Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat franchise, held an impromptu “Ask Me Anything” with his fans yesterday. The famed developer answered questions regarding the future of the Injustice franchise, as well as concerns about a return in some form of the Mortal Kombat: Konquest (1998-1999) television show, and the one-off sub-series, Mortal Kombat Mythologies.
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.
Intead of the Injustice storyline I would want to see some Justice League vs. The Legion of Doom, or Injustice League.
Something other than the old tired story of Superman going crazy and Batman leading a resistance.
Think Scorpion can get a White Ranger costume in the next MK? XXXD
Maybe this time he will add the characters we want instead of people we don't care about
Injustice 2: Batman and his bitches return! jk/
Seriously,it's just me or half of the character in injustice game are from batman sub-universe or batman related?
Hopefully the wooden gameplay and graphics are much better this time around to actually warrant a sequel for the next gen consoles because frankly injustice was a downgrade compared to Mortal Kombat!