:45:38 GMT -5
9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas To me, the dumbest part of 11 was that if you play the arcade mode of X, a lot of the arcade endings actually intertwine. They seemed like they had a full-fledged plot set up for 11, and then they threw all that out for time travel BS. 11's plot would be soooo much better if they rolled with evil Raiden, maybe a return of Onaga, with subplots about the return of Shang Tsung and possibly the rise of the Mileena army. X delivers so many interesting story ideas and 11 just does none of it. There's quite a few who need to go away for a while, like Baraka who's sole purpose is to get beaten up. We could do without Jax and Sonya as well. Smoke was someone who was wasted and squandered after 9, especially with him limited screentime in X claiming to now be Enenra. Rain is also someone I liked. They've always treated Smoke like garbage. He was the only cyborg left out of both Gold and the assorted versions of Deadly Alliance, for Deception he just got turned into a prop to make Noob's moveset more interesting, and when he finally did do something with him in 9 they promptly killed him off and show zero signs of ever wanting to do anything with him again.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 20, 2020 17:45:42 GMT -5
Kingdom Hearts is trash.
I have 0 interest in any story mode in a fighting game... and Netherrealm themselves stories are usually the weakest part of any of their games by far. Injustice storyline isn't that bad Tho in saying that, if only they could have put out all the crazy BS in the comics in video game form. Yes, including Mister Mxyzptlk
What helped with Injustice is that I think actual comic book writer(s) handled the storyline for the games as well as the accompanying comic miniseries as opposed to NetherRealm doing it on their own.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:50:41 GMT -5
9 was the best 10 was decent as a new starting point but you can see them going back to status quo with Raiden going evil 11 was WTF. They ran out of ideas To me, the dumbest part of 11 was that if you play the arcade mode of X, a lot of the arcade endings actually intertwine. They seemed like they had a full-fledged plot set up for 11, and then they threw all that out for time travel BS. The first 10 mins had me hooked with Evil Raiden giving no f***s about Shinnok and then they goofed
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:52:09 GMT -5
Kingdom Hearts is trash.
Injustice storyline isn't that bad Tho in saying that, if only they could have put out all the crazy BS in the comics in video game form. Yes, including Mister Mxyzptlk
What helped with Injustice is that I think actual comic book writer(s) handled the storyline for the games as well as the accompanying comic miniseries as opposed to NetherRealm doing it on their own.
Makes sense. The video games have been handled and it feels like you buy the game for the story as well as the actual fighting game as opposed to what happened with MK11 where the story mode just seemed tacked on
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Post by chrom on Apr 20, 2020 17:52:22 GMT -5
Capcom should focus some more on forgotten side scrollers and beat'em ups like Captain Commando and Demon's Crest.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 17:53:48 GMT -5
I think ports are great and would happily have companies release their games on every system in perpituity.
Capcom in particular seem to get flack for this, but if I want to play Resident Evil 4 on my toaster that doesn't mean you have to buy it if you played it on the Gamecube and we're satisfied enough to never want to buy it again.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 17:55:33 GMT -5
I think ports are great and would happily have companies release their games on every system in perpituity. Capcom in particular seem to get flack for this, but if I want to play Resident Evil 4 on my toaster that doesn't mean you have to buy it if you played it on the Gamecube and we're satisfied enough to never want to buy it again. I buy FFX on every platform if I have it I just purchased it for my Switch. I have had it for PS2, PS3, Vita and PS4
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Apr 20, 2020 17:56:55 GMT -5
The N64 controller was not shit, it was amazing.
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