I remember placing 9th with Smoke at the PDP National tournament after the game launched.
MK9 was the last game I played/learned competitively and entered tournaments for.
The release of MK9 was also probably the most important moment in the history of Mortal Kombat's competitive scene, as while the hungry players always existed, they were finally given a spotlight next to the Street Fighters and Tekkens of the world.Įvo 2011 would serve as the first time a Mortal Kombat title would included among the mainstage titles where Perfect Legend was crowned as the champion with his top-level Kung Lao play. Capcom: Infinite and Guilty Gear Xrd attempted to take a crack at the formula of cinematic fighting game stories, but no one really managed to crack the secret formula the same way - though Arc System Works was probably the closest among them. Games like Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7, Marvel vs. Who knew this game would create so much for us, yet here we are. This style of story was turned into tradition with NRS's future Mortal Kombat and Injustice games, but other developers quickly took notice of MK9's story impact and tried to follow suit.ġ0 years ago today, Mortal Kombat 9 released. Seeing the iconic events of the MK trilogy felt like a fever dream for longtime fans with new twists and turns thrown in like Cyber Sub-Zero and Sindel's demolition of most of the cast kept everyone on their toes until the credits rolled. While a cinematic story mode was a seed that had been planted in the previous entries, MK9 took the world by storm with its cohesive and action-filled narrative, which no one wanted to put down until they were done.įirst competitive game ever that got me addicted to the scene 10 years ago~- SonicFox April 19, 2021 Pretty much every klassic character was back with a fresh coat of paint as well as an important role within the story mode that would change fighting games forever. This is what people want in MK and this is what we're gonna give them." So we took those features as sort of like our marching orders. And then a deeper fighting engine and also fatalities. "The main thing they've asked for is going back to M-rated presentation - the blood and the violence," said MK co-creator Ed Boon in an interview with Chicago Now in 2010 after the game had been revealed at E3.
0 kommentar(er)
