privateer Δημοσ. 15 Απριλίου 2004 Δημοσ. 15 Απριλίου 2004 Apo German PSM magazine: http://www.primacom.net/~r6170717/MK_Community/MKD/OPM05_germanexclusiv_2.jpg http://www.primacom.net/~r6170717/MK_Community/MKD/OPM05_germanexclusiv_3.jpg http://www.primacom.net/~r6170717/MK_Community/MKD/OPM05_germanexclusiv_4.jpg http://www.primacom.net/~r6170717/MK_Community/MKD/OPM05_germanexclusiv_5.jpg http://www.primacom.net/~r6170717/MK_Community/MKD/OPM05_noob_gross.jpg From the outside, the Midway HQ doesn't really look like one would imagine the production facilities of a gaming cult series to be. The flat white roof reminds more of sanitary installations. Only the big Midway logo on the wall and a waving flag on top of the building hint at it, that the videogames of tomorrow originate here. The today most promising work of the tradition-rich game-developer is called "Mortal Kombat: Deception" and is already the sixth part in the legendary beat-em-up franchise that began in the year 1992. Back then lead programmer Ed Boon worked together with two artists and a sound designer to create the first "Mortal Kombat". "Deception", however, is being developed by a 30-man team and the project leader is none other than Ed Boon. During our visit the born Chicagoer showed us around through the rooms of the studios and leant us deep insights in the game. BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS Before we discuss the game itself, we'll throw some hard data in your face first: "Mortal Kombat: Deception" will have an online mode, in which you can test your metal against people from all over the world. The two bonusgames (a Puzzle and a Chess-game) will also be playable online. Of the 24 characters, there will be many familiar faces. To the classic characters belong Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Baraka, Mileena, Noob Saibot/Smoke, Tanya, Nightwolf, Sindel, Ermac and Liu Kang's spirit (we need to remember that Liu Kang was eliminated by Shang Tsung in the last episode). Kabal and Sektor were also on the list, although with question marks. From "Deadly Alliance", Li Mei, Kenshi and Bo'Rai Cho return. The other seven characters are new: little more than the names are known. Ashrah has a hat like Raiden and appears to be connected with the thunder god in one way or another. Hotaru is a dark samurai with long grey hair and a black suit. He is also called "Bugman". A representant from the horrorcorner is Skab. Rotting flesh hangs from his cheeks, giving him a skull-like appearance. There is no information, neither images yet on Dairou, Ken Masters, the female Kano-look-alike and the mysterious character named "24". Were you counting along? That's right, there's still one missing. It's the main character from the new Konquest-Mode, that you can build up fully as you wish... Each character has two Fatalities as well as a new Hara-Kiri-move. Harakiri is the Japanese term for ritual suicide. But why would one like to bring a "game over" willingly upon oneself? The point of this move is to prevent the Fatality of your opponent from happening and stick a knife through your own belly. When the demonic speaker says his "Finish Him", it will be a battle to make the button combinations first. Everything has remained as it was with regards to the controls. As in "Deadly Alliance", all characters have three styles and can pull out a weapon. The two kick and punch variants, the block function on R2 and the functioning of combos will also be the same. MORE ACTION: INTERACTIVE STAGES The fresh wind, that one could usually expect of sequels, blows over the arenas this time. As opposed to the "Deadly Alliance" levels, that each had the same proportions, the stages in "Deception" are larger, smaller, more rectangular or round, open or closed and cover more rooms or floors. On top of that, certain columns, objects, windows and walls are destructible and blow a part spectacularily when a warrior is flung into them. We'll take the "Skytemple", which floats in the clouds, as example: both ninjas Ermac and Sub-Zero fight on the roof of the tower-like building. Sub-Zero has pushed his opponent to the edge and delivers the final blow. Ermac breaks through the wooden barrier and falls several floors down into the garden of the temple. This happens through changing perspectives and quick camera-switches. Agreed, such interactive multi-tiered arenas aren't new, they already existed in Dead or Alive 2, where fighters could also be thrown through walls and windows. Still, it's a joy to see that a beat-em-up-developer picks up this idea as well and gives more meaning to the arenas. SLASHED, BURNT, SQUASHED Still, even with that, the interactivity doesn't come to an end: in all levels, there is at least one weapon that can be taken by a warrior. Among these tools of death, there are great axes, swords and hammers Conan the Barbarian would dream of getting for Christmas. They are surrounded by a green rectangle when approached, so that you don't miss them. With hammers and axes, you can cause more harm and damage than with normal weapons, however, you also lose these weapons when you fall down. Ed Boon said, that the maiming tools distributed in the levels would simply be called "positives". What then are the "negatives"? Well, with that, the Death Traps are meant, that can kill the losing player untimely in 10 out of the 17 stages. In the arena named "Slaughterhouse", there's a giant "fleshwolf" in the form of two straight, quickly rotating bars with giant intertwined thorns. If you can thrust your enemy into this machine of hell, they are first stuck to the spikes and then, a little later, the wall behind the machines becomes deep red. Change of place to "Hell's Foundry". Here, in the background, there are constantly massive, glowing steel plates rolling on a conveyor belt, that are being cut by a heavy press into smaller parts - you can already guess it. If you kick the sorry opponent into the wall behind the conveyor belt, they roll down and land on the hot metal on all fours. While they try to escape from it, flailing uselessly, the ram comes down and squashes the victim into the giant hearthplate. Little more than a burnstain is left afterwards. ON GIANT FEET (translator's note: this is an thisthingisdisabled in German meaning "big, massive") The Konquest modus already glued players to the tv-screen in "Deadly Allianc", with its 228 missions. This mode returns, strongly expanded. You immerse yourself in the role of a 13-year-old teenager in Earthrealm and will also visit, on your long travel, Outworld, Netherealm, Orderrealm, Chaosrealm and Edenia. As in action-adventures, you can control the boy from a chase perspective and can research the environment. Certain people are marked in green, meaning that they have a mission for you. Sometimes, you have to follow them to a place or they give you hints, where to expect a challenge. Some things will only hapen on certain times. For example, you have to be at a canyon wall on the morning of the fifth day of the seventh year to meet Sub-Zero and to challenge him to a fight. Or, you see something jumping across the rooftops in the night and you need to research this. By meditation, the night passes quicklier, so that you don't always have to wait an eternity. The rewards for the succeeding in some missions are manifold. You can get new fighting styles, special moves, combos and costumes or you can unlock bonus characters and backgrounds for the arcade mode. In a menu, you can freely configure your hero's looks. Do you like the teleport move or the fireball more? Would you rather like to have two weapon styles, instead of one? No problem at all. Ed Boon explains the advantage of this Konquest mode as having more mysteries and secrets as in the tomb of last game, where you spent your dearly earned coins, to open 676 coffins and, in this way, unlock several bonuses. This system may have brought fun for a long time, however at some point, be it after five days or two weeks, all coffins had been opened, and then there was nothing more to do. The new Konquest mode will have many secrets, even after more than 20 hours of playing. On top of that, the more complex and interesting story should be add to the long-term-motivation. At the end of Konquest mode, your warrior will be about 60 years old, and you'll have lived through many surprising twists and turns. BLOCK-KOMBAT That's not enough yet? You'll be having even more! In the beginning we mentioned the minigames. They can be selected rightaway from the main menu and can be played online as well, however they are also challenges in Konquest mode. The puzzle game looks like "Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo" (PSone) and works accordingly as well. Two-part blocks fall from above, that need to be ordened according to colour. To eliminate a group of blocks, you need a bullet part (lit. translation of "Kugelteil", don't know what it really means -VQ) of the same colour - they appear only seldom. The eliminated blocks appearently fall down on your opponent's pile of blocks. Who gets to the upper limit first, loses. While you are playing with the blocks, the two comic-book like fighters, visible at the bottom of the screen, fight and use their special moves. STRATEGISTS AT THE FRONTLINE The board game reminds us, with its black and white surface, of a chess game. On both sides, a 16-man-strong army consisting of several "Mortal Kombat" characters is positioned. They aren't only different in the way they look, but also with regards to their attributes and skills. Some characters have more life energy, others can strengthen their comrades with spells or place for traps on the board that are invisible for your opponent. It's turn-based. March-direction and -length are shown by arrows. When one character attacks another, the camera zooms in and both characters come to life. Then it comes down to a fight, during which the character's attributes will come to light. Can you win, if your opponent's energy bar is full and yours is only half full? The purpose of this board game is to bring down the king. He must be protected, because he is weak and can only fend off attacks with great difficulty. After about 15 minutes, a match ends. Already heated up for "Deception"? We are, anyways, and can hardly wait to get our hands on a playable version. How will the new characters play? What fatalities are there? And how do the other arenas look? You'll learn everything in a few months. One tip: bridge the waiting time with "Deadly Alliance". We got it out of our closet as well!
kostas_crete Δημοσ. 15 Απριλίου 2004 Δημοσ. 15 Απριλίου 2004 Etsi mou erxetai na paw na parw ola ta MK meta to 4 kai na kleistw sto dwmatio mou na paizw mexri na er8ei to ergaleio afto!!!!
Toufas Δημοσ. 5 Μαΐου 2004 Δημοσ. 5 Μαΐου 2004 http://streamingmovies.ign.com/ps2/mkdtrailer1_01_wmvlow.wmv apla teleio...
coby Δημοσ. 5 Μαΐου 2004 Δημοσ. 5 Μαΐου 2004 Πολλά είδη παιχνιδιών σε ένα από οτι είδα από το trailer... Θα ήθελα να δω το Chess Kombat!
Nemo Δημοσ. 7 Μαΐου 2004 Δημοσ. 7 Μαΐου 2004 Trailer E3 WMV (2:20) - 8.13 MB Midway ps2/xbox :arrow: http://movies.teamxbox.com/mortalkombat/mkd_e304trailer.wmv
Nemo Δημοσ. 12 Μαΐου 2004 Δημοσ. 12 Μαΐου 2004 απο xboχ 2 πρωτες , απο Ps2 οι αλλες αυτην την φορα γινανε copy paste στο σωστο μερος -αρχικο προορισμο και αυτες οι 4
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