Warning: Mortal Kombat's 'X-ray moves' revealed in this trailer
by JC Fletcher 
on Jan 28th 2011 7:30PM
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Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:37PM xTRANCEx said
X-rays attack gonna burn you in the face!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:43PM Wintrale said
And Nightwolf.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:47PM GlockXIII said
@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my yes, also you can find magazine scans online
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:50PM Lassik said
@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my
Goro has been confirmed for awhile now...
Goro has been confirmed for awhile now...
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:54PM YupDatsRyte said
saw ermac as well and barakka
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:55PM OmegaSpartan08 said
Liu Kang, Goro, Stryker, and Baraka confirmed! this game will be amazing!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:39PM Kenoji said
@OmegaSpartan08 --Jade and Goro were confirmed in the last Game Informer and Ermac before then. Otherwise, the rest are first confirmed in this video (though I don't see Stryker that well).
But for those that haven't seen anything from GI or any other internet sources, yeah this is a confirmation-fest, and it's beautiful.
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But for those that haven't seen anything from GI or any other internet sources, yeah this is a confirmation-fest, and it's beautiful.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:57PM Dan50 said
@Wintrale Nightwolf has been in since E3 :P
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:58PM DarkSonata said
looks quite interresting, this mode can fit perfectly for killing blows, combo finishers, or very strong grips... but I'd hate to see an X-Ray move every 2 secs..
I would like to see those in some fatalities too
I would like to see those in some fatalities too
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 7:59PM Gangplank said
cool liu kang, goro and ermac.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:01PM tendoboy1984 said
John Tobias (co-creator of MK) made a fighying game back on the original Xbox called Kabuto Kojin (it was one of Microsoft's launch games). It featured this same type of gameplay mechanic...
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:03PM tendoboy1984 said
@tendoboy1984
*fighting, not "fightying"
Damnit Joystiq, put an Edit button in these comments!
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*fighting, not "fightying"
Damnit Joystiq, put an Edit button in these comments!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:09PM tendoboy1984 said
@tendoboy1984
lMy bad, it was Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus. It was an early launch title for the Xbox.
Anyways, John Tobias made it and the game featured a very similar gameplay mechanic to MK 2011.
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lMy bad, it was Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus. It was an early launch title for the Xbox.
Anyways, John Tobias made it and the game featured a very similar gameplay mechanic to MK 2011.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:03PM Shinjebus said
After seeing this video I will seek a chiropractor for bone pain
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:16PM Mach2 said
Oh god. All of my body hurts after watching that. And my brain.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:19PM Schlecht said
This is definitely some brutality I can stand behind... until a kick to the back shatters my spine and ribs.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:20PM Jesta said
Mokap is looking so realistic these days!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:38PM omega286 said
To be honest, this looks like it's gonna get old real quick after seeing it over and over and over again.
IMO they should have had these moves for the characters during the fatality part where you can either perform the easier to do x-ray moves, or the more difficult but more satisfying fatalities.
IMO they should have had these moves for the characters during the fatality part where you can either perform the easier to do x-ray moves, or the more difficult but more satisfying fatalities.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:48PM WillPG1212 said
@omega286
ye i wouldve gone for that too... plus having more ways of finishing a fight is always satisfying.
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ye i wouldve gone for that too... plus having more ways of finishing a fight is always satisfying.
Posted: Feb 1st 2011 3:28PM The Deuce said
@omega286
Well, it would certainly be more realistic that way, since in real life, most of the X-ray moves would kill you outright, kill you a few minutes later from tissue damage and internal bleeding (or blood poisoning in the case of Sub-Zero's liver crush), or at the very least leave you paralyzed for life. Certainly a fight ender. Can't hold up your head with a shattered neck.
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Well, it would certainly be more realistic that way, since in real life, most of the X-ray moves would kill you outright, kill you a few minutes later from tissue damage and internal bleeding (or blood poisoning in the case of Sub-Zero's liver crush), or at the very least leave you paralyzed for life. Certainly a fight ender. Can't hold up your head with a shattered neck.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:51PM Lordstrom said
Joe Lieberman will be appalled!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 8:55PM brer said
Really???
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 9:37PM GewurztraminerX said
Thus continuing my preference for Street Fighter over Mortal Kombat in the off chance I want to play a fighting game; I never was one for extreme violence and gore in my games.
er, um... pardon me while I go back to playing... mumble mumble... Fallout... mumble mumble...
er, um... pardon me while I go back to playing... mumble mumble... Fallout... mumble mumble...
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 9:46PM BlazeKing said
"We wish this tech had been around for Mortal Kombat 2, so we could understand the anatomical makeup of all those people who seemed to be made entirely of arm bones and intestines."
Just ask the Super Bowl Turkey how it had so many wings and legs.
Just ask the Super Bowl Turkey how it had so many wings and legs.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 10:16PM isotrex said
Holy freakin' awesome! That's one anatomically detailed game. I'm sure this is going to be Rated A for Awesome!
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 10:19PM EMaster said
Oh Shit! It;s the Original Rayden! Carlos Pesina. His brother was Johnny Cage. I miss digitized Actors.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 10:41PM JudgeCuervo said
So any news on how the actual gameplay will be like?
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 11:01PM Chareth Cutestory said
Mortal Kombat, inspired by Street Fighter and The Streetfighter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=537MurkV2uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=537MurkV2uU
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 11:37PM mocax said
what... no nuts crusher move? :(
oh wait... do they appear on x-ray?
oh wait... do they appear on x-ray?
Posted: Jan 29th 2011 1:10PM Sintristan said
@mocax
Yes, they do indeed show up as soft tissue, which depending on the technique used, is some shade of gray. They really should have called this computed tomography mode, as x-ray is only displayed in black, white, and shades of gray.
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Yes, they do indeed show up as soft tissue, which depending on the technique used, is some shade of gray. They really should have called this computed tomography mode, as x-ray is only displayed in black, white, and shades of gray.
Posted: Jan 28th 2011 11:39PM mcfine said
I don't know why but the walk animations really annoy me. Everything is motion capture but it just looks so awkward.
Posted: Jan 29th 2011 1:34AM Butta Verses said
i'm just wondering, if, anyone ever played Fight Club on the ps2? they had the xray stuff down a long time ago. hopefully it is more fluid than past MK's. MK vs DC was a dream come true, but, it felt like you were fighting in a dream. slow and weak. when will we get MV vs DC vs MK vs CAP?
Posted: Jan 29th 2011 5:09AM stagegr said
there is more snap crackle and pop in this video than in a box of rice krispies!!!
Posted: Jan 29th 2011 4:29PM m3kw9 said
This is stupid if it is part of normal game play because if you broke some bones they shouldn't recover right away, it could get old real fast if I keep seeing bones broken but not much else adverse effect to the game play. It's better to have it as finish move or have the bone broken having an impact on player's movement.
Posted: Jan 29th 2011 5:12PM redserpent7 said
@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my Also Jax, Ermac, Nightwolf and I think I saw Johny Cage in there...
Posted: Jan 30th 2011 2:10PM Bryan T said
This looks kinda cool, but from what I saw in the video at least, Blitz The league and Blitz 2 both did it better, and showed them breaking better and made you cringe a little.
