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6533796 No.6533796 [Reply] [Original]

Remember when MK4 dropped

>> No.6533798

and it was waay better than MK3

>> No.6533825

>>6533796
I do. We made a big deal out of the weapons.

>>6533798
Topkek

>> No.6533830

Barely, I remember playing it on PS1 for hot 10 minutes maybe.
The MK craze already started to wane down by then. It still came out on arcades in time for the last remnants of the MK hype, I remember going to the theatre to see MK Annihilation and then going to the arcades to play MK4, but despite being "wooow MK in 3D!" the hype didn't even compare to the hype of the previous games. I lost track of MK after that.

>> No.6533832

>>6533796
Why did MK's character design go down the drain so fast after MK2? MK3 was already a big step down then MK4 comes out and everybody new just sucks.

>> No.6533841

RAUND ANU
FOIGHT!

>> No.6533843

>>6533832
Awkward early polygons and some weird need to replace iconic characters with their generic ersatzes -- Jarek's only claim to fame being WHATABOUTTHECAKE, otherwise he's just poor man's Kano - and Shinnok's transformations causing loading times and not even being proper transformations (his voice, animations, and moveset changed but not his character model) certainly contributed to that. Although I like Quan Chi, but mostly for the leg rip fatality.

>> No.6533857

>>6533796
yeah and it sucked

>> No.6533938
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>>6533832
Mk3 is a mixed bag. New Sub looks awful but the female ninjas look the best ever. Motaro is kinda lame but Sheeva is awesome. 4 is pretty bad all over. They got it on the money with 9 though.

>> No.6533941

>>6533796
I remember this gem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0u9b2-LZs

>> No.6533946

>>6533796
crazy time

>> No.6533995

>>6533798

Though that's not saying much.

>> No.6533998

>>6533796

Its a shame we didn't get this story for MK3, the whole deserted streets and robots was just so un-mk.

>> No.6534017

>>6533830
>The MK craze already started to wane down by then
This. Everybody was fed up from too many MK games being released. 200 different ports of MK3, UMK3, Trilogy, then this piece of shit and Boon's kusoge MK Mythologies, with even more games announced AND constant hype in the gaming press. By the time MK4 dropped no one cared.

>> No.6534117

>>6533998
Kano was the scifi element in the first one. Cyber ninjas wasn't out of place.

>> No.6534134

>>6533796
I can't even buy this on GOG. I have it on my wishlist, but I can't buy it.

>> No.6534154

MK4 was one of the best klassic MKs and the last of the "true" ones, being that all the characters were still designed by Tobias just before he left. 4 may not be good from a competitive standpoint, but none of the early MKs are, but it's still a fun game to screw around in with friends.

>> No.6534363

>>6534117

Kano only had a cybernetic eye, that was a whole lot less weird than 3 robots shooting electric nets and helicoptering around and blowing up the planet.

>> No.6534380

>>6533796
Polygons were the worst thing to happen to the MK franchise.

>> No.6534386

I remember being disappointed by the weapons, but I'd probably hyped myself beyond what was realistic. I'd have to play it again to remember anything else.

>> No.6534432

>>6533796
if you were around when the War Gods arcades were a thing then you knew MK4 was going to be trash

>> No.6534436

>>6534386
Who had the sword? Liu Kang? That thing could dish out insane combos.

>> No.6534438

i played the pc port, which was fucking atrocious... but it wasn't the port's fault. the game was just bad. I don't feel anything for any of the characters in the roster, save for Quan Chi, perhaps, because he had an appearance in the cartoon.

i wish i still had those old mk comics, the malibu ones. those were peak 90s.

>> No.6534457
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>>6534438

>> No.6534465

>>6534363
Just like IRL, cyborgs were a mistake.

>> No.6534467

>>6533798
>>6533938
MK3/UMK3 is a guilty pleasure for me, there's some really fucking retarded shit in it and the mood and aesthetics are a huge step down from the last two but seeing actual actors for the last time and spamming the gay combo system feels good man. and even though people shit on stryker, his combos are so easy to pull off and feel great.
it's also interesting looking at the ports of it and seeing how consoles had to butcher it to make it work. the SNES and genesis both somehow got both MK3 and UMK3 and both systems were literally on their last legs, it's really interesting seeing how they really had to crunch to make things work

>> No.6534470

>>6534386
>Fujin has a crossbow.... for some fucking reason
>later games abandon it and gave him a sword
>MK11 brings back the fucking dumbass crossbow

Though the decades may change, NRS never stops being incompetent.

>> No.6534474

>>6534117
Cyborgs were the best thing to happen to Mortal Kombat.

>> No.6534483
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6534483

Joe Lieberman was right. These games turned us into messed up adults.

>> No.6534530

>>6533796
I hate that they put whatshisname on the center, making him seem important, just for his ending to be either literally norhing or some of the biggest butthurt the fandom ever had over a misunderstanding.

>> No.6534582

>>6533830
Anon hits the nail on the head here
Mortal Mania was fading. And to contribute... this wasn't the same MK where you punch a photographically realistic dude through the ceiling... it's 3D. It's neat, but it's not quite the same thing we grew to love. It's like when you get a new babysitter and they're cool and sensible, but it's just different.

>> No.6534598

>>6534483
Only if there was something fundamentally wrong with your childhood.

>> No.6534603

>>6534457
love it lol

>>6534467
I'd have to say MK3 and UMK3 are radically different games. MK3 was from that brief window of time where NIN and Marilyn Manson were the same, and not hipster darlings and trailer trash fodder respectively. MK3 felt like a real game, even if flawed, but UMK3 felt like mugen shit.

MK2 was just too fucking great.

>> No.6534634
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6534634

Not a good game in any way, but the character design was way better than the Liefeld-esque mess that was MK3 with cyber ninjas and centaurs fighting Cable dressed in blue and a traffic warden.

Also, the best Sonya design to this day, easily.

>> No.6534648

I loved it, yeah the new characters are meh but it was still pretty fun. I liked the dreamcast port with new characters too

>> No.6534661

>>6533796

yes, i remember. It was in the arcade at the same time as SF3 and Tekken 3.

It looked like shit, played like shit and animated like shit. Flame an other effects sucked/clipped, the weapons gimmick didnt add anything at that iteration, and visually it was just so....

well, it was the kind of game design that snes and older fans feared was going to be the norm when the PSX dropped and those launch titles were all shit animation 3d gimmick ugly fucks.

>> No.6534682

>>6534634
>Cable dressed in blue
Can't unsee it

>> No.6534761

>>6533796
Mk4 reminds me of playing in the arcade with my brothers when I was a kid. Good times. The endings are kino. I enjoy the game.

>> No.6534865

>>6533796
MK Gold on Dreamcast is better.

>> No.6534887
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>>6533796
It let me play as my nigga Quan chi. I love it to this day.

>> No.6534901

>>6534483
Joe Lieberman is one of the many reasons why I don't vote Democrat.

>> No.6534929

>>6534154
You can do a max damage combo with scorpion by just running and doing the arm breaker repeatedly. The only one who figured out how to beat that was my friend using Quan chi but even then you just block and break his arm again. Such a broken game but fuck is it ever fun as fuck.

>> No.6534952

>>6534474
Based
>>6534483
Yes because jews always tell the truth.

>> No.6534971

>>6533796
This game is the Chinese true value of mk

>> No.6534987

I remember having figured out Shinook's fatality but it was bugged where he actually performed someone else's, it was the one where he ripped their leg off and beat them with it. I performed it infront of a bunch of people and everyone laughed so loud the entire food court was looking at us.

>> No.6535020

>>6533796
MK Gold multiplat when

>> No.6535028

>>6535020
Maybe after WB unloads everything to EA

>> No.6535064

>>6533796
No, I was already tired of MK by that time

>> No.6535287

>>6534457
god i wish that were me

>> No.6535303

>>6534483
That fucking Jew is the reason I don't vote Democrat.

>> No.6535332
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6535332

I remember playing it when it came out and not liking it. Those clunky 3D models just lack the detail and soul of digitized sprites. I haven't played any of the new MK games but they look much better than MK4. Not retro, but is Mortal Kombat 2011 any good? It's in my collection but I never played it.

>> No.6535348

>that PC version continue-screen spike pit
>every character made the same dying scream
>even the female characters screamed with that male screaming voice

>> No.6535414

>>6533796
I see it for what it is; EVERYONE was jumping on the 3D bandwagon and people ate it up. It was the hip thing to do and play.
That said, some friends and I got some good fun and laughs out of the game, both from arcade and home ports.
The voices and fatalities are just the right level of ridiculous and goofy, it makes me grin even now.

>> No.6535417

>>6535303
He switched party affiliation and became a Republican though.

>> No.6535428

I remember laughing my ass off at Quan chi's fatality where he rips out your leg and beats the shit out of you with it.

>> No.6535429

>>6535414
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAGKNIQMeo
I think they wanted to keep the battle screams as ambiguous as possible. Most of it is probably ad-libbed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH78Oslqirw
I don't know why but this still cracks me up. It all comes together: the comic delayed reaction of the victim, the goofy scream and obviously motion captured running loop, the out-of-place keeling over and of course Dan Forden's variation of Toasty.

>> No.6535446

>>6534634
I'd say her Deadly Alliance suit is better

>> No.6535449

>>6534380
No. Being too serious is

>> No.6535707

>>6534134
I bought it before they took it down. However I still prefer Mortal Kombat Gold over the PC version of MK4. The reason I bought MK4 at all was because I wanted to use my Sega Saturn controller.

>> No.6535720

>>6535332
i havent played the newest, but 9 and 10 were massive steps up from 4 and the ps2/xbox/gc entries. usually really cheap too during sales

>> No.6535726

>>6533796
Remember computer AI.

>> No.6536959

yeah and we never got a good port

>> No.6536960

>>6534134
huh? mk4 was on gog?

>> No.6536962

>>6534438
no, the pc port is based on the shitty psx version

>> No.6536968

>>6533796
Four was the furthest I got in the series. I still have a soft spot for Jax's ending.

>> No.6536978

>>6536960
it is, and they also have the first three mks

>> No.6536980

https://www.gog.com/game/mortal_kombat_4

>> No.6536998

>>6536980
Not Gold? Waste of time then 2bqhwyfam

>> No.6537002

>>6533796
MK4 was the reason I stopped playing MK.

>> No.6537016

Arright

>> No.6537241

>>6535020
>>6536998
MK Gold is still a Dreamcast exclusive.

>> No.6537392

>>6533796
They really hammed up Reptile in this one.

>> No.6537461

>>6534865
Not with all the slowdown buddy. I'd rather play mk4 on n64 than gold on dreamcast.

>> No.6537479
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>> No.6538235 [DELETED] 

reported and saged

>> No.6538248

>>6537461
>slowdown
Fake news

>> No.6538268

>>6533796
When my family moved out of the city into a smaller town, we spent months downloading warez beforehand, since we didn't know if/when we'd get internet there.

One of the games we got was the PC port for Mk4, and it was one of the games me and my brothers played the most. We'd just play a shitton all the time when we got back from school.

Ah, those were the days. We'd mostly just find one ability that worked and spam it repeatedly. I remember my brother quitting 'forever' after I figured out how to make Reptile turn invisible and just vomit acid 24/7.

>> No.6538514

>>6538268
>We'd mostly just find one ability that worked and spam it repeatedly.

I think that's how you're supposed to play the game. I beat the PSX version on hardest difficulty, hardest tower with Tanya by just spamming her Spiral Arrow move. Even Goro was a pushover.

>> No.6538680

>>6535446
Hmm, it's not bad, but a bit generic. The 3D model is atrocious, though.

>> No.6538760
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6538760

>not a single Jarek/Jax/Sonya ending post
THIS IS NOT A BRUTALITY
THIS IS A F A T A L I T Y©
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvfP5BQxaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW765DsN6Z0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaUvrr8ajkE

Bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oSpNXrEad0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsxtRYIJbw

>> No.6538809

QUIEN PUSO ESE PEDAZO DE HIELO ALPINO AHI?!

>> No.6538828

>>6533796
>>6533796
Played it in the arcades, I remember it fondly because the local shut off very early and went to the big citys. Played it again on an N64 emulator and I thought it was still good while checking all the fatalitys.
Years later I played competitively with a friend on his ps1, it was fucking cool because we were very good.

Then I met many young people who disliked the game, I thought they were dumb zoomers who watched youtubers, they couldn't explain why the game was bad, they just shat on the graphics.

>> No.6538830

>>6538760
I’M SO GAYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyy

>> No.6538840
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>>6538830

>> No.6538961

Best MK1-3 versions? Arcade is best, right?
Played them on Sega Genesis years ago, today I boot up MK1 on an emulator, and it's fucking censored. What's the point of playing MK if it's censored?

>> No.6538974

>>6538961
Oh, and MK4. guys. I played it on PC.

>> No.6538979

UUUGE-RIDE
UUUGE-RIDE
eeeEEHHH
eeeeEEHHHH

>> No.6539005

>>6535332
Story mode is great, its just a retelling of MK1-3, with Quan Chi, Human Sektor and Cyrax thrown in for good measure. The Challenge towers are good fun, but it has a little bullshit toward the end. Gameplay wise, its just perfect, despite the fact that they changed the input in some classic special moves (like Raidens torpedo). Its easy to get into, combos are easy to pull off, and the tag mode is just great.
If you have MK2011 on PC, make sure to install the UMK3 mode for more skins plus playable bosses and NPCs. Totally recommended.

>> No.6539019

>>6533796

I was so hyped for it because of the trailer on MK mythologies sub zero.

Then I bought (pirated) it and laughed at the gameplay. I enjoyed the weird endings and fatalities though.

>> No.6539020

WAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH
ADHRUHDUAHRUHDAUR

>> No.6539025

>>6534017

Also mortal Kombat special forces... Damn that game was so bad.

>> No.6539205

>>6538961
>today I boot up MK1 on an emulator, and it's fucking censored

The arcade one? or were you trying to run the Genesis port?

in which case.. ABACABB