Holy Crap, guys! What do you all think of the MKX gameplay footage?!
TURNT.THE.FUCK.UP.
To me, it basically looks like MK9+Injustice, with Next Gen graphics.
I knew they were going to incorporate environment interactables into the game, which makes sense to me. What makes it even better though is the fact you can block interactables and a majority of them appear to be so that you can move your character around, improving the corner game for sure. I'm hopeful they'll reveal more classic characters (i.e Liu, Quan Chi, Johnny Cage), in their new 'darker' style too. I've also always loved the left/right punch/kick system of the MK games, so to see those make a return, as well as the block button, has me super stoked.
One thing to always keep in mind is that the stuff that is revealed this week is all very early model stuff, and the final product will be MUCH more polished given NRS' track record (See Injustice E3 reveal vs Injustice release). So this is all basically alpha footage to me...but it still looks so freaking godlike lol. Makes me want to level up big time in both MK9 and Injustice in the meantime so we can get into that "stage interaction/combos/footies/pokes" mentality by the time the game comes out. The footsie game was kinda non-existent in Injustice because everyone walked so slowly...But in this game...They obviously move around fast haha.
The new characters looked awesome. I loved how that Farah chick runs up across Big Dude Tusk's back to execute Lady Bug in that X-Ray. The stages looked phenomenal. I really love this direction.
Even though interactables are in it, it looks like it is FAR more toned down than it was in Injustice, which again makes sense because we don't have any Superman characters that can throw cars and shit around lol.
SUCH HYPE. SO MK!
EDIT: Also, I like how that branch interactable you can spin around was obviously inspired by the original MK movie. If that doesn't fit within the MK mechanics, then I don't know what does haha.
