You tried Ed, you tried.

MK8 - Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe - Trailer

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As you can probably see in the post below, the announcement of Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe is one of epic proportions, and as you can probably se below I soon realized that it was too good to be true.

Since then a teaser trailer and interview with creator Ed Boon has come out, and as much as I want to like it, I can't and here's why.

• Art Style : Simply the art style they've employed seems too abstract, too saturday morning TV. I appreciate MK for it's funny yet mature stylings, yet the way that Batman looks is very old-school 1960 and maybe with the stylings of McFarlane (see long, flowing cape), and to see a Batman with a very different art style is disheartening.

• Power Explanation - Rather surprisingly I like the way Boon and co. have tackled this hurdle, rather than have a storyline that actually attempts to make sense, he left us with the simple :
  

"A cataclysmic event causes the DCU and MK universe to start merging"

However I was less than impressed with how there is going to be an explanation that Superman can't fly, heat ray etc. Something about Superman's abilities having been paired down. Now why would they even meddle with DC canon, simply put you either give him full abilities, or paired down ones yet there is no need for a justification for this, I personally see this as an assault on the character.

It's not all doom and gloom however, reports that there would be "little or no blood" seem to be unfounded, as seen below.

I know it's bad to judge this so early however I feel that even though I love both of the univeresi that it could be amazing. However I still have alot of faith in Ed Boon who seems really animated and enthusiastic about the project that I just hope it turns out good.

Orgasmic Mash-ups.

The counter over at noob.com is finally down to 00:00:00 and I was extremely dissapointed to find that no new info was released. The site is ran by Mortal Kombat producer Ed Boon so speculation was that a new MK game would be announced.

However, my dissapointment was short lived, no sooner had the timer ran out that GiantBomb.com released some rumour and speculation, that Microsoft would most definitley not comment on.

But there’s already a healthy amount of speculation out there about the next MK, with most of the juiciest rumors pegging the game as Mortal Kombat vs. DC Comics. Apparently GamesRadar ran (and quickly removed) some sort of header image on its site called “MKDC blog–article_image” and it has a silhouette in it that looks very Superman-like.

Now Jeff Gerstmann's super sleuthing has got me very excited, if not a tad wary. the mere concept of two amazing things coming together to be one is absolutely mindblowing, however upon deeper thought and put within context of a game it all falls to pieces.

First of all, where does the camera sit. Now I am one of the belief that if superheroes are going to fight it should be in a War of the Monsters fashion, a mass, all-out, city-encompassing affair; after all these people are superheroes. This however would be totally impossible with Mortal Kombat characters. How could Liu Kang travel at the rate of Superman, a man who can bicycle-kick against a man "who can leap building in a single bound".

Now I think common sense would dictate for Mortal Kombat to go either the Street Fighter "3D but not really" look or the Virtua Fighter "total 3D" look. This of course presents another problem, how do you explain that a man who can fly, or a man who can can shapeshift is staying confined to one arena.

Another problem is roster selection, I would hope that all of the Mortal Kombat classics characters would remain; as for DC would they go as far as choosing Vertigo characters such as Hellblazer, they have to choose both marketable characters and stay away from some DC's *ahem* less than stellar personas.

So, I suppose my initial excitement may be wearing off, but I still think it's cool that sometime in the next two years Batman will be fighting Raiden; unless Boon pulls a UMK3 on us.

PS: DC ths is how it's done.

Marvel vs capcom 2 Ryu Vicks
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Altogether now; PROTON CANNON

4 -year-old football management sims for the win?

Recently, my life has been taken over by the supreme Championship Manager 4. I have now been sacked from Liverpool and am currently scouting teams such as Port Vale and Ipswich for a job. Sims aren't really my thing, like RTS' their something I absolutely adore the idea of but the simple thing is my shot attention span cannot host these games for long. CM4 is totally different though, it's so engaging and becuase it's four years old you see players who are famous now starting out.

I saw Dawn Of The Dead (2004) and I was really impressed, it didn't take itself too seriously whilst still being serious enough to laugh at ( I have never seen Ving Rhames excel at anything than playing such a stereotypical badass). Even though there completely different genres it gives me hope for the Watchmen movie. Here are some shots below:



These are pretty cool, but still kind of boring. However the set shots from The Spirit are absolutely enthralling. Have you ever seen Samuel L. look cooler.




On that note I leave you.

PS. Red Dragons are murdering me on Ninja Gaiden