Umk3 Iphone impressions.
I have had the opportunity to play the "port" of Ultimate MK3 for a few hours and here is what I have come away with:
1. This is NOT UMK3.
2. This is buggy.
3. This is remastered.
4. THIS IS A TEST
1i: This game is most definitely not umk3, it has lag issues, stages from trillogy, an incomplete cast, a strange panning camera, and new throwaway modes. UMK3iphone (hence known as MKI) is it's own game built in the image of umk3, and trilogy. I say this because it is similar to umk3 in that it has all the characters, moves, combos, fatalities, ect., and similar to trilogy in that it is broken, glitchy, and has the street scene level and music. These points lead to my next section...
2i: This game is REALLY BUGGY. It is almost if the developers released MKI in its beta stages. For example: Scorpions's simple target combo hp,hp,hk,b+hk only connects with the last kick on a few characters (less than half of the cast). Another example is with scorpion's teleport punch, sometimes the camera just glitches through the pan which is just really fucking annoying. I believe this happened most often while fighting Motaro. This list could go on...
3i: This game looks good...kinda. If I were to compliment the developers on anything in MKI it would be the backgrounds, because they look GOOD. The animated stages like the street level are really a sight to see; these developers put allot of work into the stages and it payed off. The characters are another thing entirely. To be blunt, the character models are hideous. They lack any emotion or fluidity, they are overexposed, and I think they are a huge slap in the face to the original mocap sprite art. While this may sound bad, I do not believe this will stay. If any one thing were to be fixed in a future project I believe whole heartedly that this would be the thing to be fixed.
4i This game is definitely a proof of concept. I think the purpose of this game is to make something that tests the idea of a remastered MK... This (to me) is the playground for the developer to fine tune things for the up-incoming HD kollection. The decision to release this is the biggest confirmation of the hd remakes I can imagine. With the ability to constantly update the game through Apple's app store, this game will be the basis for all the work done on the HD Kollection's engine.
All of this combined makes me wonder if the HD remakes will actually work however I believe they are currently in the process of being made. Expect these games to be beautiful, and flawed. Lets all hope they are the better of these two options. :bighammer:
