Hey everyone! I just wanted to give a shout out to Ed Boon and Netherrealm Studios for getting close to wrapping up Mortal Kombat! From what I have seen and played, I think everyone is going to be really happy once they get their hands on it.
Mortal Kombat had a HUGE influence on me growing up. I remember the first time I saw it in the arcade – I almost crapped myself! I was like, “Look what they did to that guy! I’m out of quarters! When well I be able to play this at home?” Then I learned about Mortal Monday, the official launch day when the arcade game came out on the SNES and Genesis. I was a poor college kid at the time, but I circled the date for two reasons: I couldn’t afford it, so I needed to reserve it a month in advance at the video store; and September 13 1993 was my 21st birthday! So instead of going to the bar on my 21st, I ended up sitting with my friends playing MK all night long.
Sometimes, life has a strange way of working out. Here I am, 17 years later, having been able to work on the incredible God of War series … and then one day we get approached to include Kratos in the new Mortal Kombat! This was a complete no-brainer. I remember interviewing at PlayStation eight years ago and seeing Kratos in the very early stages of God of War 1 and thinking, “This guy looks like he was pulled straight from MK!” Which to me, was a good thing. One of the things that I always felt separated Mortal Kombat from other fighters was its character design. When you combine this with Kratos’ attitude and tendency for violence, it’s a match made in heaven!
Another thing that made this collaboration a good fit is that our studios have ties with one another. Several of us at Santa Monica used to work at Midway, including Adam Puhl (Lead Combat Design), Bruno Velazquez (Lead Animator), Chris Sutton (Lead Environment), as well as me, so we all knew Ed and had a relationship with members of his team. It was easy for all of us to get on the same page. It also made the decision on our end to work together because we trust them fully and we know that they will deliver on the promise to make this the most complete and authentic Mortal Kombat yet.
So for me personally, this is a really cool story. Mortal Kombat influenced me when I was younger in many ways, and it is still influencing me today. You can see this plainly by looking at God of War III. I was always encouraging the team to push the gore and violence in the kills, and a large part of that was the way MK struck me when I college kid. It’s one of those games that changed the industry, and is why I bet a lot of people have the “I remember MK because” stories. It is an honor to be involved with it.
First!
Mortal Combat is becoming COD. Just die already.
I’m not a fighting game guy, but that trailer puts a smile on my face
God of War and Mortal Kombat need to have a baby. This is like the one night stand version. I can’t wait for this. The demo was amazing.
first!? seriously? people still do that crap? lol @ mortal kombat being COD :D
i cant wait to see kratos’ fatality, hopefuly this game reinvigorate the franchise like what sf1v did to street fighter.
hopefully it respects the first three mk.
@ 1: Good, you wanna a cookie?
Wow, that trailer was really good!
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Chris
I don’t get what Mr. number two’s problem with this game.
But can’t wait to own people with Kratos.
I’ve stopped playing mk since part 3 bacause i never like how they change it,but this one looks great,i can’t wait
really looking forward to this!
@1 Not supposed to say things like “first”. It’s juvenile and obnoxious.
2nd, Kratos in this game might actually encourage me to buy it; I prefer Eastern fighters. Have the + demo downloaded, but have yet to boot it up.
3rd, where the F is the White Knight Chronicles 2 post? EU has had theirs for a week now.
well i saw this video some month ago, i’m not really mortal kombat fan.
and there are too many ways to see characters in other games, some people can see this like a great feature and others may think is not the right place to do it.
i´d like to try the gameplay because the first mortal kombat i played was 14 years ago!
about kratos i love god of war and because it´s history i think there must be a good connection to integrate him in mortal kombat, and he should really looks great or even better in this game in order to appreciate and not think “ohh what a $%&”
I wonder what well be his moves and finish moves as well. I seen some of the game play and i have played the demo. I like how it feels and looks, hope some stages and moving background well be added to the games engine.
The Netherrealm team did a great job making sure that the MK version of Kratos had a ton of great moves and fatalities that felt very true to God of War. It was easy to see that both development teams had spent time playing each others games and everything really came together well.