I have an insane number of hours in Merc mode on my Gamecube. Hundreds and hundreds of hours. Me and my buddies would play non-stop pushing scores higher. Hunk became my go-to because he's always been my fav. My friends know I like Hunk so much that a couple years ago my buddy bought the RE board game just to take out the Hunk piece and paint it all up (he's a big time mini-painter) to give to me as a gift for Christmas. Looks fantastic too.
I'm just commenting here that this is probably among my favorite things I've ever read here just for how true it is lmao
MKX then MK9. I don't rate MK11/MK1 at all, they're both absolutely garbage.
For Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, that's false. The game launched in April 2019 and the last balance/content patch was May 2021. So that's 2 years and 1 month, not a year and a half.
In terms of impact and how much I enjoyed them at the time:
It is, and that's for any medium and franchise. Keep in mind, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon was supposed to kill all but about 5 characters off, and Mortal Kombat 8 was supposed to be all new characters simply to keep things fresh. Then Midway hit major financial issues and we got Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe instead.
That's an excellent way to put things. Also keep in mind that pop culture has changed greatly from the '90's to now. Back then, things were generally dark and gritty. Today, everything is sarcastic and goofy. It's not just a Mortal Kombat thing.
MK9 - Best gameplay overall
the surprised pikachu faced killed me
I really enjoy Luis, his playstyle is actually pretty challenging, imo.
They did a really good job with him. Very unique playstyle. Great addition to the cast.
Honestly, I feel like where MK draws us all apart, Resident Evil brings us back together.
Yeah. I quite liked how they had both "Aftermath" endings be canon; freak event in the battle for the Hourglass that created 2 timelines, the New Era under Lui, and a "dark" Era under Shang; both being unaware of the other for some time. That was neat and lots could be done there. I would have been interested in seeing more of Shang's universe and the characters within.
It goes back to what some people say about MK1. Right now it's "cool to hate", but years later it might be remembered as this great game that gave so many options with kameos. 3rd Strike was hated by America and Japan at the time and almost closed shop, now it's a cult classic that people got happy to play at Evo and is so epic whenever mentioned. When I was playing Tekken 5 I was at my Tekken peak and beat a well known tournament player at the time. One of the "best Lei players in the world" went on Zaibatsu saying how watered down Tekken 5 was and how noobs (me) are able to beat elite players because the skill gap was lowered, and many high level players were agreeing with him. Now it's the best game of the series history.
In hindsight that's probably the best route they could have taken. Maybe even a LoU2 style setup where you play half on the Liu side (traditional versions of characters) and half on the Shang side (unique unorthodox versions of characters) and culminate with a final battle that merged the two split realms into one, then MK2 does a new conflict within Liu's realm though some characters are changed forever due to whatever conflict merging etc. I think everyone would have been happy with that.
How so?
This isn’t true. A lot of casuals are the only ones who do care about the story and lore. Not many comp players give a shit about it.
It has, and it hasn’t failed them yet. Idk what delusional world you’re living in to suggest that it hasn’t. ¯\(ツ)/¯
You'll have to be patient with him, Juggs. He's still recovering from his lack of understanding of how numbers and time work.
I love remake Luis. He’s fun in the original but dies too early. And the scene of him dying is much better in this game. The “can people change” theme of the game works well with him. He proves yes they can, Ada changes from Leon being such a chad and holding her to a higher standard. Krauser changed for the worst. Leon learns he in fact didn’t change because he retained his optimism despite the trauma which makes him even more likable and the best RE protagonist.
I partially agree, but man RE2R is just a strictly better version of RE7 and RE4R is just strictly better than RE8. They’ve been developing 9 for a long time and if the leaks of it being Leon’s and Jill’s game are true, it was really smart of them to reintroduce them to new players with the remakes first.
You absolutely can. What incentive do they have to change anything from what they’ve been doing when they still are selling extremely well and typically outselling all of their competitors?
MK1 being a shitty product is a completely subjective take. The only metric they can really rely on are their sales. And idk how else to say this for the 10th time but they’re still doing very well in that regard. As far as the DLC, we don’t know how well it sold. Just rumors. Also I don’t have a take on the DLC because I haven’t gotten it and don’t plan on it either.
I like RE7 too! I hate Ethan though unfortunately. I replay it often up through the first Jack boss fight, then it kinda falls off imo. They really needed another main enemy type.
Hunk is the best 'cause of how he snaps peoples' necks. The little finger wiggle after it is the icing on the cake.
So badass. Personally I think round housing a crowd is cooler but I’m a Leon simp
You're not the only one. Leon is without a doubt my absolute favorite character in the franchise. He has been since RE4. He was cool in RE2 (imagine that being your first day on the job, holy shit) but they really kicked him into overdrive in RE4. His style, personality, etc.
