Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection

1man3letters

hi all,
im sure alot of you are hyped that 3rd strike online out now,
reliving love for a childhood game,
but as some of you have come to know, im all about the mk baby :cool:

next wednesday the mortal kombat arcade kollection will be released on psn and xbl with online play :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

so that is mortal kombat, mortal kombat II and umk3 all together

let us dance

1man3letters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTfg-ENbDj8

deathrider

1man3letters wrote: »

hi all,
im sure alot of you are hyped that 3rd strike online out now,
reliving love for a childhood game,
but as some of you have come to know, im all about the mk baby :cool:

next wednesday the mortal kombat arcade kollection will be released on psn and xbl with online play :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

so that is mortal kombat, mortal kombat II and umk3 all together

let us dance

I was quite hyped about 3rd Strike, until I checked the net today and saw that this had finally gotten a release date. Bout damn time too. I've still got the last XBLA release of UMK3, so I was kinda hoping this one would have the regular edition of MK3 instead. But either way this will be very bought as soon as possible. Also, it's three games for 800microsoft points. That's a friggin' steal!

the 1st hardter

deathrider wrote: »

1man3letters wrote: »

hi all,
im sure alot of you are hyped that 3rd strike online out now,
reliving love for a childhood game,
but as some of you have come to know, im all about the mk baby :cool:

next wednesday the mortal kombat arcade kollection will be released on psn and xbl with online play :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

so that is mortal kombat, mortal kombat II and umk3 all together

let us dance

I was quite hyped about 3rd Strike, until I checked the net today and saw that this had finally gotten a release date. Bout damn time too. I've still got the last XBLA release of UMK3, so I was kinda hoping this one would have the regular edition of MK3 instead. But either way this will be very bought as soon as possible. Also, it's three games for 800microsoft points. That's a friggin' steal!

Its 9.99 on psn right. Can't use stick for mk and 360 pad sucks

deathrider

the 1st hardter wrote: »

Its 9.99 on psn right. Can't use stick for mk and 360 pad sucks

I've used the 360 pad for SSFIV, UMK3 and the latest MK with no problems. As long as you're running it with the thumb-stick as opposed to the D-pad, it's grand.

1man3letters

the 1st hardter wrote: »

Its 9.99 on psn right. Can't use stick for mk and 360 pad sucks

i switched to stick for mk9, think was for the better2 and yea the 360 pad sucks,for anything

now to decide where my run button will go....

deathrider

1man3letters wrote: »

i switched to stick for mk9, think was for the better2 and yea the 360 pad sucks,for anything

now to decide where my run button will go....

Bah, who needs Run when you're just gonna be playing the hell out of MKII

1man3letters

release trailer, its soooooo close :pac::pac::pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyH8ozwWoiQ

deathrider

1man3letters wrote: »

release trailer, its soooooo close :pac::pac::pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyH8ozwWoiQ

Looking like it'll be next week before I can get my hands on this one :mad:

aeonfusion

Yea quite looking forward to this, another fighting game for pc will be a welcome break from AE, though i am fairly poor at MK games in general so it'll be nice to start from ground zero I didn't see anything about cross platform play which would be great but i doubt it'll happen

Actually while were on the subject, i've pretty much seen everywhere i've been reading that MK2 is the best game in the series, suppose i'm kinda wondering if anyone has an opinion on what the best game to start with would be, i have played mk games before but it was only a few weeks playing Deadly Alliance when it came out and i was very young when i played the other games so i can't even remember the moves.

chopperbyrne

aeonfusion wrote: »

Yea quite looking forward to this, another fighting game for pc will be a welcome break from AE, though i am fairly poor at MK games in general so it'll be nice to start from ground zero I didn't see anything about cross platform play which would be great but i doubt it'll happen

Actually while were on the subject, i've pretty much seen everywhere i've been reading that MK2 is the best game in the series, suppose i'm kinda wondering if anyone has an opinion on what the best game to start with would be, i have played mk games before but it was only a few weeks playing Deadly Alliance when it came out and i was very young when i played the other games so i can't even remember the moves.

From a competitive standpoint, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is considered the best of the old 2D games.

Personally, I think Mortal Kombat II is the most fun.

You'd be best off just getting the latest MK though and playing that instead.

aeonfusion

chopperbyrne wrote: »

From a competitive standpoint, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is considered the best of the old 2D games.

Personally, I think Mortal Kombat II is the most fun.

You'd be best off just getting the latest MK though and playing that instead.

mk9? nah i don't have a console man, i'm getting a ps3 soon enough but it wont be for a few months so no mk9 for me quite yet.

deathrider

aeonfusion wrote: »

Actually while were on the subject, i've pretty much seen everywhere i've been reading that MK2 is the best game in the series, suppose i'm kinda wondering if anyone has an opinion on what the best game to start with would be, i have played mk games before but it was only a few weeks playing Deadly Alliance when it came out and i was very young when i played the other games so i can't even remember the moves.

MKII has always been my personal favourite. Enough characters to go around, few cool D.I.Y style combos, and a rake of cool little secrets. It still stands true as a great fun game.

1man3letters

deathrider wrote: »

MKII has always been my personal favourite. Enough characters to go around, few cool D.I.Y style combos, and a rake of cool little secrets. It still stands true as a great fun game.

i 2nd that

id really like to see mortal kombat trilogy see a re release too,my ps one copy recently broke that was the best version on mk3 imo

1man3letters

psn europe can go $@%* themselves,

arcade kollection delayed in europe with the only think bein said is "shouldnt be to far off"

god damn sony,your like that hot girl who always cheats but u still go back 2










*opens absinthe hip flask*

aeonfusion

got delayed for pc by a month, w00p go pc fighting games.

1man3letters

a month? thats harsh,:mad:
wouldnt be suprized if have to wait that long to for psn, well aparently the online as laggy as hell and its being patched but id still like it now for offline play, well going to be trolling with "friendships", wish there had them in mk9 like babalities came back

theothers108

Any one know when this is coming out im so pissed its not out yet!!!

deathrider

theothers108 wrote: »

Any one know when this is coming out im so pissed its not out yet!!!

Did the 360 version not come out today? Or was that set back too?

Orim

Xbox version came out afaik. At least I'm fairly certain I was able to DL it. I'll doublecheck though.

EDIT : Yeah the Xbox version is available for download.

deathrider

Orim wrote: »

Xbox version came out afaik. At least I'm fairly certain I was able to DL it. I'll doublecheck though.

EDIT : Yeah the Xbox version is available for download.

Glad to here it. Seems like they dropped the ball a bit with the release dates, but at least one the versions is available.

brianon

Apparently its absolute MUCK. Online is all but unplayable. Some 'real' bad reviews out there.

I bought it on PSN and ... I like it. BUT I am not a big fighting fan but like it for nostalgia and couldn't tell you if its buggy or not (apparently its riddled with bugs - I wouldn't be able to tell the difference versus the arcade originals). I have played online and its pretty lame (especially compared to SF III online).

1man3letters

brianon wrote: »

Apparently its absolute MUCK. Online is all but unplayable. Some 'real' bad reviews out there.

I bought it on PSN and ... I like it. BUT I am not a big fighting fan but like it for nostalgia and couldn't tell you if its buggy or not (apparently its riddled with bugs - I wouldn't be able to tell the difference versus the arcade originals). I have played online and its pretty lame (especially compared to SF III online).

u either trolling or u got a us account?? cause it aint out an eu store,just did search there to make sure

if it is that u have a us account the online is bein patched asap,nrs have released a stament via tym confirming this and for the "bugs", have you not played the orignals?? there broken as sin,thats half the fun

brianon

1man3letters wrote: »

u either trolling or u got a us account?? cause it aint out an eu store,just did search there to make sure

if it is that u have a us account the online is bein patched asap,nrs have released a stament via tym confirming this and for the "bugs", have you not played the orignals?? there broken as sin,thats half the fun

sry. Meant XBL, not PSN. Its buggy beyond the originals ... apparently.
Losing the rag over on the MK forums they are.

theothers108

Were the fuk is it????

1man3letters

theothers108 wrote: »

Were the fuk is it????

looking like its going to be in next weeks store update if pattern of time it takes when us store gets something and eu doesnt it the same, thankfully my brother got it on xbl so an still play it at the mo, friendships ftw!!!!

Gamer Bhoy 89

...simply because the AI feels so cheap, I know it's "supposed" to be a near carbon copy of the actual arcade ports of the games and I've heard they were fairly challenging. But if that is the case, why did they give the option to change the difficulty on this?

I have to have it stuck on 'very easy' and I haven't been able to finish any of the games.

I have cleared MK1 numerous times, I've only gotten as far as Kintaro in my early years playing MK2 and I've cleared MK3 unbelievable amounts.

So I can clearly notice a huge difference in these games than what they were for me 10 or so years ago.

Is there going to be a patch or something to fix or tweak the AI's difficulty, because I am not good at MK, I'm horrible at it. This arcade collection doesn't seem to be casual-gamer-friendly and changing the difficulty didn't seem to make any difference for me

1man3letters

gamercfc wrote: »

...simply because the AI feels so cheap, I know it's "supposed" to be a near carbon copy of the actual arcade ports of the games and I've heard they were fairly challenging. But if that is the case, why did they give the option to change the difficulty on this?

I have to have it stuck on 'very easy' and I haven't been able to finish any of the games.

I have cleared MK1 numerous times, I've only gotten as far as Kintaro in my early years playing MK2 and I've cleared MK3 unbelievable amounts.

So I can clearly notice a huge difference in these games than what they were for me 10 or so years ago.

Is there going to be a patch or something to fix or tweak the AI's difficulty, because I am not good at MK, I'm horrible at it. This arcade collection doesn't seem to be casual-gamer-friendly and changing the difficulty didn't seem to make any difference for me

nope,only to fix the online issues

remember these are ports from the orignal arcades,not the console versions,
arcade mk was harder, more people lose, more people can play, machine gets more money put in2 it etc etc = more dollar dollar bills :pac:

Gamer Bhoy 89

1man3letters wrote: »

nope,only to fix the online issues

remember these are ports from the orignal arcades,not the console versions,
arcade mk was harder, more people lose, more people can play, machine gets more money put in2 it etc etc = more dollar dollar bills :pac:

Yeah I know that already boy I said that. The arcade machines didn't have difficulty settings either, that's also what I said. I said why is there options to change the difficulty if it doesn't even make any difference? I know they're ports from the original arcades. I don't understand the difficulty options. Very Easy & Very Hard (in my books) seem very very very similar. I tested it the other day, I played MK1 on Very Easy, got as far as Goro and died countless times. Done it again on Very Hard and died a few times in a row on the fight before Goro. I don't want to do cheap tactics to beat them, it's not fun for me. And it's the solution everyone is giving to beat the AI on this game. It's irritating and not fun, it's more like a chore than anything else.

deathrider

gamercfc wrote: »

The arcade machines didn't have difficulty settings either, that's also what I said.

Yes they did.

Gamer Bhoy 89

deathrider wrote: »

Yes they did.

How? From what I remember, you put the coin in, and the char' selection screen appeared, there you go. I don't remember a main menu or options menu being in the arcade machines......