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Charybdis

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Okay so they're just specials that do a quick, gory kill? Shit, I like that. I love that. I much prefer that to the drawn out fatalities that are half tech demo, half torture porn.

Can someone tell me how they work? I couldn't watch the stream for some reason
 

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Cassie's face looks SO much better. She's straight up sexy now. Also absolutely loving her personality. The way she flips off her enemy at the end of the select screen and walks off with mad swagger is f*ckin' sick. Her dialogue is great, too. So nonchalant but so cocky.
"Only dorks say that."
"Suck on that."
...and of course, "YOU GOT CAGED!"

I was never really a fan of Sonya until MK9 and I've never really played much of her or Johnny, but I'm so down to play Cassie.
I'm kinda underwhelmed by her variations, though. I feel like more could have been done, and as far as I can tell, her taunt has no tangible effect. If they were going to give her taunts, she should have like 5 in her "Hollywood" variation.
That's the only aspect of her character I'm disappointed with, though. I fell in love with her during this stream. She's a little badass, and a hot one at that. They definitely fixed up her face.

Brutalities should not be called brutalities. When you call them that, you carry a lot of expectation. From what I can tell, these are extended animations for kills done with certain moves... which is awesome, but kinda disappointing as I was expecting something more akin to classic brutalities. Some of those animations were absolutely incredible, though. I LOVED when D'Vorah's insect burst out of Kano's chest.
 
Okay so they're just specials that do a quick, gory kill? Shit, I like that. I love that. I much prefer that to the drawn out fatalities that are half tech demo, half torture porn.

Can someone tell me how they work? I couldn't watch the stream for some reason
Nobody knows for sure, they didn't go into detail. Just kinda stuck with their usual vagueness. "Maybe there'll be some kind of requirement to them or something." "Maybe you have to unlock them." etc.
 

Montanx

Thats why they call this thing bloodsport, kid.
The old school brutalities were super lame and prob contributed to the overall dimming of the franchises light after umk3. Was just a bit hard to take seriously after a certain point. The new brutals are sick and perfect for the game.
 

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Can someone tell me how they work? I couldn't watch the stream for some reason
They said you have to meet certain requirements throughout the match, and that some would be more difficult than others. Kind of like in MK9 where you had to not block any attacks to do a Babality. So you might have to throw/sweep/etc your opponent a certain number of times and kill them with a specific move.
 

Montanx

Thats why they call this thing bloodsport, kid.
The new Brutalities kinda remind me of Time Killers from back in the day. :D
Bro...that game was DOPE! When youd spin around with Rancid the chainsaw guy and lop the dudes head off. If I remember correctly, the command for those moves was "MASH ALL THE BUTTONS!"
 

The-Bizzle

You alright mate ?
You can add the Brutality onto the end of any combo, THAT is your long combo.
Its still not the same to me man. Killer Instinct revived Ultra's decently.

Ahh maybe Ed Boon didnt want to "copy" them in this game. Anyways, they could have add a little more punches and kicks in these brutalities :/
 
If you guys missed 4th Kombat Kast stream dealing with Brutalities, the stream has been uploaded to YouTube.

In this Kombat Kast episode, NetherRealm Studios showed off some variations to characters that have been known since E3 including Cassie Cage. Brutalities start at 17:50!
you can watch it here.

enjoy.

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