The man behind Mortal Kombat talks about the second season of the hit Warner Bros digital series in this exclusive interview.
Within the dynamic realm of interactive gaming, NetherRealm Studios (NRS) stands as a source of both excitement and contention, with discussions spanning visual aesthetics and kinetic animations. Since the debuts of Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11, the studio’s visual evolution has been nothing short of remarkable. An evolution that becomes most apparent in the refined portrayal of character facial models, enhancing both their visual appeal and their ability to authentically render the intricacies of Black skin across various lighting conditions. However, in the midst of this progress, one aspect remains a challenge—the attack animations—an ongoing Achilles’ heel within the domain of NRS games.
My personal opinion would be that they focused less on juggles and more on grounded combos so sticking out a poke and it continues to juggle an airborne enemy should go away. It just looks silly. I love MK and Tekken, but this aspect has always been silly to me. It still has some great looking combos, but the air juggles just makes the animations reset, making those specific combos look stiff.
SF has some of these air juggles, but not nearly as much. I'd much prefer their combos combos which are generally more grounded. I don't think the animations are bad in MK in any way, it's the way they are implemented in gameplay in the juggle state.
MK1 is still a day one for me, but fixing this issue would make a lot of people complain less about MK1's animations.
During SDCC I spoke with Ed Boon and Thiago Gomes about Mortal Kombat 1 as part of a Roundtable.
Ed Boon shares his choices for which Mortal Kombat characters should appear in the next Super Smash Bros. game should a crossover happen.
Ed boon is easy to read itl be announced by the end of the year and itl be released in fall 2014.
What he needs to do is learn how to balance his games. They're a broken spamfest. MK9 and now injustice just isn't fun to play anymore. Look at street fighter 4 Ed. A balanced game where it not a spam fest.
The guy is a legend! I didn't really like the mini series but I hope the second one is successful still waiting on that MK movie. ;)
I have not really bested an MK game since MK 2&3..Part 2 was my favorite..There is something about MK 1,2,3 that made the characters look real and I really loved that look. It made it seem like these character were actually real people from different backgrounds and parts of the realm.
Which Mortal Kombat that came out on the N64 that had all the characters?
Season 1 was great. I was glued and wanted so much more