Xbox 360 Opinions?

[Dante848]

I've been thinking about getting this game, after I heard it was created by NetherRealm running on the Mortal Kombat 9 engine. Just curious as to what everyone thinks about it thus far and if it would be a decent buy or not.

 

[Oldman Jr]

I really enjoy it, I got the battle edition (with the stick...meh it's good for the price) the fact that it's all characters know and love as well as it has some great gameplay (I'm not usually a fighting game guy, this is tech the first one I've "owned") I find it alot of fun and I haven't even touched online yet. Oh also it plays alot like MK9 so...ya....Oh and pps, they paid attention to the little details like the "Arrow" skin for green arrow actually changes the guys voice to the dude who voices him in the show. They did that for another character as well as a few other little "easter eggs"

 

[Dante848]

I really enjoy it, I got the battle edition (with the stick...meh it's good for the price) the fact that it's all characters know and love as well as it has some great gameplay (I'm not usually a fighting game guy, this is tech the first one I've "owned") I find it alot of fun and I haven't even touched online yet. Oh also it plays alot like MK9 so...ya....Oh and pps, they paid attention to the little details like the "Arrow" skin for green arrow actually changes the guys voice to the dude who voices him in the show. They did that for another character as well as a few other little "easter eggs"

Sounds pretty good, I knew they would go into detail like that, just like MK9. I think I'll borrow it from a friend and let everyone know what I thought about it.

 

[Claptrap]

I wanna know how it compares to MK9. I don't really like MK9 much, as far as fighting games go, though. I'm more of a Capcom and "anime" fighter guy (Marvel vs Capcom, Persona 4 Arena, BlazBlue...). Still, I would like to hear what this game is like. I might pick it up sometime if only to try it out, just because I love fighting games.

 

[Oldman Jr]

I heard a great comparison today about it. It combos' like MK but has the blocking and crossups of SF.

 

[Claptrap]

So I got the game two days ago and I've been playing it for a while now. It's hella fun. It feels similar to MK9, yet different enough that I can like it (I dislike MK9). There's a nice variety of styles in the roster and the roster is pretty big, so I bet everyone will find one character to play. My favorite character is Solomon Grundy. He's a grappler and he's just the kind of character I love to play as in these kind of games; relatively slow but extremely powerful and mainly uses grabs. Hell, Grundy is now up there in my favorite fighting game grapplers list, along with UMvC3's Haggar and P4A's Kanji Tatsumi!

Every character has their own "gimmick" (character power) which is completely different for every one, and that adds some more variety to the roster (Flash slows down opponents by... becoming faster, Grundy has a chain of grabs which will buff him up in different ways, Superman has a temporary power up mode, etc).

The Super Moves which use all of your Meter are also really damn cool and extremely cinematic most of the time. Batman, for example, blinds you for a bit with some smoke and then calls up the Batmobile. While the batmobile arrives, he beats you up for a bit and then when the Batmobile is really close he does a really cool jump over the Batmobile and you get hit by the car. Superman punches you into space and then punches you back into the Earth. Grundy slashes you with a knife, then punches you into the air, jumps and then grabs you and throws into the ground and THEN he pulls his own grave from his stomach and slams it on your head! All of them are really cinematic, with great angles and graphics.

Each stage also has its own "hazards", which the players can use (even during combos) to deal even more damage against their opponents. Characters use them differently, too, depending on their type. Smart but "weak" ones like Batman will set explosives on cars, for example, while powerful beasts like Doomsday will just grab the car and throw it at their opponent. This adds further uniqueness to each character. There are also stage transitions, which deal a fair lot of damage and take the players to another part of the stage (and each part has its own unique hazards!). Learning how to properly use the hazards adds some depth.

I don't really know what else to say, I pretty much only talked about the things that I found to be pretty unique about the game, since I'm kinda tired. But yeah, I will say that the game is definitely awesome and that it's worth trying even if you dislike MK9 (cuz I dislike it and I love Injustice).

 

[jacobf5]

Unfortunately I don't think this game has anything on Mortal Kombat, however it still isn't bad. It is very stylish and game play is smooth, also the attention to detail on the arenas and characters is amazing. One criticism I would give it is that it can become rather monotonous at times, as opposed to the Mortal Kombat games which never ever get old. The fights don't change very much, and it can become quite boring after a while. Therefore it might be one of those games that you don't get your money's worth out of and end up going for something else less than a fortnight later.

 

[Ebib]

I was rather curious about this game too soI'm glad I can read some people's opinion's on the game. I was rather interested in it as I am
a comic book fan. The graphics looked fantastic and I thought they created each character well, I liked pretty much most of their designs.
I wasn't too sure how the fighting would work though as some of the character vary in power and strength. I am a fan of fighting games and
grew up with Street Fighter and Tekken. I might give the game a try and see how it is.