Meaning there should be very little reason left to buy the game. If you can sit through all 8 minutes of Fatalities and Heroic Brutalities—and not die from boredom—you may notice a few things (oh, the DC moves start at 3:45-ish, if you want to skip ahead):
• The MK characters' Fatalities are all incredibly, incredibly lame. What MK fan wants to play an MK without gore or violence?
• The DC characters don't fare much better, but occasionally there's a Heroic Brutality where a DC superhero obviously kills his opponent, like when Green Lantern crushes his foe in a ball. Wacky!
• Does Batman really have a Heroic Brutality where bats swarm his opponent, and then the opponent just kind of falls down? Yes, apparently so.
• I hate to say it, but after watching Wonder Woman's gravity-defying breasts—especially when she's knocked on her back—I have to admire Japan's incredibly advanced breast motion graphics. Overall, it's less weird, strangely.
• Okay, Liu Kang does have one good Fatality. But I still don't understand why Sonya Blade can blow kisses that set people on fire.
• Last but not least, this video includes the Joker's original Fatality, where he shoots his opponent in the head, on-screen, which was changed to shooting his opponent's head off-screen. Now, this is a Teen game. In the Dark Knight Returns, the Joker shoves a pencil through someone's eye, graphically, and in the comics, he's beaten Robin to death with a crowbar and shot and paralyzed Barbara Gordon...graphically. Anyone else notice a bit of a double standard here?
Much thanks to noble TR reader Scholler for the tip.
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You guys r all fucking pathetic!! its only a fucking game! get a life u fucking losers, if you dnt like it then dont play the damn game?! simple as that!
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Anybody else think the Jax fatality where he smushes your head is ridiculous?
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Kombo CHALLENGE is very CHALLENGING and I think they wanted it to be CHALLENGING, I don't know why I think that...maybe that's the reason they call it kombo CHALLENGE. I didn't finish it and don't plan on it, but its more of a tool to help you craft ur kombo skills. If u can do the elaborate combos on the challenge then ur ready to fight the stiff competition online(the new generation arcade)so quit complaining and practice, its not 1993 the game is a lot more advance. Fatalities isn't what MK is all about, its about the fight before u finish them that's where the real game is. So I suggest playing the real game and forming an honest opinion instead watching a 8 min long video on youtube and dogging the game because the fatalities are weak.
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I love Sonya shes the best player up there but i think they should of made the fatalities more horrific and bloodier like mortal kombat deception
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OMG first off the creators of DC made this game second the fatlitys suck!!I remember in MK Unchianed scorpiens cool fatality when he rips off the enemys arm then a leg and snaps their head off!Now look at the fatalites!!!!!!!!!POOR SUB-ZERO!!! His fatality is soooo.....u know. P.S Why does green lantern like whine? I have the game when ever ihit green lantern he whines.WTF
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how do you do the fatalities
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this game was decent but i think that the thought of having super heros is FUCKING stupid cause mortal combat was about killing people and apparently super heros only put people in jail as in MK they fucking kill them... wtf MK isnt that good anymore
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i think that they need to make quan chi as a usable character. i owned with him in the earlier MK games.
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this game is like a sell out to everything mortal kombat where all the blood????? thats what i want from mortal kombat a ridiculous amount of blood not this G rated crap
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why does Kitana has mileena's roll and fatality?!
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why yall is trippin it is cool idont give a flying fuck what yall say but ive waited to play this since mi birthdat passed fuck yall
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The game has crap fatalaties and the online is bullshit. Im tearing the shred outa them and then they chose either superman , joker or batman and just keep using the same fuckin move over and over and now my wins to losses are fukin stupid. I hate marvel fans that have gone to the games!!! Marvel is bollocks.
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THEY NEED MORE BLOOD AND FATALITES
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idk what all of you are talking about with the game play lol this game is totally kick A! The only problem are the fatalities, yes they are watered down but you have to understand what the game caters to... Little kids that love super heroes! For the first time in MK history they have brought in a new element of gaming. So when little Johhny does his fatality in front of him mom pulls off capt marvels head and scull f***s, and Shi*s down his neck, what do you think is going to happen???? lol MK is going to get sued like crazy! Sad to say but I think they wanted to make the most money when they brought this game into the market so they watered all of it down untill then if you wanna skull f*** someone play MK 2 on sega!!!
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Like many before me have said. I've been playing Mortal Kombat since MK1 I own every release of this game (pending this one). Although I know like the last 3 predecessors it's going to end up on the shelf and rarely being played as a devoted MK fan I will buy it (and because I got the money). Here are my 2 cents about recent MK releases (including this one from what I have seen and tried): 1. Not sure if they have anyone that knows how to write, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop writing like a 5 year old in the story line, I think most of the fans of your games are probably 25+!!! Perhaps proof-read it when you are not high. 2. I understand 3D animation and re-shaping is much more difficult compared to the 2D predecessors, but you guys were the ones innovative what happened to that? 3. 3 different fight styles combination of styles in combos pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase stop making it more complicated than it has to I remember UMK3 that was FUN I feel like I'm getting old and no matter how hard I try it's still almost impossible to perfect a character. 4. Online gaming the reason MK dominated back in the Arcade days is user interaction the "challenge" Arcade frenzy is yesterday new generation is online gaming spend more effort on online gaming with ladder, level, bonuses and perhaps custom fighters with level triggered combos, fatalities..etc. Who knows maybe someone would listen but to all likelihood I'm just bored at work with nothing better to do.
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Ok. Mortal Kombat is like, one of the most violent games out there. Imagine Batman taking off his mask to reveal a flaming skull and burning Sub-Zero down to the bone. Something doesn't seem right there. In order for DC Universe to hop on with this game, Mortal Kombat (or whatever the company is called) had to lower the game down to a T. So instead of Reptile burning the Flash down to a charred skeleton that crumbles into a pile of ash, he gets burned to a crisp. Deal.
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I found this video on how to do fatalities for xbox 360 i think the same person made a video on how to do them for the ps3 too.. it helped me alot so yea if anyone needs help here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suWY5dpT_x4
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I just got this game and i think its freakin awesome, i think the moves are bad ass, that falling and fighting are bad ass and its just a really good game, i do wish the fatalities were more graphic but its still a great game, id recommend getting it if you dont have it just cause its fun and it was a smart game to make, although i do agree they should add more characters like riddler and mr. freeze and bane and doomsday and reptile and smoke and the yellow robotic guy, i forgot his name, and goro and mataro, i think thats there names, havent played games in forever, but i love this game
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I just got this game and i think its freakin awesome, i think the moves are bad ass, that falling and fighting are bad ass and its just a really good game, i do wish the fatalities were more graphic but its still a great game, id recommend getting it if you dont have it just cause its fun and it was a smart game to make, although i do agree they should add more characters like riddler and mr. freeze and bane and doomsday and reptile and smoke and the yellow robotic guy, i forgot his name, and goro and mataro, i think thats there names, havent played games in forever, but i love this game
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Ok, the fatalities suck, but its still the same legendary fighting interface and controls from the previous 3D MK games. As an MK fanatic, yes, some things could have been better, but it is still an amazing game. You don't have to agree with me.
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Ok, the fatalities suck, but its still the same legendary fighting interface and controls from the previous 3D MK games. As an MK fanatic, yes, some things could have been better, but it is still an amazing game. You don't have to agree with me.
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poeple poeple get a grip on something new just cause its new doesn't mean u have to hate it lol.......u EITher hate it or love it.
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poeple poeple get a grip on something new just cause its new doesn't mean u have to hate it lol.......u EITher hate it or love it.
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First the NFL now our video games. People are sucking the fun out of life.
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I hope everyone agrees with me on this, I think it's time for some other company to own MK. Does anyone remember the original Tomb Raider? Then they made Tomb raider the angel of darkness and it sucked. Then some other company got to make Tomb raider and it was alot better then the original company. Maybe MK should do the same and give it away to someone else.
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greg greib is gay
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IMHO the fatalities are garbage and so is the kombo challenge mode. They also left a few good characters out: Noob Saibot, Smoke and Kung Lao. I also really don't like the whole rage thing. It's cheesy cuz if someone tries to hit you with a combo while they're in rage, you can only block the first attack. It's fine to make the characters stronger while in rage, but don't put cheese in the game. The graphics are nice, but they need to fix the combos system...completing the kombo challenge is impossible with any character. I used to actually like the 2 fighting styles and 1 weapon style from Deadly Alliance. Oh well. Next time, I'll rent the game first...or maybe buy it after a few months, when it's price drops.
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Guys, I'm a big MK Fan, and I've bought the game and played it.. I agree with all of u that Fatalities are not as bloody and violent as we wanted.. but the MK Team has difenetely sweated out putting this peice together... It's honestly the best fighting game in years since the last MK. and there are some other things in it that are similar to fatality; like combos, and falling combat, and close combat, etc. GOD knows how much I hate Batman, and Catwoman!! I'm so enjoying kicking their butts with Sub-Zero!! In general speaking, I appreciate wat the guys have done to the MK, very innovative!!
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how the fuck do you fatalities? You dumb mortal kombat bastards are fuckin retarded! Why would I play that game if I couldnt do fatalities? Stupid asses. Im gonna track you down and kill you all!!! Fuckin RETARDS!!!
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I think this game was super gay the rest were better the only part it shows a gore is in story when deathstroke cuts of that guys head but only a shadow its gay!!!!! MK creators you guys went from best to gayest in this game!!! Fuck this game it was a waste of 60 dollars!!!!
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how do u do the fatalities??????????
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Go figure i watched this game be born When i was 14 now i am 32 and the first two are still the best. it is gay as fuck now, when aare they just going to make a shit load of charicters with a shit load of move and fatalities not brutalities or babealities or anamalities and make basic fatalities li9ke a wepon decap or gunshot to raiden or sub ripping a spine out or electicuting someone they need to le someone else make it the games suck now and so do the moves i am no longer a fan fuck em
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To actually learn these fatalities I found out a good video on youtube actually shows you them all for PS3. Check it out helped me alot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tDvEZggSA8
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keep deathstroke and get rid of the rest of the dc side. they take away from what mk is. super heros r gay!!!!!!!!!
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um i used to play MK back in the days...i used to own Mortal Kombat and i believe the fatalities has gone down-scale and less violent... In my opinion, i think Deathstroke's and Baraka's fatality were the best ones i saw.
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The MK fatalities seem really scaled down compared to the prior few games. I've been a big fan of MK games, and most fighting games, since playing MK 1 in the arcades, and I'm still a fan now, but I have to admit the "new fighting system" in the past few console games feels stiff and clunky. Whereas a game like Soul Calibur flows like melted butter. It seems odd as to how much criticism has gone into how DC characters can interact with MK characters, when the Marvel vs Capcom games were even more ridiculous in concept. Maybe it's because the DC vs MK characters look more realistic (as far as superheroes go) and so we expect a more realistic backstory. As for Sonya, she is supposedly blowing a napalm/sulfur chemical that, I don't know, catches fire after you blow on it or something. It's related to her military background. In the first MK, it looked more like a magic flying ball though. I doubt Boon and Tobias thought it through much more than "have her blow a hot kiss of death." Kitana's "kiss of death" makes people blow up, like an out of control full body erection. Sounds ridiculous until you see Mileena's fatality from MK2 where she sucks the loser in and spits them out - then the sexual innuendo is a little more difficult to dismiss.
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I can't believe DC agreed with this LAME SHIT! Anyway, A- for effort.
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@sweetestsadist Actually, I'm pretty sure Image doesn't publish Freddy or Jason comics. Now a SAVAGE DRAGON or SHADOWHAWK Image fighting game would be awesome.
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Huhn ... Midway died such an ugly death.
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Huhn ... Midway died such an ugly death.
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I'm pretty sure that the Captain Marvel Brutalities would kill you. Other than no blood, some of these fatalities do show some potential. Liu Kang's bicycle kick into the ground is great. Hopefully we'll get a version where your head is just goo afterward. Next time, though, they need a bloody crossover. Image comics? Dark Horse Horror Movie comics? That would be really cool if they could pull it off. Just think, An Alien, a predator, Freddy, Jason, and the perfect addition, Ash. Yes, Ash would be friggin' awesome. Add in maniacal laughter to his Fatalities and the game is worth buying. I wish I hadn't thought of that. My life will seem empty now, until I see it.
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Wow...Catwoman's finally started killing people, even, potentially, other DC characters she'd have no quarrel with? That's just...*heartless* of her! *ba DUM bum*
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The only decent (And by decent, I mean decent for this game, not the MK franchise) was Captain Marvel's first brutality!! The rest are god awful!! I can only hope that when the next MK comes out, it will be just Mortal Kombat only and return to it's violent origins. EPIC FAIL!!
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Pudge, you took the words right out of my mouth.
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I think the Green Latern has the most hilarious finisher of them all. Hits the Joker right in the junk with a giant sledge hammer. He also manages to instantly turn the Joker around while doing it. Hilarious.
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Oh, and at 3:09 listen carefully and you can actually hear, "DINO-MITE!" And at 5:06, Catwoman might want to zip up. Not that I'm complaining, though. Also, how come Joker can't shoot people, but they can show him melting in a lava pit with his skeleton being belched back out?
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Just listen to Green Lantern. He screams like a baby. Seriously, the other characters pretty much just grunt, but why does Green Lantern whine for like, 10 seconds afterword? Whatever it is, I'm not sure whether it's hilarious or just embarassing.
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So we get a T rating so that kids don't think that DC heroes are associated with violence (snap any necks lately, Wonder Woman?), yet they give us "toned down" Fatalities that are actually easier for kids to imitate. Last I checked, no kid would be able to successfully rip off someone's head and leave their spine dangling, but they sure can find dad's gun and shoot their friends in the face. Good job there. Still, I find these fatalities/brutalities much less goofy thant what we mostly got in MK3 and its various iterations.
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Awesome! i add it to stumbleupon, the game look really boring now
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So when Sub-Zero freezes you and slams you, you shatter into a million pieces, but when Superman does it you're ok? WTF?!
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Wait a minute... That dude's *tearing off Catwoman's boobs* ?!? (Re-watches) ... No, not really. *Just impaling her while copping a feel*. Oh, that's safer. JW
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FAIL.
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Sigh. Despite being a lifelong MK fan, even I think most of those are lame. I wonder how much of it was DC's involvement and how much was the MK team just not really caring anymore. In defense of the devil, Deathstroke's sword slice/neck twist is pretty brutal, but most of them aren't much more than regular moves. I call for a blood code!
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Wait, I don't get it. If you can show someone gets impaled in the chest with a sword, why can't someone be shown getting shot in the head? The Batman one with the bats is so fucking ridiculous it's hilarious. Same goes with the Liu Kang arcade fatality. For the most part, though, these moves just look like normal moves rather than anything special (Captain Marvel literally just slams someone to the ground, Jesus, that's lame). And I don't quite understand Catwoman with a brutality. I know she's not a really a hero, but from what I can remember, she's always resisted killing, except in the case of the Black Mask.
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