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So while I don’t think that this “pay for easy fatalities” issue veers into gamebreaking territory, it is a somewhat sad indicator of the age we live in where developers are looking for new and innovative ways to charge you for things that would have been unthinkable even a short while ago. (The same goes for Goro being pre-order DLC, but that’s a more straightforward issue). If you told me five years ago that a new Mortal Kombat came would let players pay $1-5 for a limited run number of fatalities, I would have thought it was an April Fool’s joke. It’s almost an Onion-like parody of the concept.
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Easy fatalities are perhaps the best example of something that used to be a cheat code and has now been warped into a microtransaction. It’s a bizarre category of microtransaction I honestly can’t even think of an equivalent for.
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With that said, the idea still makes my skin crawl a bit. It certainly looks like a devastating move each and every time, but in truth, it’s just cosmetic. If you were paying for “easy” devastating combos that could be performed during a match, that would indeed be gamebreaking and the above comparisons would make sense, but with fatalities, it’s selling something that doesn’t actually affect gameplay. Fatalities are only performed after the match has been won. The difference with the fatalities here is subtle, but also important. If this kind of DLC catches on, maybe we'll be able to perform these moves through the magic of the free market, rather than the acquisition of specific skills.”Īs strange as the situation may be, I think Orland is wrong to make comparisons to paying for easy Battlefield headshots or auto-dodges in Bloodborne. “It sure would be nice to get an instant headshot in Battlefield without having to go to the trouble of precise aiming or to automatically dodge without the need for a well-timed button press in Bloodborne. When Ars Technica’s Kyle Orland covered the issue, he seemed to believe that it was gamebreaking. It looks positively gorgeous in motion, (as gorgeous as HD evisceration and acid-burned faces can look anyway) and it's a testament to both the creativity of the development team and their unremitting dedication to create the most inventive, disgusting and occasionally hilarious Fatality kill animations that Mortal Kombat will forever retain its status at the top.The fact that easy fatalities are being sold separately is almost as weird as the fact that they’re a consumable, limited offering item. There's plenty new moves, some slowed down to accommodate specific timing windows, a plethora of new characters from all corners of the different Realms, and just all-round everything has been given one hell of a coat of polish. As a game, MK X is another solid fighter. The thing is though, you wouldn't want it any other way. Co-creator Ed Boon noted at E3 last year that as the harbinger of all things gruesome and wince-inducing, they need to forever live up to that expectation - and luckily for reaction video-creators and fans of the franchise alike, the newest MK is easily the most violent and over the top game ever created.
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One of the gaming's greatest franchises is back with the most gore-soaked of a vengeance, and boy did NetherRealm know they had a lot to live up to as the premiere series for schlock horror fans and gorehounds worldwide.
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