Mortal Kombat 11 Roster & Stages Discussion Thread

TheBaldwin · Mar 26, 2019

infinityBCRT said:
I'm really doubting there are any guest characters after the panel at C2E2
1) if they were gonna announce a guest, it would've been at C2E2
2) Boon was asked at the C2E2 panel about the effort of getting guests for MK11 and it seemed like he didn't have an answer— the moderator had to ask him to talk about previous games and then he was able to talk about it, and even then he made it sound like a pain in the ass

Yeah i can imagine licensing and also making sure there balanced being a pain in the arse, and too much cost. Id vastly prefer the 6 characters to be 3 old characters and 3 brand new ones.

They could do what they did with MKX and make a second season pass that is guest characters.

Jaded Alyx · Mar 26, 2019

Tyaren said:
Thanks for the info. :) I'm really interested to see how they optimize it for the Switch too. After all the game does look really impressive on PS4/Xbox One and PC, definitely one of the best looking games this generation.

Seems Nintendo themselves are bringing it to PAX so that's encouraging.

Suede · Mar 26, 2019

SDBurton said:
Any idea when we'll be able to download the beta for PS4? Entered my code in and nothing available to download.

Yeah, I'm wondering too. It's starting to look like it will only be available to download once it goes live. I would prefer to preload.

Simone · Mar 26, 2019

I haven't looked at the game that much, but after the more recent trailers I'm getting pretty interested (also, it releases on my birthday, that would be a great self-gift). How many single-player modes have been showed so far, besides story mode?

unknownspectator · Mar 26, 2019

Simone said:
I haven't looked at the game that much, but after the more recent trailers I'm getting pretty interested (also, it releases on my birthday, that would be a great self-gift). How many single-player modes have been showed so far, besides story mode?

I imagine at least as much as MK X as far as single player modes go though they only showed off story.

2shd · Mar 26, 2019

infinityBCRT said:
I'm really doubting there are any guest characters after the panel at C2E2
1) if they were gonna announce a guest, it would've been at C2E2

They haven't offically debuted the base roster yet, and there's no reason the guest reveal has to be at a con. They've revealed guest characters in trailers and at their Pro series events. Plenty of options.

2) Boon was asked at the C2E2 panel about the effort of getting guests for MK11 and it seemed like he didn't have an answer— the moderator had to ask him to talk about previous games and then he was able to talk about it, and even then he made it sound like a pain in the ass

I'm sure it's a pain, but they are a big deal and sell. That's just Boon. People hang on his every word and he has to think carefully about what he says.

The question is just how many guests there will be.

data west · Mar 26, 2019

I've had like 10 mains since announcement

lori · Mar 26, 2019

So uh, did they say if it was the trio from the story trailer or are they touching a new batch tomorrow?

k0fighter · Mar 26, 2019

lori said:
So uh, did they say if it was the trio from the story trailer or are they touching a new batch tomorrow?

Probably just Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Jax.

Maybe we'll get an announcement after the ELeague thing on Sunday?

MadLaughter · Mar 26, 2019

If I preorder the game tonight am I able to get into the beta?

ZER0COOL · Mar 26, 2019

MadLaughter said:
If I preorder the game tonight am I able to get into the beta?

And if so, where?

Absoludacrous · Mar 26, 2019

MadLaughter said:
If I preorder the game tonight am I able to get into the beta?

You have until the 30th I think, so the day before it ends.

lazybones18 · Mar 26, 2019

The upcoming closed beta is for those who pre-ordered, yes?

Nano-Nandy · Mar 26, 2019

Hopefully a ton of people will grab footage of the Switch version this weekend at PAX.

timedesk · Mar 27, 2019

I can't wait to play as Jade tomorrow, but man Ed Boon why isn't Sub-Zero in the beta? I need to see if I can find anything similar to his cryomancer variation in X.

k0fighter · Mar 27, 2019

lazybones18 said:
The upcoming closed beta is for those who pre-ordered, yes?

Yes.

OmegaDL50 · Mar 27, 2019

feonando said:
Hopefully a ton of people will grab footage of the Switch version this weekend at PAX.

I'm expecting the game to have some visual concessions. Performance shouldn't be a factor due to the nature of fighting game needing a constant frame rate to work properly due to stuff like frame timing and frame data for move start up, active frames, and back to neutral animations.

I'd say the game will play well but definitely won't have the same visual impact. Still portable MK11 sounds super interesting.

k0fighter · Mar 27, 2019

Anyone know if the beta will allow for playing with friends or just random vs. matchmaking again?

OmegaDL50 · Mar 27, 2019

bubumiao said:
After it releases on the Switch I'm sure we'll hear some shit on the news about how violent it is since people will surely be playing it out in public and bystanders will see some crazy shit they aren't ready for.

Not the sort of thing I was referring to but in any case. I think this is a very outdated mindset that perception that M Rated games aren't on Nintendo hardware, when we had stuff like House of the Dead Overkill, No More Heroes, or even Mad World on the Wii.

Also Nintendo pretty much got every single MK game release on their consoles, with the exception of MK9 and X, Every other mainline game in the franchise was available on a Nintendo uncompromised with it's full violence in some manner. The only one that was interestingly enough was the original MK on the SNES, of course MK2 and thereafter was a return to form though. In retrospect, MK2 was fairly solid port all things considered, especially comparable to how Street Fighter 2 / Turbo turned on the SNES.

Crackhead_Bob · Mar 27, 2019

How many timelines will be in the story mode?

Nano-Nandy · Mar 27, 2019

Crackhead_Bob said:
How many timelines will be in the story mode?

At the moment, is one story mostly set in the "present" and characters from the past are brought by Kronika. They mentioned earlier that there would be multiple routes (like Injustice 2) and different endings (though not confirmed).

Crackhead_Bob · Mar 27, 2019

If I recall correctly, Injustice 2 was centered mainly on the Earth-2 cast, and thus far, there have only been 2 worlds depicted in the games.

Everything in the MK11 trailer so far seems focused on 2 MK universes -- the one before MK9 and the one after it. Any word on additional worlds within the story mode, and if so, how would that play out?

OmegaDL50 · Mar 27, 2019

Crackhead_Bob said:
If I recall correctly, Injustice 2 was centered mainly on the Earth-2 cast, and thus far, there have only been 2 worlds depicted in the games.

Everything in the MK11 trailer so far seems focused on 2 MK universes -- the one before MK9 and the one after it. Any word on additional worlds within the story mode, and if so, how would that play out?

It's not so much seperate universe but rather timelines. There is only the old timeline and new timeline in the MK universe. Playing the games as far back as the original MK1, there isn't any other timelines. Only the two exist according to the lore.

Stock · Mar 27, 2019

MadLaughter said:
If I preorder the game tonight am I able to get into the beta?

Think it depends on which store you pre-order the game from. I pre-ordered MK11 from Green Man Gaming for PC/Steam (-25% discount) however the key hasn't arrived yet.

lazybones18 · Mar 27, 2019

bubumiao said:
Yes.

well shit, I haven't received an email for my code yet.

DrDogg · Mar 27, 2019

Fliviuart said:
If he's not even DLC, I'm afraid we'll never going to see him as a main fighter.

Then it's time... for Operation: Wind God.

RoninStrife · Mar 27, 2019

I preordered from PSN, got no code..
Do we just re-download the network test and it somehow recognizes we preordered it when the servers go live?
It is called "Online Beta" on the download list. Even during the network test.

k0fighter · Mar 27, 2019

TemplarDante said:
I preordered from PSN, got no code..
Do we just re-download the network test and it somehow recognizes we preordered it when the servers go live?
It is called "Online Beta" on the download list. Even during the network test.

I was thinking maybe it would be possible to update the stress test download, but the more that I think about it they'll probably just send you an email telling you to download it with a code in the email (another download altogether).

Syntsui · Mar 27, 2019

Stock said:
Think it depends on which store you pre-order the game from. I pre-ordered MK11 from Green Man Gaming for PC/Steam (-25% discount) however the key hasn't arrived yet.

It's been said since the beginning there's no PC beta.

Stock · Mar 27, 2019

Syntsui said:
It's been said since the beginning there's no PC beta.

Oh, thanks. I missed that.

Noisepurge · Mar 27, 2019

TemplarDante said:
I preordered from PSN, got no code..
Do we just re-download the network test and it somehow recognizes we preordered it when the servers go live?
It is called "Online Beta" on the download list. Even during the network test.

PSN pre-orders never give out codes. They will just allow you to download the beta whenever it pops up to the store. And apparently this only happens when the beta starts, so no pre-loading :(

Deleted member 10551 · Mar 27, 2019

TheBaldwin said:
Yeah i can imagine licensing and also making sure there balanced being a pain in the arse, and too much cost. Id vastly prefer the 6 characters to be 3 old characters and 3 brand new ones.

They could do what they did with MKX and make a second season pass that is guest characters.

I'd love to see MK stand on its own for once. Show that the franchise doesn't need guests.

Dog · Mar 27, 2019

Noisepurge said:
PSN pre-orders never give out codes. They will just allow you to download the beta whenever it pops up to the store. And apparently this only happens when the beta starts, so no pre-loading :(

The stress test was around 6GB iirc, so hopefully beta isn't much bigger. If that helps.

Noisepurge · Mar 27, 2019

Dog said:
The stress test was around 6GB iirc, so hopefully beta isn't much bigger. If that helps.

ok, that's good to know. Worried that it will be a bloated 20Gb's or something :D

Magneto · Mar 27, 2019

Come on Amazon, send me my code :'(

Miles X · Mar 27, 2019

Noisepurge said:
ok, that's good to know. Worried that it will be a bloated 20Gb's or something :D

If it helps I downloaded mine about a couple weeks ago and it was around 5GB.

Barry Sandwich · Mar 27, 2019

crazyfunster said:
I'd love to see MK stand on its own for once. Show that the franchise doesn't need guests.

Maybe Reptile could be the guest?

lucebuce · Mar 27, 2019

HiLife · Mar 27, 2019

Blue scorpion is going to take awhile to get used to. I'm certain I'll fight them anticipating an ice ball only to get teleport punched .

Deleted member 10551 · Mar 27, 2019

Noisepurge said:
ok, that's good to know. Worried that it will be a bloated 20Gb's or something :D

It likely will be because of story mode and other added elements. I expect the game to be as big sizewise as T7.

Noisepurge · Mar 27, 2019

crazyfunster said:
It likely will be because of story mode and other added elements. I expect the game to be as big sizewise as T7.

oh yeah the full game will be atleast 70GB's for sure :E was just thinking about this demo.

Kalentan · Mar 27, 2019

OmegaDL50 said:
It's not so much seperate universe but rather timelines. There is only the old timeline and new timeline in the MK universe. Playing the games as far back as the original MK1, there isn't any other timelines. Only the two exist according to the lore.

It doesn't actually seem like it's even two timelines in this game. Just some from the past and present. For example one user on the MK subreddit noticed this:

When young johnny get's cut, the cut then appears on older johnny. Meaning they'd have to be one and the same. If they were from two different timelines then nothing like that could happen.

Znazzy · Mar 27, 2019

Kalentan said:
It doesn't actually seem like it's even two timelines in this game. Just some from the past and present. For example one user on the MK subreddit noticed this:

When young johnny get's cut, the cut then appears on older johnny. Meaning they'd have to be one and the same. If they were from two different timelines then nothing like that could happen.

How did Kung Lao kill his revenant version in the latest trailer?

Dog · Mar 27, 2019

Znazzy said:
How did Kung Lao kill his revenant version in the latest trailer?

Just showing off his Fatality.

spman2099 · Mar 27, 2019

crazyfunster said:
I'd love to see MK stand on its own for once. Show that the franchise doesn't need guests.

That would be amazing.

Znazzy said:
How did Kung Lao kill his revenant version in the latest trailer?

What happens to your past self, happened to your future self; however, hurting your future self would have no effect on your past self. It is one way.

Kalentan · Mar 27, 2019

Dog said:
Just showing off his Fatality.

Yeah. Since you can't do fatalities in the SP.

Graven · Mar 27, 2019

Znazzy said:
How did Kung Lao kill his revenant version in the latest trailer?

That was a fatality, not story mode.

Slaythe · Mar 27, 2019

Znazzy said:
How did Kung Lao kill his revenant version in the latest trailer?

I assume past can't be killed or both die but future ones can die since they don't affect the past.

Znazzy · Mar 27, 2019

Graven said:
That was a fatality, not story mode.

Ah, I rewatched and I see it now. I thought that was part of the story mode. Thanks!

Blaackstarr · Mar 27, 2019

The stress test client works for the beta.

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