Rathalos
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I'm sure we have had this thread several times in the past, but hey lets try it again.
MK10 probably isn't going to be out for awhile, we know its going to be on next gen systems which isn't that far away, but also, after Injustice NRS is looking at the possibility of making a game in a new genre(I can't blame them MK for 20 years straight is a bit much).
Personally I like the idea of a UMK9 way better then just jumping into a true sequel, MK9 is pretty rough, glitches and balance issues(this can be said for most new fighting games though), but at its core its really fun and has a lot of good ideas, it just needs more polish. Most other fighting games don't get really good until there 2nd or 3rd iteration, just look at Tekken, or any Street Fighter series.
This thread is for what you would want in a UMK9, this is different then the MK10 wishlist thread, mostly because where aiming a lot lower here.
The first two big things that need to be addressed, the story, and the name. Unfortunately MK games NEED a story, you can't just put out the same thing with a few new characters and balance changes, the casual MK fans would be furious, however they probably don't want to move the story forward yet until a true blue sequel where they will address shinok and kratos fucking shit up. And the name, Marvel kinda stole the Ultimate prefix, so using it right now would make them look bad.
For the story I think they should just create a bunch of smaller stories that have little to do with each other but focus on some random events before MK.
The stuff between Shang Tsung and Kenshi.
The stuff between Rain, Kitana, Jade, and throw in Skarlet.
A random Lin Kui mission with Sub-Zero, Smoke, Sektor, Cyrax.
No idea about the name, MK gold? MK gaiden? MK revengeance?
Things this game would obviously include.
Fix all the glitches(is there a thread that has documented all the glitches in a nice and easy to read format? If not someone should do that)
Character rebalance, lots of nerfs and buffs.
Change some characters around who have real flaws, or are broken, like removing specials and giving them new ones. Sheeva, Baraka, Stryker, Kano, Raiden, Cyber Sub-Zero.
Fix the blocking, thus fixing the variable frame data.
Adding in some "easy" characters, maybe 8 or so.
New outfits, singleplayer modes, touched up online.
Take all the kombat kodes and put them in options menu as toggles, so we can just have no fatalities, blood, and character damage, that shit has gotten SO OLD.
None of this is going to happen, there obviously very done with this game and completely focused on Injustice, but let us dream, though dream small as if this was a budget re releases, so no new training mode...
What kinds of changes would like to characters, buffs, nerfs, changes to system mechanics like the throw system, combo breakers, removing all the fucking armor.
MK10 probably isn't going to be out for awhile, we know its going to be on next gen systems which isn't that far away, but also, after Injustice NRS is looking at the possibility of making a game in a new genre(I can't blame them MK for 20 years straight is a bit much).
Personally I like the idea of a UMK9 way better then just jumping into a true sequel, MK9 is pretty rough, glitches and balance issues(this can be said for most new fighting games though), but at its core its really fun and has a lot of good ideas, it just needs more polish. Most other fighting games don't get really good until there 2nd or 3rd iteration, just look at Tekken, or any Street Fighter series.
This thread is for what you would want in a UMK9, this is different then the MK10 wishlist thread, mostly because where aiming a lot lower here.
The first two big things that need to be addressed, the story, and the name. Unfortunately MK games NEED a story, you can't just put out the same thing with a few new characters and balance changes, the casual MK fans would be furious, however they probably don't want to move the story forward yet until a true blue sequel where they will address shinok and kratos fucking shit up. And the name, Marvel kinda stole the Ultimate prefix, so using it right now would make them look bad.
For the story I think they should just create a bunch of smaller stories that have little to do with each other but focus on some random events before MK.
The stuff between Shang Tsung and Kenshi.
The stuff between Rain, Kitana, Jade, and throw in Skarlet.
A random Lin Kui mission with Sub-Zero, Smoke, Sektor, Cyrax.
No idea about the name, MK gold? MK gaiden? MK revengeance?
Things this game would obviously include.
Fix all the glitches(is there a thread that has documented all the glitches in a nice and easy to read format? If not someone should do that)
Character rebalance, lots of nerfs and buffs.
Change some characters around who have real flaws, or are broken, like removing specials and giving them new ones. Sheeva, Baraka, Stryker, Kano, Raiden, Cyber Sub-Zero.
Fix the blocking, thus fixing the variable frame data.
Adding in some "easy" characters, maybe 8 or so.
New outfits, singleplayer modes, touched up online.
Take all the kombat kodes and put them in options menu as toggles, so we can just have no fatalities, blood, and character damage, that shit has gotten SO OLD.
None of this is going to happen, there obviously very done with this game and completely focused on Injustice, but let us dream, though dream small as if this was a budget re releases, so no new training mode...
What kinds of changes would like to characters, buffs, nerfs, changes to system mechanics like the throw system, combo breakers, removing all the fucking armor.
Also, would extend it's EVO circuit life and hype the next release