WHY?! That would of been awesome. I know most games now I have the whole "dark and gritty" feel, but would it not suite Mortal Kombat? Its a game about violently beating your opponent to death in the most gruesome way possible! But instead they added Superman, removed gore, and removed fatalities. Yeah, the only good thing thats coming out of this is you get to beat the shit out of Superman, and who doesn't want to do that?

TJH518

Sub-Zero: They call me...The Shredder.
Johnny Cage: *scratcheshead* Aren't you Sub-Zero?
Sub-Zero: Oh..Um...Er...Yeah. Phooey.

TOPolk

@CancerMan: You do know Sega is behind Virtua Fighter 5, right? Many of their games are questionable in terms of quality, but Sega can still do it's fair share of decent games here and there. Worst example to use.

KeroseneClimax

Wow. Stop paying attention and you miss a lot!

MK1: Wahaha! Blood in a video game! This is crazy! (well ok, sweat in the one I rented, lol)
MK2: Huh. Well, this works.
MK3: Meh. Looks like they jumped the shark already...

Boon described Mortal Kombat 8
WAT? You're kidding...

fuchikoma

@Channing: I have vague memories of MK 4 coming out- that's when it switched to 3D. 5-7 were completely lost to me.

I enjoyed the hell out of Ultimate MK3 on my Saturn, though.

HootieMac: Section 9 Reject

I actually am a fan of MortalKombat. I've played/own them all. part 7 really wasnt tooo bad. it could have been better if they had only spent more time on it. but in the age of updates and patches anything can turn out decent. except if it has a sega name attatched.
It was a bit heart-breaking when ed poon said Armageddon would mark the end of the series' characters. And now to hear he was actually putting some thought into part8 and then had it scrapped for MK vs DC... it's just tough to digest. i cant see myself picking that one up.

CancerMan

He basically sold out ... that is all!

EnigmaNemesis

@NoahSteam: Can't watch at work just post :P

Pornosaur

@Archaotic: Don't knock the style that Epic has created with Gears of War. It suits the game very well, and part of its success is due to its artistic presentation.

Using it for UT3, well, that's another story...

xAnarChisTx

Reboots are always a good idea for a stale franchise...

That is my position.

After this Teen rated garbage, hopefully they'll do just that.

sir_carrot

I like darker and grittier, but I still prefer faster and more intense.

wild homes

Honestly, making Mortal Kombat with a GoW style would be pretty nice. Get rid of the stupid techno-rave moves that they always have, and develop something fresh. It always had a lame-ass cartoony feel to it, and that just needs to change.

Make the fighters look bad-ass, develop a better storyline, actually give the game some sort of dignity, and it would do just fine.

xAnarChisTx

@HootieMac: Section 9 Reject:
I didn't know there was anything past 2. Like, seriously.

Channing

@CockroachMan: I second this opinion!

Aex

I'm being perfectly honest here: I didn't even know there was an MK 6 or 7. Huh.

HootieMac: Section 9 Reject

Follow the example of Megaman 9 and make MK8 SNES style like MK2 was :P

CockroachMan

*Sigh* Here we go again. There is really nothing that can be taken seriously with Mortal Kombat to begin with, much less to make it more darker or grittier, without becoming more laughable. Man, the MK crew are backwards. How about fixing, among many things, your stiff, dial-a-combo fighting system in an effort to at least attempt to join the ranks of the more respected fighters out there, and not worry about stylistic changes that have nothing to do with improving MK's generic...everything. What are these people thinking?

KeroseneClimax

@Pezdispenser: Mortal Kombat vs DC is even worst.

exstrat

"very dark, serious" and "gritty" "vibrant, saturated colors." It was said to be heavily inspired by the look of Gears of War.

Just what we need more of.

Robotube

@Archaotic: I absolutely agree. If the gameplay in Gears of War hadn't been so enjoyable, there wouldn't have been anything worth mentioning about it (character designs were ok though).

Methusalah

That would make an awesome UT3 skin. Someone get on it!

Thassodar

@Archaotic: I don't know why everyone always talks bad about the Gears art style. I thought it relayed a sense of Beefy Grittyness appropriate for the game. I know I enjoyed it.

Aex

I don't know what most people expect a battlefield and destroyed beauty to look like but color isn't high on that list

RET_Ghost

Why does that picture work so very well D:

Crippl3

Ew. Gears of War's art style isn't even good for Gears of War. I can only imagine it'd make Mortal Kombat even more irrelevant if they were used together.

Archaotic

@tinkyXIII:

Mortal Kombat is seriously bad. ;)

Pezdispenser

Personally, I've thought MK has just gone down hill since MKII... 3 wasn't horrible, 2 was just my favorite.

Aex

What I am gathering from Kotaku commenters is that a Virtual Joe Mortal Kombat is more appealing than a Gears of War Mortal Kombat. Good to know.

gencid

@Pornosaur:

Perhaps you should watch the interview with Boon where he talks about the gameplay being very 2d oriented.

NoahSteam

@DefDealer:

i approve

it's just not fun to play a "boring" art style game

waza

@poopyloopy: One of Gears of Wars primary gameplay mechanics is holding hands with a man named Dom. It's not totally gay, but it's not exactly totally not-gay.

etchasketchist

They just need to go the SF IV route, and bring back the gameplay to the 2D roots.

Pornosaur

Wow, just wow. Someone actually used the terms "Mortal Kombat" and "serious" in the same breath.

tinkyXIII

Gears of War is starting to become this gen's Grand Theft Auto III in that while it is a good game, the slew of imitators are driving me up the wall. Still excited for Gears 2 though!

Darth Navster

@RTW:

you probably hate halo and are pissed about FFXIII.

S3RV0

Oh well MK has sucked for the last 10 years so no loss here.

GreyFoxV1

Interesting that they scrapped it, but I just had to laugh out loud when I saw Sub Zero up there. I'd buy whatever MK game they threw at me if that picture was the cover art.

ReidP

Oh man that sucks, the explanation for MK8 is EXACTLY what real fans would have wanted. The Street Fighter fans are so lucky that they're getting the throwback game.

ShadowFFVI

@RTW:

Are you being serious or sarcastic? I honestly don't know :P

magictroll

@RTW: It's the hip thing to do. AND it sells. I've never been a fan of MK though, so I couldn't care less about the art direction. Not even Batman could convince me to play this game.

chuffhoncho

Why not "Vibrant and Colorful?" The first Mortal Kombats sure were...

magictroll

@RTW:

What? Gay party?

poopyloopy

What's with all this Gears of War wannabe shit. I swear, put a buff texan gay party together and you got a blockbuster hit.

RTW

I thought this was a joke for quite awhile after it was announced...I mean, it's a little hard to believe.

Of course, I know now that it's real and having seen some of the videos out there it really seems like they're heading in a good direction.

Things like this that come out of left field can usually go either one of two ways:

1) It can suck just as bad (or worse) as everyone expected

or

2) It can be a surprisingly good game despite what people expected

Who here honestly thought Mario Kart would become what it is today when they first heard of it back in the SNES days?

poopyloopy

If I hear "dark and gritty" to refer to any game's mood/style ever again i'm gonna jump out of a window

DefDealer

im pretty sure if they made mortal kombat look like gears of war they would piss alot of people off. we dont need more browns and greys.

stryker1800

MK8 would have been better than this cross license BS! Dark and Gritty FTW!!! Since when do all games have to look like a picture of one of those San Francisco pride marches with rainbows everywhere and stuff?

RonJeremy4Pres

That pic is awesome.

KM91

Mortal Kombat isnt exciting news since 1995.

HayamaAkito

@RonJeremy4Pres:

Since people do enough complaining about color, since they are grasping at straws to try and bash something.

EnigmaNemesis

The older Mortal Kombat games (also known as the good ones) had lots of vibrant color. I don't understand why Midway continues to move the MK franchise away from what made it successful in the first place.

gameware

I think I would have like a DC fighting game by itself and this dark version of MK more then DC VS MK.

BlackIceJoe

@EnigmaNemesis:

Not saying you are complaining, saying there are people who like to complain about games that dont have rainbow colors. Since that is pretty much the last thing to complain about, considering most of them kick ass gameplay and graphically.

CoD4, Gears, Resistance, Graw, etc

EnigmaNemesis

@BlackIceJoe:

It did.

And it failed.

Dekabreak

@gameware: Tobias isn't with the team any more.

When he was doing "story" work and character design, all was well and all we fanboys had to think about was: "How cool would Street Fighter vs MK be?". Not that what he has done since was any good(read: Tao Feng).

Those days are dead and Ed Boon stuck around to help Midway ensure that MK died of exsanguination. Bastards.

I can't wait to see this game loading up the "discount" bin at Walmarts everywhere within 6-9 months of it's release.

Annex1

Would much, much rather have Mortal Kombat 8.

KaneRobot

I haven't owned a Mortal Kombat game since the original, but isn't that Shredder's head on a Gears body?

crapsh00t

@magictroll, @S3RV0:

I don't know about you guys, but I would totally buy a game which starred a cast of buff, gay Texans. That's GotY material right there, folks.

Do you see /sarcasm tags? No? Good. That's because I'm deadly serious about this.

@wild homes has been retconned!: Really? I've always personally preferred indolent and lackadaisical, myself. Someday, someone will make a game for me. It'll be called Wii Sit On Our Collective Asses. It'll be a huge hit, I swear to God.

JustThisGuy

Fuck this MK v DC shit and give me a sequel to MK Shaolin Monks...

TurtleSoup

Wow, there were 7 Mortal Kombat games?
I used to love 2, but 3 just never hooked me and then the series was just dead to me.

Well whaddya know? It still is.

And that is so Shredder! If Sub Zero's head actually looks like that in one of the MK's then that is just lame.

gyoshi

what I find funny is that most of you kiddies equate bright colours with "gay" yet never see the grim irony in your posturing..

take a look at some of your favourite "dark and gritty" game characters, shaved heads, tribal tattoos, goatees.. leather.. exposed chests, huge penile imagery... it`s like a big gay muscle mary party!

dum tssk..dum tssk..dum tssk..dum tssk..dum tssk..dum tssk.. pump it big boy!

gique

I would have much preferred if they went back to the original formula of MK; but just spent some real effort & resources into making it good again.

That means no "custom" fatalities, no cheezy, clunky animations, no shovelware.

back to the basics. make chars have meaning & personality like they used to; & DON'T COMPROMISE on the gore/fatalities/grittiness/story.

Look at Street Fighter 4, they did it right. That's what MIDWAY has to do if they want to revive the golden days of MK. A lot of effort & resources & a strong purpose of reviving the original vision of the golden days of MK.

MK vs. DC i probably wont buy. It doesn't seem like a Marvel vs. Capcom; I have reservations about how well i think it will turn out.

string_theory

I dunno what MK's future is, but that pic just makes me think of an MK featuring chainsaw bayonet fatalities.

NiceMissMayonnaise

Wait, what the hell? There was a Mortal Kombat 5-7?

Fitz Rhapsody

Ok would people understand, don't bloody study games, play them for the fun of it, and MK games aren't sold on their story lines mostly, exception of shaolin monks, but they are sold on the fact that you can bash your opponent to death in multitudes of bloody ways.

I liked the last MK, could change a few things, i didn't really like the kreate-a-fatality idea, bring back the normal fatalities, but people your all missing the point of the games.

To let people know who don't know, there have been more then 7 MK games, there have been side stories and other versions.

With Mk vs DC, i agree it shouldn't really happen because ones about stopping criminals the other is about saving the realms and while your at it why don't you rip your opponents head off with their spine still attached.

If you got the game for the reason it was sold for, you wouldn't be stopping and examining colours. If you did actually play the last game there was bright colours in there, its just not as common as the dark grittiness because its a game about death and destruction, how can you have rainbow streamers going everywhere when your trying to rip a heart out.

I would welcome a new MK, like I would probably get MK vs DC, if not just borrow it out to see what it is like, could be good, could be bad.

MK FAN 4 LIFE

sesseth

@crapsh00t: That's the head of Sub-Zero from MK: Deception (MK6).

Good heavens, I can't believe I shelled out for the Limited Edition of that game.

NeoChaos

@TJH518: "But instead they added Superman, removed gore, and removed fatalities."

Please read about games before making ridiculous comments.

damncrackmonkey